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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, […]
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: Panathinaikos Athens, Greece
Drazen93 and scire10 first sound like some PlayStation3 nick name, but over the years we found out that basketball people in Greece give themselves nick names. I maybe should ask one day what the reason for this is. Drazen and Scire have provided us with a great preview last season and do it again this […]
The Greek league explained
A great tradition that brings waves of young prospects to the scene every year; the smallest, disagreeable, noisiest arenas in Europe; the fieriest fans a player could desire; economic powers in Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. This is Greek basketball: This is Esake. What can we expect from the upcoming season? Simply another battle between the Greens […]
What's up with Gordan Giricek?
Within the last 24 hours we’ve gotten about 1000 search requests within our in-site search engine about Gordan Giricek. Why?! Well, Gordan Giricek played for the Phoenix Suns last season, averaging 3.4 points per game and 1.4 rebounds per game. So what makes the 198cm Croatian so interesting? Well, probably the fact that he is […]
Josh Childress update: Signs with Olympiacos!
According to Lithuanian basketball web site krepsinis.net (thanks to Zaidaw), Josh Childress has signed with Olympiacos. To make it less a rumor, but a more reliable note: See here (for a picture of Josh actually signing), here and here are also reports and “photo evidence” of his signature in Greece with Olympiakos. If you are […]
Euroleague transfer analysis: Group B
After explaining the first transfers of Group A, I will take a closer look at group B today to see who did what and give you my opinion on these moves.
Great rivalries in European basketball: Panathinaikos vs. Olympiakos (Part 2)
In the second part of our article about one of the biggest rivalries in European basketball, I’ll take a closer look at more recent games between both teams and speak about the post-2002 era.
Great rivalries in European basketball: Panathinaikos vs. Olympiakos
During these summer weeks in which club team action is slowing down a bit despite a hot transfer market, BallinEurope will give you a little history lesson with the presentation of the biggest rivalries in European basketball. And we’ll start in Greece.
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.
The BallinEurope playoff roundup
We have some more national champions to congratulate today, and we’ve also witnessed some nice “battles” in the paint. Get ready for the latest edition of the BallinEurope playoff roundup!
General questions about international and European basketball
Over the last few weeks, we’ve received a few interesting questions from Luke T. Johnson of the China Daily and we decided to make them open to the public. Here you go: 1. How have international teams from Europe and South America managed to close the gap on the US? I am a huge European […]