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News about Young European Basketball Prospects

Pape Sy: Soaring down South for the tall Pope

June 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments

When the name of Pape Sy got called during the NBA Draft ceremony, there was a bit of confusion as nearly anybody had the French guard on its radar. Nobody except the Atlanta Hawks which was also the only Franchise that worked him out before the Draft. Who is this guy that got even “big […]

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Ryan Richards: the next step in a career odyssey

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments

The British with Jamaican background Ryan Richards was the youngest of all the Europeans drafted in 2010. After an odyssey through different teams and countries, the Kent raised has now made his first step into the direction of his dream: playing in the NBA. The next step in his trip should now be to earn […]

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Nemanja Bjelica: the Swiss Army Knife from Serbia

June 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Nemanja Bjelica was the third European player that got called in the Madison Square Garden on Thursday. The Serbian forward was some kind of late developer as he was not considered as a major talent a few years ago. But over the last two seasons, he played himself into the Serbian Senior National Team and […]

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Tibor Pleiss: from the Circus-Tent to the NBA

June 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The German big guy Tibor Pleiss was the 2nd European player drafted in the 2010 NBA. He was picked by the New Jersey Nets who traded him to the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks then sold his rights to the Oklahoma City Thunder for close to 3,000,000 USD. Sam Presti and his team got what they […]

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Kevin Seraphin: Now listen to this Wizards

June 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment

With the number of European prospects drafted this year, I decided to have a review on every specific player. The first name that has been announced was Kevin Seraphin from France. It looked like David Stern has specifically practiced his French before the draft as he started his announcement with a very proud “Now listen […]

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NBA Draft 2010: Quick Euro Analysis

June 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments

The NBA Draft 2010 is in the books and the number of European players picked by the Franchises has not been as low for years. With one player in the first round and only four in the second round, Europe was under-represented compared to the last years but it will probably be a different story […]

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NBA Draft 2010: Countdown

June 23rd, 2010 · 6 Comments

With the NBA Draft 2010 only hours away, we will start a countdown to the big event regrouping all the news, rumors and echoes around European players in this year’s edition. Feel free to add your comments below if you hear anything that you think is important in relation with the Draft 2010. The NBA […]

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Destination NBA: the movie of the Draft

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

We have talked already about this movie once but as the NBA Draft 2010 is approaching, I can only highly recommend again this film created by the French Nicolas de Virieu who accompanied Nicolas Batum and Alexis Ajinca to the 2008 NBA Draft. Even if the movie is only available in French, all the English […]

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European Auto-Eligible players for the 2010 Draft

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

With the NBA Draft 2010 being held this week, it is about time to check the current situation of the automatically eligible Europeans.

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Only 5 Europeans remain Early-Entries for the NBA Draft 2010

June 17th, 2010 · 5 Comments

The number of Europeans that stay in the NBA Draft 2010 as Early-Entry players has dropped to only 5. A multitude of big talents have opted out or did not even declare this spring so that the 2011 edition looks to be highly promising for European players. I will talk about that in a later […]

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