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,…
I did extended previews with an emphasis on statistics for each of the Final Four participants (click here for CSKA, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Partizan) some time ago, but still wanted to contribute a semifinal lookahead before CSKA and Barcelona tip things off in the early evening of May 7th in Paris. I am trying…
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…
Significant rule changes will come into effect in European basketball in the near future. While the shotclock-to-14-reset will hardly influence the style of the European game, the 6.75m three point arc and the new rectangle zone might very well. But how exactly? This is a question legendary Serbian headcoach Svetislav Pesic tried to…
It has been a far from easy transition for Ettore Messina from Russia to Spain. Real Madrid has lost five games in ACB and four in the Euroleague. They’re 29 – 9 overall in both competitions, as players seem to find it hard to understand what coach exactly asks them to do. There’s…
It has been a dream season for Regal FC Barcelona so far. The Catalonians have been playing magnificent basketball in both ACB and Euroleague with only three losses the whole season – all by two points or less – , they’ve been free of major injuries (except for the season-ending injury of Lubos…
1 (1) RICKY RUBIO (Regal FC Barcelona); Point Guard; 1990
Ricky stepped it up a gear since the last rookie rankings, particularly impressing in a blowout win in Madrid, where he had a season-high 18 points. He is never just about numbers, but his three point ratio (31/77 including both ACB and Euroleague)…
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