Episodes
6 days ago
6 days ago
URBONUS co-hosts Rytis Vysniauskas, Gytis Blazevicius & Augustas Suliauskas talk about Olympiacos’ (im)perfect double week, Filip Petrusev’s ceiling & Olimpia Milano’s embarrasing loss to ALBA Berlin. The guys also give their bold predictions on Paris, Partizan, Real Madrid, Carsen Edwards & Vasilije Micic.
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Topics:
- Lack of joy in European basketball (0:00);
- Can Olympiacos end up no. 1 in the standings? (11:32);
- Is Filip Petrusev a future NBA player? (29:02);
- Should this be the end of Messina in Milan? (37:52);
- Will Paris make the playoffs? (47:40);
- Can Partizan make the play-in? (53:55);
- Is Real Madrid a Final Four team? (59:36);
- Will Carsen Edwards make the All-EuroLeague team? (1:07:12);
- Is Vasilije Micic returing to Europe this season? (1:11:58);
- Reacting to Yago Dos Santos DM’ing to Mike James (1:16:15).
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Updated EuroLeague Power Rankings & PAO vs Olympiacos Prediction
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Augustas Suliauskas, and Gytis Blazevicius reveal their updated EuroLeague Power Rankings, share predictions for the Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos derby, and react to Lonnie Walker’s EuroLeague debut.
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Friday Nov 01, 2024
Olympiacos' Resurgence, Zvezda vs Refs & October Awards
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
URBONUS co-hosts Rytis Vysniauskas, Gytis Blazevicius & Augustas Suliauskas discuss Olympiacos Piraeus bounce back after a losing streak, whether or not the Reds should replace Giorgos Bartzokas. They also talk about Crvena Zvezda’s protest in the middle of the game against Zalgiris and referees’ decisions. Plus, the guys pick All-EuroLeague teams & the MVP of October.
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Topics:
- Halloween in EuroLeague - the refs are scary (0:00);
- Olympiacos bouncing back vs Spanish teams (2:49);
- Should Olympiacos replace Bartzokas? (13:30);
- Brilliant Trinchieri play & crazy ending in Kaunas (24:06);
- Sfairopoulos’ protest & Zalgiris’ brilliance (33:24);
- Message to fans blaming refs & EuroLeague Mafia (40:24);
- Is Lonnie Walker IV the top signing of October? (50:52);
- Biggest anomaly in the standings (1:03:05);
- All-EuroLeague October Team & MVP Ladder (1:08:43).
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Biyombo In Europe, Biggest Surprises & Most Overpaid EL Players
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Augustas Suliauskas, and Gytis Blazevicius react to the unstoppable TJ Shorts, biggest EuroLeague surprises, Partizan and Zvezda’s recent losses, Bismack Biyombo to Europe rumors, and the top 10 EuroLeague contracts.
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Topics:
- Two coach challenges on the same play?! (0:00);
- Crazy TJ Shorts’ stat & how to stop him? (3:42);
- Highest-paced EL team that will surprise you (11:51);
- Maccabi’s problems (16:38);
- Did Zalgiris find a new Thomas Walkup? (21:59);
- Top 3 EuroLeague surprises (31:25);
- What happened to Red Star (39:21);
- Can Bismack Biyombo come to Zvezda & EuroLeague? (47:48);
- Lionel Messi of EuroLeague (52:18);
- Why Partizan’s loss to Virtus wasn’t about the refs (54:27);
- Most overpaid EuroLeague players (1:06:11).
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Zvezda’s Statement, Good Old Vezenkov & PAO’s Protest
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Augustas Suliauskas, and Gytis Blazevicius recap eight EuroLeague games, focusing on Crvena Zvezda’s statement, Panathinaikos’ protest in Paris following the first-ever EuroLeague win for the debutants, a glimpse of the good old Olympiacos, an issue that EuroLeague has to solve, and more.
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Topics:
- Why EuroLeague MUST address this problem NOW (0:00);
- Why there were 8 games the same day (9:15);
- Zvezda’s statement win? (12:30);
- Is Skylar Mays an answer to Fenerbahce’s “problems”? (24:20);
- Glimpse of good old Vezenkov & Olympiacos (27:41);
- Who would you sign now: Tavares or Fall? (32:28);
- The big problem with PAO’s protest (42:45);
- TJ Shorts proving people wrong (49:49);
- Apology to Elijah Bryant (54:24);
- Crazy Saben Lee & Maccabi ending (1:00:27);
- The best moment of the first Partizan win (1:07:55);
- Shoutout to ALBA & Baskonia (1:13:26).
