European Prospects

News about Young European Basketball Prospects

NIJT Belgrade 2014: the Wings

March 17th, 2014 · No Comments

In the second part of our analysis of the Nike International Junior Tournament qualification event in Belgrade, we will talk about the main wing players. These include some high-level prospects like the Croatian Lovro Mazalin or the French Stephane Gombauld.

[Read more →]

Tags: ········

NIJT Belgrade 2014: Day 2 Recap

February 22nd, 2014 · No Comments

The second day of the Nike International Junior Tournament brought first decisions in the morning session where a qualification for the semi-finals was on the line. Here is the report on the morning and evening sessions.

[Read more →]

Tags: ···············

NIJT Belgrade 2014: Day 1 Recap

February 22nd, 2014 · No Comments

For my first trip of the 2013-14 season, I went once again to Belgrade to cover the Qualification Event for the  Nike International Junior Tournament. 8 teams competed in the Serbian capital with a majority of squads from the Balkan area. Here is the recap of the first game day.

[Read more →]

Tags: ··················

Notes on the U16 European Championship

August 20th, 2013 · 2 Comments

The U16 European Championship 2013 is history. I was not able to cover the event from the Ukraine and despite the great coverage by the Ukrainian media, I could not even follow many games through live streams. So here are a few notes on the players that I managed to see at least a little. […]

[Read more →]

Tags: ················

Easter Weekend Review 2013

April 2nd, 2013 · 3 Comments

The Easter weekend is traditionally the first weekend in the year where a multitude of tournaments and international friendly games are played. Here we go for a review of the most important events of the last days.

[Read more →]

Tags: ························

NIJT Belgrade 2013: the Wings

March 12th, 2013 · No Comments

In the second part of our player report on the Nike International Junior Tournament, we take a look on two very interesting wing players in Marko Guduric and Damien Inglis. On the other hand, a list of several potential role player prospects completes this part of the evaluation series before talking about the big men […]

[Read more →]

Tags: ············

NIJT Belgrade 2013: Day 1 Review

February 23rd, 2013 · No Comments

After several weeks, I am again on a Scouting trip, to follow the Nike Inthernational Junior Tournament in Belgrade. After missing the morning sessions as I flew only in at noon, I had the chance to check out the games from the evening but only through one half per team.

[Read more →]

Tags: ·············

remove_filter( 'pre_term_description', 'wp_kses_data' ); remove_filter( 'pre_term_description', 'wp_filter_kses' ); remove_filter( 'term_description', 'wp_kses_data' ); remove_filter( 'term_description', 'wp_filter_kses' ); remove_filter( 'term_description', 'wpautop' ); remove_filter( 'term_description', 'convert_chars' ); remove_filter( 'term_description', 'wptexturize' ); remove_filter( 'pre_term_description', 'wptexturize' ); remove_filter('term_description', 'strip_tags'); remove_filter('pre_term_description', 'strip_tags');