Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 27: Os Davis of BallinEurope and Dave of heinnews talk to Hugh Greenwood of the New Mexico Lobos about the up-coming NCAA Tournament, playing for Steve Alford and green chili. We also talked with Daris Delins, the co-producer of the film “Dream Team 1935“. [...]
- As appeared on FIBA.com on Feb 7, 2013 REGENSBURG (David Hein’s Eye on the Future) – FIBA Europe announced this week the winners of the Young Men and Women’s Players of the Year 2012 and they were right on with the selections of Jonas Valanciunas and Alina Iagupova. Valanciunas [...]
- As appeared on FIBA.com on Jan 31, 2013 REGENSBURG (David Hein’s Eye on the Future) – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius will get the chance to repeat their title at the famed Nike International Junior Tournament after knocking off Lithuanian rivals Zalgiris Kaunas 100-81 in the Siauliai Tournament to book their [...]
What’s expected to be a long Euroleague history tipped off on Friday (November 30, 2012) as 17-year-old Croatian sensation Mario Hezonja made his debut in Europe’s top league for Barcelona, scoring 5points in nearly 12 minutes of play. Hezonja, who has yet to make his Spanish league debut, went 2 [...]
We go China! Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 7: Jon Pastuszek of NiuBBall.com comes on to talk about Tracy McGrady, the state of the Chinese national team and a very odd foreigner regulation in the CBA. We also talked to former NBA player Garret Siler about playing in China and [...]
The dean of college basketball Jim O’Connell of AP and guru of European youth hoops Christophe Ney of europeanprospects.com In Episode 5 of Taking The Charge, heinnews’ David Hein and BallinEurope’s Os Davis host a college basketball bash with the dean of college hoops reporting, Jim O’Connell from Associated Press, [...]
Jonas Valanciunas had a memorable 2011 summer, winning a youth world championship and making a huge contribution for Lithuania at EuroBasket 2011. Even though Lithuania head coach Kestutis Kemzura was impressed with the 20-year-old’s demeanor last summer, he expects even bigger things from Valanciunas in 2012. “For him it was [...]
Polish center Przemyslaw Karnowski was named MVP of the U18 All Star Game at the 2011 EuroBasket. heinnews’s David Hein caught up with Karnowski after the game to talk about Poland’s long last three summers, a disappointing sixth place finish at the U18 European Championship and why he wants to [...]
Dario Saric is considered one of the biggest talents in European basketball. The 17-year-old Sibenik native helped KK Zagreb to the Euroleague Nike International Junior Tournament title at the 2011 Euroleague Final Four with a triple-double. He then played at the U19 World Championship in Latvia, after which he was [...]
heinnews’s David Hein went to the Eurocup game between Alba Berlin and Benetton Treviso and had a chat with Benetton’s talented Lithuanian power forward/center Donatas Motiejunas. They discussed Benetton playing better in the Eurocup than in the Italian Serie A; possibly playing the Eurocup Finals (Final Four) on their home [...]
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