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Time for a time-out

September 21st, 2015 · 5 Comments

It has now been 10 years, a full decade, that I started my blog about young European basketball talent. In 10 years, a lot can change in a basketball career. Players considered as prospects 10 years ago are now seasoned veterans or not playing basketball anymore. But also in life, a lot can change in […]

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Open Letter to Jordi Bertomeu about Euroleague Final 4 Credential Policy

May 7th, 2013 · No Comments

After having been denied in 2010, 2011 and 2013, I have decided in cooperation with other websites to write an Open Letter to Mr. Jordi Bertomeu to make him aware of the situation. As there has been no answer so far from the Euroleague, we have decided to put this letter online to explain to […]

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Podcast: European players in NCAA

October 17th, 2012 · No Comments

I talked this week with Dave Hein from heinnews.com in his podcast Taking the charge about European players moving to College and some of the main prospects from the Youth tournaments of the summer. You can find the article about the podcast here or just listen to the show that included also some other guests […]

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Sabonis Basketball Academy: the pride of Kaunas

February 23rd, 2012 · No Comments

During my recent trip to Kaunas to cover the Nike International Junior tournament, I also had the chance to visit the Sabonis Basketball Academy. The Sabonio Krepsinio Mokykla as it is called in Lithuanian is generally considered as one of the best basketball academies in Europe so it was interesting to see how it works […]

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2011: The Year in Review (e-book)

January 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment

A new year has started so it is time for the reviews and recaps of the past 12 months. This time, I wanted to try something new. Got a Kindle for Christmas or do you have an e-book reader already? I don’t but I wanted to check what is the potential of publishing an EuropeanProspects.com […]

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Europeans having won the NCAA National Championship

April 4th, 2011 · 4 Comments

With two Germans (Niels Giffey, Enosch Wolf) in the race to win the National Championship of NCAA Basketball tonight, I was looking backwards to see how many Europeans have so far won this trophy and what they are up to at the moment. This list is certainly not complete and it will be updated throughout […]

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International AAU Team looks for players

January 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments

This summer, the US website and Scouting Service ScoutsFocus will put together a AAU Team featuring mainly European Players. ScoutsFocus is a national scouting service dedicated based in North Carolina with the aim of finding overlooked and underexposed players as well as highlighting the top ranked players in the country.

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My 5 predictions for 2011

January 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments

After having reviewed the 5 events that have marked my year 2010, I take a look forward today in order to predict the 5 things that may be the main storylines in 2011. Once again, these 5 stories are in no particular order and only represent my personal opinion.

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The Top5 events of 2010

December 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Here we go for a very specific and personal review of the Year 2010 with the events that have marked me the most in a positive or negative way. The aim of this post is not to point out all the major events that have happened over the last 12 months but specifically picking out […]

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EuroCup 2010/2011: Players to follow

November 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Today starts the EuroCup Regular season with three Live games that can be watched online on Eurosport. The evening starts at 19h00 CET with the game between Anwil Wloclawek and ALBA Berlin. At 20h15 CET, the match between ASVEL and BG Göttingen is a lot more interesting as the French team features some interesting young […]

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