heinnews’ David Hein made a stop at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament and he met up with Kostas Missas, the head coach of Greece’s U20 men’s team and the head coach of the Greek women’s national team head coach. They discussed the AST; Greek club Athinaikos winning the FIBA EuroCup Women [...]
The Serbian and Greek basketball leagues have both made big news this past week because of controversial decisions on the number of foreigners allowed for their first division teams.
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Drew Nicholas, guard with the Greek basketball club and freshly-crowned Euroleague champions Panathinaikos. They discussed an all-Greek Euroleague semifinal, making NCAA and Euroleague history, the decisions made by Brandon Jennings, Josh Childress and Jeremy Tyler, and winning the Euroleague title.
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Theo Papaloukas, point guard with the Greek basketball club Olympiacos. With the Euroleague Final Four tipping off on Friday in Berlin, they discussed seven straight Final Four appearances, the specialness of the Final Four, leading current and past club Olympiacos to Berlin, [...]
The Top16 draw is the most important day of the season for every Euroleague team, and the 2009 version is a classic example of why. A few teams – those who belong to the very top, such as CSKA Moscow for example – may consider this day a bit less [...]
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Sarunas Jasikevicius, guard for Greek basketball giants Panathinaikos Athens. They discussed – thanks to Sofia Gialleli – starting strong in the Euroleague and Greek league, integrating stars such as Nikola Pekovic and Antonis Fotsis in the mix, comparing NBA coaches and Panathinaikos [...]
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Tomas van den Spiegel, center for Spanish basketball giants Real Madrid. They discussed getting used to playing with three great point guards; switching teams and proving yourself; the impact of Josh Childress and Brandon Jennings on European basketball; winning and losing Euroleague [...]
The NFL has two big matchups which could show just how good a couple of teams are while there are two interesting European domestic league basketball games and the German football/soccer Bundesliga finishes off its first half.
