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 […]
NIJT 2009: Wildcards go to ALBA and Union Olimpija
March 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: ALBA Berlin·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Montepaschi Siena·Olimpija Ljubljana·Unicaja Malaga
NBBL Playoffs started this weekend
March 9th, 2009 · No Comments
The German U19 NBBL playoffs started this weekend with some interesting match-ups. Europeanprospects was present in Trier to cover the game between TBB Junior Team around Maik Zirbes and Basket College Rhein Neckar. Additionally, two Top4 participants of last year challenged each other already in the first round.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Basketball College Rhein Neckar·Danilo Barthel·Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann·Maik Zirbes·Niels Giffey·TBB Trier·Team Bonn/Rhöndorf
Who will get a Wildcard for the NIJT?
February 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments
After the three qualification tournaments have been played, 6 of the 8 spots for the Nike International Junior Tournament are set. Besides FMP Zeleznik as defending champ, Kalise Gran Canaria of Spain and Montepaschi Siena of Italy qualified from the Rome tournament in December, Lietuvos Rytas of Lithuania and Unicaja of Spain from the L’Hospitalet […]
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Crvena Zvezda·FC Barcelona·Fenerbahce Ülker·FMP Belgrade·Lietuvos Rytas·Pamesa Valencia·Real Madrid·Unicaja Malaga·Virtus Bologna·Zalgiris Kaunas
Città di Roma 2008: Forwards
January 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
While the 30th edition of the Hospitalet Tournament starts today and we will know who will be the two next teams to qualify for Berlin, I continue my analysis of the Città di Roma tournament organized by the Stella Azzurra Basketball team in Rome. After the guards yesterday, it is the turn of the forwards […]
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Benetton Fribourg·Cibona Zagreb·Jonathan Kazadi·Matic Sirnik·Montepaschi Siena·Niels Giffey·Nika Metreveli·Olimpija Ljubljana·Riccardo Moraschini·Tauras Jogela·Tommaso Ingrosso·Toni Brnas·Virtus Bologna·Zalgiris Kaunas