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Valencia is in a boring holding pattern – Euroleague season preview

Alex Mumbru has veteran Victor Claver back but it looks like it will be a long season for Valencia in Euroleague Basketball

BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. Yesterday it was the turn of Olympiacos. Today it’s Alex Mumbru and Valencia. I really want to like Valencia. That’s even before mentioning that Alex Mumbru is their coach. Alex Mumbru is really likeable. Unfortunately, it’s going to be hard to watch […]

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Olympiacos bring stability to the top of the pile – Euroleague season preview

Georgios Bartzokas and Olympiacos will hope that Kostas Papanikolaou can lead them back to the summit of Euroleague Basketball.

BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. Yesterday it was the turn of Panathinaikos. Today it’s Georgios Bartzokas and Olympiacos. Georgios Bartzokas has lost two key pieces in Kostas Sloukas and Sasha Vezenkov but Olympiacos still have one of the most loaded rosters in Euroleague Basketball. Last season Euroleague […]

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Panathinaikos could be really good – Euroleague season preview

Ergin Ataman has a new look Panathinaikos side but will the additions of Mathias Lessort, Kostas Sloukas, and Juancho Hernangomez bring them to Euroleague Basketball glory?

BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. Yesterday it was the turn of Olimpia Milano. Today it’s Ergin Ataman and Panathinaikos. Ergin Ataman has a loaded up Panathinaikos roster, with Juancho Hernangomez, Kostas Sloukas, and Mathias Lessort just some of the new arrivals. Will it be enough to bring […]

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Olimpia Milano will lean on Nikola Mirotic – Euroleague season preview

Kyle Hines is back and Nikola Mirotic has arrived but will there be enough for Ettore Messina to bring Olimpia Milano to the Euroleague Basketball playoffs?

BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. Yesterday it was the turn of Fenerbahce. Today it’s Ettore Messina and Olimpia Milano, featuring the newly acquired Nikola Mirotic. Ettore Messina has seen quite a few names of note leave and one big one arrive. Will it be enough for Olimpia […]

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Irish men’s Basketball Super League preview

Jordan Blount of Neptune is eager to mount a title challenge in the Irish Super League but he knows he'll be against stiff competition in Basketball Ireland's top competition.

Ballincollig are the defending champions but the InsureMyVan.ie Irish Super League has never been deeper. With challengers emerging from pretty much everywhere, from Neptune through who will emerge to lift Basketball Ireland’s most prestigious men’s title? There are big changes in the InsureMyVan.ie Irish Super League this year. Basketball Ireland has changed the rules in […]

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Fenerbahce basketball look really interesting – Euroleague season preview

Johnathan Motley is part of a loaded Fenerbahce roster at the disposal of Dimitris Itoudis ahead of the Euroleague Basketball season

BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams over the next 18 days. Yesterday it was the turn of Anadolu Efes. Today it’s their cross city rivals in Istanbul of Dimitris Itoudis and Fenerbahce. There was an extra dose of fight in Fenerbahce at the tail end of last season. They appear to have added […]

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