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European Basketball Signings
As we head into July some Europeans teams are starting to sign American players. Here's the initial list:
Israel
Derek Glasser (Arizona State) signed with Maccabi Haifa.
Jaime Arnold (Wichita State) signed with Hapoel Holon.
Chris Watson (Niagara) signed with Netanya.
Jeff Foote (Cornell) signed a 3-year contract with Maccabl Tel Aviv. They also signed Richard Hendrix (Alabama)
Spain
Sergio Rodriguez has left the NBA and signed with Real Madrid. Is Rudy Fernandez next?
Terrell McIntyre (Clemson) left Montepaschi Siena to sign with Unicaja.
Tariq Kirksay (Iona) signed with Cajasol for two years.
Jaime Jones (Portland State) signed with Ourense in LEB-Gold.
Turkey
A.J. Ogilvy (Vanderbilt) signed with Besiktas Cola Turkey of Istanbul
Josh Shipp (UCLA) signed with Galatasaray Istanbul
Michael Roll (UCLA) signed with Bornova.
Kevin Braswell (Georgetown) signed with Aliaga Petkim.
Seth Doliboa (Wright State) signed with Olin Edirne.
Italy
Ryan Toolson (Utah Valley State) signed with Benetton Treviso.
Germany
Derrick Allen (Ole Miss) signed with Alba Berlin.
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USA Wins FIBA U17 World Championship
The United States showed since the very beginning that it was the best team in the tournament. The American performance in today’s championship game was just a confirmation. Team USA won the U17 FIBA World Championship in Hamburg by crashing Poland 111-80. The great mix of athleticism, individual skills and defensive intensity couldn’t be matched by any team. The gold medal was well deserved.
The USA managed the whole championship game imposing its physical superiority at both ends of the court. Their sensational defensive job putting a lot of pressure on Polish ball distribution, stealing the ball as many as 15 times (5 steals from Wroten) and igniting fastbreaks. Brad Beal balanced the offense with his outstanding outside shooting. Poland’s key players never felt comfortable against the American defense as Ponitka and Karnowski struggled finding open spots and clear shot positions. 
European resistance reached the last minutes of the second period, when the USA broke the game for real. Two secondary players like Niedzwiedzki and Matczak paced their team and Mateusz Ponitka’s faith and skills found the way to the rim to cut the lead to 5 points (46-41) with three minutes to go in the second period. The United States continued dominating the paint (46-28 in rebounds with 22 offensive boards) and forcing mistakes, running the floor consistently. And when they did that during the tournament, they always overwhelmed their rivals. Today wasn’t an exception, and a 12-0 run opened a 17 point gap before halftime.
Poland never could come back. The USA kept the level of the intensity and the high rhythm transition game, due to the deep rotation its roster allows, to cruise to the final victory in Hamburg. James McAdoo (pictured on left) led Team USA in scoring with 20 points and added 7 rebounds. Bradley Beal scored 19 with 5/9 from the arch. Gilchrist reached 16 points and Quinn Cook dished 11 assists. Tomasz Gielo’s versatility allowed him to scored 21 points, meanwhile Matczak and Ponitka contributed with 14 points each. Polish big guy Karnowski struggled against the American physical centers and only scored 3 points with 6 rebounds
In the bronze medal game, Canada beat Lithuania 83-81 in a nice team effort with six players in double digits.
Final standings:
1. United States
2. Poland
3. Canada
4. Lithuania
5. Serbia
6. Australia
7. China
8. Germany
9. Argentina
10. Spain
11. Egypt
12. South Korea
All tournament team: Kevin Pangos (Canada), Bradley Beal (United States), Mateusz Ponitka (Poland), James McAdoo (United States) and Przemyslaw Karnowski (Poland). Chinese guard Ailun Guo was the top scorer with 22.4 points per game.
These were great days of basketball in Hamburg. Among the young talents and good games, two generations shined with real bright. The United States factory is keeping the good work and we will see those World Championship players (Beal, Gilchrist, McAdoo, Cook....) in the NCAA very soon and Poland is dreaming with a golden generation led by Ponitka, Michalak and Karnowski.
NetScouts Basketball will be covering all the young basketball action in Europe this summer. Next station, the U20 European Championship, playing from last Friday in Croatia. We will keep you update on final round action. Stay tuned!
Alejandro Gonzalez is an International Scout and Correspondent with NetScouts Basketball.
Thoughts from NBA Summer League
As I sit here watching NBA Summer League Day 5 some things are becoming increasingly obvious...
- I have seen some of these players way too much because I'm only seeing all the bad things they do and not the good.
- There are a lot of guys who cannot shoot the ball who are fringe players (sorry, see what I mean?)
