European Prospects

One of the most interesting German prospects has made the step to play College Basketball this summer. After Elias Harris in 2009, the summer of 2010 saw Niels Giffey move from ALBA Berlin to UConn and have some interesting impact right from the start. We spoke with Giffey about his current situation and what his […]

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It is not the classic Basketball territory that Alasdair “Ali” Fraser is coming from. The 2m01 tall big guy is born in Falkirk/Scotland and plays this season a very interesting role with the Maine Black Bears in the America East Conference. He even got honored with a Rookie of the Week Award after his 10pts, […]

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The Netherlands are a country without any major basketball tradition but one of the nations on the rise currently in Europe. The youth National Teams showed some progress over the last years and more and more players are trying the American way by going to play College Basketball. Today, we talk about an additional Freshman […]

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After having spent several seasons with the Norwegian team Asker Aliens, the 1990 born forward decided to move over the Atlantic Ocean and play College Basketball. Aksel Bolin spoke to europeanprospects.com these days about his choice and what we can expect from him in the next years.

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We start the Living in America season again this winter and we present some European-born NCAA College Freshmen that have arrived in the United States this summer. To start the series, we take a look at one of the more unknown players, the 1990 born Lithuanian Forward Eividas Petrulis.

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(Yarone Arbel) Israeli players don’t go often to college. In the holy-land after graduating from high-school it’s compulsory to join the army for three years. Since the option to stay amateur until the age of 21 isn’t practical for those who wish to make a living from pro basketball, and with the new rules by […]

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The Canarias Basketball Academy is probably the team that brought the most players to a Division 1 Scholarship this summer; there were 6. Here we go for a short video review on 5 of them and also present what the Canarias Basketball Academy is about.

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One of the most interesting players to join the NCAA ranks directly from Europe is the German forward Christian Standhardinger. The former Ehingen/Urspringschule player has been recruited by the Big12 team Nebraska Huskers but he will miss the 15 non-conference games this season. Here we go for a close look at the forward from Munich.

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Today we continue our series “Living in America” which presents young Europeans that chose to play in the US College League NCAA next season. Nikola Stojiljkovic is a French forward who comes out of the famous CFBB basketball school and will move to San Francisco this fall.

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One of the most interesting big men of the recent U18 European Championships, the Croatian Dragan Sekelja chose to go the United States and selected the Baylor Bears as his future destination. The 2m10 tall Center, who played for the Cibona Zagreb youth sections before, is one of the very talented Europeans who preferred the […]

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