This weekend were the last finals of the different Conference Tournaments in NCAA Division 1 Basketball. We take a quick look at what we could learn of the performances of some European players that were active in the different games.
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Europeans in the Conference Tournaments 2012
March 13th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Charlon Kloof·Elias Harris·Jeffery Taylor·Matthew Dellavedova·NCAA·Nemanja Djurisic·Niels Giffey·Patrick Heckmann
NIJT Belgrade 2012: Day 1 Review
February 25th, 2012 · 3 Comments
After having arrived in the afternoon only, I had the possibility to follow one game from the Nike International Junior Tournament plus the Adriatic League game between Crvena Zvezda and KK Zagreb. So the report on the first day is quite short.
Tags: Aleksandar Cvetkovic·Andrija Milutinovic·Brano Djukanovic·Dario Saric·Erjon Kastrati·Jules Akodo·Jusuf Nurkic·Marko Tejic·Nemanja Nedovic·NIJT Belgrade 2012·Nikola Cvorovic·Nikola Jankovic·Nikola Rebic
KK Baltai: Zalgiris reserve struggles in BBL
February 12th, 2012 · No Comments
During the trip to Kaunas for the Nike International Junior Tournament, I had also the opportunity to follow a game of KK Baltai playing University of Tartu in the Baltic League. KK Baltai is in fact the reserve team of Zalgiris Kaunas and one of the several places where the Lithuanian Euroleague team can stack [...]
Tags: Edgaras Ulanovas·Kaspars Vecvagars·Mario Delas·Mindaugas Kupsas·Uros Petrovic·Vytenis Cizauskas
Living in America: Malte Ziegenhagen
January 31st, 2012 · 1 Comment
The NCAA option remains a very interesting career choice for a lot of German players. Malte Ziegenhagen is an atypical guard from Berlin who is currently in his freshman season with the Tulane Green Wave. Read below what the 1m95 tall Berlin native has to tell.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Living in America·Malte Ziegenhagen·NCAA·Tulane
Furkan Aldemir makes his mark in the Euroleague
January 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment
This season has so far been a break-out year for the Turkish power forward/center Furkan Aldemir. The 2m07 tall player, who recently even got votes for being among the best international player not in the NBA by the General Manager of the American league, is averaging this season 6.8ppg, 4.8rpg and 0.4bpg in the Euroleague. [...]
Tags: Furkan Aldemir·Omer Asik·Turkey
Living in America: Stian Emil Berg
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments
Today, we share with you the interesting thoughts of the Norwegian guard Stian Emil Berg. Berg plays for the Northern Illiniois Huskies in the Mid-American Conference.
Tags: Living in America·Northern Illinois·Norway·Stian Emil Berg
Living in America: Thomas de Thaey
January 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment
We start our 2011-2012 season of the Living in America series with the Belgian inside player Thomas de Thaey. He is the first freshman that we portray through a little interview and more of this kind will come in the next days and weeks.
Tags: Belgium·Living in America·NCAA·North Carolina State·Thomas de Thaey
Tornike Shengelia: a future high-level Forward
December 19th, 2011 · No Comments
Tornike “Toko” Shengelia is one of the few but talented Georgian players currently active in the Euroleague. After having spent several years in Spain, Shengelia is now in his second season playing in Belgium. With Spirou Charleroi, he is a rookie in the Euroleague competition and one of the candidates for the Rising Star Trophy [...]
Tags: Tornike Shengelia
The Unlikeliest Champion: a book on UConn 10/11
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments
Like any other Connecticut resident, Aaron Torres grew up living and breathing University of Connecticut athletics. After attending UConn and beginning a career as a young sportswriter, Torres has continued his passion for UConn basketball and explores the 2011 NCAA National Men’s Basketball Champions is his book, “The Unlikeliest Champion.”
Tags: Enosch Wolf·NCAA·Niels Giffey
The (nearly) perfect game of Jordan Aboudou
October 31st, 2011 · No Comments
This Friday, the French team of Chalon traveled to Dijon for the Burgundy derby in the LNB ProA. Chalon is known for their good youth program, they will participate for the first time to a Nike International Junior Tournament this season, featuring players like Nicolas Lang or Joffrey Lauvergne. But it was the 20 years-old [...]
Tags: Jordan Aboudou
5 prospects to follow in the LNB 2011/2012
September 28th, 2011 · 4 Comments
After having discussed five prospects to follow in the German Bundesliga, we will check today who are the players to follow in the French LNB League this season.
Tags: Christophe Leonard·Evan Fournier·Joffrey Lauvergne·Leo Westermann·Rudy Gobert
U20 European Championship 2011: Scoutings
August 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Thomas Drouot followed the Final Phase of the U20 European Championship 2011 in Bilbao and he has sent us his scouting on the best players from the tournament in his eyes. Let’s see what he has to say.
