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Euroleague early season review

Euroleague early season review

Posted 14 November 2009 | By J. | Categories: Barcelona, Caja Laboral, Efes, Euroleague, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Montepaschi, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid, Roma, Rytas, notes | View Comments

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 – ,…

Euroleague Week #3 Notes

Euroleague Week #3 Notes

Posted 06 November 2009 | By J. | Categories: CSKA, Euroleague, Real Madrid, Rytas, notes | View Comments

CSKA: Evgeny Pashutin’s team is 1:2 now, and they could easily stand at 0:3 had it not been for Victor Khryapa’s difficult buzzer beater in Athens. I don’t believe this is about neither the hole on the 4/5, nor about the stars’ alleged decline. Trajan Langdon is more agile than ever, Ramunas Siskauskas…

Weekend Roundup 02-11-2009: Unicaja loses fifth in a row

Weekend Roundup 02-11-2009: Unicaja loses fifth in a row

Posted 02 November 2009 | By J. | Categories: Adrialeague, Domestic leagues, Greek League, Italian League, Real Madrid, Rytas, Spanish League, Uncategorized | View Comments

Another weekend of basketball in Europe’s domestic leagues is highlighted by the fifth loss of Unicaja Malaga in ACB, yet another win for Montepaschi on top of Lega A, this time in Milan, a narrow Barcelona victory at Estudiantes, and Caja Laboral’s first loss of the ACB season, in Valencia.

Spain:

Euroleague Week #2 Notes

Euroleague Week #2 Notes

Posted 30 October 2009 | By J. | Categories: CSKA, Euroleague, Maroussi, Olympiacos, Rytas, Unicaja, notes | View Comments

Another busy Euroleague week with twelve matches. Six of those were won by eighteen points or more. Rytas had a huge win in Orléans that has them now on top of their group at 2:0, while a big Final Four cadidate tumbled in Andalusia, and another European giant lost at home.

09/10 Euroleague rosters revisited

09/10 Euroleague rosters revisited

Posted 27 August 2009 | By J. | Categories: AJ Milano, ALBA, ASVEL, Aris, Barcelona, Benetton, CSKA, Caja Laboral, Charleroi, Cibona, Efes, Euroleague, Fenerbahce Ulker, Khimki, Le Mans, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maroussi, Montepaschi, Oldenburg, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Partizan, Prokom, Real Madrid, Rytas, Unicaja, Union Olimpija, Zalgiris | View Comments

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…