2010 Nike International Junior Tournament 6
Prospect Dovydas Redikas signs with Lietuvos Rytas over Žalgiris Kaunas: Here’s why
A number of players from Team Lithuania’s 2010 European Championship U18 squad have been moving on the market lately, but few have caused disquiet among Žalgiris fans as Lietuvos Rytas’ recent acquisition of SG Dovydas Redikas out of Marciulionis Academy. Tournament MVP Jonas Valanciunas is already officially with Lietuvos Rytas, and his all-tournament teammate Deividas […]
Bienvenue à Gonzaga, Mathis Keita!
Mathis Keita, a 1992-born product of France’s INSEP, has verbally committed to joining Gonzaga University for the 2009-10 season; Keita makes the third prospective signing for the Bulldogs. Keita was first seen on the international stage in the 2008 FIBA U16 World Championship and he played for champion INSEP at this year’s Nike International Junior […]
Nous sommes les champions: INSEP takes Nike Invitational Junior Tournament
Congratulations to the lads at INSEP for demolishing yet another BallinEurope fearless prediction taking the academy’s first-ever Nike International Junior Tournament in the team’s first-ever final four bid. Livio Jean-Charles had another outstanding game for the French side, contributing 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists on the way to the tournament MVP award. Official […]
Nike Invitational Junior Tournament pits defending champs FMP against hometown INSEP (plus fearless prediction)
FMP Belgrade benefited from another nice effort from go-to guy Bogdan Bogdanovic to take their second nail-biter in two days: FMP topped Unicaja, 79-78, on a buzzer-beater by Bogdanovic for his 20th and 21st points in the game. The win capped a perfect 3-0 run for the Serbian side, the only team in this year’s […]
Impressions gleaned from Nike International Junior Tournament, day two
In the leadup to last night’s Euroleague semifinal games, BallinEurope only got the chance to check out a couple of Nike International Junior Tournament games yesterday; a few brief thoughts run below. Over at the big league’s official ‘site, the FMP Belgrad-KK Split Croatia Osiguranje game is being called “the best game in the tournament […]
Impressions gleaned from Nike International Junior Tournament, day one
In tandem with the Euroleague Final Four games going down in Paris this weekend runs the Nike International Junior Tournament, a competition between eight of Europe’s top youth club teams. BallinEurope managed to catch the majority of play in three games yesterday and so a few brief notes for you today. In the opener, defending […]