Christian Russell, an American Center which grew up in Salem, Oregon, left to go on a tryout with a team just outside of Valencia. Christian has been at EuroProBasket for about 5 weeks preparing himself and adjusting to the European style of basketball. “I’ve learned from being at EuroProBasket that
The first week of the EuroProBasket Women’s program a sports director and coach of a well respected team in Alicante paid a visit to scout players in the program. He instantly noticed and took special interest in one player. The player that drew his attention was Bianca Valderrama from Corpus
Igor Jesovnik grew up in British Columbia Canada. He played basketball throughout his youth. He joined a collegiate team near his hometown in Vancouver BC but his time there was cut short due to injury. At that point in his life he focused on his professional career outside of basketball.
When did you start playing basketball? I started playing organized basketball when I was about 8 years old. But we had one of those little toy plastic hoops in my house growing up so I was probably shooting on that ever since I could walk and pick up a ball.
Playing professional basketball in Europe is a goal many players around the globe want to accomplish. Regardless of your playing background and experience, the first thing you need to understand is what coaches will be expecting from you and their thought process when recruiting talent in non european players. This
