European Prospects

Here we go for the recap of the most important tweets of the last 2 weeks. Follow me live on Twitter here.

Saturday 19th June 2010

• NBA Draft: Ludo Vaty interviewed by nba.com after Trailblazer Workout http://digs.by/b4md4v

• EuroEssonne U20: GRE-FRA 89-81. Vladimir Jankovic 17pts 7rebs 1blk. Nikos Pappas 18pts 2rebs 3asts. Joffrey Lauvergne 13pts 6rebs

• NBA Draft: Kevin Seraphin interviews with the Bucks on Monday. Ryan Richards works out with them on Monday http://digs.by/9zXzvC

• EuroEssone U20: GER-SLO 76-70. Maik Zirbes 15pts 6rebs 2blks. Marko Vranjkovic 18pts 5rebs

• NCAA: English Lee Goldsbrough from Manchester Magic committed to Providence. He is a 1991 born 2m05 tall forward

• NBA Draft: Ludo Vaty will workout today for the Utah Jazz. http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_15329174

Friday 18th June 2010

• NBA Draft: the Blazers worked out Ludo Vaty today http://digs.by/9gQ81h
• NCAA: New recruiting Kevin van Wijk from GCBA to Valparaiso, Mathias Seilund from DEN to Farleigh Dickinson http://digs.by/aPz9RT

• NBA Draft: Apparently, Tibor Pleiss travelled to the US this morning for Draft preparation

• EuroEssone U20 Tournament: GER-GRE 56-81. Simon Schmitz 11pts Maurice Stuckey 10, Tobias Korndörfer 8, Maik Zirbes 6.

• NBA Draft: Kevin Seraphin will visit half a dozen of NBA Franchises in the coming days. No Workouts planned though, only medical visits and interviews. Bouna N’Diaye says that they have no guarantee but hope on the 1st round. http://digs.by/aset3k 

• NCAA: Niels Giffey commits orally to UConn http://digs.by/cqqmIC Other options were Louisville, Michigan, Gonzaga and UCLA

• Added more workouts to my page: http://digs.by/cHLxoP incl. Nemanja Bjelica, Thomas Heurtel, Kim Tillie,…

Thursday 17th June 2010

• Nemanja Bjelica (’88) is also making work-outs in USA with NBA teams

• Pleiss had 10pts 12rebs and 2blks in Game 5. He averaged 6.6ppg 8.8rpg and 1.4bpg in the Finals. 7.2ppg 7.1rpg 0.9bpg in the Playoffs

• RT @gruebler: NBA Draft candidate Tibor Pleiss makes the decisive free throw in 5th game of the German finals. Bamberg wins the championship

• NCAA: Niels Giffey visits Uconn only these days. Previous info was wrong: http://digs.by/9aIJJ2

• Marko Keselj worked out for the New Jersey Nets yesterday http://digs.by/cMb63R 

Wednesday 16th June 2010

• Germany U20 beats Sweden U20 92-75. Top scorers for Germany: Maurice Stuckey 15, Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann 14, Maik Zirbes 11

• Swedish U18 National Team scrimmaging in practice http://digs.by/ddC3jt

• Bayern Munich Basketball: Nowitzki is a target as the over-over-over-over-over next step http://digs.by/bW8YCj

• Watch out Germany, Europe: Bayern Munich with Bauermann think big time. http://digs.by/aw1zZg

Tuesday 15th June 2010

• Artem Zabelin works out with the Twolves tomorrow

• ING-Diba Tournament in Hamburg 17-21 June: Germany and Serbia U17 compete with Bosnia and Sweden U18

• NBA Draft Euro Early Entry List updated with current knowledge: http://digs.by/czPHvP Waiting for official list

• Alistair Mackay Verbally Commits to Davidson College http://bit.ly/dk4XUg

• COPENHAGEN INVITATIONAL 2010 started today. More info on the official website http://www.cph-invitational.dk/

• RT @LithuaniaBasket: Mindaugas Kuzminskas has doubts about NBA draft. Might pull out. http://www.lithuaniabasketball.com/news-327.html

Wednesday 9th June 2010

• NCAA Official: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles add 6-7 forward Dennis Ogbe from Germany http://shar.es/mxBdD

• NCAA RT @Eurohopes: According to Eurobasket.com Aksel Bolinz (2m06 – F – 90) joins Northern Illinois

Tuesday 8th June 2010

• RT @Hoopsfix: GB U20’s won 83-72 on Saturday, then 81-52 on Sunday (friendlies vs Scotland) (via @ajflynn43)

• NCAA: Mathis Keita currently at Gonzaga for his visit and signing

• Italy U19 All-5: Roberto Marulli, Riccardo Moraschini, Nika Metreveli, Giulio Gazzotti, Samuel Deguara http://digs.by/aBHMKn

• WCU17: Germany and Serbia to meet twice next weekend in Belgrade. German roster is here: http://digs.by/dyV9QY

• France: several prospects in the first Senior selection: Antoine Diot, Edwin Jackson, Adboulaye Mbaye, Kevin Seraphin http://digs.by/czuLXr

• For Krakow, there will be the National U18 teams of Spain, France, Slovenia, Sweden and Poland. Dates are here: http://digs.by/9wQ1yP

• The national U18 teams from France, Croatia, Sweden, Poland and England have confirmed their participation in the London event

• Future Stars expands to Poland. 2 tournaments in July in London and Krakow. Follow them @FutureStars2010 or Homepage: http://digs.by/cQLttw

• 24th Tournoi de Douai: 23-27 June 2010. Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Poland and France U18 compete. http://www.tournoi-douai.fr

• NCAA: Niels Giffey may also visit Louisville this week. Not confirmed yet!

• RT @Eurohopes: Adidas Eurocamp. Eurohopes 2nd Team: Franch (’91), Bogdanovic (’92), Chrysikopoulos (’92), Kuzminskas (’89) and Camara (’89)

• RT @Eurohopes: Adidas Eurocamp. Eurohopes All-Tournament Team: Heurtel (’89), Djedovic (’90), Jackson (’89), Benzing (’89) and Musli (’91)

• RT @pesic7: Robin Benzing in the All Eurocamp 2010 team!!!

Monday 7th June 2010

• NCAA: Niels Giffey most likely to chose between UConn and South Florida I was told in Treviso.
• Treviso: Camp done for me. At the airport now to fly back home

• Treviso: no game this morning. Workout at 2 with Mbaye, Albicy, L.D. Williams (Wake Forest), Jamal Boykin (Berkeley), Nobel Boungo Colo …

• Germany U20 wins Dechy Tournament.Top Scorers: Maurice Stuckey 11.2ppg, Maik Zirbes 11.8 and Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann 12.0.