European Prospects

During the German All-Star Day, the U19 NBBL All-Star game is the main event for checking out which are the current top prospects in the NBBL. So here are the rosters of both teams that will play each other on the 17th January in the Mannheim SAP Arena.

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These days has been played the 15th International Tournament for U18 teams of Tenerife. This tournament can be regarded as preparation for the two major U18 meetings in the upcoming days, Stella Azzura in Rome and Hospitalet in Spain. As these two tournament are qualifying rounds for the Nike International Junior Tournaments, the major squads that are participating were also present in Tenerife in order to see what the level is. [Read more →]

The 2008 All-Tournament Team power forward Deniz Kilicli had made the choice to go to play in the United States.

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After a first look at some promising players in the Bundesliga, I will cover today some of the biggest prospects that are currently playing in the third German League, ProB. This league features a nice bunch of talented young players and the match-up between Speyer and Ehingen was the opportunity to get a look at some of most interesting.

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Here we go for some short notes before the Christmas break. [Read more →]

After a part 1 discussing the future of the Finnish PG positions, today I will check who is available for the future on the wings. A third part about the Centers is unfortunately not coming as there are currently no real inside players with interesting potential available in Finland.

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Finland is not known for their basketball qualities, but the country has so far produced 2 NBA Draft picks with Hanno Möttölä and Petteri Koponen. So I took the opportunity together with my friend Hippo to check who are the players to take a look at for the future.

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A quick check who is on the list for our Prospect of the month November. While in the younger categories, the choice was done pretty rapidly, I had more trouble to go for a selection in the other cases. But here we go.

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This week, Mirza Sarajlija used his first minutes in the Euroleague to put his name in very big letters on the boards of many observers. The 1991 born PG from Slovenian came up with 13 points and 3 rebounds in his debut against ALBA Berlin.

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This week, the Euroleague presented the rules for the Nike International Junior Tournament that will be played during the Euroleague Final Four in Berlin. 3 tournaments will be official qualification tournaments this year. From 27th to 29th December will be played the Città di Roma tournament, from 4th to 6th January will be played the 30th Torneo International Junior in L’Hospitalet and finally the City of Belgrade tournament will be held from 13th to 15th February 2009.

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