Our reader Guillaume Althoffer has sent us a quick report on the most promising prospects in this year’s edition of the Cholet Mondial Basket tournament. Here are his notes on the players.

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A few minutes before watching the top Euroleague clash between Partizan and Panathinaikos, I come up with some interesting notes

Maurice Stuckey is injured and won’t play the Albert Schweitzer Tournament
No Matias Nocedal for Argentina either
Australia beat Germany heavily in the first of the AST preparation games. While the Germans could stand till halftime, the second [...]

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Ricky Rubio has been elected Young Player of the year. Not really what I have voted.
Seydou N’Joya is back in Nancy and has signed a “jeune aspirant” contract valid until the end of the season. He played with Norköpping in Sweden where he averaged 8.2ppg and 4.2apg in the 5 games he played.
Giorgi Shermadini [...]

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Another tournament that has been in the eyes of the Euroleague to become a qualifying event for the Nike International Junior Tournament is the traditional Cholet Mondial Basket. We have here the names of the already confirmed teams of the 2008 edition.

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