After having reviewed the 5 events that have marked my year 2010, I take a look forward today in order to predict the 5 things that may be the main storylines in 2011. Once again, these 5 stories are in no particular order and only represent my personal opinion.
My 5 predictions for 2011
January 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments
Tags: Anthony Canty·Besnik Bekteshi·Dario Saric·David Jelinek·Davis Bertans·Donatas Motiejunas·Enes Kanter·Fabian Thülig·Jan Vesely·Jonas Valanciunas·Maik Zirbes·Maurice Stuckey·Nikola Mirotic·Patricio Garino·Philipp Neumann·Philipp Schwethelm·Robin Benzing·Simon Schmitz·Tibor Pleiss·Tomas Satoransky
Nikola Mirotic getting his minutes (VIDEO)
December 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Montenegrin-Spanish Nikola Mirotic is getting more and more minutes with Real Madrid at the moment. After scoring 3pts in 5 minutes of Euroleague action against Unicaja last week, the 2m08 tall forward, born in 1991 played 19 minutes in the ACB game against the same this weekend. Check out below for a Video of […]
Tags: ACB·Nikola Mirotic·Real Madrid
Euroleague 2010/2011 Preview: Group B
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments
Today started the Euroleague season 2010/2011 with the opening game in the Group B between Olympiacos and Real Madrid. So it is about time to check who are the players to follow in the different groups of this season. We will go through the different groups and point out who are the players that we […]
Tags: Augusto Cesar Lima·Euroleague·Ioann Iarochevitch·Kostas Papanikolaou·Maurice Stuckey·Nihad Dedovic·Nikola Mirotic·Philipp Neumann·Rafael Freire·Tibor Pleiss
U20 European Championship Preview
July 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Today starts the first European Championship of the summer with the U20 Tournament to be held in Croatia. 16 teams compete for the Medals and 2 teams will drop down to Division B. Europeanprospects.com checked the level of the different participants.
Tags: 2010 U20 European Championship Division A·Alexandre Gavrilovic·Alexis Tanghe·Andrew Albicy·Augustas Peciukevicius·Branislav Dekic·Daniele Sandri·Danilo Andusic·David Jelinek·Dejan Musli·Denis Polokhin·Deniz Kiliçli·Dino Muric·Giedrius Staniulis·Ignacio Llovet·Jan Vesely·Jessey Vorn·Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann·Jose Simeon·Josep Franch·Kostas Papanikolaou·Kostas Sloukas·Kyryl Natyazhko·Leon Radosevic·Leonidas Kaselakis·Maik Zirbes·Mantas Kadzevicius·Mario Delas·Martins Meiers·Maurice Stuckey·Maxim Can Mutaf·Melih Mahmutoglu·Mirza Sarajlija·Nicolo Melli·Nikola Mirotic·Nikola Vucevic·Nikos Pappas·Ondrej Kohout·Paul Lacombe·Roberto Rullo·Tautvydas Slezas·Tomas Satoransky·Toni Prostran·Vladimir Ivlev·Vladimir Jankovic
Tweets of the week (Week 21 + 1/2 – 2010)
June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
With a little delay, here we go for the main Tweets of my Twitter account over the last 10 days. As there will be probably a lot more over the next days when I will be in Treviso, a quick round-up today will be good.
Tags: Alex Gavrilovic·Antoine Diot·Babacar Niang·Christophe Leonard·Dario Saric·Dennis Kramer·Evan Fournier·Ferdinand Prénom·Gediminas Bertasius·Iikka Maki·Jakob Krumbeck·Jonathan Rousselle·Josip Matic·Kevin Seraphin·Kim Tillie·Kristofer Acox·Luc Louves·Martin Breunig·Martynas Gecevicius·Mathis Mönninghoff·Mauricio Marin·Nebojsa Andelic·Nemanja Bjelica·Niels Giffey·Nikola Mirotic·Patrick Heckmann·Paul Lacombe·Philipp Schwethelm·Rasmus Larsen·Ryan Richards·Tibor Pleiss·Tim Ohlbrecht·Toni Katic
Which future for Spanish Basketball?
May 27th, 2010 · 13 Comments
A subject that I am following for quite some time now is how the Spanish Basketball will develop on a long term basis as youth teams are importing more and more foreign players. The recent Spanish U18 championship was the perfect place to make an analysis of the situation as a last-second rule modification will […]
Tags: Aigars Skele·Bakary Konate·Deme Mambaye·Gabriel Darin·Gediminas Paulikas·Jan Svandrlik·Karl Niamamoukoko·Lamine Dieye·Luca Riva·Malick Cissê·Malick Fall·Mamadou Samb·Mansour Kasse·Mansour Sow·Marko Todorovic·Michel Acosta·Modou Mbaye·Nikola Mirotic·Norbert Timko·Pape Amadou Sow·Placide Nakidjim·Rafael Caetano·Rafael Freire·Samuel Faifr·Spain·Tautvydas Sabonis·Tibou Tall
Nike Hoop Summit 2010 review
April 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Last weekend has been played the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland. The annual event did not feature that many Europeans this year because some major prospects had to decline their invitation for different reasons. We took a quick look at the most interesting players in the World Team.
Tags: Dejan Musli·Enes Kanter·Mael Lebrun·Nike Hoop Summit·Nikola Mirotic
Nike Hoop Summit World Team 2010 unveiled
March 17th, 2010 · 8 Comments
Today, the Nike Hoop Summit World Team has been announced. The team will compete against a US selection in Portland on the 10th of April. The World team is this time a real worldwide selection as it features only 3 players currently being active in Europe and members from 4 different continents.
Tags: Cory Joseph·Dejan Musli·Dujan Dukan·Enes Kanter·Jason Cadee·Mael Lebrun·Nike Hoop Summit·Nikola Mirotic·Robert Loe·Sui Ran·Tristan Thompson
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
Hospitalet 2009: Review
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments
As I was not present myself in Hospitalet, I publish this report on the tournament that I got from my friend Gerrit Kersten-Thiele who was in Spain for two days.
Tags: Alexander Andreev·Augustas Peciukevicius·Augusto Cesar Lima·Branislav Dekic·Dovydas Redikas·FMP Belgrade·Ivan Batur·Joan Tomas·Jonas Valanciunas·Joventut Badalona·Lietuvoy Rytas·Marko Todorovic·Max van Schaik·Nikola Mirotic·Nikola Rakocevic·Nikola Vukasovic·Ovidijus Varanauskas·Real Madrid·Tautvydas Sabonis·Unicaja Malaga