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NBA Draft Review: NetScouts Basketball Gets it Right

[/caption] There are quite a few companies, websites and self-proclaimed experts who promote themselves as knowledgeable about the NBA Draft. Many sites make their predictions and then walk away from them until it's time to make predictions again for the following year. NetScouts Basketball is different. We are the largest collegiate scouting firm in the nation and our opinions on players are derived from multiple live-scouting from multiple scouts. At the end… Continue reading

Professional Basketball Signings from the Holidays

From Christmas to New Year's there have been a few signings throughout the basketball world in particular Europe.  We found a few of these to be interesting moves, perhaps you will too. From the LEB Gold in Spain Palencia signed for one month former Arizona standout & Seattle native Michael Dickerson From the NBA, the Portland Trail Blazers waived forward Anthony Tolliver and assigned Australian PG Patty Mills (St. Mary's) to Idaho Stampede of the… Continue reading

Top players, some with NBA experience, are ready to play!

There are some excellent players available who we are helping to market their services. These players would be a great addition to any team looking for that particular type of player. Some of these players are: Gerald Brown - Gerald is a strong 6'4 combo guard who played his college ball at Providence and Loyola (MD). At Loyola he averaged about 20 ppg and 5 rpg over his last two seasons… Continue reading

Hot Euroleague Game Two Action: Latest Game Reports

Panathinaikos 101 - 66 BC Khimki In its first Euroleague home game as defending champ, Panathinaikos treated its fans in Athens to a basketball recital on Thursday, blowing out Khimki Moscow 101-66 to seize first place in Group D. After two weeks, Panathinaikos is 2-0 and alone atop the group, while Khimki fell to 1-1 - and fell hard. The Greens jumped all over the visitors, who were playing their club's… Continue reading

Euroleague Game Reports - Round One

Montepaschi Siena 85 Cibona 40 With record-setting defense, Montepaschi Siena sent a message of intended dominance to Group A as it opened the regular season by crushing Cibona 85-40 on the road in Zagreb. The defensive effort of Montepaschi head coach Simone Pianigiani's squad was so complete that it made the history books. No home team has ever been held to a lower offensive output in the Euroleague as Cibona was… Continue reading

NBA Teams Trim Rosters

The NBA deadline to trim the roster to 15 is Monday.  Many are making final cuts now and prepping for opening day with their final 15.  As always, some very good players will become available and teams from around the world (particularly bigger budget EuroLeague and EuroCup teams) will benefit. Here is the latest list of cuts from the NBA: Wednesday, Oct. 21 •  Atlanta waived guard Mario West, center Garret Siler and center Courtney Sims.  Sims… Continue reading

Overseas Basketball: Greek League Overview and Cyprus Tournament

Cyprus Tournament The Greek team Panathinaikos won the championship of the Love Cyprus Tournament as they remained undefeated in the new season. Panathinaikos defeated APOEL 86-68 in the first game. APOEL led after the first quarter 25-20. Panathinaikos then took the lead at halftime by seven points. They then extended their lead to 20 points in the third quarter and coasted the rest of the game. Nikola Pekovic and Nick Calathes (Florida)… Continue reading

Two quarterfinal thrillers at EuroBasket 2009

Slovenia reaches the Eurobasket semifinals for the first time beating its neighbor Croatia 67-65 in an Adriatic rivalry game. Erazem Lorbek was absolutely impressive with 27 points and 8 rebounds, taking a desired revenge from the U-20 Eurobasket in 2002 in Stuttgart when Roko-Leni Ukic led the Croatians to the gold medal in the final game. This time Ukic was great again, scoring 21 points, but his teammates couldn't follow… Continue reading

Latest EuroBasket 2009 Results: France wins on buzzer beater

A Nando de Colo buzzer-beater gave France the top seed in Group E for the quarter-finals. Les bleus defeated Greece 71-69 and remained unbeaten after clinching the last spot for the Eurobasket in the qualifiers a few days before tournament tip-off. Both teams did not play good basketball but French athleticism and the dominant presence of Alan Koffi in the paint (14 points and 6 rebounds) made the difference… Continue reading

Day 1 Round 2 of Eurobasket 2009 - France wins big

(We thank Alejandro Gonzalez of Prensa BasketMe of Spain for providing the Day 3 report. Check out our Spanish friends at www.BasketMe.com. Their website is truly one of the best basketball sites in Europe, if not the best. Don't forget the Google Web Translator tool! - Carl Berman) France is untouchable at the moment in Poland. Les bleus crushed Macedonia 83-57 closing the game in a brilliant and powerful first half… Continue reading