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The official BallinEurope NBA draft mock
Courtesy of the Everyone Else Is Doing It So Why Don’t We Department comes the official BallinEurope mock NBA draft for 2010. Our man in the UK, Sam Chadwick looks into his metaphorical crystal ball to see how the American clubs might be thinking on draft day. BiE will be running official mock draft 2.0 […]
Jordan Brand Classic scoop: Roster changes, player briefs, how to watch online
Just in case international youth basketball fans weren’t sated by the recent Albert Schweitzer and Nike Hoop Summit youth tournaments, perhaps the upcoming Jordan Brand Classic in New York today will go a bit further in sating the craving. Three games will be played between some of the world’s finest U18 players. Game two of […]
Stream of consciousness runs through Philippines, Serbia, Iran, Texas
Currently on tour in Serbia is a first-division club from the Philippines, Manila-based Smart Gilas Pilipinas. Smart Gilas has recorded one win thus far, taking a 91-84 victory last Thursday over Super Fund, a team that will be promoted to the Serbian first division for 2010-11. The Serbian tour is an effort by Smart Gilas […]
Draft profile: Jan Vesely
In tribute to that great international pastime known as “NBA mock drafting,” BallinEurope’s man in the U.K., Sam Chadwick, periodically takes a look at some of Europe’s prospective high draft picks. Today’s profile features the Czech Republic’s Jan Vesely, a power forward reckoned to be the second European taken in the NBA draft (after Donatas […]
FMP Belgrade news: Đurović out, local hero Djokic in, no more foreign players
Talk about your sudden gearshifts. As FMP Belgrade prepares for the Eurochallenge quarterfinal round, the club and FIBA today announced that coach Vlade Đurović has been ousted from the team, sacking effective immediately. Bosko Djokic, who had served as BC FMP previously and was employed for 2009-10 at Radnički Basket, was named as Đurović’s replacement. […]
Ten spots filled for Jordan Brand Classic; two each to Turkey, France, Serbia
Another Jordan Brand Classic Camp is in the books, wrapping in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. The camp saw 40 European players dueling on the court (and, in a serious sign of our times, apparently also in media relations) over eight days – including an all-day “presser” – in order to gain an invite to the prestigious […]
Groups drawn for FIBA U17 World Men's Championship
FIBA today announced the groupings for the organization’s U17 World Championship for Men competition scheduled for Germany in July. European teams competing in the 12-team tournament include Lithuania, Serbia, Poland, Spain and the hosts. Official press release follows the break.
Stankovic: Don’t blame Serbian Basketball Association, blame clubs
Maybe something was lost in the translation, but the English-language version of the Serbian edition of Blic reports that Team Serbia coach Dusan Ivkovic and all-time great Vlade Divac have leveled some serious verbal fireworks in the direction of the national association. Today at Blic.rs, Serbia Basketball Association honorary president Bora Stankovic fires back at […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Soccer, Serbia, Sergio and Sherri edition
What were we reading at the BallinEurope virtual offices this week? Glad you asked! Here’s a handful of stories on all matters Euroball for your perusal. Happy reading, everyone! One to watch, possibly: Serbian import Darko Cohadarevic of Texas Tech. Hey, did you know the Major League Soccer (America’s, ahem, top fútball league) championship goes […]
Best of the (basketball) net: The More-than-Jeremy Tyler edition
What was on the mass mind of the interweb this week with regard to basketball this week? Glad you asked! Surfing for seven days resulted in the following finds well worth your time. Within a week of Jeremy Tyler hype and analysis, how about an actual interview with the lad himself? The Maccabi Haifa official […]
Roster rule changes in Serbia and Greece
Good news and bad news, definition and redefinition of “foreign player” ruled the basketball headlines in Serbia and Greece last week. While the reigning basketball federation of the latter expanded the number of roster slots available to non-EU players from two to three, Serbia not only limited the number of foreign players allowed on team […]
Adriana Lima enjoys Serbian cuisine (and other important news from Serbia)
This weekend, Darko Milicic married his pregnant girlfriend Zorana Markus in Saborna crkva of Saint Nikola in Sremski Karlovci (sic!) and the after-marriage party in Novi Sad was *the* place to be for the Serbian basketball elite.