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Franz Wagner has found his groove at the right time for the Orlando Magic
Franz Wagner was superb in Game 4 and he appears to be hitting his stride right when the Orlando Magic need it in the NBA playoffs. Emmet Ryan on the German star and his ever expressive brother, the joy of life that is Moe Wagner It took a half for Franz Wagner to get truly […]
Ricky Rubio is writing his own story
With Ricky Rubio announcing his retirement from the NBA, Emmet Ryan writes about his own mental health, basketball, and coping with yourself Thursday was a moment for reflection. It’s not the first of its type and it won’t be the last but that doesn’t make it any less important. Ricky Rubio has played his last […]
5 Debunked NBA Rumors You May Have Heard
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is no stranger to crazy rumors due to the unpredictable nature of the sport. As NBA teams are on vacation, rumors have started going around all over the internet, particularly on social media platforms like Twitter. During the vacations, individual NBA players and franchises contemplate the future of their careers. […]
Sasha Kaun retires an underappreciated champion
Sasha Kaun finally won the big one this season before riding off into the sunset. With his retirement comes the end of a career of a man whose value was rarely sufficiently recognised by those who really mattered, writes Emmet Ryan There’s a fair debate as to whether we should call this Sasha Kaun’s first […]
Ognjen Kuzmic and the ring of unexpected destiny
A European player will win the NBA Championship this year but if it’s the Warriors who lift Larry O’Brien it will come in odd circumstances In a shock to roughly no-one, this site’s focus through the NBA Finals has been on Timofey Mozgov and David Blatt. Mozgov is Russian, Blatt’s history in Europe is well-documented. […]
Mozgov shines but Warriors tie NBA Finals 2-2
It was ostenibly a good night for Timofey Mozgov but Emmet Ryan says the Russian’s success was in many ways a by-product of what the Golden State Warriors did to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-82 Timofey Mozgov went big time on Thursday night. The Russian giant had 28 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He […]
Cavs play with Blattitude to win Game 2
LeBron was everything in Game 2 but David Blatt showed the Cavs can win without key pieces as Cleveland topped the Warriors 95-93 in overtime. The deal for David Blatt was simple. If LeBron James could keep being superman, the Cavaliers coach would find a way to deliver the Justice League of America…and Canada, and […]
David’s quest for Blatt to Blatt championships
With the Cleveland Cavaliers set to take on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, Emmet Ryan looks at a familiar journey for the man in the suit. David Blatt didn’t know what he was doing. His team was floundering. More was expected, with this talent and a soft schedule he was wasting a […]
A Euro perspective on David Blatt and the Cavs
The melodrama of the Cleveland Cavaliers season has seen David Blatt come under increasing pressure. BiE’s Emmet Ryan looks at how the pressure for the first-year NBA coach is nothing he can’t handle based on his previous posts. In 1977, at the height of the Cold War, Maccabi Tel Aviv beat CSKA Moscow 91-79 in […]
Pau and Noah combine to deny Love
Nice bit of Euro and Euro action in Chicago tonight as Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol teamed up to deny Kevin Love twice in the Bulls clash with the Cavs.
VIDEO: Watch Coach Blatt’s first post-game speech with the Cavs
David Blatt’s first game as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers was a 107-80 win over his former charges at Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv. Watch coach Blatt talk to the Cavs after the victory.
VIDEO: Highlights of the Blatt Bowl as Cavs top Maccabi
It was David Blatt’s new team against his old team as the Cleveland Cavaliers stomped Euroleague champions Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 107-80. Watch the best of the action as LeBron James made his official return home.