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What’s the plan for Rubio?

February 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment

With the Copa del Rey 2011 done, it is about time to take a look at some of the most regarded prospects of the last years. The same plaudits that were delivered to 20-year-old point guard Ricky Rubio today are the same ones that he was showered with at the 2009 NBA Draft: his ball-handling [...]

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Euroleague 2010/2011 Preview: Group C

October 20th, 2010 · No Comments

The Group C of the Euroleague 2010/2011 features some of the most interesting young big men in Europe and several potential NBA Draft candidates. Additionally, Ricky Rubio is also active with his FC Barcelona in this group and the games of these 6 teams will certainly attract a large number of NBA scouts over the [...]

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The Ricky Rubio MVP show

January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The regular season of the Euroleague is over and it was about time to speak about Ricky Rubio, even if I nearly never discuss drafted players on my blog. But what the young Spaniard showed this week against Montepaschi Siena was simply amazing.

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NBA Draft 2009: the European candidates

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

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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Playoff picks

May 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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

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Today’s picks

April 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

After the heavy Easter weekend, let’s go for a recap of all the action of the last days.

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A first look at the upcoming 2009 NBA Draft

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Today, I took a first look at the upcoming NBA Draft from a European perspective. I will check who are the players that have already declared to enter the draft and who is supposed to do so in the next days. Who are the players that are automatically eligible?

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Today’s picks

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Ricky Rubio has been elected Young Player of the year. Not really what I have voted. Seydou N’Joya is back in Nancy and has signed a “jeune aspirant” contract valid until the end of the season. He played with Norköpping in Sweden where he averaged 8.2ppg and 4.2apg in the 5 games he played. Giorgi [...]

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Prospect of the month: January 2008

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

And here it is again, the Europeanprospects.com vote for the Prospect of the month January 2008. After the success of Ricky Rubio in the December 2007 vote with nearly half of all the voices, we are back now with the nominees for the first month of the new year.

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Today’s picks

January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ricky Rubio is still amazing (13pts 5rebs 5asts 2stls), even if his team lost this weekend against local rivals Barcelona. However, he had a very special move to score against the whole Barcelona defense. Predrag Samardziski came up with a huge statistical effort this week in the Adriatic League. He destroyed Geoplin Slovan with 19pts [...]

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Prospect of the month: December 2007

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

And here it is again, the Europeanprospects.com vote for the Prospect of the month December 2007. The nominees are Tadija Dragicevic, Ante Tomic, Danilo Gallinari, Antoine Diot and Ricky Rubio.

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Prospect update: Ricky Rubio

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Ricky Rubio is considered since his first appearance in the ACB League as one of the top prospects in Europe. Some people compare him already to Magic Johnson or I don’t know whom and consider him as the best European player ever. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to see Ricky in action again and here [...]

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