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U20 European Championships (Division A): the Big guys

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

After the wings and the guards, I finally come to the big men. And despite having them in just smaller number here in my report, the talent level is extremely high for these young men.

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Tags: 2008 U20 DivA European Championship · Boban Marjanovic · Donatas Motiejunas · Milan Macvan · Miroslav Raduljica

Today’s picks (live from Riga)

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I have arrived in Riga to cover the last two days of the U20 European Championship. I use this post to give you a few updates of both U20 tournaments as well as some other stories about European prospects. But let’s start with the U20s.

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Tags: 2008 U20 DivA European Championship · 2008 U20 DivB European Championship · Donatas Motiejunas · Frank Wiseler · Kostas Sloukas · Rasid Mahalbasic · Victor Claver

Today’s picks

August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here are my thoughts about the ending U18 and starting U20 European Championships.

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Tags: 2008 U18 DivA European Championship · 2008 U18 DivB European Championship · 2008 U20 DivA European Championship · Donatas Motiejunas · Enes Kanter · Jakub Wojciechowski · Jan Vesely · Kostas Sloukas · Mario Delas · Marko Vranjkovic · Mirza Sarajlija · Tomas Satoransky · Vladimir Jankovic

U18 European Championship Division A - Preview

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

This Friday will start the FIBA Europe U18 European Championship of Division A in Amaliada and Pyrgos in Greece. I took a closer look at the different teams and collected some expert opinions on the upcoming tournament.

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Tags: 2008 U18 DivA European Championship · Alberto Jodar · Alejandro Hernandez · Andrew Albicy · Andrija Milutinovic · Bojan Subotic · Bozhidar Avramov · Bransilav Djekic · Carmel Bouchman · David Garcia · Deniz Kiliçli · Donatas Motiejunas · Enes Kanter · Femi Oladipo · Gilvydas Biruta · Lazar Radosavljevic · Leon Radosevic · Mario Delas · Maurice Stuckey · Nicolo Melli · Niels Giffey · Nikos Pappas · Simon Schmitz · Tomislav Zubcic · Toni Prostran

Douai Tournament 2008: the Centers

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Finally, we come to the big guys present in Douai. And here, the quality was rather high with some top European talent but also good prospects from Africa and the United States.

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Tags: 2008 Douai · Donatas Motiejunas · Enes Kanter · Leon Radosevic · Maik Zirbes · Tanguy Ramassany

Douai Tournament 2008: Sunday’s picks

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Back in the Salle Corot for the Finals day of the tournament and the most important games of the week.

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Tags: 2008 Douai · Andrew Albicy · Donatas Motiejunas · Enes Kanter · Leon Radosevic · Liran Moran · Maik Zirbes · Mario Delas · Maxim Mutaf · Melih Mahmutoglu · Ron Sabag · Simon Schmitz · Toni Prostran

Douai Tournament 2008: Saturday’s picks

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I arrived this morning in Douai, the city of the Giants for the 22nd edition of the Douai World Tournament. And here are short recaps of the games from this Saturday.

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Tags: 2008 Douai · Deniz Kiliçli · Donatas Motiejunas · Enes Kanter · Gilvydas Biruta · Jonathan Bourhis · Liran Moran · Mario Delas · Maurice Stuckey · Sven Smajlagic · Toni Prostran

Nike International Junior Tournament (Part 3)

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

The next part of the Junior Tournament Report talks about the two Lithuanian teams of Lietuvos Rytas and Zalgiris Kaunas. Both were very different. While Lietuvos Rytas’ game was based a lot on their guards play, the Zalgiris team lived essentially from their inside guys.

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Tags: 2008 Nike International Junior Tournament · Augustas Peciukevicius · Donatas Motiejunas · Mantas Kadzevicius · Osvaldas Matulionis