The tournament is over for quite some time but I managed to finish my report on the Big guys only today. So here we go for a review of the most interesting inside players including an updated on the Toronto Raptors drafted Lithuanian Center Jonas Valanciunas.
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FIBA U19 World Championship 2011: the Bigs
July 26th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: 2011 U19 World Championship·Boris Barac·Jonas Valanciunas·Marcos Delia·Marko Gujanicic·Nemanja Besovic·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Rolandas Jakstas
NBA Draft 2011: the Euro-Review
June 24th, 2011 · No Comments
The NBA Draft 2011 is in the books and before we move on to other things, we go first for a quick overview of the different European picks with a short analysis of their situation.
Tags: Adam Hanga·Bismack Biyombo·Bojan Bogdanovic·Davis Bertans·Donatas Motiejunas·Enes Kanter·Jan Vesely·Jonas Valanciunas·Milan Macvan·NBA Draft 2011·Nikola Mirotic·Nikola Vucevic
NBA Draft 2011–Early Entrants Analysis
April 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The NBA has published yesterday the list of Early Entrants for the NBA Draft 2011. It features 20 players based in Europe and two Europeans playing in the NCAA. We will go over the 20 Internationals, give a short scouting report with Video (where available) and make a prediction on their Draft Stock.
Tags: Abdel Kader Sylla·Abdoulaye Loum·Andrew Albicy·Bismack Biyombo·Davis Bertans·Donatas Motiejunas·Emmanouil Koukoulas·Femi Oladipo·Furkan Aldemir·Jan Vesely·Joffrey Lauvergne·Jonas Valanciunas·Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann·Leon Radosevic·Lucas "Bebe" Nogueira·NBA Draft 2011·Negueba Samake·Nihad Dedovic·Nikola Mirotic·Tomislav Zubcic·Tornike Shengelia
A “big” Euroleague night
January 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment
With the start of the Top16, it is about time to get an update on some of the most promising players in relation with the upcoming NBA Draft. The schedule allowed me to follow three “big” guys in the same evening, even if they are all three very different players. I speak of Jonas Valanciunas, […]
Tags: Branislav Dekic·Dragan Milosavljevic·Euroleague·Jan Vesely·Jonas Valanciunas·Nikola Mirotic·Vladimir Lucic
Jonas Valanciunas debuting strong
October 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments
The Lithuanian Center was the MVP of the recent U18 European Championship. Everybody expects big things in the future from the 1992 born big guy. But the future for Valanciunas has already begun as he is averaging impressive numbers for an 18-years old in the opening days of the Euroleague. We took a closer look […]
Tags: Euroleague·Jonas Valanciunas·Lietuvos Rytas
Euroleague 2010/2011 Preview: Group C
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments
The Group C of the Euroleague 2010/2011 features some of the most interesting young big men in Europe and several potential NBA Draft candidates. Additionally, Ricky Rubio is also active with his FC Barcelona in this group and the games of these 6 teams will certainly attract a large number of NBA scouts over the […]
Tags: Bojan Bogdanovic·Christophe Leonard·Euroleague·Jonas Valanciunas·Karlo Vragovic·Leon Radosevic·Mario Delas·Maxim Can Mutaf·Ricky Rubio·Simas Buterlevicius·Tomislav Zubcic
U18 European Championship 2010 Division A: the Big Guys
August 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The big guys drew the most interest in the U18 European Championship as this group featured several highly interesting players. Even if Enes Kanter was absent, the tournament featured several NBA potentials and we go over the players that have impressed us the most.
Tags: 2010 U18 European Championship Division A·Boris Barac·Bozo Dumic·Dennis Kramer·Jonas Valanciunas·Nikola Siladi·Olexiy Len·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Rudy Gobert·Stefan Nastic·Tomasz Gielo
Jonas Valanciunas vs. Przemyslaw Karnowski: Video Analysis
July 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Two of the most promising Center talents in Europe met this week in the U18 European Championship in Vilnius. Jonas Valanciunas from Lithuania had to play against the one year young Przemyslaw Karnowski from Poland. I used this opportunity to make a Video Analysis of their game.
Tags: 2010 U18 European Championship Division A·Jonas Valanciunas·Lithuania·Poland·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Video Analysis
Eurobasket 2009: U18 All-Star Game
September 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
A new initiative established by FIBA Europe and sponsored by Champion was the U18 All-Stars camp for young European players held these days in Poland. 32 players got selected according to their performances at the U18 European Championships and went to work in several sessions with established coaches like Svetislav Pesic .21 players got an […]
Tags: Andreas Person·Christopher Czerapowicz·Dejan Musli·Eurobasket 2009·FIBA U18 All-Stars·Janos Eilingsfeld·Jonas Valanciunas·Lazar Radosavljevic·Nemanja Radovic·Philipp Neumann·Toni Prostran
2009 U18 European Championship Division A: the Bigs
August 8th, 2009 · 5 Comments
After having presented the different guards and wings, today’s article will feature the big guys that played in Metz and Hagondange. In this area, there is a large number of quality talent present, so read on if you want to become familiar with the most interesting inside players of the future.
Tags: 2009 U18 European Championship Division A·Branislav Dekic·Croatia·Dejan Musli·Dragan Sekelja·Enes Kanter·Fabien Paschal·France·Germany·Ignacio Llovet·Ivan Lazarev·Jonas Valanciunas·Latvia·Lithuania·Martins Meiers·Nikola Rondovic·Philipp Neumann·Russia·Serbia·Spain·Turkey·Vincent Pourchot