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Yarone's Weekend Joints – part I
Probably the best thing would be to start with an apology for the delay, and get this out of the way. I’d like to thank the academy and blame Chris for the delay, not because it’s really his fault, but just because it’s fun to blame him on everything. Give it a try… Week 5 […]
Four-armed player with first win in EuroCup 2008/2009
On opening night of the newly created EuroCup, Lietuvos Rytas beat ASVEL Villeurbanne easily, 95-74, in front of 7500 spectators and Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu. Matthew Nielsen is no longer playing for the Lithuanians, as he signed a new deal with Pamesa Valencia and will probably leave in the next days. The story of the […]
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, […]
Yarone's weekend Joints
Lots of three-ball action took place this week. Some went in with great accuracy. Others will have to pay for the rim damage. Lazos, Erceg and Childress are the most overpaid players of this week, the double OT in Istanbul had two sides, Spencer caught up, Nancy made history, Jennings made us proud, and one […]
Euroleague: Zalgiris Kaunas, Lithuania
What would we do without Jonas? Without Jonas, we would not have been able to give our shirt of our EuroGuy vs. Ramunas Siskauskas (see the logo) to Ramunas himself at the Final Four in Madrid this past summer. Jonas has always been a true friend to BallinEurope and has sent in many reports and […]
Marcus Brown to Maccabi Tel Aviv?
It looks bad – really bad – for the only Lithuanian club still playing in the Euroleague. Rytas has been out of the Euroleague since last season, and it now looks like Zalgiris has big problems, which we have already discussed. After we thought Zalgiris was fine, we’ve gotten the news that Marcus Brown, one […]
Zalgiris Kaunas stays alive and what a story!
We heard lots of stories and rumors about Zalgiris Kaunas and its eventual bankruptcy these days. But now it’s official: Zalgiris Kaunas has been saved and will continue to exist. No players will leave the team and the Euroleague retains its participant from Lithuania. But what has really happened that the traditional green powerhouse has come […]
Big day for Zalgiris Kaunas
Rumors were flying during the previous day about the poor financial situation of Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas. Today, the situation looked even worse, according to several local newspapers. The departure of the four foreign players (Marcus Brown, Willie Deane, Loren Woods, Ratko Varda) was mentioned if the club doesn’t get the necessary funds by tomorrow. The eventual […]
Loren Woods in trouble
Remember the problems Loren had last season for not going to a game with his club Istanbul because of the problems in Serbia? EFES Pilsen shocked just before the away game against Partizan which will be played Thursday, as four of the American players, Drew Nicholas, Loren Woods, Rashad Wright and Andre Hutson, refused to […]
Update on Zalgiris Kaunas
Jonas Miklovas of basketnews.lt has been providing us with great news and insight from Lithuania from the very beginning of BallinEurope. We’re glad that he is providing his information on the current situation of Zagiris Kaunas. As already reported on BallinEurope, Zalgiris Kaunas is going through some rough times at the moment: They’ve lost two […]
What's going on in Kaunas?
Zalgiris Kaunas is THE team of Lithuania. Tradition and success are the two words that you connect with the Green team from the Kauno sporto hale. But this season started pretty badly for head coach Rimantas Grigas’ guys: A big 88-70 Baltic League loss in Riga was probably the most obvious sign that something is […]
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.