European Prospects

Here are some notes I still had as a Draft from the U18 European Championships 2014 that I wanted to share. They cover the teams from Serbia and Greece but can not be considered as full scouting reports as it is just the notes I put down which normally are supports for the profile I have in my head.

Danilo Ostojic – 2m03 – SF/PF – 1996 – Serbia

• runs the floor well and can finish after a bad pass too
• not that explosive of two feet
• tries to use his weak hand to finish but does not protect the ball that well

Radovan Djokovic – 2m00 – SG/PG – 1996 – Serbia

• mid range floater off the back board on good cross 1st step
• nice fake and drive action to get the foul call
• can find the roller out of the flare screen
• underhand runner tough
• precise passes in transition
• catch and shoot looks excellent

Stefan Lazarevic – 1m98 – SF – 1996 – Serbia

• defensive rebound and attacks the rim full court
• floater from 3-4 meters out of the dribble from 3ptr
• attacks the middle on left hand then spins and finishes with right handed hook over the board from 2-3 meters

Vasilije Vucetic – 2m07 – C – 1996 – Serbia

• jump hook
• struggles against Papagiannis on defense
• attacks Papagiannis face to face and beats him baseline creating the space nicely
• quite quick feet in the low post
• but lacking the shooting touch

Kostas Mitoglou – 2m05 – PF – 1996 – Greece

• can hit it from deep baseline
• can play in the post and pass out of it
• jump shot not stable at all
• he does not really jump and overall fluidity is not there
• likes to be in the passing lanes
• not really fast in the break

Dimitrios Stamatis – 1m92 – PG/SG – 1996 – Greece

• can create his shot out of the dribble
• good first step
• mid range jumper
• finishes left handed when coming from the right
• attacks the basket really well
• two feet stop to finish and draws the foul
• can finish the tough one with his left hand in contact
• front layback after explosive drive to the basket great

Georgios Papagiannis – 2m14 – C – 1997 – Greece

• can pass it with his left nicely
• not a great runner
• slow reactions and moves
• takes the jumper from FT line
• positions well down low but hands and explosiveness are not great
• lateral defense is ok but not great
• shot blocking timing and presence is good
• rolls well and catches it on alley-oop hard dunk
• finishes with two hands in a strange move from 1-2m

Vasileios Charalampopoulos – 2m07 – SF – 1997 – Greece

• ball handling not superb
• prefers clearly his left hand
• not explosive on the first step
• does not come of the ground
• good stable body
• goes to the rim for the rebound