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…
FIBA U20 European Championships: Top Prospects
The FIBA U20 European Championships were held in Heraklion, Greece from July 8-16, 2023. France celebrated an 89-79 victory to finish the tournament undefeated and earn the country’s second ever title in this age category. Historically this tournament does not include most of the top NBA draft prospects (top players usually are in the NBA…
FIBA U16 Europe B Division: Top Prospects
The FIBA U16 B Division was played in Pitesti, Romania from August 4th-13 where Croatia beat Bulgaria 85-67. The Croatian squad will now move up to the A Division next year. While Georgia narrowly defeated host country Romania 70-68 for the bronze. While the overall talent was not as good as in the A division…
FIBA U18 Europe B Division: Top Prospects
The FIBA U18 Europe B Division was played in Matosinhos, Portugal from July 21- July 30th, 2023. Latvia earned the promotion to the A Division next season by beating Belgium 75-69 in the finals. While Montenegro defeated Austria 85-80 to earn the Bronze medal. While this may have been a B Division, there was some legitimate talent…
2023 FIBA U16 Africa: Top Prospects
The FIBA U16 African Championships were held in Tunisia from July 14-23, 2023 with Guinea being crowned champions after going on a 26-0 run in the fourth quarter of the finals to defeat Egypt 84-76. Mali, a favorite coming into the tournament, came in 3rd after defeating Angola 63-56. While there were some interesting prospects,…
FIBA U16 European Championships: Top Prospects
The FIBA U16 European championships were held in Skopje, North Macedonia from August 5 -13, 2023 with Spain defeating Italy in the final 77-68 and the top 5 plus host Turkey qualifying for the U17 World Championships next year. The 5 who qualified were the finalists, France who came in 3rd, Lithuania, and Germany. Here…
FIBA U18 European Championship: Top Prospects
FIBA U18 European Championship: Nis, Serbia July 22 -30 Serbia defended their home court and won the FIBA U18 European Championship crown held in Nis, Serbia; defeating back-to-back winner Spain in an 81-71 Final. Germany defeated France for third place in the consolation game. This was an important event for scouts as many of the…
2023 U19 World Cup: Top International Prospects
2023 FIBA U19 World Cup, Hungary, Top International Prospects The FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup was played in Hungary from the 24th of June through July 2nd 2023. Team USA struggled throughout the tournament and never ended up medaling. Spain had the best overall team and a top prospect and won the gold while France…
Section 7 Phoenix: Top Prospects
Many of the best high school teams in the West participated in Section 7 on the weekend of June 23-25 at State Farm Arena, in Glendale, AZ during a live period for college coaches. With 12 games being played at once I spent most of the weekend focusing on the Slam and Powerade Backet. With…
Pangos All American Camp: Top Prospects
The Pangos All American Camp was held from June 4-6, 2023 at Bishop Gorman HS in Las Vegas, Nevada where some of the best high school players in America participated and performed in front of NBA scouting personnel. This was for some their first live exposure to the scouts. Here are some of the players…
NBA Academy Showcase Africa: Top Prospects
The first NBA Academy Showcase Africa was held from April 6th to April 9th, 2023 in Saly, Senegal. 71 players comprising 6 teams played a total of 12 games (4 games each). The teams consisted of NBA Academy Africa Red (A team), Blue (B team), White (C Team), NBA Academy Latin America, the Seed Project…