Le Mans-Sarthe 24
My Euroleague Wednesday
When I came home tonight, I immediately checked on the situation in the different Euroleague games was. And it looked like the two first games of the day would become blowouts: Olympiacos finally beat Air Avellino without any trouble, but the score between Panionios and Real Madrid somehow surprised me as the Greeks were up […]
All of the editor’s Devotion to…
The masses (well, a few of you anyway) have weighed in and i’ve tossed around a few considerations as to my favorite Euroleague team since opened for discussion here at BallinEurope.com and over at Facebook last week. As you no doubt have noticed, it’s Partizan. The arguments pro and con were weighed, but most impressive […]
Monday's cigarettes
Here we go for the Euroleague bye week. And we’ve put together some interesting stories in order to get through these 14 days without Devotion. Take a look into Nicolas Batum’s mind. In the German Bundesliga, the Giessen 46ers had to go for a road game on Saturday against EnBW Ludwigsburg. For this 250km trip, […]
Yarone's weekend Joints
Lots of three-ball action took place this week. Some went in with great accuracy. Others will have to pay for the rim damage. Lazos, Erceg and Childress are the most overpaid players of this week, the double OT in Istanbul had two sides, Spencer caught up, Nancy made history, Jennings made us proud, and one […]
Why French teams will never win the Euroleague again
This week, I had the opportunity to follow the two French teams’ Euroleague games. On Wednesday, I was in Nancy for the game against Panathinaikos and today I followed the game between Maccabi and Le Mans via Euroleague TV. Both times, the French team lost. I went to Nancy in a very neutral fashion, neither […]
Euroleague: Le Mans, France
Laurent Sallard is one of the main authors of the newly launched website basketnews.net and has a long time experience writing for the Paper version of the French Basketnews magazine. Laurent gives us his view on the 2nd French Euroleague team this season: Le Mans. Overall record prediction:5-5 This summer, a real French revolution happened […]
The French League explained
“A long, long time ago…” This is how fairytales for children begin, but it could also lead off the status of the French League. So, a long, long time ago, French teams were big names in the European context: CSP Limoges won the Euroleague, ASVEL qualified for the Final Four, and Pau-Orthez was the most […]
Budgets in the French League
Money, money, money, must be funny, in a Russian world. This is the reality at the moment in the European transfer market. But when you check the numbers published by the French magazine basketnews last week about the budgets of French teams, it what is possible for these teams is coming back to earth.
Euroleague transfer analysis: Group A
After the first transfer mania on the European market, I want to take a look at the current roster situation of the Euroleague teams. Of course, right now, you cannot tell how the teams will perform this season as the squads have not been fixed, but let’s take a first look at who did what […]
The Euroleague group draw 2008
Yesterday, the Euroleague proceeded for its annual draw in Berlin. After several speeches and awards, the big moment was coming close with the draw of the current Euroleague groups. Here is my analysis of the results.
France ProA Transfers Table 2008/2009
Euroleague Transfers – Spain Transfers (acb.com) – Germany Transfers – Turkey Transfers FRANCE TRANSFERS Updated: 9/10/2008 14h56CET NB: Please note that names in bold are confirmed transfers. Others listed are rumors published by various media or online discussion forums. The Budget figures are either officially announced numbers or estimations related in the Media. Arrivals Departures […]
Euroleague Transfers Table 2008/2009
France Transfers – Spain Transfers (acb.com) – Germany Transfers – Turkey Transfers EUROLEAGUE TRANSFERS Updated: 28/1/2009 17h36CET Want to be up to date with Basketball news – add our RSS feed! NB: Please note that names in bold are confirmed transfers. Others listed are rumors published by various media or online discussion forums. The Budget […]