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Tubelis looks at home as Zalgiris cruise in EuroLeague
It was another good night for Azoulas Tubelis as Zalgiris Kaunas crushed Crvena Zvezda in Euroleague. Emmet Ryan on how the young forward is showing exceptional promise and awareness. It’s rather odd that Azuolas Tubelis is even in this situation at this time, for a few reasons. Still, he once again put in an efficient […]
Reset or reload: Crvena Zvezda at the Euroleague crossroads
With their exit to FC Bayern in the play-in round of Euroleague, Crvena Zvezda’s season in basketball’s big show has come to an end. Emmet Ryan on the complex challenge ahead for the Belgrade club. It was a game where neither side seemed capable of maintaining composure when in front. In the end, it was […]
Life, the universe, and Bryant Dunston
He wasn’t close to the star of the game yet he commanded the spotlight. Bryant Dunston showed why he still holds value in the basketball world on Wednesday night. The 38 year old didn’t roll back the clock for Zalgiris Kaunas, writes Emmet Ryan. Instead, he used old man guile to get his side past […]
Euroleague season preview: A wild ride for Crvena Zvezda
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams ahead of the start of the season. Today it’s the last but certainly not least of the 18 clubs. Ioannis Sfairopoulos and Crvena Zvezda are going on a wild ride. This is definitely a better Crvena Zvezda team than last season. Ioannis Sfairopoulos knows that just being […]
Preview: Crvena Zvezda vs Baskonia – Euroleague Round 22
It’s the Luca Vildoza derby in Euroleague Basketball as Baskonia travel to Belgrade to take on Crvena Zvezda We’ve reached the point in the Euroleague Basketball season where it’s harder to find games that don’t matter to the playoffs than those that do. That being said, this battle of Crvena Zvezda and Baskonia has major […]
Euroleague season preview: Crvena Zvezda have loaded up
BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. We begin with the red side of Belgrade as Dusko Ivanovic looks to lead Crvena Zvezda to new heights There have been changes, lots of changes, for Crvena Zvezda ahead of the 2023-24 Euroleague Basketball season. How will this cocktail mix for […]
The balancing act
For the sides with A licences or multiple bids from their leagues, it’s easy to balance priorities between Euroleague and domestic play. Emmet Ryan however looks at the sides for whom remaining in the big show is a must but who rely on retaining national or regional titles to book their place. If you’re […]
Lessort has some learning to do
With the new Euroleague season nearing, BallinEurope is once more break down each of the teams individually on 16 consecutive days in the run up to tip off. As with last season, we’re going in reverse order from the opening round of games. Today it’s the turn of Crvena Zvezda and we take a look […]
That was the season that was
The first season of the new 16 team format of Euroleague is in the books. Over 30 rounds of the regular season, the playoffs, and the final four in Istanbul, an awful lot happened. Emmet Ryan looks back at the stories that made the season from the opening rounds to the climax in May It […]
It’s all about Dacka and Zvezda
There are other games this week that matter but one stands head and shoulders above the rest. Emmet Ryan on the other road to Istanbul For the bulk of the latter half of the current series of Sweet 16, the discussions around Darussafaka Dogus were essentially on what they would need to do to catch […]
Zvezda remind us that they aren’t going away
It was a rout in Kaunas as Crvena Zvezda took control from the off to kill off Zalgiris within 20 minutes. Emmet Ryan looks at how the Belgrade club continues to confound pre-season expectations Let’s take this back to before the season where some idiot wrote the following about Crvena Zvezda while picking them to […]
Bamberg needs to learn to win ugly
A third quarter flurry wasn’t enough to paper over an issue that is hampering Brose Bamberg’s playoff hopes, writes Emmet Ryan The talent is clearly there. Janis Strelnieks may understand the sixth man role as well as anyone in Euroleague. Fabian Causeur, Nic Melli, and Nikos Zisis are bona fide top tier club talents. Darius […]