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Reebok Eurocamp: the best of the rest

June 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm by Christophe

After having discussed the NBA prospects in Treviso, I take a closer look at the other players present in Treviso that may be NBA candidates in the next years or stay in Europe.

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European Championships are just ahead

June 27th, 2009 at 8:23 pm by Christophe

With the NBA Draft in the books, the excitement will continue throughout the summer with the different European Youth Championships. Europeanprospects.com will be present in Metz for the U18 Division A tournament as well as in Kaunas for the U16 Division A competition. Here we go for a first preview on the U20 and the U18 European championships to be played in July.

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NBA Draft 2009: the European candidates

June 23rd, 2009 at 8:40 pm by Christophe

With the NBA Draft being held at the Madison Square Garden this Thursday, I go for a quick check of the most interesting European Draft candidates for the year 2009.

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Nordic Championships 2009 review (U16)

June 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 am by Christophe

Here we go for the second part of Hippo’s review on the Nordic Championships 2009 with the report on the U16 tournament.

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Nordic Championships 2009 review (U18)

June 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 am by Christophe

Hippo has sent us a great report on the Nordic Championships that have been played nearly a month ago in Solna, Sweden. Enjoy the read and get the info on the most talented players coming from Scandinavia.

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Douai 2009: best of the rest

June 20th, 2009 at 10:53 pm by Christophe

After the in-detail reports about Lithuania and France, I will take a closer look at the players that stood out in my eyes with the four other non-European participants in Douai. The reports on these players will not be as detailed of course as they are not in the focus of this website.

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Douai 2009: Lithuania Review

June 17th, 2009 at 9:09 pm by Christophe

Today, I will talk about the second European team to have played in this year’s edition of the Douai World Tournament: Lithuania. A team that was composed of 1990 and 1992 born players missing all their talented 91 guard players. This came up to a situation having a team dominated by inside players and totally missing the talented guard play as the 92 born players are still a bit green when it comes to play against 2 years older guys.

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Douai 2009: France Review

June 15th, 2009 at 9:33 pm by Christophe

To start the in-depth reports about the Douai World Tournament, I will take a closer look to the third placed French team. Being only one point short of the Final victory, the team looks a bit undersized compared to the different other teams in the competition and also the typical hyper athletic inside player is not present in this generation.

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Today’s picks (back from Douai)

June 14th, 2009 at 9:16 pm by Christophe

The final day in Douai was marked by the still very open possibilities for the final results.

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Today’s picks (live from Douai)

June 13th, 2009 at 9:09 pm by Christophe

After three days of high level competition, the 23rd edition of the Douai World Tournament continued today. Having arrived only today in the city of Northern France, it did not last long to see already some big action.

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First echoes from Douai

June 11th, 2009 at 10:44 pm by Christophe

Before leaving for Northern France on Saturday morning, here are some first pieces of information that could be found around the net about the Douai World Tournament 2009.

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Reebok Eurocamp: the NBA Draft prospects

June 10th, 2009 at 10:46 pm by Christophe

In our first part of the review on the recent Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso, I took a look at those players being automatically eligible or early entrance candidates and that have a correct chance of being drafted. The review contains only information on the European players, so Patrick Mills or Patrick Beverley have not been included in this report.

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Today’s picks (live from Treviso)

June 8th, 2009 at 1:24 pm by Christophe

Here we go for quick recap of the action I was able to catch from the Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso so far. A camp that has representatives from all the 30 NBA teams in attendance in addition to a long list of Agents and representatives from European teams as well.

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Today’s picks

June 5th, 2009 at 8:23 pm by Christophe

Before leaving tomorrow morning to Treviso for the Reebok Eurocamp, here are a few stories found around the net just ahead of the most important RDV of the year in terms of European Prospects.

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2009 Douai World Tournament preview

June 4th, 2009 at 6:09 pm by Christophe

The 23rd edition of the Mondial Juniors de Basket will be played from the 10th to the 14th of June in Northern France. It is one of the last events before the NBA Draft and this year’s edition can be considered as one of the strongest preparation tournament for the Under 19 World Championship to be played in New Zealand in the beginning of July.

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Rudy Mbemba is finally in the Draft

June 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm by Christophe

The Swedish guard Rudy Mbemba is in the NBA Draft, finally. After multiple seasons in different European teams, the 1m83 tall player is currently playing the Italian LegaDue Finals in order to earn a Lega spot for his team of Vanoli. I had the possibility to see several of his last games with the Italian team and check though if the multiple Reebok Eurocamp participant has a chance to hear his name called in the MSG soon.

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Today’s picks

May 27th, 2009 at 6:27 pm by Christophe

The upcoming European and World Championships are coming closer so that the first preliminary rosters get published. Additionally, some interesting news around the NBA Draft.

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Playoff picks

May 24th, 2009 at 8:43 pm by Christophe

Today, I give you a few thoughts on the different European playoff games I saw these last days.

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Germany to host first ever U17 World Championship

May 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 pm by Christophe

This Friday, the FIBA Central Board has decided unanimously to give the organization of the 2010 U17 World Basketball Championship to Germany. The other candidates have been France, China and Kazakhstan. While China stepped back in order to show the German-Chinese friendship, France got the rights for the organization of the U17 Women World Championship in 2010.

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NBA Draft 2009: early entrants, workouts and Reebok Eurocamp

May 17th, 2009 at 10:06 pm by Christophe

As the NBA Draft 2009 is approaching, I take a look at the latest development around the European players that will be in the Draft this year.

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