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August 20, 2024On Saturday, August 16, the FIBA U16 EuroBasket Greece ended. The French team won with a balance of 7/0 after a very close final against Spain. The bronze medal was won by the Serbs,... -
August 15, 2024Mega’s shooting guard Urban Kroflic sat down with our Scout, Ata Toprak Kosal, for an interview after the FIBA U18 EuroBasket. 18-year-old Slovenian had good tournament and helped his team to claim the bronze... -
July 21, 2024We know that you injured your elbow in the game against Italy, I know that you had to get stitches, how do you feel now and is it something more serious? It feels good,... -
July 19, 2024We've just wrapped up the first FIBA tournament of summer 2024. Team USA won the FIBA U17 World Cup title for the 7th consecutive time, so there were no big surprises for the gold... -
March 19, 2024Mistrzostwa Polski U19 MVP- Filip Poradzki (GTK GLIWICE) First Team Miłosz Majewski (GTK GLIWICE) Iwo Baganc (BASKET POZNAN) Jan Nowicki (BASKET POZNAN) Tymoteusz Sternicki (GAK GDYNIA) Szymon Nowicki (WKS ŚLĄSK WROCŁAW) AMW FLOTA Gdynia Jakub Szumert (2005, 6’7, SF/PF) – A rising... -
January 23, 2024Deep Dive: Johann Grünloh Our Director of Scouting, Florian Kurth, sat down (Q&A session took place last year) with German big Johann Grünloh to talk about his basketball path, his body development and more. Before... -
January 18, 2024Our Director of Scouting, Florian Kurth, sat down with French Big Yohan Traore to talk about developments in his sophomore season at UCSB. Before that, we provide an overview of his abilities (strengths, weaknesses), general... -
January 16, 2024Our Director of Scouting, Florian Kurth, sat down with Benjamin Schröder to talk about his developments this season. Before that, we provide an overview of his abilities (strengths, weaknesses) and his general situation. His situation Benjamin Schröder... -
January 3, 2024University of Michigan signed point guard Christian Anderson (2006 generation) sat down with our Director of Scouting Florian Kurth for another midseason Q&A session. The 6'1 German is having a good season, while playing... -
August 17, 2023The final European youth tournament of the summer, FIBA U16 European Championship was held in Skopje and we got the chance to watch a lot of new prospects as well as the ones who... -
August 1, 2023Date: 22nd July - 30th July 2023 Location: Niš, Serbia Another big national teams youth tournament is in the books. Serbia won against Spain in the final match while Germany prevailed over France in the 3rd... -
July 21, 2023With the next highlight FIBA Youth Tournament already starting this weekend, with the U18 European Championship in NIS, Serbia, we want to take a closer look at the five players of the All-Tournament team... -
July 14, 2023Even though the California Golden Bears were not able to meet their expectations in the 2022/23 season, Lars Thiemann made the next step during his senior season. For the first time in his college... -
July 11, 2023Date: 24th June - 2nd July 2023 Location: Debrecen, Hungary The summer of ’23 started with the U19 World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary. This edition of the tournament was not even close to the last one... -
June 22, 2023Position: Center Team: Metropolitans 92 Height: 223 cm / 7’4” Weight: 103 kg / 227 lbs Wingspan: 244 cm / 8’0” Born: January 4, 2004 We saved the best for the last. There is already so much written about Victor Wembanyama that you are probably already... -
June 22, 2023Position: Wing Team: Yukatel Merkezefendi Height: 203 cm / 6’8” Weight: 91 kg / 200lbs Wingspan: 203 cm / 6’8” Born: June 27, 2001 Nikos Rogkavopoulos was one of the standout performers and best NBA prospects in Europe this season.... -
June 21, 2023Position: Guard Team: Paris Height: 184 cm / 6’0.5” Weight: 82 kg / 181lbs Wingspan: 183 cm / 6’0” Born: July 16, 2002 Nadir Hifi was one of the breakout performers of the 2022/23 season in France for Le Portel.... -
June 20, 2023Position: Power forward Team: Arizona Height: 211 cm / 6’11″ Weight: 111 kg / 245lbs Wingspan: 211 cm / 6’11” Born: March 22, 2002 Lithuanian power forward Azuolas Tubelis had good years in NCAA for Arizona and this season, he... -
June 19, 2023Position: Wing Team: Metropolitans 92, France Height: 203 cm / 6’8″ Weight: 88 kg / 194lbs Wingspan: 218 cm / 7’2” Born: July 26, 2004 Bilal Coulibaly has become one of the fastest risers in the 2023 NBA Draft, impressing... -
June 18, 2023Position: SG/SF Team: NZ Breakers, Australia Height: 201 cm / 6'7" Weight: 88 kg / 193lbs Wingspan: 218 cm / 7'2'' Born: March 31, 2004 Rayan Rupert is another "alumni" of the Australian NBL Next Stars program. LaMelo Ball and... -
June 17, 2023Position: SG/SF Team: G League Ignite, USA Height: 201 cm / 6'7" Weight: 91 kg / 200 lbs Wingspan: 208 cm / 6' 9.75'' Born: April 2, 2004 Even though he is one of the younger players in the draft... -
June 16, 2023Position: C Team: FC Barcelona, Spain Height: 208 cm / 6’8″ Weight: 101 kg / 224 lbs Wingspan: 226 cm / 7’5″ Born: August 14, 2004 James Nnaji is without a doubt the best big man in this year’s NBA draft coming out of European competitions... -
June 15, 2023Position: PF/C Team: Partizan Belgrade, Serbia Height: 213 cm / 7'0" Weight: 101 kg / 223 lbs Wingspan: 219 cm / 7'2.5" Born: March 11, 2003 Tristan Vukčević was probably the player that had the hardest job to crack in... -
June 14, 2023Adidas Eurocamp is back! Many European players that play (or played) in the NBA/Euroleague attended the Eurocamp in the past and it is a great experience for the young talented players to compete against... -