Tags: 2011 U20 European Championship Division A·Alessandro Gentile·Bojan Dublejvic·Evan Fournier·Furkan Aldemir·Hüseyin Köksal·Joan Sastre·Nemanja Nedovic·Nikola Mirotic
Finland U20 Preview
July 13th, 2011 · No Comments
With the U20 European Championships starting tomorrow, our friend Hippo has sent us his preview on the Finnish U20 National Team that will compete in the B Division tournament in Sarajevo. The team will face Norway, Great Britian, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg in Group C. The team features several members of the succesful [...]
Tags: 2011 U20 European Championship DivB·Antto Nikkarinen·Carl Lindbom·Samuli Vanttaja
NBA Draft 2011: the Euro-Review
June 24th, 2011 · No Comments
The NBA Draft 2011 is in the books and before we move on to other things, we go first for a quick overview of the different European picks with a short analysis of their situation.
Tags: Adam Hanga·Bismack Biyombo·Bojan Bogdanovic·Davis Bertans·Donatas Motiejunas·Enes Kanter·Jan Vesely·Jonas Valanciunas·Milan Macvan·NBA Draft 2011·Nikola Mirotic·Nikola Vucevic
Official launch of LNB Prospects
June 8th, 2011 · No Comments
In cooperation with the very up-to-date in terms of Web 2.0 initiatives French team of PB86 Poitiers, Gaetan Carrasset has launched the youtube Channel LNB Prospects a few days ago. This youtube Channel features highlight clips, interviews and other stuff around the French Espoirs League. See below for the official teaser and some of the [...]
Tags: Billy Ouattara·Jordan Aboudou·Kevin Mendy·LNB Prospects
What is the current situation of Nikola Mirotic?
June 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Having dropped to the second round in the NBA Draft.net Mock Draft or even being put in the 2012 Mock by Draftexpress, Nikola Mirotic is a bit the “loser” of the last weeks according to these predictions. It is clear that since the departure of Ettore Messina from Real Madrid, the impact of the Spanish-Montenegrin [...]
Tags: NBA Draft 2011·Nikola Mirotic
The “other” Early-Entrants for the NBA Draft 2011
June 3rd, 2011 · 4 Comments
Every year, the Adidas Eurocamp in Treviso is the place to go for NBA Teams in order to scout the European Draft prospects. But the camp does not always invite all the Early-Entrants or Automatically eligible players that are out there. This year, 6 Early Entrants are not on the list as of today so [...]
Tags: Abdoulaye Loum·Adidas Eurocamp 2011·Femi Oladipo·Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann·NBA Draft 2011·Negueba Samake·Nikola Mirotic·Tornike Shengelia
NBA Draft 2011–Early Entrants Analysis
April 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The NBA has published yesterday the list of Early Entrants for the NBA Draft 2011. It features 20 players based in Europe and two Europeans playing in the NCAA. We will go over the 20 Internationals, give a short scouting report with Video (where available) and make a prediction on their Draft Stock.
Tags: Abdel Kader Sylla·Abdoulaye Loum·Andrew Albicy·Bismack Biyombo·Davis Bertans·Donatas Motiejunas·Emmanouil Koukoulas·Femi Oladipo·Furkan Aldemir·Jan Vesely·Joffrey Lauvergne·Jonas Valanciunas·Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann·Leon Radosevic·Lucas "Bebe" Nogueira·NBA Draft 2011·Negueba Samake·Nihad Dedovic·Nikola Mirotic·Tomislav Zubcic·Tornike Shengelia
Joffrey Lauvergne, a nice future for France on PF
April 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Tonight, in front of an half empty arena in Nancy, the locals of SLUC Nancy faced Chalon in the semi-final of the French Cup. The guests managed to beat the former Korac Cup winner in a game that was not one a great level, especially in the second half. However, this gave me the opportunity [...]
Tags: Joffrey Lauvergne·Nicolas Lang
Young guns from Finland (2010/2011)
March 1st, 2011 · No Comments
Our Finnish friend Hippo came up with his already traditional annual review on the Top Finnish prospects. After Kilian Cato committed this week to the University of Maine, the Finnish League has once again confirmed its status of interesting talent reservoir both for the NCAA and the European Leagues. Check out his report for the [...]
Tags: Antti Kanervo·Antto Nikkarinen·Carl Lindbom·Ilari Seppälä·Juho Lehtoranta·Kilian Cato·Markus Molenius·Matti Nuutinen·Mikael Sandberg·Roope Ahonen·Samuli Vanttaja·Sasu Salin·Villematti Kopio





