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The Ricky Rubio MVP show

January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The regular season of the Euroleague is over and it was about time to speak about Ricky Rubio, even if I nearly never discuss drafted players on my blog. But what the young Spaniard showed this week against Montepaschi Siena was simply amazing.

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Città di Roma Tournament 2009 (Part 2)

January 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The second part of the report on Città di Roma features players from the teams placed 3 to 8.

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Stella Azzurra Città di Roma Tournament (Day 3)

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

After a long night at the restaurant (thank you Germano) and a sightseeing and foodtasting trip through Rome yesterday, I arrived save back home only late so that the report on the Final day of the tournament is only online now.

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Stella Azzurra Città di Roma Tournament (Day 2)

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments

I arrived this morning in Rome to cover the first NIJT Qualification Tournament of the season. The tournament organized by Stella Azzurra Roma features 8 teams that compete for one spot at NIJT to be played in May in Paris. After Day 1 updated through Twitter, here is my short report on what happened on [...]

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NIJT 2009: the Centers

May 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

After the guard and forward review, here we go for the last part of my recap on the Nike International Junior Tournament 2009 in Berlin.

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NIJT 2009: the Forwards

May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

After discussing the guards of the tournament, here is my review on the forwards that stood out in my eyes during the Nike International Junior Tournament. Once again, this is not a ranking but just a selection of the players that I liked personally.

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NIJT 2009: the Guards

May 7th, 2009 · No Comments

To start the review on the Nike International Junior Tournament, I will kick off with the most outstanding guards that you could see during the tournament in Berlin.

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Nike International Junior Tournament: Videos Day2

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Here we go for the Video roundup of Day 2 of the Nike International Junior Tournament. Again, big thanks for the guys from schoenen-dunk.de for this nice content.

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Nike International Junior Tournament: Videos Day1

May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Thanks to our friends from the German website schoenen-dunk.de, here we go for a Video roundup of the 4 games of Day 1 of the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin.

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Today’s picks (live from Berlin)

May 1st, 2009 · No Comments

The second day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is in the books. Everything looks like it is going to be a Final between FMP Belgrade and Lietuvos Rytas. But both teams need another win to be for sure in the O2 World on Sunday.

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Today’s picks (live from Berlin)

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments

The first day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is history and the day ended nearly with a massive upset as the 2008 champ FMP Belgrade won against the hosts of ALBA Berlin by only 1 point.

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Nike International Junior Tournament: preview

April 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments

This Thursday starts the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin and features some of the best U18 Club Teams in Europe. Three qualification tournaments and two Wildcards later, 8 teams will fight in 2 groups to get the trophy. I took a quick look at the teams and tell you who are the prospects to [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Città di Roma 2008: Guards

January 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Here we go for the player portraits of the 2008 edition of the Città di Roma tournament. I will start with the guards where the talent level was particularly dense.

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Gran Canaria and Montepaschi qualify for Berlin (videos)

January 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

In two amazing semi-finals, Kalise Gran Canaria and Montepaschi Siena qualified for the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin. A few days before the start of the next qualifying tournament in Hospitalet, you can find here two short videos of the final minutes of both semi-finals. The in-detail player reports will follow during the next [...]

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