Off-season deals

This is a series of stories that will highlight some of the more consequential trades made throughout the 18-year history of the EURO League. We aren’t looking for the most one-sided deals or the ones that seemed to help both sides … we’re just looking at the trades and how they affected the league. We…

Deadline trades rarely work out

This is a series of stories that will highlight some of the more consequential trades made throughout the 18-year history of the EURO League. We aren’t looking for the most one-sided deals or the ones that seemed to help both sides … we’re just looking at the trades and how they affected the league. We…

Free agency not very frenzied

Thanks to the sky-high salaries player agents are asking for, there doesn’t seem to be much activity in the first step of free agency in the EURO League. That could change in the second step, when salary demands come down. Actually, activity could increase at any minute, although it has remained quiet for two days…

71 players announce retirement

The top three scorers and the top-scoring defenseman in EURO League history will suit up for at least another season, but the fourth-leading scorer, two of the top 3 point-producing defensemen and 67 other players have decided to retire. Staying for Season 18 are league legends John Tavares, Steven Stamkos, Alex Pietrangelo – all with…

Cup Finals: Berlin and Helsinki

Quick Glance: We’ve seen this movie before. A few times. Under their current general managers these two teams have always been at the top of the standings and have always been a threat to win the Cup. In Season 12, they met in the Cup Finals and Berlin won it. Season 13 was an instant…

In Berlin, losing games also means losing cheerleaders

For many years, the Berlin Smurfs have dominated the Southern Conference of the EURO League. Impressively, they won the conference 7 of the last 8 seasons. And for many years, their expensive and explosive celebration parties have attracted the very best cheerleaders in Europe. In Season 16, the Smurfs won the whole enchilada, the best…

A look at who got better, worse today

Mid-season evolution occurred tonight in the EURO League and what that means in general is that the younger players and teams should do better in the second half and the older guys and teams (Paris, we’re looking at you) should have a more difficult time. But there are some surprises too. In theory, how much…