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 (Pt1: Tibor Pleiss)
December 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tim Ohlbrecht and Tibor Pleiss played with the German National Team this summer during the Eurobasket 2009 in Poland. Both changed their Club teams this summer too so that it was time to take a closer look at them how they have adapted to their new environment in a year that can already decisive in […]
Tags: Beko BBL·Brose Baskets Bamberg·Germany·Telekom Baskets Bonn·Tibor Pleiss·Tim Ohlbrecht
A quick update on Kevin Seraphin
December 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments
After a nice performance during the 2009 edition of the Nike Hoop Summit, a lot of observers had high hopes on the French Kevin Seraphin this season. With a newly signed three-year deal for Cholet, the 1989 born and 2m05 tall inside player had however a rough start into the season as he saw several […]
Tags: Cholet Basket·Kevin Seraphin·Nando de Colo·Rodrigue Beaubois
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
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
Bangaly Fofana debuts in the Euroleague
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
The young French Center of ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne signed his debut in the Euroleague this week in the tough overtime home loss against Fenerbahce Ülker. The 1989 born and 2m12 tall player used the minutes he got because of the injury of Curtis Borchardt and it may remain his only major minutes of the Euroleague as […]
Tags: ASVEL·Bangaly Fofana·Curtis Borchardt·Emir Preldzic·Euroleague·Fenerbahce Ülker·Omer Asik
Living in America: Davis Martens (Siena College)
October 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Davis Martens from Germany is a bit of a different case than the previous players presented in this series. The 2m04 tall forward played last season at the Patterson Prep School in the United States and so it won’t be a real Rookie Season for him. However, the Siena freshman will need to sit out […]
Tags: Davis Martens·Germany·Living in America·Siena College
Thomas Heurtel vs. Andrew Albicy: a PG watch
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments
Today, I take a look at two young French PGs that play interesting roles in their respective teams. While Thomas Heurtel has already a full season of ProA basketball behind him (and a relegation with Pau-Orthez), Andrew Albicy has his first ProA season in front of him after a ProB campaign crowned by first regular […]
Tags: Andrew Albicy·France Pro A·Paris-Levallois·SIG Strasbourg·Thomas Heurtel