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FIBA EuroChallenge capsule previews: Group B
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On the eve of FIBA EuroChallenge 2009-10, here are the BallinEurope.com briefs on Group B, certainly one of the toughest first-round pools, including Cyprus’ champion and perpetual European contenders EiffelTowers Den Bosch.
• Khimik Yuzhny. No stranger to EuroChallenge, Yuzhny...
FIBA EuroChallenge capsule previews: Group A
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Tomorrow night sees the tipoff of the 2009-10 FIBA EuroChallenge, the third pan-European tournament featuring 32 of The Continent’s up-and-coming and/or smaller-market teams. Over the next two days, Ball in Europe will present a brief primer on each of the groups; first, the basics...
Russia’s own “Artest melee” gets Lokomotiv, Dynamo fines; CEO says “We broke the law”
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Those attending last Saturday’s match between Russian Superleague contenders BC Lokomotiv Kuban and Dynamo Moscow in Krasnodar Sports Arena got way more than they bargained for in both positive and negative fashion.
After the hometeam Lokomotiv finally eked out the 94-91 double-overtime...
Best of the (basketball) net: Soccer, Serbia, Sergio and Sherri edition
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hat 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...
Review: “The Book of Basketball” by Bill Simmons
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The only good thing about getting a nasty flu? Easy: Lots of time for reading monster tomes like Bill Simmons’ “The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy”. Thanks to a sentinel from the legion of The 2009 Killer Viruses, i was able to knock down all 697 pages...
Agent Zero on Twitter? Oh please, oh please…
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Who wants more Gilbert Arenas? Hey, who doesn’t? But after Agent Zero shut down his Washington Post-hosted “Gilbert’s Blog” last year, internet missives from probably the greatest jock-blogger ever have been non-existent and Arenas himself has kept a low public profile.
Yesterday...
FIBA Euroleague Women closes week four tonight with Szeviép Szeged v. Fenerbahce
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With four games down in the ten-game FIBA Euroleague Women 2009-10 first round, the playoff picture is taking early shape and more than a few surprises – pleasant and otherwise – have graced play thus far. In the “disappointing” column can definitely be entered Mizo Pécs 2010...
Pops Mensah-Bonsu back with Toronto Euro-Raptors
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Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Team Great Britain stud and former teammate of Ricky Rubio with DKV Joventut, is back with the Toronto Raptors after spending six days on waivers.
Mensah-Bonsu was waived by the Houston Rockets on Friday after signing with the team as a free agent in the 2009 off...
Legend of Basketball/serious partier Rodman busted in Germany
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How do you say, “You have the right to remain silent” in German…?
Now that Dennis Rodman has enlisted with the “Legends of Basketball” organization and its touring team, the Worm is up to his old party-master tricks – only this time, he’s doing it on an international...
It’s official: Repesa out as Team Croatia coach
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FIBA officials made it official late yesterday: Jasmin Repesa, citing personal disappointment with his team’s performance in Eurobasket 2009, has resigned as Croatia national basketball team coach.
Though Croatian media had reported Repesa’s imminent dismissal/retirement from...
New Playboy Belser makes quick impact in Finland
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Don’t look now, but the balance of power in Finland’s top league may have shifted a bit with the arrival of Corey Belser from Aris Thessolaniki to the excellently named Honka Espoo Playboys of Finland’s Korisliiga.
Belser first appeared on international scouts’ radar in his...
Best of the (basketball) net: Food-and-retro edition
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For your edification and amusement, Ball in Europe presents seven stories, interviews, blog entries and whatnot definitively worth a little of your time on a Sunday. Read on, compliments of us and a bunch of hard-working writers out there.
The Los Angeles Times was intrigued enough...
Euroleague attendance figures mostly dismal through four weeks
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The numbers are in and if one thing can be said about Euroleague 2009-10 this early on, it’s that this association is hardly free of the specter of economic woes. After Partizan and Alba Berlin set attendance records in 2008-09, this season has heretofore seen a most remarkable downturn...
