With the year 2009 coming to an end, it is time to look back at what happened during the last months. The EuroCup season is quite shorter than the Euroleague but the teams playing here are stuffed with interesting talent. So it is time to take a quick look at those players that are emerging […]
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Quick review on the ongoing EuroCup season
December 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: Alessandro Gentile·Alexey Shved·Antoine Diot·Boban Marjanovic·Carl Ona Embo·Dairis Bertans·David Jelinek·Deividas Gailius·Dimitry Khvostv·Donatas Motiejunas·Elmedin Kikanovic·eurocup·Janis Strelnieks·Karsten Tadda·Kevin Seraphin·Lauri Blaus·Marko Keselj·Milan Macvan·Mindaugas Kuzminskas·Nemanja Bjelica·Pere Tomas·Pietro Aradori·Stefan Markovic·Tibor Pleiss·Tim Ohlbrecht
Two German Bigs on the rise (Pt2: Tim Ohlbrecht)
December 26th, 2009 · No Comments
After having talked about the current rise of Tibor Pleiss, today’s article will focus on Tim Ohlbrecht, the 1988 born German player who is already on the radar of many scouts for several years. In the year of his automatic NBA Draft eligibility, Ohlbrecht is playing the best season of his career.
Tags: Germany·Telekom Baskets Bonn·Tibor Pleiss·Tim Ohlbrecht
Pietro Aradori 4 years later
December 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Back in 2006, at the beginning of this website, Pietro Aradori was one of the first players that I covered as he was a major factor for the Italian team at the Albert-Schweitzer Tournament. I scouted him later on again in 2007 at the U20 European Championship in Gorizia and now, at the edge of […]
Tags: Angelico Biella·Pietro Aradori
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
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
Living in America: Canarias BA alumni
October 17th, 2009 · No Comments
The Canarias Basketball Academy is probably the team that brought the most players to a Division 1 Scholarship this summer; there were 6. Here we go for a short video review on 5 of them and also present what the Canarias Basketball Academy is about.
Tags: Ben Daniels·Canarias Basketball Academy·Czech Republic·Daniel Thompson·Fahro Alihodzic·Fordham·Houston Baptist University·Jason Beharie·Living in America·Marist College·Menelik Watson·Morehead State·Tomas Bruha·United Kingdom·USF
5 French Espoirs to follow this year
October 10th, 2009 · No Comments
The website of the French Espoirs League has published recently an article about the 5 former Espoirs players to follow this season. I took the freedom to translate the article into English and tell you about the 5 players that want to confirm their potential this year.
Tags: ASVEL·Bangaly Fofana·Cholet Basket·France·HTV·Kevin Seraphin·Nobel Boungou-Colo·Olympique Antibes·Seidou N'Joya·SLUC Nancy·Steeve Ho You Fat
Eurobasket 2009: the NBA Draft candidates
September 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments
The Eurobasket 2009 is history now and I take a look at the players that can be considered as the most interesting prospects of the tournament. The players featured in the article are those that are still potentially NBA Draft candidates, so all the players born in 1988 or earlier but not drafted yet.
Tags: Antoine Diot·Banvit·Baris Hersek·Brose Baskets Bamberg·Crvena Zvezda·Elias Harris·FMP Belgrade·France·Germany·Gonzaga·Hemofarm Vrsac·Iowa State·Le Mans·Lucca Staiger·Milan Macvan·Miroslav Raduljica·Nemanja Bjelica·Philipp Neumann·ratiopharm Ulm·Robin Benzing·Serbia·Stefan Markovic·Telekom Baskets Bonn·Tim Ohlbrecht·Turkey