Here are my thoughts on the first day of both U18 Championships that started today.

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Not only the Division  A of the U18 European Championship will start this weekend, but also the Division B will have its first games on Friday in Debrecen, Hungary. To preview this tournament is quite more difficult because lots of nations are not known for producing elite prospects, but this year, the tournament looks particularly [...]

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The team of Real Madrid won the Spanish U20 Circuit this weekend in Inca. They beat Unicaja Malaga in the Finals easily with 74-52. Pablo Aguilar got named MVP of the tournament.
Vladimir Jankovic, one of the best players during the Albert-Schweitzer Tournament signed a 4 year deal with Panionios Athens. He will however be loaned [...]

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Interview with Ryan Richards during the Nike International Junior Tournament.
A few plays from Nicolo Melli during the Legadue playoffs
Check out the main French prospects of the ProA in Video
German U18 NT coach Kay Blümel selected 20 players for the preparation phase of the U18 European Championship this summer
The 9th Meneghin - De Silvestro International Basketball [...]

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The last part of my International Junior Tournament report talks about the two finalists: FC Barcelona and FMP Zeleznik Belgrade. FMP has reached with this win the deserved European crown for Junior teams and it does not look like any other European club team is at their level right now.

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After the first part of my recap of the Nike International Junior Tournament yesterday, here is the second part of the report which contains player profiles of Cibona Zagreb and Real Madrid junior teams.

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The Euroleague has announced the winner of its Rising Star Trophy: it is Danilo Gallinari. I thought it would be Nikola Pekovic though but the selection committee took the Italian.
Today starts the Victor Rho tournament for U18 and U14 teams. All infos can be found on the official website. A few names from the [...]

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What a game for Christian Standhardinger this weekend with his German ProB team. 35pts, 12rebs and 8 assists for a 51 efficiency rating.
Nicolas Batum also had one of his better games in a double overtime win for Le Mans. The French forward finished with 19pts and 9 assists.
Jorn Steinbach, the 1989 born Belgian PG [...]

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Today started the FMP Junior Tournament (City of Belgrade Tournament ) in Belgrade. The tournament is also a qualifying event for the Nike International Junior Tournament to be played in Madrid during the Final Four. We took a look at the different rosters and the first results.

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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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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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