The home for Euroleague Adventures’ coverage of the Euroleague 2010 Final Four in Paris. Previews, podcasts, videos and live blogging from Paris once the games get started. Find it all below.
Paris 2010
- Euroleague Adventures LIVE Final blog for SLAM tonight! Comments wanted.
- PODCAST: BallinEurope in the house! Os Davis and Freaknick talk Teodosic, Dusko, and the Euroleague's rise in popularity.
- PODCAST: Who's the best player in the Final Four? The worst? We talk about the rankings, from 1 to 58.
- Freaknick LIVE blog from Paris!
- Paris 2010: Khryapa, Kleiza, Navarro, Maric, Childress? We rank all 58 players in this weekend's big event.
- Final Four: Magic Johnson plays for Olympiacos. Plus, Josh Childress and Drake own the same dictionaries.
- Euroleague Final Four: It's Barcelona's to Lose. Ricky Rubio is ready for his close-up.
- Euroleague Adventures: The Best Final Four Coverage on the Planet. Suck it, Planet.
- Euroleague Final Four: CSKA Moscow's Chances and the Wrath of Kaun.
- WANTED: Your voice. Freaknick will be blogging LIVE from Paris for SLAM Magazine and we need your comments.
- PODCAST: The Rant: Experience, youth, talent, energy. Is Barcelona unstoppable? Probably.
- PODCAST: The Rant: CSKA should've been buried a long time ago. Too bad they're CSKA.
- Jan Vesely Tells the NBA, "Wait a Minute"
- PODCAST: The Rant: Olympiacos is making me look smart, and that's hard to do.
- PODCAST: The Rant: How the hell did Partizan make it to Paris?
- VIDEO: Yes. That's Jan Vesely's head above the rim.
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You got me. Counting has never been one of my strong suits. Oh well, at least I didn’t include it in the title…
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Freaknick, as much as I enjoy your posts, thats 12 in a row between Zalgiris and Lietuvos rytas in LKL finals, not 13
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I’ll never tell…
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You guessed the score in the Baltic League final, now you mention Marcus Brown’s knees and he gets injured in the next game. Freaknick, what’s happening? I’m starting to suspect something now… You won’t be able to keep that a secret for long, I’ll figure everything out soon!
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Man I’m going to try. Funds running low. But we should put some beers on ice for the future, definitely.
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I appreciate the support, but I think it’s time to leave my croquet days behind me, where they belong.
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Nick, check out the Adriatic league final. AMAZING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HW8diZwOAc
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well put, excite to see the Kuzminskaspiderantula…sorry about the crocket problem, if youre still thinking about the website, ill read it.
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Could it be possible if I link to this blog, from my blog? I’m planning to find as many pieces of good info as I am able.
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Nailed it. Zalgiris won by 7. Congrats!
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and if you ever come to serbia, i’m buying you a beer. don’t let some stupid volcano stop you from going to the country where people have most passion for basketball! PARTIZAN CHAMPION!!!
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foe those who like master tehnique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SAzr048NJQ
drazen and dejan were relatives by grandmother
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Can’t wait to see what Slam got me for Hanukkah…maybe a Maciej lampe throwback jersey?
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nice article, love the Hanukkah reference
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That’s a lot to live up to. Wish I could have seen him play in person.
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Here in Serbia his nickname is ‘Bog’, which translates to God. I think that says everything.
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Bodiroga really liked to use this move:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb9bt978xG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hYvy7p_p6w
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hehe. We missed us in that train from Roma to Firence just by a gnat’s cock (lol english language is so perverted)… just by uhm 2 weeks.
(i’m hopping mad i can’t be there because of my work)
So you are going to attend the EuroCup Finals in Vitoria? It would be great to have a another nice read from you about it…particularly because my home team Alba is going to raise the trophy.
ciao!
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Well thank you friend for the correction. Hope the article was still enjoyable on some level despite the error.
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Hello. I’m a spanish reader and i just wanna say that “Indigo” is not correct. The name is “Iñigo”.
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I must disagree with my man Slam on this onw. Why would they keep Vidal and let Kaukenas go (unless of course, money was the issue)? Kaukenas is still the emotional leader of that team, and Almond replaces Bullock’s role more than he would Rimas. I think Kaukenas is gone either way this Summer, but I don’t think Mo is moving him out. See you in a few days, brother.
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Well dayyyuummmmm, Zaza is the most underrated player ever. I see you.
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I understand “the eagle has landed” in Madrid, so I look forward to seeing some pictures and/or videos.
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Slam, thanks for the shout out. What a great game. Hope all is going well with you.
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If you count how few inches he has around his biceps then he might actually be the best. He could use a BowFlex.
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Is Ante Tomic inch for inch worst rebounder in Euroleague?
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I’m equally happy. This means I get to Game 4 and Game 5 if they have one. Congrats on the win homie.
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I’m happy to say: you are wrong! Go Real!
