European Prospects

Here we go for the player portraits of the 2008 edition of the Città di Roma tournament. I will start with the guards where the talent level was particularly dense.

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In two amazing semi-finals, Kalise Gran Canaria and Montepaschi Siena qualified for the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin. A few days before the start of the next qualifying tournament in Hospitalet, you can find here two short videos of the final minutes of both semi-finals. The in-detail player reports will follow during the next […]

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A very few picks live from the Stella Azzurra Tournament, the first Qualifying Event for the Nike International Junior Tournament that will be held in Berlin this year.

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This week, the Euroleague presented the rules for the Nike International Junior Tournament that will be played during the Euroleague Final Four in Berlin. 3 tournaments will be official qualification tournaments this year. From 27th to 29th December will be played the Città di Roma tournament, from 4th to 6th January will be played the […]

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The organisation of the International Rho Tournament for U17 Club Teams has published the participating teams today. It looks like the 26th edition that will be played from 21st to 26th April 2009 will be a bit stronger than last year’s edition which saw the first place of Mario Delas’ KK Split. So here are […]

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Finally, we come to the big guys present in Douai. And here, the quality was rather high with some top European talent but also good prospects from Africa and the United States.

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In general, not a lot of good forward material was present in Douai. The most talented one would have been Tomislav Zubcic but he was not present with the Croatian National team. So I included some PF into this category in order to have some guys to talk about.

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To start the reports about the tournament in Douai, I will first of all take a look at the Guards of the different teams. Please note that I will focus on the European guys, so the US and African players will be named but not described in detail.

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Back in the Salle Corot for the Finals day of the tournament and the most important games of the week.

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I arrived this morning in Douai, the city of the Giants for the 22nd edition of the Douai World Tournament. And here are short recaps of the games from this Saturday.

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