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NIJT Belgrade 2011–Video Report

February 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments

During the Final day, we recorded some game scenes of the 3rd place and Final game. Check below if you want to see the Tournament’s best players like Aleksandar Cvetkovic, Nenad Miljenovic or Livio Jean-Charles in action. Enjoy…

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NIJT Belgrade 2011 (Final Day)

February 20th, 2011 · No Comments

The Final Day of the NIJT in Belgrade 2011 started with the games for the Places 5-8. We concentrated however on the Bronze Medal and Final between Red Star Belgrade and FMP Belgrade. Here we go for the report.

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NIJT Belgrade 2011 (Day 1–morning session)

February 18th, 2011 · No Comments

This morning started the third Nike International Junior Tournament Qualification event in Belgrade. Eight teams compete for one spot in the Final 8 that will be played in Barcelona in May. The tournament is well covered by a multitude of specialized media outlets but also a large number of NBA scouts. Let’s check what happened […]

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NIJT Belgrade: who are the players to follow?

February 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This Friday starts the probably strongest of the three Qualification tournaments on the road to Barcelona Nike International Junior Tournament. In the Serbian capital, 8 teams from around Europe compete for an additional spot in the Final tournament in May. Even if the organizers did not invite the current Serbian forces Mega Vizura and Hemofarm, […]

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Serbia U18 League starts this weekend

October 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments

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 […]

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Generation Ranking: 1993 born players

February 4th, 2010 · 6 Comments

What counted for the 1992 generation is also valid for the 1993 born players. Because of the limited number of times I could scout these players, the Ranking will only feature 15 teams. This generation will play the U17 World Championship this summer in Hambourg (Germany).

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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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Today’s picks (live from Kaunas)

August 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Having arrived in Kaunas yesterday late, it has been a full basketball day today in the legendary Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas Hall, the oldest basketball arena in Europe for the U16 European Championship of Division A 2009.

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Jordan Brand Classic 2009: European MVPs named

March 16th, 2009 · 17 Comments

Today, we got the official list of players that will represent Europe at the Jordan Brand Classic in New York. 40 players from all over Europe competed in Vilnius on the 7th and 8th March and only 10 of them have been selected by the organization to fly over to New York City and compete […]

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