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VIDEO: AJ Slaughter on how his side fought and Pau Gasol’s performance
AJ Slaughter praised the performance of Pau Gasol and of his own Polish team mates as his side went down valiantly to Spain at EuroBasket 2015. Watch the full interview below. BallinEurope is in the running for two awards at Blog Awards Ireland. Go here to vote for BiE
Pau Gasol beats Poland, Spain also advances
It was another horrible outing for Spain where they got the win but over-relied on you know who. Emmet Ryan is wondering what has happened to the side that Europe once feared What will Spain do for scores when Pau Gasol eventually hangs up his kicks? Through six games in this tournament to two-time NBA […]
Spain labour to victory over Iceland
Spain didn’t exactly bring the big show against Iceland but they got the win to set up a winner takes all game against Germany on Thursday Well that was dreadful. Not Iceland, they were the usual zany delight to watch but their run around like madmen super small ball schtick wasn’t expected to cut the […]
Italy blow Group B wide open with upset of Spain
A 15-2 run to start the third quarter gave Italy the edge they needed as Spain suffered a big shock that will leave their fate in doubt until Thursday Of course Italy had a Datome section right behind the media seats. After two displays that did little to inspire over the weekend, not a whole […]
Pau and Noah combine to deny Love
Nice bit of Euro and Euro action in Chicago tonight as Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol teamed up to deny Kevin Love twice in the Bulls clash with the Cavs.
EURO-NBA: Parker strikes gold, Jonas dunks on LeBron, Schroeder’s 7 dimes
Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 points in a losing effort for the Raptors last night but none of his buckets stood out quite like the one above as the big Lithuanian posterised the best player in the game. Valanciunas added 9 boards for his trouble but it wasn’t enough as LeBron James scored 35 points, grabbed […]
EURO-NBA: Parker strikes gold, Jonas dunks on LeBron, Schroeder's 7 dimes
Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 points in a losing effort for the Raptors last night but none of his buckets stood out quite like the one above as the big Lithuanian posterised the best player in the game. Valanciunas added 9 boards for his trouble but it wasn’t enough as LeBron James scored 35 points, grabbed […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rudy Fernandez: D’Antoni “doesn’t understand Pau Gasol,” “one of the world’s best centers”
With so many observers, players and blogosphere fanatics weighing in on both perpetual trade-bait Pau Gasol and his currently sorry-looking Los Angeles Lakers, it’s no surprise that Spanish-language media outlets have taken to speaking with Pau’s Team Spain teammate Rudy Fernandez on the maddening situation. In a piece appearing in El Confidencial under the headline […]