European Prospects

Before analyzing the best prospects from the Top 8 teams; teams that I have seen at least twice during the tournament; I wanted to give a quick recap on several players from the teams that finished in the Bottom 8 and that I could only see once. So these scouting reports remain quite short and […]

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Today started the 26th edition of the Albert- Schweitzer Tournament in Mannheim (Germany). After having moved away from the traditional US Sports Arena, the Waldsporthalle in Viernheim was the newcomer among the gyms on the schedule. So I decided to follow the games in this new facility that was nicely filled throughout the day.

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Denmark is the newcomer to this year’s tournament. The organizers have noticed the focused work that has been done with the youth national teams throughout the latest years, by handing this tiny basketball nation a spot on the tournament.

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The third event of this season’s Nike International Junior Tournament Qualification phase is done. In Lithuania, eight teams fought for the win but it was the home team of Zalgiris Kaunas which easily dominated the competition. No team was close to have a chance against them which underlined the overall mediocre level of the tournament. […]

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The second day in the ice-cold Kaunas started again in the early morning in an arena that had some problem with the heating as it was freezing inside. Still not many spectators made the trip and the prospects had to play in front of only very few people.

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The first Nike International Junior Tournament of the year but the third already of the 2011-2012 season started this morning very early in Kaunas. In the huge Zalgiris Arena in front of a handful spectators in the beginning, the tournament is looking for a third team to qualify for the Final event in Istanbul.

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The Easter Weekend is generally packed with interesting tournaments. Here we go for a quick review of the results of the main events from the last days.

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With the Nike Hoop Summit and the Jordan Brand Classic behind us, the Easter weekend is a few days ahead featuring a full load of Tournaments with all kind of prospects involved: from NBA caliber guys to future Euroleague players and prospects that are potentially involved in games that you can bet on in the […]

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Next to the U18 Tournament, the Nordic Championships also featured a U16 tournament. This competition was highly interesting as nearly all of the players were unknown to me, so I had a lot new potential to discover. I have put only those players in the report that had a major impact on the games during […]

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The third day of the Nordic Championships 2010 was also my last day in Sweden. I really liked the tournament and talent level was also very interesting. Here we go for the round-up of Friday’s action before the detailed player reports will go online somewhere next week.

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