The Nike Hoop Summit 2009 has seen the first victory of the World Select team since Dirk Nowitzki in 1998. The team of coach Rob Beveridge took over the lead in the final minutes of the game despite being athletically far behind the more spectacular US kids. Being more limited in that are was not a big surprise but the more intelligent and clutch play in the last quarter secured this big win. Beveridge said after the game that it was the most intelligent group of big guys he has coached in his 5 year experience of the Hoop Summit. Let’s talk a look at the players that used the event to boost their stock.
Nike Hoop Summit 2009 review
April 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments
A first look at the upcoming 2009 NBA Draft
April 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Today, I took a first look at the upcoming NBA Draft from a European perspective. I will check who are the players that have already declared to enter the draft and who is supposed to do so in the next days. Who are the players that are automatically eligible?
Heavy weekend picks
April 10th, 2009 · 13 Comments
This Easter weekend is once again packed with interesting tournaments and events around European Youth basketball. I try to give a short preview about all the stuff that you can follow throughout the net over the upcoming days.
Rodrigue Beaubois Cover Boy (UPDATED highlight video)
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Personally, I must admit that I did not follow Rodrigue Beaubois that much this season. But the recent cover story on him in the French Basketnews magazine made me check his game a little closer.
Cholet Mondial Basket 2009 – teams announced (UPDATE)
April 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The organization team of the Cholet Mondial Basket Tournament has announced the dates and participants of the 28th edition that will be played this year for U18 Club Teams. [Read more →]
German Bundesliga roundup
April 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
I took a deeper look into the most interesting prospects coming of the German Bundesliga this week. The number of domestic players is really limited due to the particular regulations (9 US players allowed per team) but some youngsters emerged this season and in particular over the last weeks.
Is the German U20 a semi-final candidate?
March 31st, 2009 · No Comments
The U20 European Championships are still way ahead but the current German Senior National Team coach Dirk Bauermann told sport1.de that he thinks the current U20 National Team has a “great perspective to finish among the four best teams in Europe”.
The fabulous destiny of Jan Vesely
March 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
If you asked which 1990 born player would have any kind of impact in the Euroleague, the name of Ricky Rubio would be all over the place. Jan Vesely was known as a promising player but his transfer to Partizan Belgrade, that just lost their dominant inside player Nikola Pekovic, was considered as a bit early for a player that just played his first professional season with Geoplin Slovan.
Nike Hoop Summit 2009: International team announced
March 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
The International team of the 2009 edition of the Nike Hoops Summit has been published.
NIJT 2009: Wildcards go to ALBA and Union Olimpija
March 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
We got the news today that the two wildcards for the Nike International Junior Tournament go to the local ALBA Berlin and Union Olimpija Ljubljana. So the Euroleague did not go that much into the sportive results but preferred to take the local team from Berlin and a team that features one of the most promising players in Europe with Mirza Sarajlija.