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 […]
Nike Hoop Summit 2009 review
April 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Cholet Basket·Cibona Zagreb·Donatas Motiejunas·Hemofarm Vrsac·Kevin Seraphin·Milan Macvan·Nikos Pappas·Tomislav Zubcic
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.
Tags: Bellegarde Tournament·Cholet Mondial Basket·Donatas Motiejunas·Edwin Jackson·Maik Zirbes·Mamadou Samb·Maurice Stuckey·Memorial Barila·Milan Macvan·NBBL·Nike Hoop Summit·Nikola Mirotic·Nikos Pappas·Olimpija Ljubljana·Sabonis Basketball School·Urspring
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.
Tags: Donatas Motiejunas·Edwin Jackson·Kevin Seraphin·Mamadou Samb·Mateo Gaynor·Matias Nocedal·Milan Macvan·Nikos Pappas·Tomislav Zubcic
Today’s picks
December 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Here we go for some short notes before the Christmas break.
Tags: Abdoulaye M'Baye·Danilo Gallinari·Donatas Motiejunas·Enes Kanter·Kosta Koufos·Lucca Staiger·Mario Delas·Milan Macvan·Miroslav Raduljica·Nando de Colo·Nikos Pappas·Omri Casspi·Ricky Rubio·Rihards Kuksiks·Tim Ohlbrecht·Tomas Satoransky·Vladimir Dasic
Prospect of the month: November 2008
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
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.
Tags: Emir Preldzic·Ludo Vaty·Milan Macvan·Mirza Sarajlija·Rasid Mahalbasic
U20 European Championships (Division A): the Big guys
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
After the wings and the guards, I finally come to the big men. And despite having them in just smaller number here in my report, the talent level is extremely high for these young men.
Tags: Boban Marjanovic·Division A European Championship·Donatas Motiejunas·Milan Macvan·Miroslav Raduljica
Today’s picks (live from Riga)
August 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments
After having watched some Olympic Games basketball with Lithuanian fans in a Irish in Riga (Latvia), I am now back in the Riga Arena to cover the Final day of the U20 European Championships of Division A.
Tags: Abdoulaye M'Baye·Baris Hersek·Division A European Championship·Donatas Motiejunas·Marko Keselj·Martynas Gecevicius·Milan Macvan·Miroslav Raduljica·Nemanja Vranes·Pere Tomas·Pietro Aradori·Qunio Colom·Sarunas Vasiliauskas·Sergio de la Fuente·Victor Claver·Vladimir Dasic
Today’s picks (live from Riga)
August 9th, 2008 · No Comments
After a first day in Riga, visiting the city and meeting some people, the tournament of the U20 European Championship beings for me today.
Tags: Baris Hersek·Boban Marjanovic·Boban Tomic·Division A European Championship·Dogus Balbay·Ivan Lilov·Marytnas Gecevicius·Milan Macvan·Mirko Mulalic·Miroslav Raduljica·Oleksandr Kolchenko·Pere Tomas·Quino Colom·Sarunas Vasiliauskas·Sead Sehovic·Sergiy Gladyr·Victor Claver·Vladimir Dasic