Comments on: European Championships are just ahead

By: albiongate

albiongate — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:49:05 +0000

Only one of them, Dusan Cantekin (originally Gavrilovic). He is from Serbia. This year he played for Pertevniyal (Efes Pilsen 2nd team) in turkish Division 2. Next year, he will play for Efes Pilsen.

Ilkan Karaman is turkish. He is very athletic, huge vertical jump. He also spend last season in Division 2, playing for Tofas Bursa.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:33:52 +0000

@albiongate

thanks for the additional info.

I was wondering why Dogus Balbay did not play the last games, so the injury is the reason. These two big guys for Turkey? Aren’t they coming from Ex-Yugoslavia?

By: albiongate

albiongate — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:30:24 +0000

Milan Macvan and Dusan Katnic won’t play the U20 championship. The first one is actually with serbian U24 squad (he will take part to University Games) and is expected to be add to serbian senior squad after this competition, while the second is severely injured.

Dogus Balbay will also miss the U20 championship due to a hand injury. Nevertheless, Turkey remains a serious contender for a medal, especially due to two huge prospects in the paint (Ilkan Karaman 208 1990 and Dusan Cantekin 222 1990).

About U18 competitions, you should keep an eye on bosnian swingmen Nebojsa Andjelic and Filip Petrovic. Andjelic improves a lot during the last couple of years and I except him to be one of the best scorer in B division, while Petrovic is one of the best players in Olimpija Ljubljana junior team. Both are definitively another big misses for serbian basketball federation, considering the fact that they are bosnian serbs.

PS : Goran Vojkic, wake up.