There were two ABA U19 tournaments last week - one in Laktaši and one in Bar. Teams were distributed in two groups; Group A (Mega Mozzart, Cedevita Olimpija, Borac Čačak, Spars Sarajevo, Cibona, Mornar Bar) played in Bar and Group B (SC Derby, Igokea, Zadar, Krka, Split, Partizan) played in Laktaši. Two best teams from [...]
Cibona – Krka My trip started on Monday with the match in ABA League between Cibona and Krka with another live look at Cibona's prospects. Cibona won the game easily with 90-52 and as usual, their young players got quite a lot of playing time. Roko Prkačin (’02) is obviously their main talent and [...]
Demir Dogan (F | 201 cm | ‘06) ~ Turkey 16.2 pts, 2FG-55.6%, 3FG-16.7%, FT-64.7%, 9.4 rebs, 2.2 ast, 1.4 stl, 3.2 to, 2.4 blks Turkish wonderkid had a great tournament and was showing why he is one of the most talented players in the world in his generation. Really fluid for his size, [...]
Kymany Houinsou (G | 196 cm | ‘04) ~ France 10.4 pts, 2FG-40.0%, 3FG-26.7%, FT-61.5%, 7.2 rebs, 7.2 ast, 2.2 stl, 3.0 to, 0.6 blks Kymany finished the tournament with averages of 10 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists and we don’t see stat lines like this so often in FIBA competitions. He is [...]
Because of the covid situation around the world, this year’s U20 (and the same goes for all other FIBA Youth Competitions that follow in this summer) was played with a different competition system as usual. There were three groups or “challengers” with 6 teams in the group and the teams were playing against each [...]
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 [...]
Victor Wembanyama (PF/C | 219 cm | ‘04) ~ France 14.0 pts, 2FG-55.7%, 3FG-18.2%, FT-78.3%, 7.4 rebs, 1.4 ast, 0.6 stl, 1.9 to, 5.7 blks I think it is not even debatable that he was the best prospect at the tournament even though he was two years younger than most competitors. And it wouldn’t [...]
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 [...]
The Final Eight of the VTB United Youth League took place in Saint Petersburg last weekend where the top 8 clubs in Russia fought for the tittle. CSKA Moscow managed to win the tournament in the end with three big wins - in quarter finals 92-57 vs Parma Perm, in semifinals 85-63 vs Khimki [...]
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 [...]
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