The Serbian U18 League, which is probably one of the most talented National Youth Leagues in Europe starts this weekend. 12 teams will compete for the National title in a regular season that qualifies 8 squads for the Final Tournament. Serbian Twitterer Miodrag Rakic published his players to follow and he allowed us to talk […]
Serbia U18 League starts this weekend
October 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments
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U18 European Championship: the Finals day
August 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
After a little tour in the shopping center next to the Arena, it was about time to follow the relegation round as a decisive game for relegation was ahead. Sweden faced Ukraine in a Final for the last remaining spot on the highest level of U18 European Basketball.
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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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U17 World Championship 2010: Serbia
July 16th, 2010 · No Comments
The Serbian team finished finally at the 5th place of the U17 World Championship in Hamburg. After winning the Bronze Medal in Lithuania last summer in the U16 category, this team reached probably his maximum level with this 5th place as top-talent Nenad Miljenovic could not take over the team as he liked to in […]
Tags: 2010 U17 World Championships·Luka Mitrovic·Nemanja Bezbradica·Nenad Miljenovic·Serbia
U17 World Championship Preview: Serbia
July 1st, 2010 · 15 Comments
The Serbian team won the Bronze Medal during the U16 European Championship in 2010. This year, the team from the Balkan comes with the same ambitions which are to win yet another Medal. However, our writer calms the expectations of the Serbian fans with his Preview.
Tags: 2010 U17 World Championships·Nemanja Bezbradica·Nenad Miljenovic·Serbia
Eurobasket 2009: the NBA Draft candidates
September 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments
The Eurobasket 2009 is history now and I take a look at the players that can be considered as the most interesting prospects of the tournament. The players featured in the article are those that are still potentially NBA Draft candidates, so all the players born in 1988 or earlier but not drafted yet.
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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 […]
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2009 U16 European Championship report
August 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
This summer, I had the opportunity to go for my first ever U16 European Championship and combine it with a first ever trip to the Basketball country of Lithuania. I decided to make just a short scouting report on the teams I have seen (Places 1-8) as these kids are all only 16, or even […]
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Today’s picks (live from Kaunas)
August 16th, 2009 · No Comments
The final day of the 2009 U16 European Championship has arrived and the decisions will arrive about Gold, Silver and Bronze. But the day started of course with the games for the places 5 to 8.
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2009 U18 European Championship Division A: the Bigs
August 8th, 2009 · 5 Comments
After having presented the different guards and wings, today’s article will feature the big guys that played in Metz and Hagondange. In this area, there is a large number of quality talent present, so read on if you want to become familiar with the most interesting inside players of the future.
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