The 2021 NBA Draft has come and gone, and now it’s time to see where the top European prospects landed. The number of European players in the NBA continues to grow as eleven Europeans were drafted this year, of which four in the first round. Franz Wagner, Orlando Magic – 8th overall The first [...]
Analysis: European 2020 NBA Draft Picks With the 2020/2021 NBA regular season having come to a close and focus shifting towards the playoffs and 2021 NBA Draft, it is time to analyze the performance and development of last year’s European draft picks. This article will review all picks, thus both players who recently finished [...]
Ömercan Ilyasoglu is a 2001-born 6’6 point guard from Turkey. He currently plays for Frutti Extra Bursaspor, on loan from Anadolu Efes. He has represented Turkey at several youth tournaments and played a helped lead his nation to a second-place finish at the U18 European Championship in 2019. We got the chance to speak [...]
This season, there were exactly 300 European players on NCAA rosters. With March Madness approaching and the regular season coming to an end, it seems like a good time to discuss this season’s best European performers. I will name a Team of the Year consisting of the five best players, discuss the top freshman, [...]
Franz Wagner looks like the two way role player NBA teams look for given his ability to shot and defend plus overall versatility & positional tools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1SrgRtMuVo&ab_channel=Eurospects
Joel Ayayi is Gonzaga's junior guard from France. He is lengthy secondary ball handler who made strides as a shooter and is elite positional rebounder. Projected as 2nd round pick, with further defensive improvement and strong march madness performance may very well end up as late 1st rounder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRMcE4RkBQE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Eurospects
Historically speaking, the Netherlands is considered a small basketball nation with little success in terms of talent development. Since the ABA and NBA merger in 1977, only five Dutch players have appeared in the NBA and none since the 2011-2012 season. Of those five players, Rik Smits did make the All-Star team in 1997-1998. [...]
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