After having presented the reasons for the recent upswing of Swedish Basketball in the first part of our article, I will focus today on those prospects that represent the future of Swedish Basketball. The players mentioned are only those being born in 1991 or younger though.
Is Sweden becoming the new Eldorado for talent scouts? (Pt2: the main prospects)
March 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments
No more suspensions for European College recruits?
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Over the last years, nearly all of the European College recruits got suspended by the NCAA for having played in professional teams despite not being paid. The most known examples are of course German Lucca Staiger or Turkish Deniz Kilicli who both had to sit out either a full season or a large part of the year. But recent rule changes may have a major impact on European recruiting in the next years.
Did Thomas Heurtel really progress?
March 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments
This is the question that the leading weekly French Basketball magazine Basketnews asked recently. They discussed this point in a long story out of which europeanprospects.com will report you some extracts.
Is Sweden becoming the new Eldorado for talent scouts?
March 24th, 2010 · 7 Comments
With the success of Jonas Jerebko in the NBA, Sweden has emerged on the map of Basketball followers recently. But Jerebko is not only the first Swede to play in the NBA, he is the first sign of a big movement in the Scandinavian country to improve the playing level of their different national teams. Europeanprospects features a major story on the development of Swedish Basketball those days and checks out who are the main talents coming out of Ikea country.
Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2010: Team USA
March 22nd, 2010 · 10 Comments
Today, the German federation released the roster of Team USA for the Albert-Schweitzer Tournament 2010. As a non-expert of US High School basketball, I will just list the names of the players below.
NBBL Play-off go to the Quarter-Finals
March 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments
Today have been played the last games of the Last-16 round of the German NBBL League Play-offs. Let’s take a look at the results of the round and check which teams have now the best chances to advance to the Top4 in Bamberg on the 15+16th May.
A statistical analysis of Jan Vesely
March 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Jan Vesely is one of the most looked at prospects this season in terms of the NBA Draft 2010. Even if he has not declared officially so far, it is highly probable that the Czech forward will enter his name for this year’s edition. Together with our German friend and Stat man Simon (in-the-game.org), I took a closer look at some advanced statistics of the 2m11 tall player from Partizan Belgrade.
Sasu Salin wins it for Honka
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Sasu Salin probably wasn’t among the favorites to get a spot in the Nike Hoop Summit roster, but it seems he was a bit unhappy with the snub. Check the report we got from our Finnish friend Hippo about the 1991 born guard from Honka Espoon Playboys.
Cholet Mondial Basket 2010 teams announced
March 17th, 2010 · 6 Comments
The organization of the Cholet Mondial Basketball Tournament has announced the definitive teams that will participate in the traditional tournament during the Easter days. The 29th edition will be held from the 2nd to the 5th April 2010 and will feature 12 teams from 8 different countries.
Nike Hoop Summit World Team 2010 unveiled
March 17th, 2010 · 8 Comments
Today, the Nike Hoop Summit World Team has been announced. The team will compete against a US selection in Portland on the 10th of April. The World team is this time a real worldwide selection as it features only 3 players currently being active in Europe and members from 4 different continents.