This weekend, the German U19 NBBL League had its third edition of the Top4 played in Berlin. For the first time, the home team qualified for the event which made the Finals day particularly loud and enthusiastic. However, the overall level of the tournament, except for the final was not very high, which may be […]
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NBBL Top4 2009: the Wendt-show was not enough (UPDATED with Videos)
May 10th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann·Justin Raffington·Kevin Bright·Lars Wendt·Maik Zirbes·NBBL Top4·Niels Giffey·Ole Wendt·Paderborn Baskets·Steven Monse·TSV Tröster Breitengüssbach·Urspring
NIJT 2009: the Forwards
May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After discussing the guards of the tournament, here is my review on the forwards that stood out in my eyes during the Nike International Junior Tournament. Once again, this is not a ranking but just a selection of the players that I liked personally.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Augusto Cesar Lima·Hemofarm Vrsac·Lietuvos Rytas·Montepaschi Siena·Nemanja Knezevic·Niels Giffey·Nike International Junior Tournament·Osvaldas Matulionis·Tommaso Ingrosso·Unicaja Malaga
Today’s picks (live from Berlin)
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments
The second day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is in the books. Everything looks like it is going to be a Final between FMP Belgrade and Lietuvos Rytas. But both teams need another win to be for sure in the O2 World on Sunday.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·FMP Belgrade·Friedrich Lotze·Hemofarm Vrsac·Jonas Valanciunas·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Mirza Sarajlija·Montepaschi Siena·Nemanja Knezevic·Nenad Miljenovic·Niels Giffey·Nika Metreveli·Nunzio Sabbatino·Olimpija Ljubljana·Oscar Alvarado·Petar Lambic·Tommaso Ingrosso·Unicaja Malaga
Today’s picks (live from Berlin)
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments
The first day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is history and the day ended nearly with a massive upset as the 2008 champ FMP Belgrade won against the hosts of ALBA Berlin by only 1 point.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Augusto Cesar Lima·Branislav Dekic·Dejan Musli·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Jonas Valanciunas·Lietuvos Rytas·Malick Fall·Malte Ziegenhagen·Montepaschi Siena·Niels Giffey·Osvaldas Matulionis·Unicaja Malaga
Nike International Junior Tournament: preview
April 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments
This Thursday starts the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin and features some of the best U18 Club Teams in Europe. Three qualification tournaments and two Wildcards later, 8 teams will fight in 2 groups to get the trophy. I took a quick look at the teams and tell you who are the prospects to […]
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Alejandro Lopez·Andriy Lebedintsev·Augustas Peciukevicius·Augusto Cesar Lima·Bakary Konate·Branislav Dekic·Brian Wenzel·Dejan Musli·Djordje Micic·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Jonas Valanciunas·Justin Raffington·Kalise Gran Canaria·Kevin Bright·Lietuvos Rytas·Mantas Kadzevicius·Matic Sirnik·Milan Jaros·Mirza Sarajlija·Montepaschi Siena·Niels Giffey·Nika Metreveli·Nike International Junior Tournament·Nikola Vukasovic·Nunzio Sabbatino·Olimpija Ljubljana·Oscar Alvarado·Osvaldas Matulionis·Ovidijus Varanauskas·Petar Lambic·Samuel Dominguez·Simone Centanni·Strahinja Mladenovic·Tautvydas Sabonis·Tommaso Ingrosso·Unicaja Malaga
Today’s picks
April 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
After the heavy Easter weekend, let’s go for a recap of all the action of the last days.
Tags: Brito dos Santos·Cholet Mondial Basket·Luka Rupnik·Ricky Rubio·Victor Rho Tournament·Vilagarcia Basket Cup
NBBL Playoffs started this weekend
March 9th, 2009 · No Comments
The German U19 NBBL playoffs started this weekend with some interesting match-ups. Europeanprospects was present in Trier to cover the game between TBB Junior Team around Maik Zirbes and Basket College Rhein Neckar. Additionally, two Top4 participants of last year challenged each other already in the first round.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Basketball College Rhein Neckar·Danilo Barthel·Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann·Maik Zirbes·Niels Giffey·TBB Trier·Team Bonn/Rhöndorf
Hospitalet 2009: Review
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments
As I was not present myself in Hospitalet, I publish this report on the tournament that I got from my friend Gerrit Kersten-Thiele who was in Spain for two days.
Tags: Alexander Andreev·Augustas Peciukevicius·Augusto Cesar Lima·Branislav Dekic·Dovydas Redikas·FMP Belgrade·Ivan Batur·Joan Tomas·Jonas Valanciunas·Joventut Badalona·Lietuvoy Rytas·Marko Todorovic·Max van Schaik·Nikola Mirotic·Nikola Rakocevic·Nikola Vukasovic·Ovidijus Varanauskas·Real Madrid·Tautvydas Sabonis·Unicaja Malaga
Città di Roma 2008: Centers
January 7th, 2009 · No Comments
After talking about the forwards and the guards, time has come to talk about the big guys. Their number is even more limited than those of the Forwards. So let’s check what’s the story.
Tags: Bakary Konate·Benetton Treviso·Cibona Zagreb·Dragan Sekelja·Giedrius Staniulis·Kalise Gran Canaria·Samuel Deguara·Zalgiris Kaunas
Hospitalet 2009: Mirotic goes for an incredible game
January 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment
These days, the Junior Tournament in Hospitalet saw two more teams qualify for the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin. In fact, Lietuvos Rytas and Unicaja Malaga advanced to the next round. However, the most incredible news is the game of Nikola Mirotic in a consolation game this Tuesday against FMP Belgrade.
Tags: Nikola Mirotic·Real Madrid