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Euroleague now a semi-closed league
As a French newspaper reported two weeks ago and as we related here on BallinEurope.com, the Euroleague will see a dramatic change in their qualification process.
European Club competitions will change in 2008/2009
ULEB and FIBA Europe today announced the new format for European club competitions: Nothing really new here, though, as FIBA Europe had already published the main parts of this reform in March.
Attendance figures for European competitions
After we have talked already about attendance of the different leagues, we take a closer look at the three main European competitions and their attendance figures.
Euroleague to be a closed league
In an article in the French newspaper L’Equipe, the possibility of a closed Euroleague has been evoked and reportedly is very close to happening.
End-of-week rumors
RONNY TURIAF WOULD LIKE TO BE A LAKER. Ronny told the press to write that, so there it is. It’s not really a rumor, but Ronny is a free agent now and didn’t play too well in the NBA Finals … wait, did he play? Right now, everybody wants to be a Laker, since everybody, […]
The NBA-Euro Exodus continues
The transfer season is in full speed in Europe, with rumors fusing all around the different newspapers and websites. And while the NBA teams are still thinking of drafting Europeans in the second round, former picks are thinking about moving back to the Euroleague.
Monday's cigarettes
More and more leagues are coming to an end while the transfer market is heating up. Additionally, the NBA Draft is approaching…
Is being drafted still worth it?
With the NBA Draft 2008 approaching, I was wondering if it’s still a dream to be drafted by a NBA team. The decline of the US dollar and the financial improvement of top European clubs has reduced the gap between NBA franchises and the top teams of The Continent.
New FIBA rules in for 2008-2009
We’ve already talked about the rules changes that FIBA has made in order to improve the game of basketball . Tonight, the French basketball federation published a report about the FIBA/ULEB meeting of 14 May concerning the organization of next season.
General questions about international and European basketball
Over the last few weeks, we’ve received a few interesting questions from Luke T. Johnson of the China Daily and we decided to make them open to the public. Here you go: 1. How have international teams from Europe and South America managed to close the gap on the US? I am a huge European […]
Euroleague Final Four: A halftime with Jordi Bertomeu (Part 2)
Here is the second part of our interview with Jordi Bertomeu. How does this agreement between Euroleague basketball and AEG impact the choice of Final Four locations? The agreement with AEG is for three years. What is sure that is that the Final Four 2009 is in Berlin. We will be in London either in […]
Euroleague Final Four: A halftime with Jordi Bertomeu (Part 1)
During the Final Four, BallinEurope had the opportunity at halftime of the third-place game to speak in near exclusivity with Euroleague basketball CEO Jordi Bertomeu. Bertomeu invited us together with Horst Schneider from German Forward Magazine and Ian Whittell from the Times of London to talk about the agreement with AEG and what this means […]