Basketball

Hardwood thermodynamics: The second law of Fenerbahçe

2024–2025 EuroLeague | Round 5 | Fenerbahçe 76 — Panathinaikos 81

It would have been a hell of a game to win… All the elements of a perfect night were there. Bringing down the champs in front of a packed house……

What a plunge!

I dragged my feet as much as possible, but here we are… Summer is gone, together with it the conviction of belonging, in the moment… A rare gem of a moment that needs no validation from the rest, what came before, and what would come after… And being able to get there, time after time, day after day…

This, that and the other

The League. I have started watching the Turkish league with the quarterfinals, and it was a pretty lopsided affair on both sides. The coaches of the losing sides, Ufuk Sarıca for Karşıyaka and Alimpijević for Beşiktaş, who were not able to steal a single game against their mighty…

The times they are a-changin’

2023–2024 EuroLeague | Final Four Day 2

The Jersey

Euroleague Final Four 2024 -The jersey

No Sleep Till Berlin

Euroleague Playoffs 2024 - No sleep till Berlin

If you have watched basketball long enough, you know there is an ebb and flow to the game. And things go where it looks like they are going, most of the time… It was one of those nights… İbrahim Kutluay called it…

Game 4: The book of plays

The inevitable. I was not going to write anything about Mike James until after the series. Because he is able to…

For the love of the game

I am writing this early Saturday morning, watching nine year olds work on their shooting fundamentals. For all you…

First we take Monaco…

It is May 1, 2024, playoff time in İstanbul… Fenerbahçe Beko returns home after splitting the two away games in Monaco…