FIBA U18 Europe 2024 (2006 born or younger)

[Toruko]

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Also a strong Turkish U18 Team. Will love to watch Ustun - Dogan combination.

[Srle]

Serbia should contend for the gold medal here too. We have the very interesting generation born 2006 and younger. Players such as Bosnjakovic,Radosic,Kostic,Drezgic,Dimitrijevic,St anojevic, Nikolic etc.

[Straight forward]

Serbia should contend for the gold medal here too. We have the very interesting generation born 2006 and younger. Players such as Bosnjakovic,Radosic,Kostic,Drezgic,Dimitrijevic,St anojevic, Nikolic etc.

Interesting how these Serbians will look at this stage. However, I have LTU as top contender followed by Spain.

[thiago94]

We lost a nailbiter in the semifinals of the Albert Schweitzer Tournament against Serbia with Anderson Jr. and Kayil shooting 4/24. Anderson Jr. is clearly not used to play against such physical and variable defense at High School and Kayils decision making is odd in comparison to his performances in Second German Division. No clue why his Basketball IQ drops that bad. Add Kharchenkov, Grujicic, Duru and Remagen to this roster and we will compete for a medal, at least. To be fair Bosnjakovic and Kostic had off nights as well and Serbia missed Radosic and Nikolic.

Australia is very impressive by the way. They should win the Final tomorrow.

[Srle]

Interesting how these Serbians will look at this stage. However, I have LTU as top contender followed by Spain.

As the poster above me have just written, Serbian U18 team have just made the finals at the tournament in Germany. Our team only had few days of the preparation before the tournament , for example Bosnjakovic joined the team in Germany directly from Madrid. Many of these players have never played together before this tournament. The team lost only the first game of the tournament against Italy, it was the close game , the team chemistry was not good in that game but since then team have played a very good basketball. We are missing several noticeable players due to injuries and other reasons. Like Radosic, Markovic, Radovic, plus our front court could be reinforced by some players from the generation born in 2007, players like Backo, Stojkovic ,Marjanovic and Ostojic. This team have some interesting prospects. My favorite player on this team is seven foot center Dimitrijevic. I think he could turn into the next great Serbian center. He's good on the both side of the court , he's long, good athlete , he can score inside and outside , but he's underutilized on the offense in this tournament , because this generation lacks the true point guard and the partnership between guards and centers is not the best.I like potential of this Serbian squad , I think there are more better prospects on this team than in the generation 2005 which have won last European U18 tournament. They should qualify for U19 World championship but I think that our team will contend for the medal if we bring the best possible squad.

[Serbian_Layup]

As the poster above me have just written, Serbian U18 team have just made the finals at the tournament in Germany. Our team only had few days of the preparation before the tournament , for example Bosnjakovic joined the team in Germany directly from Madrid. Many of these players have never played together before this tournament. The team lost only the first game of the tournament against Italy, it was the close game , the team chemistry was not good in that game but since then team have played a very good basketball. We are missing several noticeable players due to injuries and other reasons. Like Radosic, Markovic, Radovic, plus our front court could be reinforced by some players from the generation born in 2007, players like Backo, Stojkovic ,Marjanovic and Ostojic. This team have some interesting prospects. My favorite player on this team is seven foot center Dimitrijevic. I think he could turn into the next great Serbian center. He's good on the both side of the court , he's long, good athlete , he can score inside and outside , but he's underutilized on the offense in this tournament , because this generation lacks the true point guard and the partnership between guards and centers is not the best.I like potential of this Serbian squad , I think there are more better prospects on this team than in the generation 2005 which have won last European U18 tournament. They should qualify for U19 World championship but I think that our team will contend for the medal if we bring the best possible squad.

Very talented generation, but they need more time to truly mesh together. Will keep an eye on Dimitrijevic, could be a complete two way center. A rim protector and type of center we have lacked since Rebraca.

[Srle]

We lost the final to Australia, it was the good one. We made good come back at the end, the refs were trash they screwed us at the end of the game, Bosnjakovic was fouled on that drive to the basket. But I am satisfied with the performance of the team in this tournament. A few days of the preparations with no tune up games, players had to built chemistry on the fly, also missing some players. This Serbian team will be very good this summer, looking forward to following U18 tournament.

[Serbian_Layup]

The only thing to worry about is finding proper balance between inside/outside game and ball distribution between ball dominant players like Drezgic, Kostic, Radosic, Bosnjakovic. They need time and good preparations.

[Straight forward]

Interesting post relating this tournament. 2006 gen is really heavy in PG talent:

https://twitter.com/Scoutspects/status/1775586473095340210

[Straight forward]

Mario Saint-Supery also shouldn't be forgotten as he was MVP of U16 of this gen. Now I think it will be between Gonzalez and Jakucionis if both will show up.

