European Prospects

A week ago, the Nike Hoop Summit 2011 saw a victory of Team USA over the World Team 92-80. We take a quick look at the European based players to see how they competed in this prestigious event.

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Today started the practices for the Jordan Brand Classic 2011 in Charlotte. Next to two games with American players, there will also be an International game again this year. After the German Malik Müller won the MVP of the International game last year, let’s check who are the Europeans that will compete in the International […]

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This year, you can watch the NIKE Hoop Summit LIVE and for free on FIBA TV. The game, played at the Rose Garden, will air live (19:00 local time/04:00am CET Sunday) with a repeat to follow on Wednesday 13 April at 20:00 CET. Both broadcasts are free worldwide. FIBATV.com subscribers just need to log on, […]

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Mateusz Ponitka was one of the main players for the Polish U17 National Team that won the Silver Medal at the World Championship 2010 in Hamburg. The scoring wing has been elected to participate at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland and we got in touch with him to go through a small Q&A.

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Today, USA Basketball announced the official roster for the World Select Team at the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit that will be held in Portland during the first week of April. We check the different European players that got selected and discuss some players that will not be present.

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In the third and last part of our Nike International Junior Tournament review, we will take a look at the big guys today. So check out who are the players to follow in the next years to play in the paint.

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After having started the review with the highly talented Guard’s group of this NIJT in Belgrade, we will take a look at the Wing players. While there is probably not the same high-level talent level than among the guards, there are several forwards that are worth to take a look at.

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The tournament in Belgrade was dominated by some highly talented guards and with a pair of them coming up with a great final show. Let’s check who were the main players that excelled on the outside positions.

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During the Final day, we recorded some game scenes of the 3rd place and Final game. Check below if you want to see the Tournament’s best players like Aleksandar Cvetkovic, Nenad Miljenovic or Livio Jean-Charles in action. Enjoy…

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The Final Day of the NIJT in Belgrade 2011 started with the games for the Places 5-8. We concentrated however on the Bronze Medal and Final between Red Star Belgrade and FMP Belgrade. Here we go for the report.

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