I love European basketball, even though it's not as talented as the NBA it's still fun to watch.
Fair enough. The first championships were in 1935 so it certainly has a long history though!
I had no idea, I think that's earlier than the first NBA league!
I think so too, given the location. It was first held in Switzerland of all places as the host country!
How strange, I never would have associated Switzerland with basketball.
Me either. You learn something everyday! Apparently the winner had to host the next games
That's a neat system. Do you know anything else about Switzerland?
edition and would see the Soviets win the first of eleven out of the next thirteen European championships. During the 50s, the Soviet Union won four of the five competitions held during the decade with the only tournament that they did not win being the 1955 edition. This was won by Hungary as they finished top while the Soviets finished in third place. It was also during that edition that the thirty-second shot clock was introduced, which changed the style of basketball.
The Soviets would take out all of the championships
, saying "I think the idea behind it is that it's like how the Who presented their movies – "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia" and so on. Those were presented as by 'the Who' even though none of the members of the band were in the movies. I don't think anyone from the Who was in "Quadrophenia". But it's the same people working on it, that's the principle." In a July 2008 interview with "The Observer" he also said,