The French League LNB has decided yesterday to introduce the “Home Grown Player” status from the 2010-2011 season. This will be a major change as this will be first country to adopt this new status as it has been defined previously in discussion between the UEFA and the European Union.
Installation of “Home Grown Player” status in France
March 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Albert Schweitzer Tournament: more rosters
March 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
After having talked about the European rosters that already been published, we take a closer look today at the teams coming from overseas. Additionally, more European team has unveiled which players may come to Mannheim so that I also went for a second round on European teams.
Albert Schweitzer Tournament: preliminary rosters
March 9th, 2010 · 11 Comments
The German federation published on the official website of the Albert-Schweitzer Tournament the first preliminary rosters of several participating nations. I took a quick look at the already published European teams and give you some first indications concerning the quality of the rosters.
Jordan Brand Classic 2010: European MVPs
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments
The Jordan Brand Classic camp was held this weekend in Istanbul. The best U16 players of Europe competed there to earn 10 spots for the Jordan Brand International team. This team will play in April in the Madison Square Garden.
NIJT Final 8 teams announced
March 3rd, 2010 · 10 Comments
Today, the French federation published the names of the 8 teams that will play during the Nike International Junior Tournament in Paris from the 6th to the 9th May 2010. 4 teams were known already and the 4 other participants are no big surprise either.
NBBL Play-offs Preview
March 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
The German U19 League NBBL playoffs will start this weekend and decide which 4 teams will qualify for the Top4 Tournament that will be played the 15th and 16th May in Bamberg. We take today a quick look at the different 1/8 final series and use this article to talk about the best players of the regular season.
Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2010 News
March 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Albert Schweitzer Tournament is just one month ahead, so it is time to go over a few interesting news around one of the most important tournaments in the U18 youth category.
Nicolas de Jong: the surprise of the Semaine des As
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments
Today, we will talk about a young player that was one of the surprise of the French Semaine des As played one week ago. Nicolas de Jong, a 1988 born and 2m09 tall center from Vichy, was recently featured in a nice article and interview on the new French website Catch-and-shoot. Europeanprospects.com will translate in the future the most interesting articles from this new website in order to share them with a worldwide audience.
European Impact Players: Elias Harris and Jeffery Taylor
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments
March Madness is getting closer and closer and the hype gets higher as the players are looking to improve their game so their teams can get as far as they can in the tournament.
NIJT FMP Tournament 2010: the Bigs
February 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
In the last part of our reports from the FMP City of Belgrade NIJT Qualification Tournament, we will speak about the big guys today. In this category, you could find probably the most dominating players of the tournament and in the end of the day maybe the only NBA prospects of the tournament.