Entries For 'Veterans'

Omri Casspi plays

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

I have talked already about the story that Omri Casspi’s dad was threatening Maccabi Tel Aviv about his son’s playing time. At least, he has seen the floor in this week’s Euroleague action. But apparently, he did quite well.

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Update on Samuel Deguara

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Samuel Deguara is one of the most interesting prospects in Europe only by considering his size. The 1991 born and 2m23 tall Maltese kid is actually member of Benetton Treviso and he was actually member of their U19 squad that played the tournament in Rome this weekend.

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Getting to know: Mikhail Linskens (Belgium)

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

In our series about “unknown” European NCAA prospects, we will talk today about the Belgian Center Mikhail Linskens.

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Today’s picks

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

If you want to know a little bit more about the Dutch Center prospect Roeland Schaftenaar, then check the interview with him here NBA Draft.net published an interview with Rodrigue Beaubois. I was a little surprised by the polished and very well suited answers from Beaubois. Maybe the translator, who is also Beaubois’ agent, helped […]

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Rudy Mbemba with a career night

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments

We have lost a bit of his trace since he went from Fankfurt to Sweden to play with Solna in the first Swedish division. But I found this stat sheet that made me wondering a bit.

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Getting to know: Vlad Moldoveanu (Romania)

January 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Normally, Freshmen in the NCAA don’t see the court that much except if they have extraordinary talent. Today, we are going to talk with a Freshman from Romania who is actually seeing some interesting minutes with a good NCAA team, George Mason.

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Getting to know: Kirill Pishchalnikov (Russia)

January 4th, 2008 · No Comments

The next player to discover in the series of “unknown” Europeans in the NCAA is the Russian Power Forward Kirill Pishchalnikov.

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Some more tournaments to come

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

After having talked already about the Interperformances Cup in London, the Onil tournament in Spain and the Urspring tour through the United States, there are two other important Youth events coming up this week.

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Urspring goes USA (4th place) and more

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Finally, Urspring Academy finished the Arby’s Classic at the 4th place, their best ever result. The Germans lost their last game against the Columbia Eagles 64-46 on Monday evening. When you look at the stats, you can imagine that the accumulation of games in the last two weeks made the team from Ralph Junge earn […]

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Getting to know: Sorena Orandi (Sweden)

January 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

After we started the series about European Prospects in the NCAA with Maros Zuffa, I continue today with the Swedish Point Guard Sorena Orandi. If you want to discover his story, just read on.

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