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great ingame podcast
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Is there any chance of this guy getting drafted by an NBA team over the summer? Or would he go back to Europe? I find it hard to believe that he’d get a serious look from an NBA team because of all the mentioned negative press he’s gotten, and I doubt that another European team giving him a chance after quitting. Unless they’re completely desperate.
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well, mate, if you are coming, tell me to save you a ticket, for free of course
I remember how you informed us during Partizan’s NBA tour, thanks a lot on that! I guess you see my mail, you can add me to msn or just write mail…
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Man, I’d love to get to Belgrade and be in the record-setting crowd. Talk about historically awesome.
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i have also just read that Partizan will be playing in Belgrade Arena, and that they will try and break their own Euroleague attendance record of 22,567 which they set last year.
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OK, so we’ve got one vote for Pionir Arena and another for Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. Who else thinks they have the best?
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Nice to know… Sport news
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you want to feel real European basketball atmosphere? come to Tel Aviv, if you havn’t been to nokia arena, you havn’t experienced a true basketball experience
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Man, you should go to Belgrade. Don’t know whether Partizan will play in Pionir or in Arena, but if they host Maccabi in Pionir it is must visit for you
Arena is bigger, but atmosphere in Pionir is unique, can’t be compared.
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Nice post. euroleagueadvenjtures.com is the shit.
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Well, he did shoot 10/16 overall from the field (along with 8/10 at the line) and they kept it within 3 against Olympiacos. I’d call that success, but different schools of though of course. Thanks for your comment though. Hope it’s not your last.
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Gordon 32 points were wasted because he played to selfish and forgot what PG should actualy do
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May 2011 will be a good month!
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“But even if they held the F4 in a toxic wasteland, I’d grab a gas mask and and my Mac and be on my way.*
*Just to be clear, I am not comparing Torino to a toxic wasteland. From what I’ve seen and heard, it’s astonishingly beautiful.”
That’s a blast! How are you doing with the Olympics? See you soon!
Luca
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Hey Sam. Muy bueno. Donde esta la playa. Freaknick Sr.
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Baltic leagu is nothing for Zalgiris, 12-2 means nothing good, its just how it is supposed to be (or better).
Zalgiris lost 2 games to ventspils and perlas (who are junior team of BC Lietuvos and should be banned from LKL - its against rules) - these were completeley unacceptable. Also Zalgiris almost lost to nevezis and sakalai.
The game was a disaster.
As for top 16 - cibona at home was clear win with butautas or not and fenerbachche, as it is said in Lithuania its because of the good vibe (you know when you change coach first few games are always good). Not much of butautas help.
Just some clarifications
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Thanks both of you for your thoughts. I’ve read certain comments from Romanov on http://www.LithuaniaBasketball.com saying that “It’s not his job to win games” but to advance the club. And firing two coaches in one season does that? And Rob, I agree with your assessment that the youngsters have been getting plenty of burn. Delas has taken on a huge role and he’s only been with the club for 3 weeks. Also, all of the names I listed above are taking on roles usually reserved for more seasoned veterans. We’ll keep monitoring this situation. Down early in Malaga too…
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At this point,pretty much everyone is confused as to what the hell is going on with Zalgiris.I’ve tried looking at this situation from many different angles and the firing of coach Butautas still doesnt make any sense to me.Zalgiris had a few very tough games in the domestic league,almost losing to Sakalai and Nevezis and then suffered a shocking loss to Perlas team which consists of 18-19 year olds mainly.But come on,you cant fire someone over that,right? With the brutal schedule we got this year its perfectly understandable why the team sometimes underperforms.Playing in 4 leagues was never a good idea,most players cant handle the physical toll.Coach Butautas did a lot of good things for this team,its mind boggling why club owner let him go,how will this improve the team? All the basketball experts in the Lithuania are saying this was a bad decision.We havent heard the official statement from Coach Butautas yet but it sure will be very interesting to see what he has to say.
Club owner Romanov said in an interview that he fired most of management staff,not only Butautas for not giving young players enough playing time…If we look at box scores from the games this year though its clear they played plenty,assistant coach Maskoliunas said the same thing.
Romanov wants to make business,develop young talents then sell them to european powerhouses,however,at the same time he also says he wants to win all the domestic championships.Not very realistic imo,the young guns on this team arent ready to do this by themselves yet.
I gotta go watch the game now but if i got time ill come back later and elaborate on this subject a bit.Got a feeling its not gonna be a pretty game in Malaga tonight..
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Hi there! I’m from Lithuania, Kaunas, and believe me.. I HAVE NO IDEA why Butautas was fired!! Yes they lost to youngster team (Perlas) at LKL, but that doesn’t mean you must fire the head coach.. Everybody here is in a shock! Even SABAS said to Lithuania media that he is in shock!!! Damn it that’s not cool.. After few hours we have a Euroleague game, but.. But we’re playing Unicaja away, everybody knows, that Žalgiris plays very badly away.. Every player is in shock.. I believe my team and I hope we’ll win.. I hope..
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really good insight on the euroleague. thanks man
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I won’t feign impartiality. Partizan.
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The best fans in the World!!!!! A.M.A.Z.I.N.G
Go Partizan . . .
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