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Joe Ingles Didn’t Just Start. He Represented.
For many it was a lovely moment. That on it’s own meant a lot. For those with autism or supporting those with it, this was something more. Emmet Ryan, an autistic journalist, on why Joe Ingles, Renae Ingles, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the NBA, and the whole of basketball moved him so much on Friday night. […]
Rudy Gobert shows low key dominance in duel with Jusuf Nurkic
It was meant to be a battle of bigs in Game 1 of the NBA playoffs. Instead, Rudy Gobert barely had to go into second gear against Jusuf Nurkic as the Minnesota Timberwolves battered the Phoenix Suns Rudy Gobert is an open and honest man. We’ve known that for a long time. What we saw […]
Ricky Rubio is writing his own story
With Ricky Rubio announcing his retirement from the NBA, Emmet Ryan writes about his own mental health, basketball, and coping with yourself Thursday was a moment for reflection. It’s not the first of its type and it won’t be the last but that doesn’t make it any less important. Ricky Rubio has played his last […]
Rudy Gobert manhandles Poland as France make the EuroBasket 2022 final
Rudy Gobert was always going to be a force in this game but the sheer ease with which he dominated Poland was shocking to all watching as the Minnesota Timberwolves man barely broke a sweat in a controlled performance to reach the final of EuroBasket 2022. Emmet Ryan was in Berlin to watch the three […]
Titanfall: Why the NBA’s biggest stars failed at EuroBasket
With the big three of EuroBasket 2022 not even making it to the medal round, Emmet Ryan breaks down how changing cultures in basketball have been behind the shocking exists of Antetkounmpo, Doncic, Jokic, and more There’s a poster just inside the media entrance of the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The main promo for EuroBasket and similar […]
Nunnally has learned to run with the Wolves
A year ago James Nunnally was fresh of a season filled with titles but oodles of questions. Delivering the necessary answers set him up for a jump to the NBA and a chance to be a useful piece for the Minnesota Timberwolves, writes Emmet Ryan The natural narrative around the T-Wolves this off-season was […]
Watch Ricky Rubio’s triple double against the Clippers
Ricky Rubio had a big night for the Timberwolves against the Clippers with 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. Despite Rubio’s heroics, Minnesota fell 110-105.
Watch Ricky Rubio make an assist while falling out of bounds
Falling out of bounds with no ability to see where your team mates are? Perfect time to drop a dime. Despite Ricky’s heroics, the Timberwolves fell 94-91 to the Warriors.
BallinEurope’s Top 10 Euro-centric storylines in NBA 2013-14 season
Though the NBA’s opening night went down yesterday (North America time), the far majority of teams in the Association has yet to tip things off. What better time then, to enumerate 10 or so storylines BallinEurope will be following in 2013-14? (That was a rhetorical question.) Right, then. Here’s what we’re looking at in the […]
CSKA beat Timberwolves 108-106 in overtime
CSKA Moscow’s U.S. tour started off with a hard-fought 108-106 victory over its NBA opposition, the Minnesota Timberwolves, but only after requiring an extra five minutes of time. The Timberwolves didn’t get off to the best of starts, but the reserves provided a spirited fightback, turning a 18 point deficit into a four point lead […]
Podcast: Tony Parker! Ricky Rubio! New BiE editor!
Episode #54 (alternatively “Volume II, Episode 2”) of the BallinEurope/heinnews co-produced “Taking the Charge” podcast series is now available online or via iTunes. But enough with the pleasantries. Let’s get right to the headliners. From the post-games of last week’s Eurobasket 2013 final matches come words from perhaps the biggest names we’ve ever had on […]
Eurobasket: Slovenia and Croatia progress, Spain win
We know half of the teams through from Group F after a wild Saturday. Two Balkan teams locked up their places in the quarter-finals with wins today while Spain cruised to their first win in the second phase. Damn that crowd makes a difference. Slovenia and Greece delivered one of the ugliest first quarters of […]