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For Bonn, to win just once would be enough
On Sunday, in the Basketball Champions League final, Telekom Baskets have a chance at the first major trophy in the club’s history. The Bonn club has been waiting a long time for this moment Fun is, and this may be the least controversial take I’ve ever made in a lifetime of irritatingly largely calm and […]
Malaga’s hosting win is the secondary story in BCL F4 drama
Unicaja Malaga fans will get to watch their team challenge for the Basketball Champions League title in their own arena but the decision is shrouded in drama as Hapoel Jerusalem missed out on hosting I am often wrong and rarely informed. I said as much last night as the expectations over where the Basketball Champions […]
Gavin Ware knows his worth
After another ridiculously efficient performance in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) from Gavin Ware, Emmet Ryan explains why the big man may be the most self-aware player in Europe right now Gavin Ware had the best performance you didn’t see this past week. In exactly 20 minutes on the floor he had 24 points on […]
A new road for the boys from Freak City
It was long past time that BiE had a trip to the BCL so Emmet Ryan visited an old haunt where times are changing. For only the second time this decade, Brose Bamberg are campaigning in Europe without the moniker of German champions. He went to the Brose Arena a couple of weeks back to […]
The 10 games to watch in the Eurocup 2016/17 season
Having gone through all 61 game days of the Euroleague season yesterday, Emmet Ryan is back to pick BiE’s 10 games of the week in the 2016/17 season of the new look Eurocup There’s a lot to digest with the new format for Eurocup but, essentially, it matches what Euroleague was like as recently as […]
Hapoel Jerusalem stepping out of the shadows
One record defines Hapoel Jersualem’s past, another could hinder their future. Emmet Ryan on the rising Israeli club’s bid for the big time For the bulk of fans and observers across Europe, Maccabi Tel Aviv are Israeli basketball. They have all but owned the national league forever, they are the club that has climbed the […]
Jerry Smith takes flight against Hapoel Jerusalem
Maccabi Rishon Leziobn lost 64-72 to unbeaten Israeli league leaders Hapoel Jerusalem but they did deliver this big highlight play dunk from Jerry Smith. Enjoy. Hapoel Jerusalem remain top of the Winner League at 8-0, with Maccabi Tel Aviv narrowly ahead of Maccabi Rishon Leziobn for second on score differential with both teams on 6-2.
Splitting the difference with Hapoel Jerusalem
In the first of two on the ground reports from the Winner League in Israel, Emmet Ryan went back to school to learn about the rising force that is Hapoel Jerusalem. “You are a journalist about both technology and basketball, that is strange?” This could easily have been my mother talking but instead of Ma’s […]
Not exactly “no basketball anymore”: Notes on 34 pan-European games
“No basketball anymore”? Are you serious? The next two days will see some 34 games played out in the top three European basketball competitions: Euroleague, EuroCup and FIBA Eurochallenge. Below, BallinEurope presents some links, highlight clips and like on some of the competing teams starring Igor Rakocevic, Tiago Splitter, D.J. Strawberry and that Williams guy, […]
Eurocup Draw completed, groups announced
The EuroCup draw for groupings went down at 1pm CET today; below the break, BallinEurope runs the results of said draw. Information in parentheses indicates last year’s finish in domestic league play. So how’s your team’s group looking…?
Top 100 Teams in Europe: After the cups, then what? Edition
The dust – and in Germany, the glass – has settled on a week of Cup tournament action throughout The Continent, so it’s time for BallinEurope to crunch the numbers in compiling the weekly Top 100 Teams in Europe list. But, ran the first question, what relative weight should be prescribed for these games for […]
Euroleague, Eurocup qualifying round bullets
With a nod to TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott, BallinEurope presents a few “bullets” from around Europe in previewing six games’ worth of tonight’s Euroleague and Eurocup qualifying round action. • Hemofarm swingman Marko Sutalo sees the keys to defeating the more experienced (and more American) Alba Berlin as three: Setting the pace, establishing position on offense […]