Euroleague Juniors Preview: Group B
By Simon Dresden 10/16/07 Also see: Euroleague Juniors Preview: Group A Euroleague Preview — The Next Generation including draft eligible players born 1986-1989. Group B Olimpia Milano Danilo Gallinari (6-8 PG/SG/SF 1988) The kid everyone is looking out for this year. His rare combination of size and skill will make him a Euro superstar in…
Donte Greene Interview
By Kevin Duffy 10/11/07 NBADraft.net was able to catch up with highly-touted Syracuse freshman Donte Greene. At 6-foot-10 230 lbs, Greene has the size and scoring skills to be this season’s version of Kevin Durant. The Orangemen, who missed the NCAA Tournament despite a 24-10 overall record and a 10-6 mark in the Big East…
Euroleague Juniors Preview: Group A
By Simon Dresden 10/6/07 Euroleague Preview — The Next Generation including draft eligible players born 1986-1989. Group A CSKA Alexey Shved (6-6 PG,SG 1988) Outstanding shooter with good feel for the game. Will have an even harder job than his teammate Artem Zabelin to get on the floor with veterans like Papaloukas, Zisis, Holden and…
Bryce Taylor Interview
By Aran Smith 10/4/07 Aran Smith: In the Pac-Ten Conference final against USC you shot a perfect 11-11 with 7-7 on 3s for 32 points. You were really in the zone. Describe that game a little, and what that feeling is like. Bryce Taylor: Well for any scorer really, once you make a few shots…
Ryan Anderson Interview
By Aran Smith 9/28/07 You just got out of practice, describe a normal day of practice, what kind of stuff do you work on? Well we get in there at 1 every day, and normally we have to get taped and stuff and ready to play. We do palates every Wednesday and then we lift…Eurobasket 2007 Spain: Pre-Round
By Simon Dresden 9/11/07 Group A Paced by NBA Players Andrei Kirilenko and Victor Khryapa, Russia swept though the Group. With strong defense and outstanding rebounding by Kirilenko, they even edged out Greece for a first place finish. Runner up was Greece which couldn’t overcome poor showing by their stars Diamantidis, Papaloukas and Papadopoulos. So…
Summer Spotlight: BJ Mullens
By Kevin Duffy 8/20/07 In three seasons at Ohio State, Thad Motta has already established himself as one of the premier recruiters in the country. The class of 2006, which featured three first-round draft picks in lasts year’s NBA Draft- Greg Oden (1st overall), Mike Conley Jr. (4th), and Daequan Cook (21st)- was easily the…Summer Spotlight: Isaiah Thomas
By Kevin Duffy 8/17/07 Upon first glance, South Kent Prep PG Isaiah Thomas (no relation to the Hall of Fame Piston’s guard and current New York Knicks GM/coach) doesn’t look the part of a star high school basketball player. The baby-faced floor general stands a diminutive 5’8” and in an era where the average college…2007 adidas Basketball Experience: Recap
By Simon Dresden New Orleans, LA 8/9/07 Team USA 2008 The adidas 2008 US national team dominated the competition. Their only close game was against Team Africa where athleticism was matched but the US team was miles ahead skill wise. Leading the way was the premier big man in the country BJ Mullens. He dominated…2007 NBA Summer League: Top Players
By Darryl Aubrey 8/3/07 1. Louis Williams 6’2 PG Philadelphia 76ers When Williams entered the ’05 NBA Draft out of high school, I said that it was going to be at least three years before he would be ready to contribute to a team in the NBA. Well this is going to be his third…
Summer Spotlight: Richard Hendrix
By Kevin Duffy 08/01/07 After being ranked as high as #5 in the polls early last season, the Alabama Crimson Tide stumbled to a 20-12 record, missed the NCAA Tournament and bowed out in the first round of the NIT to UMass. The club lost PF Jermareo Davidson (36th overall pick in the NBA Draft),…
2007 RBK Summer Championships: Top Prospects
By Darryl Aubrey 7/31/07 The RBK Summer Championships lacked the star power that the Reebok Bigtime Tournament had in years past but turned out to be an exciting event. Players from all across the country, including Belgium and Canada came to "Sin City" to show-off their game. The following is a list of the Top…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments – adidas Super 64 Final
By Aran Smith 7/29/07 Behind the trio of Derrick Favors, Chris Singleton and Delwan Graham, the Atlanta Celtics were able to upset last years champs Pump and Run Elite (CA) 75-64 to take home the 2007 adidas Super 64 Championship. The Celtics came in the underdog, but with a deeper bench they were able to…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments: Reebok Final Day
By Darryl Aubrey 7/27/07 RBK Summer Championships Final Day Open Division Quarterfinals Game 1 Team Breakdown, FL.- 72 Illinois Wolves – 64 Once again it was the dominant backcourt of elite junior Kenny Boynton and super soph Brandon Knight. The kid they call “KB” struggled from the field going 5/19 but was 4/9 from downtown…
Summer Spotlight: Eric Maynor
By Kevin Duffy 7/24/07 After pick-pocketing George Mason and converting two lay-ups that would close out the Colonial Conference championship and seal an NCAA bid for upstart Virginia Commonwealth, Eric Maynor raised the eyebrows of most die-hard college basketball fans. One week later the lightly-recruited sophomore guard out of Westover HS (Fayetteville, NC) torched Duke…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments – Day Two & Three
By Aran Smith 7/25/07 Pool play wrapped up on Monday with Nike playing at Cox Pavilion in the morning and adidas taking over at 2:40 and going until 9 PM. For Nike, who has most of their top players down in Orlando at another tournament, one of the few headliners is 6-3 shooting guard Willie…
2007 Under-19 World Championships: Final
By Marian Reibert 7/23/07 Novi Sad, Serbia FIBA World Championships Under 19: Final Official U19 World Championships Site Final Serbia 74 – USA 69 Boxscore In a packed gym, Serbia faced nemesis Team USA for the world crown. It was Serbia from the beginning as Dusan Katnic scored his seven points all in a first…
2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments – Day One
By Aran Smith 7/23/07 The 2007 Las Vegas AAU events (Nike Main Event, adidas Super 64 and Reebok Summer Championship) got underway on Sunday but with Sonny Vaccaro (the man who created Vegas summer basketball and all three tournaments), out of the game, the match ups and opening rounds lack the same fireworks of a…