The charmingly pudgy Khalid El-Amin rose up from 30 feet and put Caja Laboral to bed. For now, at least. A heartbreaking home loss to a team of Rytas’ caliber would usually be enough to put the losers in my doghouse. But something’s different with Caja. No matter how hard you try to shake them, they come knocking on your door and you find yourself saying yes. It’s frustrating, but we’re powerless in the face of their Vitorian seduction.
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A minute-by-minute breakdown of the show follows. It’s a long one. Take small bites and chew carefully.
0 - 2: Maccabi electrifies Roma. Can they be champions?
3 - 4: Panathinaikos dumps Unicaja.
5 - 11: JC Navarro catches fire and Barcelona squeaks past Union Olimpija. Could he make an MVP run?
12 - 17: Marko Tomas and Omer Anan lead Fenerbahçe Ülker over Valencia at home. Just how good are the Turks?
18 - 26: Conspiracy theories abound in Kaunas as Zalgiris goes down to Olympiacos.
27 - 32: Khalid El-Amin is the EL’s charmingly pudgy star. Caja Laboral is the psycho ex-girlfriend that you hate to love.
33 - 36: Efes Pilsen shakes the road monkey off its back and crashes the Pionir party.
37 - 43: Nikola Mirotic leads a crazy comeback against a Bo-less Montepaschi.
44 - 45: DeJuan Collins and Darius Washington get called out in Stars and Stripes
46 - 53: We’ve got five 2-0 teams. Will any of them blow it? And can any of the 0-2 teams dig themselves out and advance?
54 - 56: We run through the impulse picks for next week. Any surprises? I don’t know. Maybe.
And that’s all we’ve got. Sure do hope your ears had some fun with this one.
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Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why this site has not mentioned anything about the new Mediterranean League that is supposed to start next season? I would think this site would have mentioned something about it, since it is such a huge development in European basketball.
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Sorry about that. We’re working on organizing a podcast series where we investigate the state of Euroball as a whole. What needs to go; what changes need to be made; what structures would/wouldn’t work.
But it’s a valid question. It certainly is a big deal, and we just want to make sure we go about it the right way.
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I don’t like the whole transfer market in Europe. Same with the soccer transfer market, where big teams buy good players and sit them on the bench.
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How is that any different than what the NBA does?
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Oh guys! Found the time to listen to the podcast only now, but you managed to get that ‘Drunkard Collins’ mention! Did you have any insight into that? Last time he was in Zalgiris he was known to have some drinking problems… Ha ha… Was wondering if Slam favors Rytas or Zalgiris? Do we have some friction in the Lithuanian department between the hosts? Keep on the good work, guys!
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