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Free Enes (video)! Footage of Kanter in high school
While we in Europe have certainly not forgotten Turkish wunderkind Enes Kanter, he may have left the consciousness of many American hoops fans after having to sit out an entire 2010-11 season for which he was supposed to have played at the University of Kentucky. Neverthless, he’s still held in high esteem by those in […]
Representing the Continent in the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit
Portland, Oregon, will tomorrow see the tipoff of the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, a showcase event featuring 20 of the world’s greatest youth basketball players going head-to-head in the 11th annual match between USA and “World” teams. As the official site and concomitant PR material likes to point out, the Nike Hoop Summit […]
Kanter: It’s Kentucky, not Washington
Turkish basketball sensation Enes Kanter has reportedly spurned the University of Washington, the school for which he’d informally announced an intention to play back in November, for University of Kentucky for the 2010-11 season. Kanter will reportedly sign a national letter of intent with Kentucky some time this week for next season, making another step […]
Representing Lithuania in March Madness
With the NCAA basketball tournament field of 65 now set, Lithuania-based Basket News is taking pride today in a trio of countrymen participating in the tourney. Representing the yellow, green and red in March Madness will be: • Deividas Dulkys, Florida State University. The sophomore formerly of Findlay College Prep managed 8.5 points and 2.4 […]
Who and what to watch for in 2010s European basketball
Welcome to the 10s, everyone! Now, enough with the pleasantries: With an entire demarcated decade stretching out before us, Ball in Europe wonders about future headlines, about who’s coming up, about “Who’s Next” in ESPNspeak. Here’s to thinking we’ll be talking about some of the following this decade… • Enes Kanter. It’s impossible to tell […]
Happy first day of school, Enes Kanter!
Enes Kanter, the wunderkind from Turkey who stunned everyone with his consistently dominant play during the FIBA U18 European Championship Men tournament, starts his senior year of high school today at Findlay College Prep in Henderson (neighbor of Las Vegas), Nevada — thereby passing up multi-million euro offers from Euroleague franchises and interestingly taking the […]