You guys seem to be knowledgeable about Euro prospects. I was looking at the Adidas Euro Camp list and wanted to see what y'all thought about certain players. This is the list of players that attended. Spoiler 2011 adidas EUROCAMP Early Entry and Draft Eligible Participants NAME HEIGHT POSITION HOME COUNTRY TEAM Andrew Albicy 5'10 Point Guard France PARIS LEVALLOIS Furkan Aldemir 6'9 Forward Turkey P. KARSIYAKA Dogus Balbay 6'1 Point Guard Turkey TEXAS (USA) Robin Benzing 6'10 Forward Germany ULM Dairis Bertans 6'4 Guard Latvia VEF RIGA Davis Bertans 6'7 Forward Latvia OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA Bismack Biyombo 6'9 Center Republic of Congo FUENLABRADA Bojan Bogdanovic 6'7 Guard Croatia CIBONA ZAGREB Sarra Camara 6'9 Center France LE HAVRE Antonie Diot 6'3 Point Guard France LE MANS Nihad Djedovic 6'5 Guard Bosnia & Herzegovina LOTTOMATICA ROME Bangaly Fofana 7'0 Center France ASVEL VILLEURBANNE Angel Garcia 6'11 Center Puerto Rico UNICAJA MALAGA Adam Hanga 6'7 Forward Hungary ALBACOMP Edwin Jackson 6'3 Guard France ASVEL VILLEURBANNE Dimitry Khvostov 6'3 Point Guard Russia DYNAMO MOSCOW Manolis Koukoulas 6'11 Center Greece ILISIAKOS Mindaugas Kuzminskas 6'8 Forward Lithuania ZALGIRIS KAUNAS Denys Lukashov 6'3 Guard Ukraine BUDIVELNYK Joffrey Lauvergne 6'10 Forward France CHALON Donatas Motiejunas 6'11 Center Lithuania BENETTON TREVISO Lucas Nogueira 7'0 Center Brazil ESTUDIANTES MADRID Xavier Rabaseda 6'7 Guard Spain FUENLABRADA Leon Radosevic 6'11 Center Croatia CIBONA ZAGREB Giorgi Shermadini 7'1 Center Georgia OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA Janis Strelnieks 6'3 Guard Latvia VENTSPILS Abdel Kader Sylla 6'9 Center Seychellois NANCY Pere Tomas 6'8 Forward Spain DKV JOVENTUT Jan Vesely 6'11 Forward Czech Republic PARTIZAN BELGRADE Tomislav Zubcic 6'10 Forward Croatia CIBONA ZAGREB 2011 adidas EUROCAMP Next Generation Participants NAME HEIGHT POSITION HOME COUNTRY TEAM Dusan Cantekin 7'4 Center Turkey MEGA VIZURA BELGRADE Linos Chrysikopoulos 6'9 Forward Greece ARIS THESSALONIKI Samuel Deguara 7'4 Center Malta BENETTON TREVISO Branislav Djekic 6'9 Forward Serbia MEGA VIZURA BELGRADE Evan Fournier 6'5 Guard France POITIERS Joseph Franch 6'5 Point Guard Spain DKV JOVENTUT Alessandro Gentile 6'5 Guard Italy BENETTON TREVISO Rudy Gobert 7'0 Center France CHOLET Patrick Heckmann 6'5 Guard Germany LANGEN David Jelinek 6'5 Guard Czech Republic DKV JOVENTUT Alberto Jodar 6'9 Forward Spain REAL MADRID Ilkan Karaman 6'9 Forward Turkey TOFAS BURSA Paul Lacombe 6'5 Guard France ASVEL VILLEURBANNE Rasmus Larsen 7'0 Forward Denmark VAERLOSE Augusto Lima 6'10 Center Spain UNICAJA MALAGA Rasid Mahalbasic 6'11 Center Austria FENERBAHCE ULKER ISTANBUL Andreja Milutinovic 6'7 Guard Serbia FMP BELGRADE Dejan Musli 7'0 Center Serbia CAJA LABORAL VITORIA Nemanja Nedovic 6'4 Point Guard Serbia RED STAR BELGRADE Raul Neto 6'1 Point Guard Brazil PITAGORAS/MINAS Phillip Neumann 6'11 Center Germany BROSE BAMBERG Kostas Papanikolaou 6'8 Forward Greece OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS Nikos Pappas 6'4 Point Guard Greece KOLOSSOS RHODOS Sertac Sanli 6'10 Center Turkey GALATASARAY Joan Sastre 6'7 Forward Spain CAJASOL SEVILLE Tomaz Satoransky 6'5 Point Guard Czech Republic CAJASOL SEVILLE Kostantinos Sloukas 6'5 Point Guard Greece ARIS THESSALONIKI Leo Westermann 6'6 Point Guard France ASVEL VILLEURBANNE I was mainly looking at the PF's and C's out of the bunch, but I couldn't find much information on them. I would appreciate any opinions or comparisons to any Center on the list. Just looking at size and stats (not the best way to measure a prospect), I found Leon Radosevic, Samuel Deguara, Rudy Gobert (scroll down to bottom, this guy compares him to a young KG), Dejan Musli, and of course I'm still interested in hearing more about Giorgi Shermadini. Feel free to also comment on anyone else on the list, regardless of position. Thanks again for any help.
Difficult, they are too young. In bold the players I know. Recommend you DX, http://www.europeanprospects.com and http://www.eurohopes.com. There you will find much more info than I personally could give you about 80-90% of those players at this moment. Big guys... I like Lima, I think he's interesting thinking in NBA. Anyway, this gives you a better idea about the merit that players like Valanciunas have (he's from 1992) being able to compete at such a young age at Euroleague level. Jonas is extremely young.
I would keep an eye on all the players I put in bold. There are a lot of players to watch on the future stars list.
OHMSS already bolded almost all of the interesting prospects (+ Dav. Bertans, Nogueira, Fournier, Gobert, Lima), so I'll just say something about the 3 Croatian prospects, whom I watched numerous times. Bojan Bogdanović is a great offensive player with unlimited shooting range. His biggest problems are defense and work ethic. He's sloppy on D, even though he has the potential to lock down his man. When you sometimes look at him, it seems that he just doesn't care about the game. If Bogdanović is going to reach his maximum potential (a solid role player in the NBA), he needs to mature and have a strict coach who'll constantly demand for him to work harder. Leon Radošević is just a hard worker. Not so long ago, he was so raw that he couldn't hit a free throw to save his life. Now he added a decent post game and a mid-range shot, but he needs to develop it further to make an impact of offense. Although he seems rather strong, he struggles to defend his man in the post, and that is a big concern. If he continues to develop as a player, his ceiling is a great energy guy on a Euroleague team. I just don't see a future for him in the NBA. Finally, Tomislav Zubčić. Zubčić has all the qualities to become the new Magic Johnson. His ball handling skills and basketball vision are extraordinary for a 6'10 forward. He has a good outside shot and on defense, with his size and quickness, he can successfully guard every backcourt player. But there is one problem, huge problem. Tomislav is stupid. He'll make a great pass on one possession, but on the next, he'll take a contested three with 20 seconds on the shot clock (and air-ball it). He makes dumb fouls on defense and continuosly argues with the referees. I'm afraid that this is not going to change (for the last couple of years, he still makes the same mistakes) and it looks like the biggest talent of these three players is also the one who'll have the worst career. Too bad, he really is something special. About Musli, he was a great prospect not so while ago, but due to his constant injuries, Dejan hasn't played more than 20 games in the last 2 years. If he doesn't move on from those injuries, you can scratch him off the list.
