With the Copa del Rey 2011 done, it is about time to take a look at some of the most regarded prospects of the last years. The same plaudits that were delivered to 20-year-old point guard Ricky Rubio today are the same ones that he was showered with at the 2009 NBA Draft: his ball-handling […]
What’s the plan for Rubio?
February 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: ACB·Copa del Rey·Ricky Rubio
Euroleague 2010/2011 Preview: Group C
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments
The Group C of the Euroleague 2010/2011 features some of the most interesting young big men in Europe and several potential NBA Draft candidates. Additionally, Ricky Rubio is also active with his FC Barcelona in this group and the games of these 6 teams will certainly attract a large number of NBA scouts over the […]
Tags: Bojan Bogdanovic·Christophe Leonard·Euroleague·Jonas Valanciunas·Karlo Vragovic·Leon Radosevic·Mario Delas·Maxim Can Mutaf·Ricky Rubio·Simas Buterlevicius·Tomislav Zubcic
Generation Ranking: 1990 born players (UPDATE)
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments
With the U20 European Championships of Division A and B coming to an end last weekend, it was about time to update our Generation Ranking of the 199o born players. With the Gold Medals of France in the higher competition and Austria in the 2nd one, there have been some changes that we will go […]
Tags: Aleksandar Georgiev·Aleksandar Mitrovic·Alexis Tanghe·Andrew Albicy·Andrija Milutinovic·Bozhidar Avramov·Daniele Sandri·David Jelinek·Donatas Motiejunas·Generation Ranking·Hristo Zahariev·Jacob Cohen·Jan Vesely·Jessey Vorn·Kristers Zeidaks·Kyryl Natyazhko·Lauris Blaus·Mario Delas·Martins Laksa·Mohammed Kherrazi·Moritz Lanegger·Nikos Pappas·Paul Lacombe·Rasid Mahalbasic·Ricky Rubio·Roberto Rullo·Ruslan Otverchenko·TJ di Leo·Tomislav Zubcic·Vladimir Ivlev·Vladimir Mihailovic·Yotam Shiran
I feel devotion – no more?
May 5th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tomorrow, I will start a nearly 10-day long Scouting trip throughout Europe. For me, it will be the longest ever and there are at least 30 games on my plan for the next days. However, I am disappointed that not everything will work as planned.
Tags: 2010 JBBL Top4·2010 NBBL Top4·2010 NIJT·2010 Nordic Championships·Branislav Dekic·Jan Vesely·Ricky Rubio
Generation Ranking: 1990 born players
January 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments
The 1990 born players, who will compete this summer in Croatia for the U20 European Championship, are dominated of course by one stellar talent: Ricky Rubio. If you take him out, you have a very interesting group of players and nations that are on the same level, and the competition in Zadar will probably be […]
Tags: Alexis Tanghe·Andrew Albicy·Andrija Milutinovic·Birkan Batuk·Bozhidar Avramov·Christophe Leonard·Christopher Ryan·David Jelinek·Dejan Musli·Deniz Kiliçli·Dino Muric·Donatas Motiejunas·Gediminas Orelikas·Hristo Zahariev·Jakub Wojciechowski·Jan Vesely·Kostas Papanikolaou·Kostas Sloukas·Leon Radosevic·Leonidas Kaselakis·Mario Delas·Melih Mahmutoglu·Moritz Lanegger·Nikos Pappas·Omar Zaghden·Rasid Mahalbasic·Ricky Rubio·Tautvydas Slezas·Tomislav Zubcic·Vladimir Jankovic·Zisis Sarikopoulos
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.
Tags: Euroleague·FC Barcelona·Montepaschi Siena·Ricky Rubio·Spain
Eurobasket 2009: the generation check
September 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Coming back from holidays out of the basketball no-man’s land Switzerland, it will take me some time to get back into the feeling of the Eurobasket 2009. However, I made a quick analysis of the present teams and their different rosters in relation with the age of the players and I will try to find […]
Tags: Antoine Diot·Bozhidar Avramov·Bulgaria·Chavdar Kostov·Croatia·Elias Harris·Emir Preldzic·Eurobasket 2009·France·FYROM·Gasper Vidmar·Germany·Goran Dragic·Great Britain·Greece·Israel·Ivan Paunic·Jaka Klobucar·Kosta Koufos·Latvia·Lior Eliyahu·Lithuania·Lucca Staiger·Milan Macvan·Milenko Tepic·Milos Teodosic·Miroslav Raduljica·Nando de Colo·Nemanja Belica·Nick Calathes·Nicolas Batum·Novicka Velickovic·Omri Casspi·Poland·Ricky Rubio·Robin Benzing·Russia·Serbia·Sergi Llull·Slovenia·Spain·Stefan Markovic·Tibor Pleiss·Tim Ohlbrecht·Turkey·Uros Tripkovic·Victor Claver
NBA Draft 2009: the European candidates
June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
With the NBA Draft being held at the Madison Square Garden this Thursday, I go for a quick check of the most interesting European Draft candidates for the year 2009.
Tags: Christian Eyenga·Emir Preldzic·Gasper Vidmar·Henk Norel·Jonas Jerebko·Milenko Tepic·Nando de Colo·Omri Casspi·Ricky Rubio·Rodrigue Beaubois·Rudy Mbemba·Sergi Llull·Sergiy Gladyr·Slava Kravtsov·Victor Claver
Playoff picks
May 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Today, I give you a few thoughts on the different European playoff games I saw these last days.
Tags: Brose Baskets Bamberg·Joel Freeland·Joventut Badalona·Kalise Gran Canaria·Karsten Tadda·Pau Ribas·Per Günther·Ricky Rubio·Roger Zaki·Sergi Llull·SLUC Nancy·Tim Ohlbrecht
NBA Draft 2009: early entrants, workouts and Reebok Eurocamp
May 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
As the NBA Draft 2009 is approaching, I take a look at the latest development around the European players that will be in the Draft this year.
Tags: Adam Hanga·Alexey Shved·Anton Ponomarev·Boban Marjanovic·Carl Ona Embo·Fernando Raposo·Henk Norel·Jan Vesely·Jonas Jerebko·Milan Macvan·Milenko Tepic·Miroslav Raduljica·Nemanja Aleksandrov·Oleksandr Kolchenko·Omri Casspi·Reebok Eurocamp·Ricky Rubio·Rodrigue Beaubois·Roger Zaki·Semen Shashkov·Slava Kravtsov·Tanel Kurbas·Tibor Pleiss·Tim Ohlbrecht·Tomas Satoransky·Tornike Shengelia·Victor Claver·Vladimir Dasic