To clarify right at the beginning, after just 8 Euroleague games, oncourt/offcourt-stats should be taken with not just one, but ten thousand grains of salt. The main reason is small sample size. A player that is averaging ten minutes a game hasn’t even played 100 minutes in the whole Euroleague season, and a…
EUROLEAGUE’S RISING STAR
Martynas Gecevicius is a quite common name for those who regularly follow the international youth basketball tournaments. The 1988 born Lithuanian made the U18 Eurobasket all tournament first team in 2006, alongside tournament MVP Nicolas Batum, Miroslav Raduljica – a member of the Eurobasket 2009 Serbian senior squad – ,…
In a few years time, the 2009 Eurobasket might be reflected on as a tournament that started a new era. The last years had been marked by rather consistent results: There was Spain, there was Greece, there was Lithuania. There was a talented Slovenian team that was never able to get it done.…
The European basketball transfer summer started slowly, but by the end of August, a large majority of the Euroleague rosters are already complete. Wasn’t it supposed to take a little bit longer? One of the two big remaining questions are A) the future whereabouts of Ricky Rubio, B) what surprise Olympiacos is going…
It would be wrong to draw early conclusions from the 2009 offseason in Euroleague basketball with more than two months to go before most domestic leagues start. Which is exactly why I’ll do it.
There is usually a topic, a tag which you can assign to a summer of basketball transfers.…
Florida standout and 2009 NBA Draft 45th pick Nick Calathes is one of the newest Panathinaikos acquisitions. Just like many of his American colleagues, he doesn’t really know what to expect coming to Europe, even if he had been to Athens before to play with the Greek under-20 cadet team. While his arrival…
On another draft night full of memorable mis-quotes, twelve players that played in Europe in the 08/09 season were selected by NBA franchises, six of those in the first round. While Europe’s growing financial capabilities – abilities to keep talent from going to the NBA that is – had made its mark on…
The lottery was yesterday, draft night is next. On 25th of June, the NBA will assign franchise rights on the next sixty prospects, and among them will be a number of players that have already left an impression in European basketball. The European contribution has certainly been stronger in several drafts before 2009,…
We have a new old champion. Panathinaikos, winning it for the fourth time this century, took home the European basketball crown despite a huge breakdown in the second half after an unbelievable first half display. In fact, the first half was one of the best displays on both ends of the court I…
On a picture perfect day in Berlin, the place around o2-world arena was buzzing with expectation. A lot had been talked about security difficulties and unnecessary controls, but in the end none of it played too big of a part, as fans quickly reached the gangways and only had to wait a little…
Only 12 hours to go until Europe’s biggest basketball event tips off, and here’s our look at the the semifinals. Click here for a player by player analysis and statistcs and playing styles.
CSKA Moscow vs. FC Barcelona
The Calatans have the best record out of all participants going into the…
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