The 2024 U18 Eurobasket Tampere: Top Prospects
The 2024 U18 Eurobasket was held in Tampere, Finland from July 27 to August 4th, 2024. Some of the biggest international names for the 2025 Draft participated including Nolan Traore and Hugo Gonzalez. In the end it was neither powerhouse programs Spain or France who were in the running to medal with France and Spain…
2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket: Top Prospects
2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket, Gdynia, Poland: Top Prospects FIBA U20 EuroBasket was held from July 13th-21 in Gdynia, Poland where, for the second consecutive year, France won gold. In the Finals, France defeated Slovenia 82- 78, coming from behind for the second time in three tries, after Noah Penda made a game winning three versus…
FIBA U17 World Cup, Turkey: Top 10 International Prospects
The USA Team dominated the FIBA U17 level once again, with the closest game being a 23-point victory in their opening game versus France and the second closest being a 41 point victory in the finals over Italy. In the 3rd place game, host Turkey defeated New Zealand. The USA team dominated the NBA level…
Section 7: Top Prospects
Section 7 was held from June 21-23 at State Farm Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The event featured top National Prep teams and some of the best high school teams, in particular from the West coast, playing each other to see how they currently stack up for the 2024-24 season. Over 160 teams participated with Millenium…
FIBA U18 AmeriCup Top Prospects
Team USA won the FIBA U18 Americas for the 7th consecutive time in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sunday June 9th, 2024. The closest game for Team USA was against Argentina where they won by 22 points. The USA was so dominant in terms of talent that the second team would have most likely defeated the…
2024 Pangos All-American Camp Top 10 NBA Prospects
The Annual Pangos All-American Camp presented by Dinos Trigonis was held at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada from June 2nd to June 4th, 2024. This camp has consistently been able to showcase future NBA talent, giving NBA scouts a great opportunity to see future pros, early in their metamorphosis. The camp concluded…
Nike EYBL: Session 4
The Hyvee Center in Kansas City was the location of EYBL Session 4 this Memorial Day weekend. Evan Tomes (who attended and has write ups for Session 1 (here), Session 2 (here), and Session 3 (here) and I watched primarily u17s but also some u16s in morning sessions when U17s were not playing. With call…
Pacôme Dadiet Interview
from France, is one of the more intriguing wings who has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft. Playing for Ratiopharm Ulm this season he’s had a consistent role for the playoff bound team, averaging a little more than 15 minutes per game in 51 appearances. We had a chance to interview him in late April.…
ANGT Qualifier Paris: Top Prospects
The last ANGT qualifier was held in Paris from April 5 to 7th , 2024. Eight teams competed to receive the last auto qualifying bid for the ANGT Finals that will be held from May 23 to 26 in Berlin. So far Real Madrid has won the auto qualifier in Podgorica, Montenegro (write up of…
2024 USA Basketball Junior National Team April Minicamp Standouts
From April 5 to 7, 65 United States high school players from the class of 2025, 26, and 27 participated in a team USA Basketball Junior National Team minicamp in Phoenix, Arizona. This event allowed the players to get themselves some exposure to the team USA program, feel the experience of the Final Four, and…
USA Basketball Junior National Team Minicamp Player Interviews
During the Final Four week in Phoenix, Arizona the USA Junior National Team held a Minicamp with 65 of the best class of 2025, 2026, and 2027 high school participating. Article coming soon)with some insight on how some of the participants played but below is short interviews with some of the participants on how they…
2024 Adidas Next Generation Tournament, Dubai: Top Prospects
The third qualifier for ANGT was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates taking place from March 22 through the 24th. The winner of this event was to receive an auto qualifying bid for the ANGT Final held in Berlin, May 24-26, in conjunction with the Euroleague Final 4. Real Madrid won the first qualifier (read…
2024 Adidas Next Generation Tournament: Belgrade: Top Prospects
The Adidas Next generation Tournament qualifier was held in Belgrade, Serbia from March 1st-3rd, 2004. This was the second of 4 qualifying tournaments where the best U18 clubs in Europe play each other for a for an auto bid to the finals that will be held in Berlin during the Euroleague Final Four (May 24-26,…
2024 Basketball Without Borders Global Preview
The eighth annual Basketball without Borders Global Camp is scheduled from February 16 to 18 at the Mojo Up Sports Complex in Indianapolis, Indiana. Some of the athletes play on international clubs, some play with the NBA Academies and others play in high school programs across the United States. Some may be draft eligible as…
2024 ANGT Qualifier Podgorica: Top Prospects
The First of four ANGT Qualifiers were held in Podgorica, Montenegro from January 26 through 28 where eight teams competed for an auto bid for the Finals that will be held in Berlin during the Euroleague Final Four (May 24-26, 2024). Defending champion Real Madrid was the marquee team headed to this event which included,…
2023 L’Hospitalet Tournament: Top Prospects
The 44th Annual L’Hospitalet Tournament was held December 15-18th in Barcelona, Spain. The eight teams that participated in this year’s tournament were: Barcelona, Joventut Badalona, KK Crvena Zvezda, Fort Erie International Academy, Manresa, Real Madrid, Valencia, and the host CB Hospitalet. The Real Madrid team is considered the best team in Europe and is absolutely…
2023 HoopHall West: Top Prospects
6’2 PG Archbishop Stepinac HS SR 2006 Born *Kentucky Boogie Fland (pictured) was the headlining senior at Hoophall West and he did not disappoint leading Stepinac to a perfect 2-0 record while facing one of the best teams in Arizona (Perry) and one of the best teams in Southern California (Corona Centennial). He started off…
France Prospect Recap: November Paris Trip
I spent the last week in October and the first week of November in one of the hotbeds of International Basketball prospects, Paris, France. Over that time I watched live performances of the Under 21 (Espoirs) and pro teams of Blois, Chalons/ Saône, Nanterre, Paris, and Saint Quentin. A special shout out to both Nanterre…