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.
Today’s picks (live from Berlin)
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Augusto Cesar Lima·Branislav Dekic·Dejan Musli·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Jonas Valanciunas·Lietuvos Rytas·Malick Fall·Malte Ziegenhagen·Montepaschi Siena·Niels Giffey·Osvaldas Matulionis·Unicaja Malaga
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 […]
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Alejandro Lopez·Andriy Lebedintsev·Augustas Peciukevicius·Augusto Cesar Lima·Bakary Konate·Branislav Dekic·Brian Wenzel·Dejan Musli·Djordje Micic·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Jonas Valanciunas·Justin Raffington·Kalise Gran Canaria·Kevin Bright·Lietuvos Rytas·Mantas Kadzevicius·Matic Sirnik·Milan Jaros·Mirza Sarajlija·Montepaschi Siena·Niels Giffey·Nika Metreveli·Nike International Junior Tournament·Nikola Vukasovic·Nunzio Sabbatino·Olimpija Ljubljana·Oscar Alvarado·Osvaldas Matulionis·Ovidijus Varanauskas·Petar Lambic·Samuel Dominguez·Simone Centanni·Strahinja Mladenovic·Tautvydas Sabonis·Tommaso Ingrosso·Unicaja Malaga
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 […]
Tags: ALBA Berlin·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Montepaschi Siena·Olimpija Ljubljana·Unicaja Malaga
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
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.
Tags: Alejandro Lopez·Alessandro Gentile·Benetton Fribourg·Benetton Treviso·Brian Savoy·Kalise Gran Canaria·Karolis Babkauskas·Mirza Sarajlija·Montepaschi Siena·Nunzio Sabbatino·Olimpija Ljubljana·Oscar Alvarado·Simone Centanni·Stefan Petkovic·Vytenis Cizauskas·Zalgiris Kaunas
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 […]
Tags: Kalise Gran Canaria·Montepaschi Siena·Virtus Bologna·Zalgiris Kaunas