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Slovenia to host 2013 Eurobasket by default?
Congratulations, BallinEurope supposes, should go out to the Slovenian Basketball Federation, which seemingly has won the bid to host the 2013 Eurobasket tournament. This slightly bizarre news was run via Slovenian news service this morning: Slovenia is the only candidate to host the 2013 European Basketball Championship. The European basketball championships will expand to 24 […]
European players in the NBA for 2010-11 (or, Come on, Raptors, sign Primoz Brezec already) [UPDATED]
With NBA teams starting to get warmed up for the regular season tipoff, BallinEurope figured it high time to take stock of the European players prospectively set to take the court in America for 2010-11. In considering the expanded rosters for each of the 30 NBA teams, BiE counted 50 players from The Continent plus […]
Where will NBA's European free agents go?
While everyone else in the basketball universe is watching the minute-by-minute maneuvers of Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the like, BallinEurope has an eye on those powers from The Continent who may be moving around within the NBA to help reshape rosters for the 2010-11 season. Our man in the U.K., Sam Chadwick, […]
List of 2009-10 European basketball champions
League play is now accelerating to a close all over The Continent, and BallinEurope’s “List of European Champions” page gets more updates. Most men’s domestic leagues have completely closed up shoppe for 2009-10, but BiE has also listed a few details on where other leagues stand at present; links are provided where possible. If no […]
Sasha Vujacic is King of Slovenia: The video proof
BallinEurope’s official YouTube of the week? Not even close: It’s easily this video paean to the immortal Sasha “The Machine” Vujacic from the mad geniuses over at Lakers-Fan.com. Who says Laker fans hate Sasha? Everyone know Machine is king of Slovenia! (Click continue reading to witness 48 seconds of poetry and, um, highlights.)
Talking points for the Euroleague 2009-10 season opener
Happy Opening Day, Euroleague devotees! Though no one has yet devised a way to read tomorrow’s newspaper, here are some talking points sure to be addressed in coverage of tonight’s Maccabi Electra-Union Olimpija opener in Tel Aviv.
Rytas wins LKL, opens door for Euroleague wildcard spot
With an 82-70 win over Zalgiris Kaunas this Monday, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius has won the Lithuanian championship for the fourth time, adding the 2009 title to those of 2000, 2002 and 2006. Against a Zalgiris team that had seen its roster reduced like ice in the sunshine during the season, the win of the team […]
Why Americans should watch Euroleague Final Four
Many observers and participants are already calling the 2009 Final Four in Berlin in early May the best ever. While that remains to be seen, one thing that is certain is that the affair in the German capital is anything but just another European party. And American basketball fans will have plenty of reasons to […]
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008: Day 1
With about 24 hours until the Olympic Qualifying Tournament starts, let’s have a look at the teams and the chances for each team to make it to the big goal: the Olympics in Beijing.