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Euroleague Power Ranking (Week 2)
Here we go for the second edition of the BallinEurope.com Euroleague Power Ranking presented by… OK, we’re still here at a normal blog and not on ESPN. So not that much changes at the top of the rankings this week, as you can read just below. 1. Regal FC Barcelona (2-0) (-) The team of […]
Euroleague: Alternative analysis of Group C (a.k.a. the Heavy Metal Division)
So today I’ll start a first analysis of the different Euroleague groups, though this won’t be the classical analysis as you’ll see. Let’s start with Group C, which I call the Heavy Metal Division. It was quite easy to make this choice, if you have a team from a city named after an avant-garde band, […]
Euroleague Final Four tickets
A few days ago, the Euroleague announced that Euroleague Final Four tickets for Berlin would be sold tomorrow, Wednesday October 29th, on this web site. Thanks to Pucki of schoenen-dunk.de, we know that right now you can buy tickets here and on the official Euroleague web site. The tickets, which cover the two days in […]
Aftermath cigarettes
The first Euroleague game day of the 2008/09 season is in the books – all the home teams won their games besides Avellino (Italy) who lost to Olympiacos, and SLUC Nancy (France) who got killed at home against FC Barcelona. Player that impressed me the most: Loren Woods. I know Will McDonald is the Euroleague […]
Marcus Brown to Maccabi Tel Aviv?
It looks bad – really bad – for the only Lithuanian club still playing in the Euroleague. Rytas has been out of the Euroleague since last season, and it now looks like Zalgiris has big problems, which we have already discussed. After we thought Zalgiris was fine, we’ve gotten the news that Marcus Brown, one […]
The hard Italian life of Brandon Jennings
Will Brandon Jennings regret his choice to join Roma? “Hey, he’s only played one game with his team, what are you saying?” could be the answer from any of Oak Hill Academy product’s fans. But the situation isn’t smiling so much on B.J. now. Roma is an open building site, and the risky debut match […]
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 […]
The 2008/2009 Euroleague season
If you have been following BallinEurope for the past year – by the way, BallinEurope just turned ONE a few days ago – you saw the Euroleague team previews that our experts sent in. When we asked our last years’ experts about this year, everybody offered to write up their predictions for “their” team again. […]
Buongiorno Dan Dickau!
Air Avellino, an Italian club that just made it to the Euroleague for the first time, named Dan Dickau their new point guard. According to club President Vincenzo Ercolino, Air Avelino was looking for Dan, because of their aim “to find a player that could make a difference and dictate the tempo of our team. He […]
What do you think? Part 1
Since BallinEurope, just as any blog out there, is for you, the reader, we want to know what YOU think. This series will run a poll each week with one question covering a current development, news or rumors, where you get a chance to let us know what you think.
Official: Brandon Jennings will play in Europe
Today, Brandon Jennings and entourage announced that the former high school star will drop his college career and play in Europe next season in order to prepare for the NBA draft.
Win a Euroleague TV package!
People have been complaining about the price of the EL.tv package that is available. We think it is worth every cent and everybody who loves the Euroleague should have it. To prove that we really want the best for the fans, we got one full season package and will give it away for free. Of […]