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Rio Quarter Finals – France and Spain are doomed to fight forever
Ahead of Wednesday’s two Olympic men’s basketball quarter finals, Emmet Ryan looks at yet another clash between Europe’s arch powers Every EuroBasket title since 2009, one silver medal, two bronzes, a World Cup bronze on enemy territory, a shot to the googlies en route to an Olympic exit. Spain and France have been through a […]
Meet the Nashwitzkis
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan is one of 20 basketball observers from assorted backgrounds taking part in #AllTimeNBADraft on Twitter. Here’s how he settled on the roster for the Dallas Nashwitzkis First off, oh how I have sinned, for given this team’s name it’s a touch shameful that neither Steve Nash nor Dirk Nowitzki are on the […]
Pau fights to the last as Spain overcome France in OT thriller
Pau Gasol refused to quit even when his body begged him to. Pau’s heart told it to shut up and keep playing. It was just enough to stop France, writes Emmet Ryan Pau Gasol had sent the message clear before this game. He wanted to beat France in front of their own fans. He remembers […]
VIDEO: Nicolas Batum says the game with Spain will be aggressive
Nicolas Batum spoke at length following France’s win over Latvia about how Tony Parker lifted his team when they were down and how the upcoming clash with Spain promises to be a tough battle. BallinEurope is in the running for two awards at Blog Awards Ireland. Go here to vote for BiE
Marchons! Marchons! Tony Parker drags France into the semi finals
Tony Parker took care of business when his team mates couldn’t and France saw off Latvia to set up a date with Spain in the semi finals, writes Emmet Ryan It was far from vintage France against Latvia in the second quarter final on Tuesday night. There were stutters and stumbles from the home side […]
Ataman out of answers as France breeze by Turkey
Powered on by 26,135 screaming fans, France cruised past Turkey to book their spot in the quarter finals of EuroBasket 2015. Emmet Ryan reports from the arean If there’s a more intimadating sound in sports than the Marseillaise I’ve yet to hear it. Stade Pierre du Mauroy was loud long before the anthems, Tony Park […]
Tony Parker named FIBA Europe POY but Teodosic wins the fan vote
In a shock to roughly nobody, Tony Parker claimed a second straight FIBA Europe men’s player of the year award but the big surprise was how much the San Antonio Spurs man needed to lean on support from non-fan votes to get over the line. Parker narrowly beat Milos Teodosic for the overall award after […]
Tony Parker does ice bucket challenge but his friend can’t use a camera phone
France and San Antonio Spurs star point guard Tony Parker did the ice bucket challenge for ALS. Unfortunately his friend needs to work on his camera phone etiquette. Dude, when filming you have got to turn your phone.
EURO-NBA: Tony Parker leads Europe’s All Star troupe
With three Europeans selected for this Sunday’s NBA All Star game, BiE pays tribute to Joakim Noah, Dirk Nowitzki, and Tony Parker. It was hardly a shock when no Europeans got selected for the starting line-ups of this year’s NBA All Star game but with three players from the continent making the reserves, including two […]
EURO-NBA: Les Spurs roll, Pek scores 25 but T-Wolves fall
It was a busy Veteran’s Day for the NBA’s European contingent. Tony Parker and Marco Belinelli had big days for San Antonio, Nikola Pekovic had a bigger one for Minnesota but came out on the losing end at the Clippers. The Spurs put in another insanely balanced performance, spreading minutes and stats across their roster, […]
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 […]