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Coach Rodman says commissioner Stern favors European players
On the eve of his coaching (!) debut for the Elmira (N.Y.) Bulldogs of the Eastern Basketball Alliance, Dennis Rodman was ready with many a quotable quote for his new hometown press in New York State; BallinEurope’s attention was piqued when ol’ Tennis Ball Head called out NBA Commissioner David “El Hefe” Stern while hyping […]
Meneghin, Peterson in New York to talk Team Italy
Italian Basketball Federation president Dino Meneghin, along with Dan “The Coach” Peterson, will reportedly be taking in the New York Knicks-Toronto Raptors game at Madison Square Garden tonight; tomorrow, they’ll be meeting with el guapo himself, NBA Commissioner David Stern. Unfortunately, reportage – even Italian-language – on this trip to America is scanty, but according […]
Best of the (Basketball) Net: Rants 'n' quotes edition
Wrapping things up for the weekend here at BallinEurope means mostly one thing: a rundown of some of the best basketball stuff made available online this week. Some news, quotes and video for this week starts now. Starting off with a well repeated, now-definitive story, then: Namely, the New York Knicks’ Darko Milicic will be […]
To Europe or Not to Europe? Jennings and Tyler headlines enliven debate
With Brandon Jennings ripping things up with the Milwaukee Bucks early in the NBA season, the interweb is alive with proclamations on the relative success of his “European experiment,” i.e. his much ballyhooed year spent playing with Lottomatica Roma in lieu of a year with an NCAA program. John McMullen, NBA specialist over at the […]
Stern to become involved in Olympiacos controversy?
What does NBA commissioner David Stern have to do with Greek basketball, an Ohio court, the U.S. House of Representatives and Michael Jackson? Everything, if player agents Tom McLaughlin and Gary Ebert and Rep. Peter King (R.-N.Y.) have anything to say about it. As noted here, Olympiacos allegedly owes McLaughin and former Reds player Chris […]
NBA preseason in London – again
The NBA announced today that two preseason games will be played in Europe this fall: The Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz will meet in the O2 Arena in London on October 6th 2009. Additionally, a second game is scheduled but the exact date, teams and place have not been revealed so far.
Does Europe really want the NBA?
I just got back from Berlin where the o2 World hosted the Washington Wizards and the New Orleans Hornets. Germany has always been a country where the NBA is much more known than the Euroleague – maybe one reason why the NBA chose Germany – besides their deal with AEG, which built the arena in […]