With a few months of delay, here we go for a report on some of the most interesting players of the 2009 FIBA Europe U16 European Championship of Division B. As I could by far not see all players (I was limited to several games on tape), this report is far from being complete. The […]
Entries from November 2009
2009 U16 European Championship B Division Report
November 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: 2009 U16 European Championship Division B·Devon van Oostrum·England·Jonathan Person·Luka Rupnik·Marcus Eriksson·Matej Rojc·Nicholas Spires·Slovenia·Sweden·William Magarity
Update on Finnish Prospects 2009/2010
November 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Approximately one year ago, EuropeanProspects.com made an introduction to several Finnish prospects together with our friend Hippo from Finland. Today, we will check who are the players that emerge in the season 2009/2010 up North.
Tags: Aleksi Koskinen·Antti Kanervo·Antto Nikkarinen·Bojan Sarcevic·Carl Lindbom·Finland·Jessi Niemi·Lauri Toivonen·Michael Pounds·Pekka Setälä·Roope Ahonen·Sad Niskanen·Sami Ikävalko·Sasu Salin
Great Documentaries about French Prospects
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Nicolas de Virieu is a French Documentary movie maker that has produced a lot of highly interesting movies about Basketball. Among them, you can find different portraits or coverage of the famous Slam Nation dunkers in their worldwide tours. For fans of young European basketball players, two films are highly recommended.
Tags: Adrien Moerman·Alexis Ajinca·Antoine Diot·Edwin Jackson·Nicolas Batum
Robin Benzing grows step by step
November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After an interesting Eurobasket this summer, Robin Benzing had to get back to business quickly as he signed his first Bundesliga contract this summer and needed to adapt to play for ratiopharm Ulm without doing the preparation with his new team. But his adaption phase was very short as Benzing is currently the third best […]
Tags: Beko BBL·Detroit Pistons·Miami Heat·Portland Trailblazers·ratiopharm Ulm·Robin Benzing
2010 European Championship locations
November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Today, the Swedish Basketball federation published on its website the places where the different FIBA Europe Youth European Championships will be played. So here we go for the dates and places where you need to be in the summer of 2010.
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Scouting trip to Hesse
November 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
This weekend, I visited some friends in the German Land of Hesse and I used this opportunity to see a bit of basketball action. With no major European prospect present in these games, I wanted however to mention the players I could observe. You will not find a detailed scouting report but more a general […]
Tags: Falko Theilig·Hertener Löwen·Johannes Lischka·Joleik Schaffrath·Licher Basketbaeren·LTi Giessen 46ers·Mathias Perl·Nicolai Simon·Paderborn Baskets·Robert Oehle·Stevan Tapuskovic·Victor Jakovic·Vincent Kittmann
Martynas Gecevicius shooting star
November 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Lithuanian guard is on fire during the beginning of this season so it was time to take a closer look at the Lietuvos Rytas player. Martynas Gecevicius, who I follow for quite a few years now is finally getting the playing minutes with Rytas to show what he is able to do on the […]
Tags: Euroleague·Lietuvos Rytas·Lithuania·Martynas Gecevicius
Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2010 participants
November 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Today, the German Basketball federation officially announced the 16 participating teams of 25th Albert Schweitzer Tournament that will be played from the 3rd to the 10th April 2010 in Mannheim.
Tags: 2010 Albert Schweitzer Tournament·Alessandro Gentile·Argentina·Australia·Brazil·Canada·Croatia·Enes Kanter·Evan Fournier·France·Germany·Greece·Israel·Italy·Japan·Joan Tomas·Lars Wendt·Leo Westermann·Linos Chrysikopoulos·Mathis Mönninghoff·Miguel Servera·New Zealand·Nunzio Sabbatino·Ole Wendt·Philipp Neumann·Safak Edge·Spain·Tommaso Ingrosso·Turkey·USA·Vincent Pourchot
Jonathan Bourhis dies in a car accident
November 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments
The French guard Jonathan Bourhis died today in a car accident. The 1990 born player from JDA Dijon crashed on the way back from a game at 6 o’clock this morning.
Tags: France·JDA Dijon·Jonathan Bourhis