European Prospects

Today, we got the official list of players that will represent Europe at the Jordan Brand Classic in New York. 40 players from all over Europe competed in Vilnius on the 7th and 8th March and only 10 of them have been selected by the organization to fly over to New York City and compete […]

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Jordan Brand announced today that in conjunction with this year’s Jordan Brand Classic, it will host its third annual European trip with a basketball training camp in Vilnius, Lithuania from March 7-8 to identify the top regional basketball talent.

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After the three qualification tournaments have been played, 6 of the 8 spots for the Nike International Junior Tournament are set. Besides FMP Zeleznik as defending champ, Kalise Gran Canaria of Spain and Montepaschi Siena of Italy qualified from the Rome tournament in December, Lietuvos Rytas of Lithuania and Unicaja of Spain from the L’Hospitalet […]

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The third and last qualifying event for the Nike International Junior Tournament will be played in Belgrade from 13th to 15th February 2009. The official website of the tournament has no published the names of the teams that will be competing for the two remaining spots.

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The Turkish basketball federation has announced the dates and participants for the 2nd edition of the Türk Telekom Tournament for U16 National Teams. This tournament is one of the strongest competitons for U16 national teams on the continent and is considered as the Cadets version of the Albert-Schweitzer Turnier for Juniors.

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The Douai World Tournament has announced 7 of its 8 participating teams. This year’s edition will be played with U19 National Teams that are in their preparation phase for the U19 World Championship that will be played in July in New Zealand. I take a quick look at the teams and who are the possible […]

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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.

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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.

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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.

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While the 30th edition of the Hospitalet Tournament starts today and we will know who will be the two next teams to qualify for Berlin, I continue my analysis of the Città di Roma tournament organized by the Stella Azzurra Basketball team in Rome. After the guards yesterday, it is the turn of the forwards […]

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