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Misko Raznatovic talks Nedovic, Pekovic, with B92
The crew over at B92 got an extensive interview with super-agent Misko Raznatovic. The original piece is in Serbian but Saša Ozmo has translated it far better than Google can into English. Here are the highlights. On Nemanja Nedovic and the Warriors “I don’t know if he’s gonna get a proper chance – they’re promising […]
EURO-NBA: Les Spurs roll, Pek scores 25 but T-Wolves fall
It was a busy Veteran’s Day for the NBA’s European contingent. Tony Parker and Marco Belinelli had big days for San Antonio, Nikola Pekovic had a bigger one for Minnesota but came out on the losing end at the Clippers. The Spurs put in another insanely balanced performance, spreading minutes and stats across their roster, […]
EURO-NBA: Marc leads Grizzlies past Celtics, tight loss for T-Wolves
After a weekend filled with double-doubles and topped by a trip-dub from Batman, Monday was a much quiter affair for the NBA’s European contingent. Marc Gasol scored 14 points and snagged 8 rebounds in the performance of the night by a European. The Spaniard helped Memphis eke out a 95-88 win over the Celtics. Kosta […]
EURO-NBA: Vucevic's dub-dub and Rubio's dimes highlight Sunday
Nikola Vucevic’s double-double helped the Magic overcome the Nets while Ricky Rubio had 10 assists as the T-Wolves topped the Knicks. It was a good night for La Pistola as the Timberwolves beat the Knicks 109-100. The T-Wolves out-scored the Knicks 40-19 in the first frame as Kevin Love led Minnesota with 34 points and […]
EURO-NBA: Vucevic’s dub-dub and Rubio’s dimes highlight Sunday
Nikola Vucevic’s double-double helped the Magic overcome the Nets while Ricky Rubio had 10 assists as the T-Wolves topped the Knicks. It was a good night for La Pistola as the Timberwolves beat the Knicks 109-100. The T-Wolves out-scored the Knicks 40-19 in the first frame as Kevin Love led Minnesota with 34 points and […]
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 […]
Euroleague American Tour 2013: CSKA Moscow scheduled for Minnesota, San Antonio visits
The Red Army is coming to the US as part of the always fun and interesting Euroleague American Tour 2013: Euroleague and NBA officials today announced that in October, CSKA Moscow’ll be taking on a couple of teams with nice Continental/ international ties in the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs. No word yet on […]
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 […]
FC Barcelona-Panathinaikos: The YouTube history (starring Gallis, Dominique, Obradovic, Saras, Pekovic, Diamantidis, Tomic)
Those in the know about European basketball (or sport, really) need no introduction to either of these storied franchises who add another chapter to the annals tonight: Panathinaikos Athens goes to Barcelona to take on the Blaugrana in a decisive game five Euroleague quarterfinal match – after one heck of a series thus far. Hyperbolization […]
Fox Sports Net: Andrei Kirilenko’s uniqueness defies technology, statistics (no kidding)
There’s an ages-old joke about the United States and the former Soviet Union’s approaches to technological innovation during the “Space Race”-dominated era of the 1960s which feels no less true in spite of its almost certain apocryphal nature. Before those days of text-messaging, tweeting and desktop computers larger than actual desk, NASA had set out, […]
Super Timberwolves: Peks, AK-47, Shved, Rubio as manga-style heroes [Update, translation]
Big shout out this morning to heinnews, who’s provided BallinEurope with a translation of the Minnesota Timberwolves manga-type comic strip that recently appeared in the Japan-based Dunk Shot sports paper. Read along, panel by panel, below the break — hilarious stuff, really … and who knew Nikola Pekovic had such problems with the ladies?