Hi hello and welcome to a first instalment of EUROHOOP ARE GO!, it is a weekly summary of Euro Basketball. I extend hapiness of Hard-Wood guys to ask me of this!

Was a very torrid start so far to ULEB Euroleague, two rounds so far. Biggest new was of cours huge upset of Olympaikos beating last year’s champion [it was only in June however] Maccabi Tel Aviv. Maccabi are so very much missing Sarunas Jasikevicius, now on your Indianapolis Pacers now. Big star of Olympiakos is Quincy Lewis, he made the yellow jerseys look like they were yellow from the urine of a dead donkey. My boy Zloty lost many euros on this game, hah to him.

Some still other undefeated teams are Lego Bruges, Lyrzyzy Juniors, Uutan Blezak, Milan Fascisti, and Manram Sporting. So far highest scorer is Omani Paterson, followed close by Harrison Blount, Quincy Lewis like we said, speedy Elvis Sucjyc, and Juan Pablo “Shooter” Cebolla. Rebounds are nobly led by new player Szymon Kaukonnen of ABDAK Barcelona, a sensation at 2.51 metres of tall, who has averaged 42 rebounds per game so far, and also leads with 14 blocks in each game so far also as well.

Let us also turn attentions to the FIBA EuroCup. Guess what? Fenerbahce has gotten themselves beat in Group E! It was a brutal defeat at the hands of EKA Lemesos. [Again, my boy Zloty has gussed wrong. He will soon be visited by some brick-like men from St. Petersburg. I hope his new trainers take him where he want to go.] Other surprises are the continued success of Dynamo Omsk in Group N and Ibex Bmunsden in Group T. A crucial match upcoming is the replay of Spyrios Telemaxius against Blurten Basketball Team, as the original game was called due to EU health code violations due to several parts of goat feces in the water supply. This will be hotly contested!

One main issue dealing with is the fortunes of more European players going to the NBA. Of this September’s championships, many of the top guys are already in the league: Andrei Kirilenko, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, and cetera. But when will “The Logo” come calling for other great players? Will we see “Shooter” Cebolla in this league soon, maybe for a low-level team that needs him? What about any of the top Greek players, like Diamantis Tsartsaropoulous or Vasilis Gonnococcoulous? Will the NBA continue to deplete our European teams? And if so could they please send some of their most fading former superstars? Clichy-sous-Bois could use the calming influence of Latrell Sprewell now, and it is clear that Basket Bologna would like to have Anfernee “Penny” Hardaways.

That is all I have for now. Until another time, remember, shake it like Peker would!

Peker Milisic writes for Eurobasket.com.