Entries For 'Veterans'

NIJT Belgrade 2012: the Wings

March 3rd, 2012 · 4 Comments

After a bucket full of talented guards, the prospects on the wing positions were rather limited. We picked out only four players that were worth of being talked about with two hard workers in the main focus: Nikola Cvorovic and Sinisa Cvetanovic.

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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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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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Ponitka and Karnowski progressing in PLK

February 7th, 2012 · No Comments

The Polish 1993 generation is one of the better ones in Europe. The team around Mateusz Ponitka and Przemyslaw Karnowski had quite some success in the different continental championships that they participated over the last years. Both players have now major roles in the Polish first league so that it was time to make an […]

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Living in America: Malte Ziegenhagen

January 31st, 2012 · 2 Comments

The NCAA option remains a very interesting career choice for a lot of German players. Malte Ziegenhagen is an atypical guard from Berlin who is currently in his freshman season with the Tulane Green Wave. Read below what the 1m95 tall Berlin native has to tell.

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Living in America: Tomasz Gielo

January 28th, 2012 · No Comments

The Polish forward Tomasz Gielo is a member of the highly talented 1993 generation from the Eastern European country. The 2m04 tall player made a very early commitment to play NCAA Basketball for the Liberty Flames which came a bit by surprise to some people. We spoke to Tomasz on what motivated him to take […]

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Furkan Aldemir makes his mark in the Euroleague

January 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment

This season has so far been a break-out year for the Turkish power forward/center Furkan Aldemir. The 2m07 tall player, who recently even got votes for being among the best international player not in the NBA by the General Manager of the American league, is averaging this season 6.8ppg, 4.8rpg and 0.4bpg in the Euroleague. […]

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Living in America: Stian Emil Berg

January 26th, 2012 · No Comments

Today, we share with you the interesting thoughts of the Norwegian guard Stian Emil Berg. Berg plays for the Northern Illiniois Huskies in the Mid-American Conference.

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Living in America: Thomas de Thaey

January 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment

We start our 2011-2012 season of the Living in America series with the Belgian inside player Thomas de Thaey. He is the first freshman that we portray through a little interview and more of this kind will come in the next days and weeks.

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