- I need to spend more time with my wife & boys who have been camped out at the pool all week, sorry fellas!
- The poor economy must have reached Europe because a year or two ago guys were making more (Euros) to play in the EuroLeague or EuroCup, now guys are flocking to join NBA clubs such as Tiago Splitter, Timofey Mozgov, Josh Childress et al.
- Either that or teams are tired of waiting on all these young guys to develop...check that, Jordan Hill just got a rebound! His 3rd (1st Defensive) in 21 minutes of action to go along with 6 points and 7 fouls.
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See #1
- Ty Lawson is very good, his Nugget team is 4-0 at the moment and he has dominated action in each win.
- Patty Mills is also playing quite well for the Blazers, he's about 2 passes ahead of every other player mentally.
- John Wall changes ends in a hurry. He needs to work on his stroke and range but in my effort to remain positive I'll focus on his speed and quickness, good job John.
- I scouted Matt Janning and Boston University in Santa Clara, CA this winter and liked his game...he's played well here also.
- DeMar DeRozan missed a dunk.
- The officiating has been terrible.
- "Tiny" Gallon isn't...tiny.
- Derrick Caracter is gonna stick.
- If you are in Vegas and like Italian food, hit Brio Tuscan Grille
- Landry Fields (Stanford) has done a nice job. He's an unselfish, blue-collar guy who plays with energy...you need guys like that.
- I just realized that I've sat through 18:00 of the Bucks versus Grizzlies and Hasheem Thabeet has scored 2 points more than I have...
- Roddy Beaubois (Dallas) has another gear.
- Please stop blowing your whistles every trip down the floor!
- Hasheem Thabeet now has one more rebound than I do...
- Okay seriously, the last three whistles have come 20 seconds, 9 seconds, & 6 seconds apart. Flow, we need some flow here people. I couldn't even finish that sentence and another whistle (8 seconds).
- OJ Mayo is getting a lot of run at the point for the Grizzlies
- 17 seconds...
- Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Olympiacos, Greece), playing with the Clippers, is a man amongst boys physically (11 seconds) who pounds guys on picks
- 13 seconds
- Matt Bouldin of Gonzaga made his debut today with the Bulls and looked decent. 18 seconds. He had a couple nice passes and hit some jumpers including 2 three's.
- 14 seconds...my ears are ringing!
- At the half Memphis 32, Milwaukee 24, Fouls 33. I guess the refs are winning...
- #1, stay positive.
- 10-year olds from St. Viator School are playing coed 6-on-6 and thanks to ZERO whistles, they scored 20 combined points in 4:00 of action!
- I need to get out of here.
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More Thoughts from NBA Summer League
Sitting here at the NBA Rookie Officials Training Camp err NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and had a few more observations.
- Dan Majerle is pulling a Dusty Baker today, no not sweatbands, he's coaching in high tops...when was the last time you saw that?
- Sounds like the Warriors have new ownership so the GSW fans have something to cheer about
- Speaking of the Warriors, Reggie Wiliams can play...he has 18 points in the second quarter of the game I am sitting in...
- Speaking of #2...Williams is being 'checked' by Taylor Griffin who the paid handsomely a year ago as a 1st Rd. pick
- Taylor just scored! He now has 2 points.
- Little brother Blake is in the house watching
- Bryan Colangelo was in the lobby yesterday...he and all the Raps Fans seem very happy to unload Hedo Turkoglu.
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The Suns are very excited about the signing of Hedo Turkoglu.
- John Wall vs. Roddy Beaubois coming later tonight!
- LOTS of people around the NBA Summer League think the "LeBron Show" to announce his decision was a joke.
- Per #10, several here say the decision to leave wasn't made "that morning" as he said, but rather a year ago.
- Jaycee Carroll (Utah State) who played in Spain's ACB this past year is rumored to be headed to Maccabi Tel Aviv. He's played solidly with the Knicks.
- Clippers vs. Blazers tonight will be interesting as Eric Bledsoe will face Patty Mills
- Earl Clark has improved. The Louisville/Phx Suns forward is a big, skilled guy.
- Matt Janning continues to make good plays
- The Clippers scored a whopping 50 points in 48 minutes last night
- Eric Bledsoe (Kentucky) was 1/6, scored 4 points, had 2 assists and 7 turnovers as the PG for the Clips
- Will Rudy Fernandez stay with the Trail Blazers? Or go back to Europe with either Regal Barcelona or Panathinaikos? Barca is close to home and has his pal Ricky Rubio.
- Kim Tillie just picked up his 8th personal foul
- The Korean National Team scrimmaged the Pistons today
Wall and Beaubois are about to face off so it's time for me to log off.
Chris Denker is Managing Partner of NetScouts and can be followed on Twitter @chrisdenker. Photo by MKRob.