June 11, 2023ALBA Berlin prospect Mathieu Grujicic (07’) recently made some noise at the U16 finals in Frankfurt, winning the championship an being named MVP of the final four. Next stop for him : German national team... -
June 8, 2023Each month our team will pick five players (usually two guards, two forwards and one big) that we think had a month of great performances and that they deserve a spot in our All-Month... -
June 3, 2023German forward Kilian Brockhoff has had an outstanding season with his team Rasta Vechta. On the one hand he was out for four months due to a hand injury and on the other hand... -
June 2, 2023Last weekend, the Top Four of the German U16 (JBBL) and U19 (NBBL) championships took place in Frankfurt. Both titles were secured by the junior teams of ALBA Berlin after close victories against Frankfurt... -
May 25, 2023Kaunas (Lithuania) - A host of young talents were part of last weekend's EuroLeague final four, which also featured the Adidas Next Generation Tournament finals. The best under18 talents from all over Europe gathered... -
May 17, 2023James Nnaji (04‘ – 6’10 / 208cm – Nigeria) is without a doubt the best big man in this years draft coming out of European competitions behind the French unicorn Victor Wembanyama. With one of... -
May 12, 2023First of all, thank you for doing the interview. How are you feeling that you came back to Finland now? How is everything working out for you so far? It’s great to see my family... -
May 9, 2023Czech Ondrej Hanzlik from the 2002 vintage is one of the 48 international registered players of the NBA Draft 2023 early entry list. The wing (SG/SF) was already part of headcoach Ronen Ginzburg's Czech team... -
May 7, 2023Each month our team will pick five players (usually two guards, two forwards and one big) that we think had a month of great performances and that they deserve a spot in our All-Month... -
May 6, 2023Another early entrant of the 2023 NBA Draft we met is Czech sharpshooting wing Ondrej Hanzlik (02'), who grew up with Baskonia and now plays for Girona in spanish ACB. How is the current season... -
May 3, 2023Team: Tofas Bursa (BSL/ Champions League)/ Akran Gemlik (TBL) Birthday: 15th August 2004 Position: Center Stats: BSL (12 games): 2.7 points, 1.6 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.3 blocks, 0.4 steals, 0.7 turnovers, 1.0/1.7 FG (60.0 %), 0.7/0.7 FT... -
May 2, 2023The 19-year-old Sananda Fru is part of the rotation of the German Bundesliga team Braunschweig this season and showed promising approaches. Except for a few DNPs, the Berlin native plays an average of 15min... -
April 29, 2023German Sananda Fru (03', 210cm) has declared for the 2023 NBA draft. With Braunschweig this season in the German Bundesliga, he showed glimpses of a variable athletic big man. He is productive in his... -
April 27, 2023The first ever Youth Basketball Champions League in the books! Nymburg, Rytas, Herzliya, Hapoel Jerusalem, Igokea, Lenovo Tenerife, Oostende, Ludwigsburg, TOFAŞ and UCAM Murcia all competed for the championship and Igokea won the final... -
April 25, 2023Paul Ater Maker Bol is one of the biggest prospects ot the 2007 generation. He is one of six brothers of which three are playing Basketball (William Deng at Barcelona, Juom at Baskonia). Currently... -
April 23, 2023Most recently, Junior Kemm drew attention with a dominant performance at this year's Szent Istvan Cup and is among the top 4-star prospects in our generation ranking of 2007. Considering that Kemm only earned... -
April 19, 2023Another interview session is coming up. This time with German U18 national player and University of Michigan commit, Christian Anderson Jr. (2006 - 6'0"). The variable guard with great strengths in shot creation is... -
April 18, 2023Team: Le Portel Birth: 2002 Position: Guard 17.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.4 steals, 3.9/6.8 2FG (58.1 %), 1.8/5.3 3FG (33.3%) 4/4.7 FT (85.3%) LNB has been one of the most followed leagues in Europe this season,... -
April 9, 2023Another ANGT in the books! Crvena Zvezda, MEGA MIS, INSEP, Valencia, Partizan, Anadolu Efes, Umana Reyer and the Next Generation Team all competed to advance and participate in the ANGT Finals which is going... -
April 7, 2023Each month our team will pick five players (usually two guards, two forwards and one big) that we think had a month of great performances and that they deserve a spot in our All-Month... -
April 6, 2023As every year, some of the best European teams and prospects met for a U16 tournament in Szekesfehervar, Hungary to compete at the highest level. The age ranged from the oldest player Josip Pavkovic... -
March 27, 2023Johann Grünloh (2005) is one of the most promising big man to come out of the Quakenbrück / Vechta youth program after Isaiah Hartenstein. He is on the best way to become a modern... -
March 26, 2023After his performance in the 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B, Nikos Rogkavopoulos was considered as one of the top 2001-born International draft prospects. His career in AEK didn’t help his NBA dreams... -
March 22, 2023First of all, thank you for doing the interview. How are you feeling as your season is over now? I feel really good. The season didn’t end as how I was planning to but I... -
March 17, 2023How did you get to where you are today? Tell us a little about your background and your family. Both of my parents played basketball. Nevertheless, I played soccer at the beginning, of course, and... -
March 10, 2023For the very first time the Adidas Next Generation Tournament hosted by the EuroLeague took place in Zadar, Croatia last weekend. Although the final in particular offered no excitement and was dominated by Barcelona,...
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