[Srle]

The only thing to worry about is finding proper balance between inside/outside game and ball distribution between ball dominant players like Drezgic, Kostic, Radosic, Bosnjakovic. They need time and good preparations.

Hopefully Radosic will participate in this tournament he would have been a huge addition for this team. His ex teammate from Vizura, Luka Markovic is also interesting player on the wing position, good shooter and athlete, he has missed the tournament in Germany due to the injury , also its too bad that Dimitrije Kondic from Vojvodina is overlooked, there is no doubt in my mind that he deserves to be the part of this Serbian team. Another wing player with the great built, long arms, two meters tall maybe taller than that, good athlete , great feel for the game. They use him at PF position in his current club even though he played at pg years ago and he looked great , very creative. Also at PF this team could add Lazar Stojkovic as well, he had a very good club season. I expect us to at least to qualify for U19 WC. They will be in the medal contention.

[Serbian_Layup]

Hopefully Radosic will participate in this tournament he would have been a huge addition for this team. His ex teammate from Vizura, Luka Markovic is also interesting player on the wing position, good shooter and athlete, he has missed the tournament in Germany due to the injury , also its too bad that Dimitrije Kondic from Vojvodina is overlooked, there is no doubt in my mind that he deserves to be the part of this Serbian team. Another wing player with the great built, long arms, two meters tall maybe taller than that, good athlete , great feel for the game. They use him at PF position in his current club even though he played at pg years ago and he looked great , very creative. Also at PF this team could add Lazar Stojkovic as well, he had a very good club season. I expect us to at least to qualify for U19 WC. They will be in the medal contention.

This generation is in medal contention for sure, there is a lot of talent, it's just a question of finding proper fit between them.

U16 is also ridiculously talented, they seem like early favorites for gold medal.

Did you watch Bosnjakovic at ANGT? What do you think? Ballhandling a bit shaky, but defense and mentality fully on display. Kid has guts for big games, always comes up clutch. I think he won't be a star player, but very good or elite two way player. It depends on how much he improves his ballhandling and dribbling.

[Serbian_Layup]

A few words on ANGT talents.

Traore is immensely talented. He's got everything. Not a good game in final, but you could easily see how dominant he can be. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes really high in next year's draft, possibly even top 5 talent.

Gonzalez is a great off ball player. His footwork is elegant and swift, and touch around basket. The problem is his ballhandling. So far he works best as an off ball threat, but on ball creation is not that great. He gets stripped way too often, especially on strong on ball pressure and in traffic. His ceiling will be determined on how much he can improve ballhandling. He also has very nice passing awareness.

Demin is very interesting. Tall point guard who is fluid with the ball, can shoot and exploit mismatches. Very high ceiling.

Jakucionis also caught my eyes as very versatile point guard. He can do damage both as a scorer and facilitator. It remains to be seen whether he can translate his game to senior level.

[Straight forward]

A few words on ANGT talents.

Traore is immensely talented. He's got everything. Not a good game in final, but you could easily see how dominant he can be. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes really high in next year's draft, possibly even top 5 talent.

Gonzalez is a great off ball player. His footwork is elegant and swift, and touch around basket. The problem is his ballhandling. So far he works best as an off ball threat, but on ball creation is not that great. He gets stripped way too often, especially on strong on ball pressure and in traffic. His ceiling will be determined on how much he can improve ballhandling. He also has very nice passing awareness.

Demin is very interesting. Tall point guard who is fluid with the ball, can shoot and exploit mismatches. Very high ceiling.

Jakucionis also caught my eyes as very versatile point guard. He can do damage both as a scorer and facilitator. It remains to be seen whether he can translate his game to senior level.

Traore is a candidate for France to become a lead guard, he can really score. But in this tournament he didn't show facilitation. 6,5as/3,8to is bad. Maybe just one tournament. Compare that to Jakucionis 11,8as/4.2to. It's still a question if he can be that great ball distributor for France, but he has fundamentals.

Regarding Jakucionis, not only his passing and shootings, but also defense should be overlooked. +3 steals in every game and tons of deflection. 2 ways beast.

Gonzalez is ambivalent to me. Good, but also a bit overrated, IMO. Streaky shooter and ranked too high (as top 5 pick) for more of a great role player.

Demin is Russian so I don't care about him.

[Toruko]

Traore is a candidate for France to become a lead guard, he can really score. But in this tournament he didn't show facilitation. 6,5as/3,8to is bad. Maybe just one tournament. Compare that to Jakucionis 11,8as/4.2to. It's still a question if he can be that great ball distributor for France, but he has fundamentals.

Regarding Jakucionis, not only his passing and shootings, but also defense should be overlooked. +3 steals in every game and tons of deflection. 2 ways beast.

Gonzalez is ambivalent to me. Good, but also a bit overrated, IMO. Streaky shooter and ranked too high (as top 5 pick) for more of a great role player.

Demin is Russian so I don't care about him.

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