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If you’re a player that needs to be seen to hook up with a European club for the 2010-11, BallinEurope.com can recommend a unique program that is guaranteed to get you noticed by scouts and coaches from all over The Continent.
New York-based talent agency Performance Sports Management is holding its innovative “2010 Ireland Showcase” event from September 2-7 in Belfast, and there’s still plenty of time for you to get yourself one of 20 roster spots in the four-team tournament.
Hot Shot wowed 'em in Dublin
Alba Berlin wasn’t the only basketball team in Europe to meet with delays and cancelled plans thanks to the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano: Stuck in Ireland after shooting promotional TV spots in Dublin were two Harlem Globetrotters.
The Globetrotters thereby made the best of their enforced downtime by doing what they do best: namely, entertain the young folks. “Hot Shot” Branch and “Slick Willie” Shaw turned up at the city’s St. Catherine’s Community Sports Centre to play with and teach the lucky players of the Oblate Dynamos youth teams.
Inspirational? To be sure, especially in the case of two Dynamos looking to improve her already high-level game: Oblate’s Katie Moloney is also a member of Team Ireland’s U16s girls squad that will be playing in Division B in the FIBA U16 European Championship Women come August, while Heather Meagher is a member of Ireland’s U16 Women Development Team.
The Globetrotters’ next international game will be played in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on Wednesday; Friday sees Harlem in Tysver, Norway; Hot Shot and Slick Willie are expected to participate in this match, dust cloud willing. The Globetrotters return to Ireland for three games in June.
Attention, European basketball coaches! How would you like not only an opportunity to exclusively scout some unsigned US division I university and/or European professional ball players but also a free trip to Ireland?
No, really: Free.
International basketball personalities Tom Newell and David Cullen, via player representative/coordinator Noam Fishman, are organizing an event they like to call the “Unsigned Player Showcase” (or UPS) which will go down September 17-20 in the excellent cities of Dublin and Belfast. The showcase is all about “facilitating European coaches in filling their rosters with great players and employment for the professional basketball players attending.”
BallinEurope has established a list of all National Champions in the various European leagues as they are known so far. If you have results to add or know who was named Final MVPs in a European league, feel free to add this in the comments so that we can update the list.
