Two years ago, the whole basketball world was shaking. Josh Childress had just signed a three-year 20mio $ contract with Olympiacos Piraeus, highschool phenomenon Brandon Jennings had chosen to join Lottomatica Roma while Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Smush Parker publicly declared that playing abroad for 50mio € net per year…
I’ll be trying to keep roster transactions and projected depth charts updated in this post. And I’m counting on your input not only for updates, but also for improving some inaccuracies that will inevitably occur in such a big post with almost 30 teams.
The transaction center should consist of Euroleague…
Been short of time lately. Here’s a short post about average pace in European basketball leagues. I wrote a similar post about a year ago, which led to the conclusion that indeed the Balkan leagues (Adriatic League, Greek A1) which are said to be halfcourt-dominated leagues, are exactly that. At the same time,…
A Navarro-led Regal FC Barcelona is the new Euroleague champion after turning the championship game into an offensive and defensive clinic in the first half and going 12 for 28 on three point shots while blocking 8 shots throughout 40 minutes of play. Here’s my take on Sunday’s championship game in Paris.…
After an ugly first half between Barcelona and CSKA, the first semifinal caught pace in the second half on Friday, before Olympiacos and Partizan had an epic battle for the second finals spot. Now it’s the well expected Barcelona versus Olympiacos on Sunday. Here’s my attempt at breaking down both semifinals with observations,…
Journalists from Greek sports site Gazzetta spoke to Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu prior to the Euroleague Final Four tipping off later today. Bertomeu confirmed what had already rumoured in the Serbian press: The qualification phase will be extended for next season to three rounds with sixteen teams instead of two rounds and eight…
I’ve finally found the time to complete the (unadjusted) plus/minus calculations for the running 09/10 Euroleague season. You find the complete sortable list here. The most glaring weakness of plus/minus in the Euroleague is obvious: With the regular season lasting only ten games (eight teams are eliminated after the regular season), Top16 lasting…
Partizan Belgrade has been the story of this Euroleague season so far, reaching the Final Four with an estimated overall budget of ca. three million Euros and reminding all of us that it is very well possible to compete against the very elite of European basketball clubs, even in this league that has…
On a historic night for European basketball, Partizan edged Maccabi Tel Aviv 76:67 in Belgrade to advance to the Final Four, CSKA secured its eigth straight partiipation, Barcelona rolled over Real in Vistalegre, and Olympiacos was all business in Gdynia this time, 86:70 after 40 minutes. All four series already decided after four…
What more could you possibly ask for: All four series still alive going into Game 4 on Thursday, and only one team, Partizan, has the chance to close the quarter finals at home. More than twenty thousand spectators witnessed a far too easy home victory in Belgrade, while Caja Laboral bounced back from…
From Mickeal’s fourth quarter heroics and Tomic’s breakout performance in Barcelona via Kecman raining threes in Tel Aviv and CSKA rolling over an irritating Caja Laboral, to Olympiacos’ lackadaisical display in Piraeus – it has been an eventful first playoff week in the Euroleague, setting up an eventful second week that will see…
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