ALBA 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 to prepare for U16 European Championship in Skopje, North Macedonia. Generalities : Position – Variable guard who can play and create on-ball [...]
Each 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 Team. The focus won't be just on the "mainstream/top tier/NBA talent" prospects but we will go deeper and highlight other players [...]
German 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 he lost the German U19 final against ALBA Berlin in a dramatic way last week. Nevertheless, he convinced individually, used [...]
Last 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 and Vechta. This report covers the most intriguing players and looks at their performances. U16 MVP: Mathieu Grujicic – ALBA [...]
Kaunas (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 to compete in the prestigious event. Real Madrid won the final game against the Next Generation Team and got the championship. Here are [...]
James 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 the best teams in Europe and EuroLeague final four participant FC Barcelona, the 18-year-old is playing a solid season in [...]
First 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 and friends. Getting back to my home gym and everything feels really exciting but the most important thing to [...]
Czech 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 in the last national team window. However, while he was a key player in Spain's second division last season, he [...]
Each 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 Team. The focus won't be just on the "mainstream/top tier/NBA talent" prospects but we will go deeper and highlight other players [...]
Another 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 going for you personally so far? It is not an easy season for me. I try to make the [...]
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