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NBA Draft Preview 2010: Shooting Guards
The Shooting Guard position has much more depth than the Point Guard spot led by Collegiate Player of the Year Evan Turner. Although there aren’t a lot of big-time shooters there are several good athletes who can contribute in the right situation.
The Best
Evan Turner – 6’7 214, Ohio State: Good size. Extremely versatile and skilled guard who does a number of things well. Passes well and rebounds very well from the guard position.
The Rest
Dominique Jones – 6’5 216, South Florida: Long arms (6’9 wingspan), very strong and good lateral quickness. Scores well and gets where he wants with the ball. Can create his own shot.
Jordan Crawford – 6’4 198, Xavier: Could really have benefited from another year but has talent and can score in bunches. Pretty explosive and has good quicks. Not real big or strong, could be an issue against bigger 2G’s who can post him.
Terrico White – 6’5 203, Ole Miss: Long armed leaper (40 inch vertical). Has NBA body & athleticism but needs to be more consistent, streaky career in SEC.
Elliot Williams – 6’4 180, Memphis (via Duke): Lefty. Role player, active defender at Duke. Became more of a scorer at Memphis but is not at all ready to be that guy in NBA.
Lance Stephenson – 6’6 227, Cincy: Wide bodied guard, thick through hips and shoulders, long arms (6’10 wingspan). Good scoring ability but needs continued work on stroke. Will he work to defend and develop his game?
James Anderson – 6’6 208, Oklahoma St.: Average athletically but can score. Averaged over 22 ppg slashing and getting to the line. Shot it much better from 3 in 2009, a bit streaky.
Others
Darrington Hobson – 6’6 204, New Mexico: Smooth lefty. Weak physically. Good shooter but needs to improve range & consistency. Best attribute may be his passing ability.
Xavier Rabaseda – 6’6 210, Cornella (via Regal Barcelona):Owned by same club that Ricky Rubio plays for but played in LEB Gold for Cornella this year. Very good 3-point shooter. Don’t be surprised if he’s chosen in 2nd round and left in Spain for a couple years.
Willie Warren – 6’3 208, Oklahoma: Not overly athletic, should be in college.
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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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FIBA U17 World Championships from Hamburg: Preliminary Round
The USA doesn't look like they will be seriously challenged in the FIBA U17 World Championships. After their lopsided wins the first two days the Americans continued on that path with victories over China 113-73, Egypt 132-64 and defeating Serbia today 112-75. Against China, James McAdoo scored 26 points on 13-for-14 shooting. The game against Egypt was tough to watch as the Americans raced out to a 76-22 halftime lead. The Serbia game was slightly more competitive as the USA was lead by Bradley Beals' 20 points and McAdoo's 15 points and 13 rebounds. The quarterfinals start on Friday.
The surprise of the tournament has been Poland. The Poles shockingly beat a decent German team 79-33. They followed that up with wins over Spain 88-82 in overtime and Canada 75-70. In the German romp, center Przemyslaw Karnowski led the Poles with 24 points and 9 rebounds. He followed that up with 20 points and 12 rebounds and 14 points and 10 rebounds in the following two games. The Poles are undefeated at 5-0 in Group B.
Canada sits in second place in Group B at 3-2 after their loss to Poland, Kevin Pangos has had a nice tournament averaging over 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
Lithuania finished in second place in Group A at 4-1 after their 74-71 win over a dissapointing (1-4) team from Argentina. On to the quarterfinals.
Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball.
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.