The second day in Lignano was already my last day for this time as I can not stay for the Finals on Sunday. Here are the game reportss on the matches from Saturday with two very interesting semi-finals.
U20 European Championship 2015: Semi-Finals
July 19th, 2015 · No Comments
Tags: 2015 U20 European Championship Division A·Adam Pechacek·Alberto Abalde·Alberto Martin·Alpha Kaba·Arthur Rozenfeld·David Skranc·Davis Geks·Dejan Davidovac·Domantas Sabonis·Edvinas Seskus·Emircan Kosut·Emmanuel Lecomte·Guerschon Yabusele·Ilimane Diop·James Birsen·Jose Nogues·Juan Hernangomez·Kartal Ozmirak·Kristaps Gluditis·Lucas Dussoulier·Marko Guduric·Marko Tejic·Martin Peterka·Ognjen Jaramaz·Paulius Valinskas·Petr Cornelie·Radovan Kouril·Rolands Smits·Timothe Luwawu·Zydrunas Jurgitis
U20 European Championship 2015: Quarter-Finals
July 17th, 2015 · No Comments
The quarter finals of the U20 European Championships have been played today in a boiling hot Pala Getur in Lignano Sabbiadoro. Here we go for the review on the four games of the day.
Tags: 2015 U20 European Championship Division A·Adam Pechacek·Andy van Vliet·Berk Ugurlu·Dejan Davidovac·Domantas Sabonis·Emircan Kosut·Emmanuel Lecomte·Ismail Bako·Ivars Zvigurs·James Birsen·Juan Hernangomez·Kristaps Gluditis·Lucas Dussoulier·Marc Garcia·Marko Tejic·Nikola Rebic·Paulius Valinskas·Petr Cornelie·Rolands Smits·Romain Boxus·Thomas Akyazili·Timothe Luwawu·Vincent Kesteloot
Notes from the U20 European Championship 2014
July 23rd, 2014 · No Comments
The U20 European Championship in Crete is over. Thanks to the availability of Live Streams, it was possible to follow several games from the event. However, I could only sneak in some moments so that I can not come up with full scouting reports. So here are a few notes that I put down while […]
Tags: 2014 U20 European Championship Division A·Alberto Diaz·Alexandre Chassang·Cedi Osman·Emircan Kosut·Guerschon Yabusele·James Birsen·Mam Jaiteh·Matic Rebec·Michail Kamperidis·Oriol Pauli·Paolo Marinelli
Notes on the Nike Hoop Summit 2014
April 17th, 2014 · No Comments
The 2014 edition of the Nike Hoop Summit has been played last weekend in Portland. This year, there have only been 5 European players present in the event and they could not really put their mark on the game like in previous years. Nevertheless, he are some quick notes on these five players.
Tags: Clint Capela·Damien Inglis·James Birsen·Nike Hoop Summit·Nikola Jokic·Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
U18 European Championship 2013: the Wings
July 31st, 2013 · 2 Comments
After discussing the guards of the U18 European Championship, here we go for a roundup of the most interesting prospects at the wing position.
Tags: 2013 U18 European Championship Div A·Axel Bouteille·Damien Inglis·Domagoj Bosnjak·Ivars Zvigurs·James Birsen·Lovro Mazalin·Marc Garcia·Okben Ulubay
U18 European Championship 2013: Medal Day
July 28th, 2013 · 3 Comments
The day started with a double-overtime thriller where Bosnia/Herzegovina secured their spot in Division A over Ukraine. Later in the day, it was about the medals.
Tags: 2013 U18 European Championship Div A·Agusti Sans·Alberto Martin·Anzejs Pasecniks·Berk Demir·Cedi Osman·Davis Geks·Dogukan Sanli·Emircan Kosut·Ilimane Diop·Ivars Zvigurs·James Birsen·Josip Gulam·Juan Hernangomez·Kristaps Plavieks·Kristaps Porzingis·Lovro Mazalin·Marc Garcia·Marko Arapovic·Okben Ulubay·Paolo Marinelli·Rihards Lomasz·Rolands Smits·Tomislav Gabric
U18 European Championship 2013: 1/2 Finals
July 28th, 2013 · No Comments
Here we go for the 2nd day in Riga to cover the U18 European Championship of Division A.
Tags: 2013 U18 European Championship Div A·Aleksandar Vezenkov·Andrija Coric·Anzejs Pasecniks·Damien Inglis·Davis Geks·Dogukan Sanli·Domagoj Bosnjak·Etienne Ory·Ilimane Diop·Ivars Zvigurs·James Birsen·Juan Hernangomez·Karlo Zganec·Kenan Sipahi·Kerem Kanter·Kristaps Porzingis·Lovro Mazalin·Marko Arapovic·Ognjen Jaramaz·Okben Ulubay·Paolo Marinelli·Rolands Smits·Ruben Guerrero·Sandro Gacic·Vasilije Vucetic
U18 European Championship 2013: 1/4 Finals
July 27th, 2013 · No Comments
The U18 European Championships of Division A are played this year in Riga. I made the trip to Latvia to cover the last three days of the event but arrived only for the second quarterfinal so that my report does not include a game report on the matchup between Croatia and Russia.
Tags: 2013 U18 European Championship Div A·Alberto Martin·Anzejs Pasecniks·Axel Bouteille·Brano Djukanovic·Damien Inglis·Domantas Sabonis·Etienne Ory·Ilimane Diop·James Birsen·Kenan Sipahi·Kristaps Porzingis·Marc Garcia·Ognjen Jaramaz·Rade Zagorac·Rolands Smits
Adidas Eurocamp 2012: Day 1 Review
June 11th, 2012 · 4 Comments
The Adidas Eurocamp 2012 has kicked off this Sunday morning in la Ghirada Treviso for the tenth time. All NBA teams and a multitude of coaches and agents from Europe traveled to Italy to see the best young European players compete in one small gym. Let’s check what happened during the first day.
Tags: Adidas Eurocamp 2012·Aleksander Czyz·Boban Dubljevic·Bogdan Radosavljevic·Dane Pineau·Dmitry Kulagin·Dusan Cantekin·Evan Fournier·Izzet Turkyilmaz·James Birsen·Jonas Zohore Bergstedt·Louis Labeyrie·Maik Zirbes·Maxi Kleber·Nihad Dedovic·Oleksandr Lypovyy·Owen Odigie·Samuel Deguara·Tomas Satoransky·Tornike Shengelia·Vladislav Trushkin
Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2012: the Wings
April 29th, 2012 · 1 Comment
After discussing the main guards of the Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2012, I will take a closer look at the forward from the best eight teams of this year’s edition of the main tournament of the U18 category.
Tags: AST 2012·James Birsen·Kevin Harley·Louison Thomas·Mihajlo Andric·Paul Zipser·Simone Fontecchio·Stefan Wess