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Giannis caps Europe’s greatest night
First there was Luka, then there was Rudy, then the big one at the end. Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Greek Freak, the NBA MVP for 2019. Emmet Ryan on how a continent celebrated an extraordinary night from the shores of Dunkirk, through the lakes of Slovenia, to the islands of Greece Look, Luka was the one […]
Post All Star break betting tactics
With the NBA All Star weekend coming up, the home straight for NBA bettors is in sight. Now it’s time to get smart around your strategy as the big names battle it out for playoff position Trust in the Bucks even if you don’t I see you there, fully convinced the Golden State Warriors […]
Luka makes history while Europe watches
The last word most certainly belonged to Giannis Antetokounmpo but on a night when Europe’s two young superstars squared off, Luka Doncic became only the second teenager to record a triple double in NBA history and he did so at a reasonable hour for his homeland. Emmet Ryan on a special night for European hoops […]
Giannis sets a new career high
The Bucks fell to the Pelicans last night but Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo had a career night as the Greek Freak scored 29 points.
Giannis Antetotkounmpo is a freaking cheat code
True story, when I was born I was 56cm long and 3.9kg. Long range forecasts would have put me in the Greek Freak range although you’d have to come up with an Irish equivalent. Those long range projections were wrong because, as the Suns found out last night, there is only one Giannis Antetokounmpo. Props […]
Big jam by Giannis Antetokounmpo as Greece beat Slovenia
The summer of the Greek Freak continued today. Another game, another highlight reel moment. This time it was Kostas Sloukas setting up Giannis Antetokounmpo for the alley-oop dunk as Greece beat Slovenia 79-71 in the Huawai Cup, a 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball warm-up tournament.
Giannis Antetokounmpo with the big dunk against Lithuania
Το κάρφωμα του Γιάννη Αντετοκούνμπο με τη… by 22ios The Greek Freak continues to bring his exciting style of play to the FIBA World Cup warm-up games. The Milwaukee Bucks man made this jams during today’s international between his native Greece and Lithuania. We’ll have more on this game later on BiE.
Oh no you didn’t! Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks the nation of France
Charles de Gaulle, Francois Mitterand, Gerard Depardieu, you call all feel this right? This was nascent anger from the Greek Freak tonight. Giannis Antetokounmpo, of the Milwaukee Bucks, did this for the Greek national team against France tonight in a FIBA World Cup warm-up game.
Podcast: Talking Euroleague, NBA transactions, Lithuania basketball
Episode #44 of the BallinEurope/heinnews co-produced “Taking the Charge” podcast series is now available online or via iTunes. This week’s podcast pays homage to the axiom that, when in doubt about what to talk about in European basketball, simply go to Lithuania. And who better to discuss Team Lithuania’s chances in Eurobasket 2013, Linas Kleiza’s […]
Eurobasket 2013: Which NBA players are in, which are out?
Because it’s never too early to start looking ahead to Eurobasket 2013 – wait a minute, there’s only 11 weeks left until tipoff? Definitely not too early, then, to take a look at the formative rosters for the big Continental tournament. While only a few national teams (Croatia and Lithuania among them) have released preliminary […]
Taking stock of European players in the NBA, 2012-13
BallinEurope will be celebrating NBA Opening Day with lots of stuff centered on the big league; firstly, BiE takes stock of Continental ballers in the ‘States. Taking a look at this year’s roundup, we note that 53 Europeans have been named to NBA clubs’ 15-man roster, just beating the pace of the 52 listed in […]
Enes, Ersan, Ömer and Hedo: Turkey’s quartet in the NBA preseason
As one who believes wholeheartedly in the forthcoming Turkish invasion of the NBA, BallinEurope sends props to Trend Basket today; via Tweet by a Turkey-based fan, the preseason statistics for the country’s four current NBAers are listed. Here’s how they looked (based on 36 minutes of playing time): ● Enes Kanter, Utah Jazz: 21.2 points, […]