Basketball comics
With all domestic leagues finally coming to an end next week, a serious question arises: Who will receive the Euroleague wildcard? Is it everybody’s darling ALBA Berlin, 2nd in Euroleague attendance last season, is it a club from Greece, where budgets are rather going down than up, is it a team from ACB, the league that simply doesn’t want to listen, is it a fourth French club, Paris maybe? Jordi can’t decide. But a creative mind as he is, he is constantly looking for new candidates.
Madrid, Milano, Miami, Memphis, Mars – Ioannis Bouroussis has contract offers flying in from everywhere. Now it is just about saying the right words in order to convince the club to re-sign him for a lot of money. Not an easy task when you bargaining with the Giannakis’ and Angelopoulos’ of this world. But just like he takes charges, grabs rebounds, runs the floor, slams home misses, and blocks shots, Ioannis Bouroussis finds a way to get it done. Brought to you by Talkbasket and in the game.
Florida standout and 2009 NBA Draft 45th pick Nick Calathes is one of the newest acquisitions of 2009 Euroleague champion Panathinaikos. 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 in Athens last year had been less of a spectacle, this summer coach Obradovic isn’t the only person around to welcome him at the airport …
