Let’s put this into perspective. The last time Olympiacos took the Greek national title, they were led by David Rivers and Dragan Tarlać. Vassilis Spanoulis was 15 years old and not near professional club play. Dejan Bodiroga was in the middle of his career and Mirsad Turkcan had just turned 21. Across the pond, Lebron James was 13; Phil Jackson, [...]
This just in. The Euroleague has announced prospective licensing for the 2012-13 season; a few surprises in here, at least as far as BallinEurope is concerned… A-license teams include: Anadolu Efes Istanbul Asseco Prokom Gdynia Caja Laboral Baskonia CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Regal Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul Lottomatica Roma Maccabi Tel Aviv Montepaschi Siena Olympiacos Panathinaikos Real Madrid Unicaja Malaga Zalgiris [...]
With the recent announcement that the 2011-12 champions won’t in fact be seeking a second go-around in the Adriatic League and hard economic realities facing many Serbian and Croatian clubs, BallinEurope contributor Marko Savkovic today asks the hard question about one of Europe’s most prestigious associations. Something is always up in the Adriatic League. After Maccabi Tel Aviv informed the [...]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a YouTube clip worth? Even at tenfold the still image, the figure probably still wouldn’t be high enough for the Tolstoyesque level of descriptive prose necessary to capture the insanity that was the final, say, 12 minutes of the 2012 Euroleague championship final between 17/1 underdogs Olympiacos and heavily-favored [...]
After a season of watching him block shots left and right, clean up on the defensive glass and invade passing lanes for steals, Turkish Airlines Euroleague head coaches have made CSKA Moscow forward Andrei Kirilenko (205-F-81) this season’s Best Defender Trophy winner! Kirilenko, who turned 31 during the season, made life difficult for any opposing player trying to score this [...]
In the interests of complete transparency – hey, somebody in Hungary should aspire to such – BallinEurope today presents the outcome of a heavy Euroleague basketball-watching habit plus several hours of intense thought: Namely, the five names that went onto BiE’s media representative’s ballot for 2011-12 Euroleague MVP. Since there’s no way the chosen quintet will make anybody completely happy [...]
The 2011-12 Euroleague Final Four field is now filled, as Panathinaikos’ cliffhanger of an 86-85 win against Maccabi Tel Aviv last night sets up a May date with the monsters of CSKA Moscow in Istanbul. (And now, a slight bit of horn-tooting. Note a few Official BallinEurope Fearless Predictions™ made good, i.e. Dimitris Diamantidis as player of the game and [...]
Euroleague Basketball is pleased to announce Jonas Valanciunas (210-C-92) of Lietuvos Rytas as the fourth annual winner of the Eurocup Rising Star Trophy. The 19-year-old center has put together a tremendous season for his club, controlling the paint on both ends of the floor to help Rytas reach the 2012 Eurocup Finals. The Eurocup Rising Star Trophy recognizes the most [...]
Regular readers of JUMPSHOT may recall a similarly entitled writeup on Montepaschi Siena on these pages from a long time ago – actually two weeks, but already it *feels* like quite a spell. Contributing writer Enrico Cellini was as surprised as any of us when Olympiacos began Siena’s ejection from the tournament, Facebook-messaging BiE with the note that “Siena is [...]
GROUP E CSKA Moscow – Anadolu Efes 96-68 CSKA Moscow demonstrated its power once again. This time the Russian powerhouse blasted Anadolu Efes 96-68 for 2-0 record in Group E of the Euroleague Top 16. It means that CSKA has a 12-game winning streak in Euroleague this season. Efes slipped to 1-1 in this pool. Andrei Kirilenko (205-F-81) led the [...]
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