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FIBA U19 World Championship 2011: the Bigs

July 26th, 2011 · No Comments

The tournament is over for quite some time but I managed to finish my report on the Big guys only today. So here we go for a review of the most interesting inside players including an updated on the Toronto Raptors drafted Lithuanian Center Jonas Valanciunas.

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FIBA U19 World Championship: Semi-Finals

July 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment

After a first day in Riga with several surprises, we were back in the Arena to follow the semi-finals day of the FIBA U19 World Championships. As the quarter-finals gave us a few surprises, we were looking forward to see if Argentina can upset another one and eventually reach the final and if the favorites […]

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U18 European Championship 2010: Semi-Finals

July 31st, 2010 · No Comments

The second day in Lithuania started with some sight-seeing in the Old Town and the first decision of the event came when Germany managed to dominate Sweden and avoid relegation. On the other hand, Bulgaria is sure about their future: Division B.

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NIJT Finals Paris 2010: the Big Guys

May 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

In the last report of the Nike International Junior Tournament 2010 in Paris, I will talk about the big guys.

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NIJT 2010: Day 3 (live from Paris)

May 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments

The third day of the 2010 edition of the Nike International Junior Tournament ended with some drama as it was undecided until the very last game who will be in the Final tomorrow. Even if neither Cajasol nor Ljubljana still had a chance to reach the Final, the result of their was highly important to […]

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NIJT 2010: Day 2 (live from Paris)

May 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The second day of the Nike International Junior Tournament in Paris is history and the games today were a lot more undecided than what we have seen yesterday. The play of the day was certainly the buzzer beating win of FMP versus KK Split.

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NIJT 2010: Who are the players to watch?

May 4th, 2010 · 6 Comments

The Nike International Junior Tournament is just a few hours away, so it was about time to check who are the players to look at. After having covered the two Qualification Tournaments in Rome and Belgrade, europeanprospects.com will also be in Paris over the full 4 days to give you a lot more information on […]

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Generation Ranking: 1992 born players

February 1st, 2010 · 11 Comments

The 1992 generation has a lot of very talented players, especially on the inside positions. Lithuania is clearly the strongest country here though, so it is not a big surprise to see the Baltics organize the U18 European Championship this summer. Beforehand, several nations will already compete in the highly regarded Albert Schweitzer Tournament in […]

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Città di Roma Tournament 2009 (Part1)

January 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments

The first tournament of the 2009/2010 edition of the NIJT Qualification phase has been played once again in Rome. This year, Zalgiris Kaunas totally dominated this first stage of the competition as they won every game by at least 15 points. Here we go for the first part of the detailed analysis of the main […]

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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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