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Euroleague Top 16 Round 2, Friday
After Real Madrid, CSKA, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Olympiacos all grabbed wins on Thursday in the Euroleague Top 16, the gauntlet was firmly thrown down to the other giants of the European game. Fenerbahce responded with a convincing road win over Nizhny Novgorod, but there could only be one winner from Barcelona and Panathinaikos as…
Read MoreAleek Pauline plays for Grevenbroich
Aleek Pauline (185 cm, Norfolk State’12) has inked with Elephants Grevenbroich (Germany, Regionliga) has a replacement for the injured Farid Sadek. The American has been on the court for the Cheshire Phoenix (United Kingdom, BBL) so far this season and from three games he offered averages of 3.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per…
Read MoreEurocup Last 32 Round 1 recap
Round 1 of the Eurocup Last 32 wrapped on Wednesday with fifteen games taking place around the continent on a busy night of action. The contests followed from reigning champions Valencia dominating SLUC Nancy in the round opener on Tuesday. Groups G through N were all played out by the end of the day, but…
Read MoreBrose Baskets topples Bayern Muenchen
Bamberg, Germany – Brose Baskets Bamberg are in a crucial junction in the 2014/15 season. In back to back games, the club has knocked down two of the league’s top teams. They handed league leader, ALBA Berlin, its first loss to end 2014 on a high note on December 24. They rode the gained momentum…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16 Round 1 recap
After the brief warm up at the end of 2014, the Euroleague Top 16 kicked into full swing with the rest of Round 1 completed on Friday evening. There was plenty of thrills and spills as the 16 best Basketball teams on the continent went head to head in a spectacle of Basketball. After the…
Read MoreALBA Berlin Bounces back in German BBL
German Bundesliga BBL leaders ALBA Berlin bounced back from their first defeat of the season in the last round to crush Mitteldeutscher BC 82-56 in the nation’s capital. The club slipped to title rivals Brose Baskets Bamberg on December 26th, but this was a perfect response against an MBC team that had been in decent…
Read MoreTommy Mason-Griffin exits Ulm
Tommy Mason-Griffin (180 cm, Oklahoma’10) has ended his long association with German BBL team Ratiopharm Ulm (BBL Bundesliga and Eurochallenge). The American was in his fourth season with the club, but has been in Ulm for five campaigns, missing one through injury. This season the point guard has played ten German league games and averaged…
Read MoreJarrod Kenny joins Licher Basket Baeren
Jarrod Kenny (188 cm), pointguard of the New Zealand National Team, has signed in Germany. His new team will be Pro B team Licher Basket Baeren. It is Kenny’s first contract outside of New Zealand. The last six seasons he played for the HBS Bank Hawks (NBL) where he last averaged 12.2 ppg and 5.1…
Read MoreALBA Berlin loses first BBL game
After dominating German Basketball through the turn of the century, ALBA Berlin has had to stand back as Brose Baskets and Bayern Munich have picked up the spoils in the BBL over recent seasons. This campaign ALBA has looked to be on a mission to regain the crown it last boasted in 2008, and until…
Read MoreBo McCalebb stays with Munich
Current German Bundesliga BBL champions Bayern Munich agreed fresh terms with Bo McCalebb (178 cm, New Orleans’08), extending his contract through to the conclusion of January. The American joined the club one month ago on a short term deal and has impressed enough to be given a longer contract for a further five weeks. McCalebb…
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