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Tobi Harcum

Posted January 17, 2011 at 3:34 PM

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Duncan

Posted January 17, 2011 at 8:57 PM

They are in a tough group, but like you said, they do have plenty of firepower and a good coaching staff.

Slam- when are the new podcasts going up?

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Os Davis, BallinEurope

Posted January 19, 2011 at 2:15 PM

Good choices, except for my man Bo McCalebb — BallinEurope says his injury could take MPS right out of the race before he even returns…

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Slam

Posted January 20, 2011 at 12:48 AM

Should be a new cast up momentarily with a review of yesterdays action and look into todays.

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BrutalDlx

Posted January 20, 2011 at 3:56 AM

Yeah, good choices, especially the comment about Diamantidis. Mediocre player, let’s just say ‘nah’ and carry on. And where’s Ukic? Nah, let’s just nominate the Lavrinovic bros who surely deserve interplanitary co-MVP honours. How bout Spanoulis and Eidson? Nah, I’d rather nominate Teodosic again, who’s is not even in the MVP race in his own lockeroom. You, sir, ARE Euroleague basketball

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Miguel

Posted January 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM

Navarro and the Lavrinovic brothers have no business even being in this discussion. Spanoulis is by far the MVP of Olympiacos this year, not Teodosic. McCalebb can’t be a serious candidate when he won’t even play in the Top 16. How could you miss half the season and be the MVP?

The top 5 MVP candidates right now are in any order:

Diamantidis
Spanoulis
San Emeterrio
Eidson
Schortsanitis

The next guy in consideration should be Ukic. Sorry, but the Lavrinovic brothers, Teodosic, and Navarro are not candidates right now. Will they be by the end of the playoffs? Maybe, but not right now.

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Duncan

Posted January 20, 2011 at 9:28 PM

sweeet

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Duncan

Posted January 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM

I don’t like this aspect of Euroball. They should adopt something like they have in soccer in Europe, having a Transfer window and such

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花蓮民宿

Posted January 23, 2011 at 10:12 PM

There are tons of websites that simply make stupid information,but yours are different , I am so happy to read your post,3$

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Duncan

Posted January 24, 2011 at 5:45 PM

nice . Does anyone else think Fran Vasquez looks like Fred Gwynn[Herman Munster and the Judge from My Cousin Vinny]?

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Freaknick

Posted January 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there.

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Duncan

Posted January 26, 2011 at 8:13 PM

I thought so. hahahah I can’t watch Barcelona play now and not see Herman Munster

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Duncan

Posted January 28, 2011 at 8:36 PM

more podcasts please! you guys do some sweeet work

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Freaknick

Posted January 28, 2011 at 9:00 PM

Getting one edited and posted as we type. Check back in about 15-20 minutes.

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Duncan

Posted January 28, 2011 at 10:34 PM

Nice. “Ask and you shall receive” lol

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Patros

Posted January 31, 2011 at 5:00 AM

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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Freaknick

Posted February 2, 2011 at 5:57 PM

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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Duncan

Posted February 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM

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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Vytautas

Posted February 3, 2011 at 2:39 AM

Learn Lithuanian, on of the oldest and most archaic languages in Europe.

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Duncan

Posted February 3, 2011 at 1:56 PM

parla italiano?

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Freaknick

Posted February 3, 2011 at 4:21 PM

As a fellow American, I can relate. I always feel intellectually outclassed when I’m in another country. 80% of the people I met could at least hold a limited conversation with me.

Me? I get stoked when I successfully place an order in Spanish. Rosetta Stone’s up on the wish list.

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Duncan

Posted February 3, 2011 at 8:31 PM

Rosetta stone is pricey, Just have a nanie from Italy that speaks italian lol Nice win for Siena today in a hostile arena. Forza!!!

Any podcast coming this week?

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Dusan

Posted February 4, 2011 at 6:30 PM

How is that any different than what the NBA does?

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Simas

Posted February 5, 2011 at 4:58 AM

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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Duncan

Posted February 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM

good luck bro

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Kyriakos Theodosiadis

Posted February 11, 2011 at 3:50 PM

Hey Justin,
big time PAOK fan here, but not the spitting kind. I’m loving your game with our team. Keep focused and keep up the good work.

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Nikos

Posted February 14, 2011 at 12:28 AM

I find it hilarious that Kleiza and Childress were supposedly the best players on Olympiacos last year, when Teodosic was the league MVP. Also how Childress was supposedly the second option on the team when his whole job was to stand still at the 3 point line and never shoot, even though always being left wide open.

I seriously doubt that you watched more than 2-3 games of Olympiacos all last season.

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Freaknick

Posted February 14, 2011 at 2:15 AM

@Nikos: Firstly, thanks for the comment. I understand Teodosic was the MVP, but Kleiza was the more important piece. Kleiza was the league’s leading scorer, but what made him so effective was the creativity with which he’d put up his 20 per night. Inside, outside…and only in fourth quarters would he force the issue outside of the flow of the game.

And as for J-Chil, he did far more than “stand still.” On a pretty immobile team, he made the most out of stagnant possessions (see: Paris vs. Partizan). Offensive boards, crashing the lane and drawing the D. And as bad as they were defensively, it would have been even more disastrous without Josh in there as Oly’s best defender.

Teodosic is great when he’s on, but when his shots aren’t falling Olympiacos has a tough time performing well around him. And I’m pretty sure our boy Rafael watched plenty of games. The dude knows his stuff.

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Duncan

Posted February 16, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Great podcast guys! Good to see Siena keep their slim hopes alive. Kaukenas stepped up, hopefully they can hold out some hopes until Bo comes back

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Freaknick

Posted February 17, 2011 at 9:24 AM

Thanks as always, Mr. Duncan. Kaukenas was in mid-2000’s form. They’ll need his leadership going forward.

…but we’re still just ‘Waiting for Bo’

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Duncan

Posted February 18, 2011 at 8:46 PM

while we are all waiting for Bo, when in fact will Bo return? Will it be soon? Will they drop Jaric and get Justin Beiber to take his place when he shows his scintillating hoops skills in this weekends All Star game festivities[note- very heavy sarcasm] haha

Seriously, Siena with Bo can win it all.

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Simas

Posted February 19, 2011 at 6:25 PM

I love Slam’s laughter! It’s like those videos of people contagiously laughing on youtube… By the way, I saw Yarone in Vilnius - one second he’s chatting with someone and he’s gone the other. Wanted to say hello…

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Apollo

Posted February 20, 2011 at 3:43 PM

Siena won’t win it all “with McCalebb”. I swear, the NBA fans are comical sometimes. Siena isn’t beating any team like Barca or Olympiacos.

Besides that, McCalebb is really starting to get ridiculously overrated. Look how McIntyre played in the same role. As good or better. Look how Zisis plays now in the same role. Differently, but every bit as effective.

McCalebb is becoming the new Josh Childress of the Euroleague. Insanely overrated just because he is American and all Americans are convinced he is so great. Personally, Siena looks more smooth on offense with Zisis running the team. McCalebb is an undersized shooting guard and not even a better scorer than Kaukenas is to tell the truth, because Kaukenas can actually shoot from distance.

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Freaknick

Posted February 20, 2011 at 5:16 PM

Siena with Bo: 9-1 and 78 PPG. Without: 2-2 and 67 PPG.

Being American has nothing to do with it. I wouldn’t care if McCalebb were Indonesian. He’s a playmaker, and a nearly irreplaceable one at that.

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