Entries from May 2010

First preliminary rosters published for summer events

May 21st, 2010 · 9 Comments

With the regular seasons coming to an end in most of the countries, there are more and more federations publishing preliminary rosters for the different Summer events like the U17 World Championships or the different European Championships. We took a closer look at some of the names that have been published over the last days.

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Europeanprospects.com goes Flattr

May 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Europeanprospects.com has always been a trailblazer in the Basketball Blogging universe. We were the first Blog speaking exclusively about Young European basketball players and we participated to the launch of the first-ever general English-speaking-only Basketball Blog about European Basketball, i.e. BallinEurope. The content of the website has always been free despite having a multitude of […]

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JBBL/NBBL Top4: Player Review

May 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today, we are going through the most interesting players of the weekend in Bamberg where played 8 of the best German Youth teams in U19 and U16 category.

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JBBL/NBBL Top4 2010: the Finals

May 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments

On Sunday, the Finals of the German JBBL and NBBL season crowned IBBA and ALBA Urspring with the respective titles. For the JBBL, it was the first time ever that the title has been awarded while Urspring received their third NBBL crown in the 4 years of existence of the Youth League. Here we go […]

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JBBL/NBBL Top4 2010: the semi-finals

May 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The semi-finals of both the JBBL (U16) and NBBL (U19) have been played this Saturday in Bamberg. For the younger ones, it was a first-time event while the NBBL went already in its fourth season. Here we go for the round-up of the first day.

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Nordic Championships 2010: Day 3 (live from Solna)

May 14th, 2010 · No Comments

The third day of the Nordic Championships 2010 was also my last day in Sweden. I really liked the tournament and talent level was also very interesting. Here we go for the round-up of Friday’s action before the detailed player reports will go online somewhere next week.

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NBBL Top4 2010 Preview: Team ALBA Urspring

May 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Last season marked the end of the reign of the Basketball Academy from Southern Germany when the team lost against Paderborn in the semi-finals. This season, Felix Czerny wants to lead his guys back to the title but ALBA Urspring will face once again Paderborn in the round of the last four.

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NBBL Top4 2010 Preview: Paderborn Baskets

May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Paderborn Baskets were the Cinderella story of last season when they reached unexpectedly the Finals of the NBBL Top4 in Berlin. With the departure of Robert Hülsewede to the professional team, the team lost one of its major assets but Coach Artur Gacaev made a tremendous job and the team qualified without their Starting […]

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Nordic Championships 2010: Day 2 (live from Solna)

May 13th, 2010 · No Comments

The second day of the 2010 edition of the Nordic Championships is over and we had the possibility to see all the teams at least once now. Here we go for the round-up of Thursday’s action.

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NBBL Top4 2010 Preview: ALBA Berlin

May 13th, 2010 · No Comments

The defending champion from ALBA Berlin was the first team to qualify for this year’s Top 4 after beating Leverkusen in the Quarter Finals. Now, Henrik Rödl and his team want to defend the championship which would mark also the final point of their NBBL career for several players of the team. We spoke to […]

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