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With an early-season turnaround of sorts, Euroleague newcomer Avellino has evened its record with consecutive home wins and is now part of the battle for survival in regular season Group A. One big reason for that turnaround is forward Chris Warren, who has been nothing if not consistent and solid in almost three Euroleague seasons. Warren was in Mexico in January of 2006 when the call came from Cibona to sign, and he has not looked back, making himself a Euroleague pro in both body and mind, as he says in this Euroleague.net interview. "It's all about the mental aspect of play in the Euroleague," Warren said as he prepared to take his new team on the road against his old one, Cibona, this week. "Every Euroleague team I have played for or against has what I am trying to bring here: tough-mindedness. When things are not going well, when things are not going your way - and even when they are - a Euroleague team is still hungry and still wants more. That's the type of attitude I want to bring to Avellino, to have them never be satisfied."
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(Tuesday, November 11, 2008)
Partizan
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Three weeks into the 2008-09 season, among the new names at the top of the Euroleague performance charts is a complete newcomer to Europe and the first major pro player ever from the African country of Gabon.
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(Tuesday, November 04, 2008)
Regal FC Barcelona
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If last season he returned from the U.S. looking tentative on-court as he re-learned the European game, one year later Ersan Ilyasova of Regal FC Barcelona seems exactly the opposite: a player who is sure of his every move.
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(Monday, October 27, 2008)
Unicaja
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The pride of Scottish basketball swaggers on-court looking as though he'd just as soon eat the basketball as play with it. And true enough, when the bodies start flying, most teams would choose to have Robert Archibald on their side.
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(Tuesday, October 21, 2008)
Maccabi Electra
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This week Tal Burstein will open his ninth season with Maccabi Tel Aviv, but this one has a different feel to it. For the first time since 1994, and only the second since 1970, Maccabi tips off the season without any titles to defend.
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(Thursday, October 02, 2008)
Olympiacos
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One of the Euroleague's biggest summer signings, Josh Childress of Olympiacos B.C., has been making himself a new home in Athens, Greece, the last few weeks.
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(Friday, September 05, 2008)
Real Madrid
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One of the great warriors of world basketball, Felipe Reyes, is back in training camp with Real Madrid a couple weeks after having helped put Spain on the silver-medal podium at the recent Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
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