The Lithuanian Center was the MVP of the recent U18 European Championship. Everybody expects big things in the future from the 1992 born big guy. But the future for Valanciunas has already begun as he is averaging impressive numbers for an 18-years old in the opening days of the Euroleague. We took a closer look […]
Jonas Valanciunas debuting strong
October 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tags: Euroleague·Jonas Valanciunas·Lietuvos Rytas
NIJT Final 8 teams announced
March 3rd, 2010 · 10 Comments
Today, the French federation published the names of the 8 teams that will play during the Nike International Junior Tournament in Paris from the 6th to the 9th May 2010. 4 teams were known already and the 4 other participants are no big surprise either.
Tags: Benetton Treviso·Cajasol Sevilla·FMP Belgrade·INSEP·KK Split·Lietuvos Rytas·NIJT·Olimpija Ljubljana·Unicaja Malaga·Zalgiris Kaunas
Martynas Gecevicius shooting star
November 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Lithuanian guard is on fire during the beginning of this season so it was time to take a closer look at the Lietuvos Rytas player. Martynas Gecevicius, who I follow for quite a few years now is finally getting the playing minutes with Rytas to show what he is able to do on the […]
Tags: Euroleague·Lietuvos Rytas·Lithuania·Martynas Gecevicius
NIJT 2009: the Centers
May 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After the guard and forward review, here we go for the last part of my recap on the Nike International Junior Tournament 2009 in Berlin.
Tags: Bakary Konate·Dejan Musli·FMP Belgrade·Jonas Valanciunas·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Montepaschi Siena·Nika Metreveli
NIJT 2009: the Forwards
May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After discussing the guards of the tournament, here is my review on the forwards that stood out in my eyes during the Nike International Junior Tournament. Once again, this is not a ranking but just a selection of the players that I liked personally.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·Augusto Cesar Lima·Hemofarm Vrsac·Lietuvos Rytas·Montepaschi Siena·Nemanja Knezevic·Niels Giffey·Nike International Junior Tournament·Osvaldas Matulionis·Tommaso Ingrosso·Unicaja Malaga
NIJT 2009: the Guards
May 7th, 2009 · No Comments
To start the review on the Nike International Junior Tournament, I will kick off with the most outstanding guards that you could see during the tournament in Berlin.
Tags: FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Mantas Kadzevicius·Milan Vulic·Montepaschi Siena·Nenad Miljenovic·Nunzio Sabbatino·Oscar Alvarado
Today’s picks (live from Berlin)
May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
The Nike International Junior Tournament has come to an end this afternoon and saw FMP Belgrade win it after a big Final against Lietuvos Rytas.
Tags: Dejan Musli·FMP Belgrade·Jonas Valanciunas·Lietuvos Rytas·Nenad Miljenovic
Nike International Junior Tournament: Videos Day2
May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Here we go for the Video roundup of Day 2 of the Nike International Junior Tournament. Again, big thanks for the guys from schoenen-dunk.de for this nice content.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Montepaschi Siena·Nike International Junior Tournament·Olimpija Ljubljana·Unicaja Malaga
Nike International Junior Tournament: Videos Day1
May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Thanks to our friends from the German website schoenen-dunk.de, here we go for a Video roundup of the 4 games of Day 1 of the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·FMP Belgrade·Hemofarm Vrsac·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Montepaschi Siena·Olimpija Ljubljana·Unicaja Malaga
Today’s picks (live from Berlin)
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments
The second day of the Nike International Junior Tournament is in the books. Everything looks like it is going to be a Final between FMP Belgrade and Lietuvos Rytas. But both teams need another win to be for sure in the O2 World on Sunday.
Tags: ALBA Berlin·FMP Belgrade·Friedrich Lotze·Hemofarm Vrsac·Jonas Valanciunas·Kalise Gran Canaria·Lietuvos Rytas·Mirza Sarajlija·Montepaschi Siena·Nemanja Knezevic·Nenad Miljenovic·Niels Giffey·Nika Metreveli·Nunzio Sabbatino·Olimpija Ljubljana·Oscar Alvarado·Petar Lambic·Tommaso Ingrosso·Unicaja Malaga