Nicolas de Virieu is a French Documentary movie maker that has produced a lot of highly interesting movies about Basketball. Among them, you can find different portraits or coverage of the famous Slam Nation dunkers in their worldwide tours. For fans of young European basketball players, two films are highly recommended.
Great Documentaries about French Prospects
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Robin Benzing grows step by step
November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After an interesting Eurobasket this summer, Robin Benzing had to get back to business quickly as he signed his first Bundesliga contract this summer and needed to adapt to play for ratiopharm Ulm without doing the preparation with his new team. But his adaption phase was very short as Benzing is currently the third best German scorer (behind Heiko Schaffartzik and Yassin Idbihi) even coming only of the bench. It was time to see how he does in his new role.
2010 European Championship locations
November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Today, the Swedish Basketball federation published on its website the places where the different FIBA Europe Youth European Championships will be played. So here we go for the dates and places where you need to be in the summer of 2010.
Scouting trip to Hesse
November 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
This weekend, I visited some friends in the German Land of Hesse and I used this opportunity to see a bit of basketball action. With no major European prospect present in these games, I wanted however to mention the players I could observe. You will not find a detailed scouting report but more a general observation of the two games I attended.
Martynas Gecevicius shooting star
November 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Lithuanian guard is on fire during the beginning of this season so it was time to take a closer look at the Lietuvos Rytas player. Martynas Gecevicius, who I follow for quite a few years now is finally getting the playing minutes with Rytas to show what he is able to do on the highest European level.
Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2010 participants
November 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Today, the German Basketball federation officially announced the 16 participating teams of 25th Albert Schweitzer Tournament that will be played from the 3rd to the 10th April 2010 in Mannheim.
Jonathan Bourhis dies in a car accident
November 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments
The French guard Jonathan Bourhis died today in a car accident. The 1990 born player from JDA Dijon crashed on the way back from a game at 6 o’clock this morning.
Bangaly Fofana debuts in the Euroleague
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
The young French Center of ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne signed his debut in the Euroleague this week in the tough overtime home loss against Fenerbahce Ülker. The 1989 born and 2m12 tall player used the minutes he got because of the injury of Curtis Borchardt and it may remain his only major minutes of the Euroleague as ASVEL just signed a replacement for the former ACB player. However, I took a close look at what Fofana did during his 11 minutes on the court.
Living in America: Davis Martens (Siena College)
October 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Davis Martens from Germany is a bit of a different case than the previous players presented in this series. The 2m04 tall forward played last season at the Patterson Prep School in the United States and so it won’t be a real Rookie Season for him. However, the Siena freshman will need to sit out the first 12 games of the season because of his presence with the Cologne 99ers professional team back in 2007-2008.
Thomas Heurtel vs. Andrew Albicy: a PG watch
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments
Today, I take a look at two young French PGs that play interesting roles in their respective teams. While Thomas Heurtel has already a full season of ProA basketball behind him (and a relegation with Pau-Orthez), Andrew Albicy has his first ProA season in front of him after a ProB campaign crowned by first regular professional minutes and a team success.