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Istanbul Derby Fight, New OAKA & Undefeated Zvezda
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
URBONUS co-hosts Rytis Vysniauskas, Gytis Blazevicius & Augustas Suliauskas discuss 1st half of EuroLeague’s 2nd game round. At the focal point – Istanbul derby between Anadolu Efes and Fenerbahce, also impressions about the ‘new’ OAKA arena & it’s glass floor, plus questions whether we shall get hyped about Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Topics:
- Istanbul derby: bites, scratches & ejections (0:00);
- Renewed OAKA impressions & (un)surprising PAO (24:45);
- Should we get hyped about Crvena Zvezda? (36:15);
- Real Madrid & Partizan impressions after 2 games (45:23);
- How will Jordan Loyd fit back in Monaco? (52:45).
Friday Oct 04, 2024
1st Look At New PAO, Partizan’s Potential & Top 10 EuroLeague Players
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
URBONUS co-hosts Augustas Suliauskas & Gytis Blazevicius recap the opening day of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season. The guys break down 3 key games of the day, including Panathinaikos win over ALBA, Zalgiris upsetting Barcelona & Baskonia pulling off a comeback win vs Partizan.
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Topics:
- EuroLeague is finally back on! (0:00);
- What we learned about PAO from their win vs ALBA (3:00);
- Impressive Zalgiris length & offensive weapons (15:54);
- Surprising Baskonia & Partizan’s potential (35:11);
- Is Mirotic still a Top 10 EuroLeague player? (49:02);
- Wildest results of EuroLeague GMs survey (56:43).
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
EuroLeague Power Rankings: Greek Dominance & Most Unpredictable Team
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Rytis Vysniauskas, and Augustas Suliauskas present their 2024-25 EuroLeague season power rankings, discuss the open-air Final Four idea, and conclude with a short Rytis’ Q&A session for BN+ members.
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Topics:
- Open-air EuroLeague Final Four? (0:00);
- Predictions & power rankings? (8:19);
- Did Rytis surprise us with his Panathinaikos pick? (11:40);
- Madrid or Olympiacos? (14:30);
- Fenerbahce or Barcelona? (27:55);
- What’s that Monaco alert about? (36:15);
- The EuroLeague powerhouses returning? (42:30);
- Reasons to believe in Partizan season (51:20);
- Augustas responding to tough questions about Zalgiris (1:00:33);
- The confusing thing about ranking Zvezda, Maccabi, Virtus & Baskonia (1:08:27);
- Bayern’s hope (1:23:45);
- Is this team going to win any EuroLeague games? (1:25:38);
- Final 4 frontrunners, Yuki Kawamura in Europe and Rytis’ Q&A (1:31:10).
Monday Sep 16, 2024
EuroLeague vs G League & Must-Watch EL Rookies
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
One of the top EuroCup scorers, Andrew Andrews, joins URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas and Augustas Suliauskas to introduce must-watch EuroLeague rookies, react to Juan Toscano-Anderson’s statement about the G League being the second-best league in the world, and preview the upcoming battles with Patrick Beverley’s Hapoel Tel Aviv.
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Topics:
- Trash-talking Beverley & Pat’s real face (0:00);
- Hapoel TA EuroLeague’s rank & Top 5 EuroCup title contenders (9:47);
- G League over EuroLeague? (16:03);
- Toscano-Anderson’s timeout rant (25:48);
- Andrews dealing with the NBA politics (34:00);
- Must-watch EuroLeague rookies (37:24);
- The most intriguing EuroLeague rookie? (55:42);
- Is Mike James’ & Nick Calathes’ connection going to work? (1:05:54);
- Pokusevski as the EuroLeague’s unicorn (1:14:46);
- Should Olympiacos be worried about Evan Fournier? (1:19:06).
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Cedi Osman To PAO Reactions & Best EuroLeague Offseason Moves
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas and Augustas Suliauskas analyze Cedi Osman’s move to Panathinaikos, discuss the potential costs of building super teams in Greece, evaluate Turkish players returning from the NBA to Europe, and list the best EuroLeague offseason transfers.
Topics:
- How PAO took over the 2015 NBA Draft (0:00);
- Hot reactions to Cedi Osman’s move to PAO (5:17);
- Is the gap in the EuroLeague getting bigger? (17:05);
- Cost of Super Teams, today’s Pana & Oly vs. 2009-10 Pana & Oly (23:26);
- Which signing is better: Fournier or Osman? (30:02);
- Why Turkish stars leaving NBA for Europe (32:16);
- Our best EuroLeague offseason signings (42:49);
- The most overlooked Zalgiris signing and first impressions (1:17:34).