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Vasilije Micic, the passing majesty

March 3rd, 2013 · No Comments

During the Nike International Junior Tournament, I had the opportunity to follow the Serbian League game between Mega Vizura and Metalac. In the team from the Belgrade suburbs, the 1994 born PG Vasilije Micic runs the show next to a couple of other interesting prospects.

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5 players to follow in Portugal 2012/2013

October 18th, 2012 · 4 Comments

(Luís Cristóvão) When you talk about Basketball, Portugal isn’t the place you go looking for young talent. Mostly, because the Portuguese don’t usually are in the big competitions. With almost no teams playing in European Cups (Benfica was the exception in the 2010/11 Eurochallenge) and a weak National Team (after making it to Eurobasket 2011, [...]

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U18 European Championship 2012: the Wings

August 31st, 2012 · 1 Comment

In our second part of the U18 European Championship reporting, we take a look at the major wing prospects of the event. Of course, Dario Saric will not be discussed in this article as he was featured already in a separate post. Once again, the players from the team ranked 9 to 12 are not [...]

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U18 European Championship 2012: the Guards

August 26th, 2012 · 2 Comments

In our first part of scouting reports about the U18 European Championship, I will talk about the main guard prospects. Please not that I could not scout the teams of Turkey, Slovenia, Greece and Ukraine which explains why no players from these nations will be in the reports. Some of the players I saw already [...]

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Adidas Eurocamp 2012: the next generation

June 24th, 2012 · No Comments

In the third part of our player analysis of the Adidas Eurocamp 2012, we will look at some players that might develop into to prospects in the next years. You can do some Sportsbook Review in order to see how to bet on their future but here is a first analysis on their potential. The [...]

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NBBL Top 4 2012: Player Review

May 29th, 2012 · 1 Comment

The NBBL Top 4 level was a bit lower this season in my opinion. The winners from Breitengüssbach deserved the victory because of their endless will and deeper rotation as they had 11 players capable of contributing on this level. Urspring had their trauma in the semi-final where they were up 17 points in the [...]

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Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2012: the Wings

April 29th, 2012 · 1 Comment

After discussing the main guards of the Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2012, I will take a closer look at the forward from the best eight teams of this year’s edition of the main tournament of the U18 category.

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Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2012: the Guards

April 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment

With a little bit of delay, we start today our detailed review of the players that reached the Top 8 of the Albert Schweitzer Tournament with their respective teams. Traditionally, the review starts with the guards where a lot of top prospects have been present.

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Albert Schweitzer 2012: the Best of the Bottom 8

April 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments

Before analyzing the best prospects from the Top 8 teams; teams that I have seen at least twice during the tournament; I wanted to give a quick recap on several players from the teams that finished in the Bottom 8 and that I could only see once. So these scouting reports remain quite short and [...]

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NIJT Rome 2011 Player Scoutings (Pt.1)

March 6th, 2012 · No Comments

The Nike International Junior Tournament in Rome is already a few months back but our friend Danny Mills has sent us his scouting reports on the main players. We are of course happy to provide you his thoughts on some of the most interesting prospects in Europe. Here we got for the first part which [...]

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NIJT Belgrade 2012: the Guards

February 29th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Here we go for the first part of our individual player analysis for the Nike International Junior Tournament in Belgrade. The guards feature among others the All-tournament team members Nikola Rebic and Nikola Radicevic along the three-point contest winner Brano Djukanovic or the very young Jules Akodo.

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NIJT Kaunas 2012: the Wings

February 17th, 2012 · No Comments

After presenting you the best guards of the tournament, we will continue with the most interesting wing players today.

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NIJT Kaunas 2012: the Guards

February 16th, 2012 · 1 Comment

The third event of this season’s Nike International Junior Tournament Qualification phase is done. In Lithuania, eight teams fought for the win but it was the home team of Zalgiris Kaunas which easily dominated the competition. No team was close to have a chance against them which underlined the overall mediocre level of the tournament. [...]

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Baltic Sea Cup 2012: Finland Preview

January 1st, 2012 · No Comments

On Tuesday, the 2012 edition of the Baltic Sea Cup will start in Tallinn. Our Finnish friend Hippo has sent us more info on the two teams from his country that are participating to the event this year.

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U18 European Championship 2011: the Wings

September 19th, 2011 · No Comments

After the guards, here is the report on the most interesting wing players from the U18 European Championship 2011 in Wroclaw.

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U18 European Championship 2011: the Guards

September 12th, 2011 · 3 Comments

After a very long break, europeanprospects.com is back with the coverage of the U18 European Championship of Division A from Poland. As usual, we start the coverage with the guards.

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Finland U18 Preview

July 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Tomorrow starts the U18 European Championship of Division A in Wroclaw. When Serbia, Spain or the hosts are generally considered as favorites, the Finnish team wants to be more than just an underdog and save their spot in Division A during the next 10 days. Hippo presents the U18 Team from his home country.

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NBBL Top4 2011: Player review

May 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment

After having run through the major prospects of the JBBL Top4, it is about time to check who are the players that shined in the NBBL semis and Final game. This season was the last one for the highly talented 1992 generation from Germany and several of the real big prospects managed to qualify with [...]

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Hezonja, Mavra and Knezevic, Zagreb’s other prospects

May 9th, 2011 · 4 Comments

Next to Dario Saric, the team of KK Zagreb features some other highly talented players in their however small rotation. Let’s check who were the prospects that shined around the Croatian sensation for this year’s Nike International Junior Tournament winners.

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NIJT Belgrade 2011: the Guards

February 25th, 2011 · 9 Comments

The tournament in Belgrade was dominated by some highly talented guards and with a pair of them coming up with a great final show. Let’s check who were the main players that excelled on the outside positions.

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