The Frank Euroleague Roundup: Week four
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In the afterglow of Euroleague week four, BallinEurope’s man in Italy, Francesco Cappelletti, rounds up all that was in the week that was, including the lack of upsets, a dearth of home support in Turkey, and several teams that have yet to make the leap.
Easy groups
At the day of...
Ataman: “Hopeful” about “serious opportunity” in tonight’s Olympiacos-Efes game
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Early on, Euroleague followers are putting Efes Pilsen in the “disappointing” category for 2009-10; the team has managed a 1-2 record in Euroleague play and, as defending champions, a mark of just 2-1 in Turkey’s Beko Basketball League. Nevertheless, Efes head coach Ergin Ataman...
Betting on basketball: Pointspreads and odds for Euroleague week 4, part 2
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The second half of Euroleague play this week is the small half, with just four games happening this evening, and at least one dandy if the bookmakers are accurate – which they tragically so often are. After all, it’s their money out there. That’s how I justify it to myself, anyway...
Fantasy tips from the Euroleague Boss: Week four
12 days ago by
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Hello everybody and welcome back – if you’ve ever read this column before, that is. One way or another, I’m Javier Gancedo, writing not from the Euroleague headquarters but rather from home this time around.
Yes, it will be a very busy Wednesday for all of us with as many...
Dispatch from alternate universe: Iverson, Olympiacos roll into game fours
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parallel universe (n.): A universe or space-time continuum that exists alongside ours, and which may possess different physical laws or a different history. – Answers.com dictionary
Talk about your critical decisions: I mean, imagine if Allen Iverson had turned down Olympiacos...
Betting on basketball: Pointspreads and odds for Euroleague week 4, part 1
13 days ago by
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The week in Euroleague action is a bit top-heavy this week both figuratively and literally: Eight of the 12 games scheduled will be going down on Wednesday night, and most of these figure to be blowouts of the highest order. The bookmakers over at Euroleague/Ball in Europe sponsor...
To Europe or Not to Europe? Jennings and Tyler headlines enliven debate
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With Brandon Jennings ripping things up with the Milwaukee Bucks early in the NBA season, the interweb is alive with proclamations on the relative success of his “European experiment,” i.e. his much ballyhooed year spent playing with Lottomatica Roma in lieu of a year with an NCAA...
Best of the (Basketball) Net: Returned from Vacation edition
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A few good reads for you to catch up with this weekend as the “Best of the (Basketball) Net” column returns. Enjoy the hits from around the ‘net!
Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Tyler (Remember him? The “the first American to skip his senior year of high school to turn pro”?) is...
The Frank Euroleague roundup: Week three
17 days ago by
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A tasty appetizer
Obradovic vs. Messina is always a battle to watch, even if we’re only in week three of Euroleague play, even if Felipe Reyes on one side, Mike Batiste and Sarunas Jasikevicius on the other side, are not available.
Yesterday in Madrid, we had two games in one...
Nowitzki not done with Team Germany, wants to play with Kaman
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Germany’s basketball fans got an unofficial boost yesterday, thanks to a column from ESPN’s Marc Stein which had Dirk Nowitzki declaring his career with Team Germany not yet over while speculating on a reunion with Chris Kaman in 2010.
The former twosome met in Saturday’s Los...
Betting on basketball: Pointspreads and odds for Euroleague week 3, part 2
18 days ago by
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Whoa, there’s a nice slate of games scheduled in the big league tonight, including a true piece de resistance in the Real Madrid-Panthinaikos matchup, the first true clash of Euroleague basketball titans in the 2009-10 season thus far. The pointspreads and over/under lines for the...
Fantasy tips from the Euroleague boss: Week three
19 days ago by
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Hello everybody, this is Javier Gancedo from Euroleague Basketball Headquarters as always, and ready for a big Week 3 full of outstanding showdowns. Maccabi vs. CSKA is quite a big game by any standards: It’s also a good time for CSKA to show what to expect from Russia’s finest...
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