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Russell Westbrook’s Loyalty Costs Him in Today’s NBA
Everyone knows one person whose loyalty can be both a blessing and a curse. This can come in the form of a person who stays in relationships for too long or who stays too long in a job that isn’t good for them. In the NBA this person exists as well, coming in the form […]
Panathinaikos and the case for Perry Jones III
Konstantinos Panas of Ola Prasina examines how former Baylor Bear star and OKC Thunder bust Perry Jones III might be the best option to fill a need for Panathinaikos at power forward Suggesting a power forward for a team with needs as complex as those of the Greens wasn’t easy. I imagined a pure forward, […]
John Calipari talks to BiE about Kanter, FIBA ball, and the potential perfect season
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan spoke with John Calipari, coach of the currently unbeaten Kentucky Wildcats, in an exclusive interview for BiE. Coach Cal discussed Enes Kanter, his time with the Dominican Republic national team, and the current unbeaten run of his Wildcats this season with March Madness just around the corner. With a 584-174 record in […]
AUDIO: Interview with DeAndre Liggins
BIE’s Andrei Britz caught up with DeAndre Liggins after his Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd team scored a big road win, 79-96, over Asesoft Ploiesti in Eurocup. Liggins a former Kentucky product, played for Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA and their D-Leagues affiliate Tulsa 66ers. He spend last season with another D-league team, Sioux Falls Skyforce. […]
NBA Global Games: Durant Dominates, Ibaka rules the boards, Thunder beat Sixers 103-99
There’s only one reasonable explanation for Kevin Durant’s display in Manchester last night. He couldn’t countenance losing to the Philadelphia 76ers in a pre-season game. The Oklahoma City Thunder star recorded a double-double, with 21 points and 12 assists as well as 8 rebounds, but it was his scoring outburst in the third quarter that […]
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 […]
NBA announces Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers visits to Europe in October
Right, then. Start calling up that calendar for October because the NBA has announced that two teams from the big league will be coming to Europe (presumably as part of the 2014 NBA Europe Live tour), with another six heading to other continents. From the NBA and Associated Press, the schedule looks like the following.
Basketball Movies in 2012: The winner of the Oscar (Robertson) for Best Full-Length Feature is…
It’s that time of year again in Hollywood as America’s movie-making industry tonight rolls out the red carpet for the Academy Awards, its annual celebration of excellence in film. In parallel, BallinEurope likewise awards (and by “awards,” BiE here means to say “writes up a column and pretends to gift an utterly imaginary trophy to […]
2012: The year in Euro-centric basketball highlight clips
What say we close out 2012 with a whole bunch of highlight clips? BiE knew you’d be willing. Tomorrow, a list of the most popular BallinEurope stories of the calendar year will be running, but today comes an attempt to encapsulate the past 365 days in European hoops, YouTube style. From Ibaka’s blocks to the […]
NBA on Christmas Day: BallinEurope’s Official Fearless Predictions™
Here on The Continent, all but the hardiest envy those in the Western Hemisphere today; as the holiday fades into evening here, the NBA’s awesome quintupleheader is just beginning: To watch this live, the European would have to pull an all-nighter, with wall-to- wall basketball straight through to 7am or so. BallinEurope plans to watch […]
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 […]