Entries from February 2012

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 Belgrade 2012: Day 3 Review

February 26th, 2012 · No Comments

The last day of the Nike International Junior Tournament in Belgrade came to an end with a great final between two teams that were on the same level. Let’s take a look what happened today in the packed Basket City Hall in Belgrade.

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NIJT Belgrade 2012: Day 2 Review

February 26th, 2012 · No Comments

The tight schedule of the Nike International Junior Tournament in Belgrade continued yesterday with the 4 remaining group games and the semi-finals. As there are always two games running at the same time, it is difficult to cover everything so here we go with the impressions of the day 2.

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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.

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Sabonis Basketball Academy: the pride of Kaunas

February 23rd, 2012 · No Comments

During my recent trip to Kaunas to cover the Nike International Junior tournament, I also had the chance to visit the Sabonis Basketball Academy. The Sabonio Krepsinio Mokykla as it is called in Lithuanian is generally considered as one of the best basketball academies in Europe so it was interesting to see how it works […]

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NIJT Kaunas 2012: the Bigs

February 21st, 2012 · 1 Comment

The last part of our prospect review on the Kaunas Nike International Junior Tournament concerns the big guys. This was the position where some potential NBA prospect have been present with especially the Danish Power Forward Rasmus Larsen as key target. Check below to get more information and updates on the most interesting players.

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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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Dennis Schröder breaks out for real

February 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments

Dennis Schröder has developed into a household name among German basketball followers over the last years. The Braunschweig PG showed his class during the NBBL Top4 last season but has now become a major factor for the Braunschweig professional team over the last games. Together with his team mate Daniel Theis who is finding his […]

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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 […]

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