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Mario Hezonja Scouting Report Mind Map

May 14th, 2015 · No Comments

After the positive feedback I got on my previous Mind Maps, it is time again to put a new one together. This time, the Croatia lottery prospect Mario Hezonja will be covered. As always, comments and feedback is very welcome in order to improve the process for future projects.

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Players to follow in the Euroleague 2014/15 (Pt. 2)

October 15th, 2014 · No Comments

In our second part of the Euroleague preview, we will take a look at some wildcard players that can have an impact this season in the Euroleague. It will be interesting to see if Kenan Sipahi has fully recovered from his injury while everybody is hoping Mario Hezonja to have a break out season soon, […]

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NIJT London 2013: the Wings

May 28th, 2013 · No Comments

In our second part of the Nike International Junior Tournament review, we will talk about the wing players. Here again, the reports might not go into much details because of the schedule and some players have already been analyzed during the NIJT in Belgrade.

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NIJT Finals 2013: Day 4 (LIVE from London)

May 13th, 2013 · 1 Comment

The Nike International Junior Tournament 2012/2013 came to an end on Sunday afternoon with a well deserved victory for Joventut Badalona. The day was crowned though by a great Final of the Euroleague.

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NIJT Finals 2013: Day 3 (LIVE from London)

May 12th, 2013 · 1 Comment

The third day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is in the books and it was quite an interesting day that ended with a semi-surprise and an expected final between Joventut Badalona and FC Barcelona.

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NIJT Finals 2013: Day 2 (LIVE from London)

May 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment

After having skipped the first day of the Nike International Junior Tournament in London, I made it to the capital of the United Kingdom for the second day. After the battle with the Euroleague that ended without a result, I was however looking forward to see some of the best young players in Europe.

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U17 World Championship 2012: European Players

July 16th, 2012 · 1 Comment

In the first part of our review on the U17 World Championship 2012, we take a look at the European players in the event. Four teams had qualified for Kaunas next to the hosts, so this might not be a good representation of whole talent group of the 1995 born players in Europe. But some […]

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U17 World Championship 2012: the Finals

July 8th, 2012 · No Comments

The last day of the U17 World Championship 2012 started with the same situation than the days before, 30 degrees in the streets and nice atmosphere in the Zalgiris Arena. One major change though, Lithuania has qualified for the Olympic Games in London during the night. But that’s not why we traveled to the Baltic […]

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U17 World Championship 2012: 1/2 Finals

July 7th, 2012 · No Comments

Second day for me in Kaunas and the intensity of the competition was increasing as we approached the semi-finals. But before the showdown in the evening, there were several classification games.

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U17 World Championship 2012: 1/4 Finals

July 6th, 2012 · No Comments

After arriving in Kaunas in the evening of Thursday, the day started early with a Classification game at 9 o’clock in the morning. That was the beginning of a long day with 6 games ahead.

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