On Monday FIBA Europe announced that versatile Checz forward Jan Vesely (Partizan) is the winner of the 2010 Young Men’s Player of the Year award. Vesely edged out three-time winner PG Ricky Rubio of Spain in both the public and an expert panel vote...
EUROPEAN PHENOM DARIO SARIC, ZAGREB CO This year Nike Hoop Summit game will take place tonight in Portland (Oregon, U.S.A.) and as usual it has already generated a tremendous amount of electricity around the basketball globe. In the 14th ann...
As expected Team USA had no major problem in pulling yet another victory over the selected World Team in the 14th annual edition of prestigious Nike Hoop Summit Game. With it’s outstanding defensive approach Team USA breezed to an 92:8...
FIRST CROAT EVER TO PLAY IN THE HOOP SUMMIT GAME WAS CIBONA’S FORWARD DUBRAVKO ZEMLJIC BACK IN 1995. HE SCORED 22 POINTS IN 23 MINUTES OF ACTION. Since 1995 there have been a total of 12 players from Croatia which made an appearance in the an...
DARIO SARIC, ZAGREB CO (PHOTO: GOL.HR) After returning from this year’s Nike Hoops Summit European phenom Dario Saric (born in 1994) made the following statement for CroHoops.com: “Everything was excellent especially the l...
After being the youngest member of International squad in 2011 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, European phenom Dario Saric made a memorable comeback to his domestic obligations. Playing for Dubrava Zagreb in Croatian A1 League qualifyin...
MARIO HEZONJA, ZAGREB CO On Thursday Zagreb CO had an relatively easy task against French powerhouse INSEP winning the game by 76:65. INSEP was led by phenom Hugo Invernizzi who scored 24 points to go along with 6 boards and 4 steals. Howeve...
After the turbulent game KK Krizevci managed to hold on to their 14-point starting advantage and qualify for the next season of Croatian A1 League. European phenom Dario Saric (1994, 6’9”) took over for Dubrava in the clos...
In front of as much as 8 NBA GMs and numerous NBA executives present at 2011 Adidas Eurocamp, Croatian prospects managed to put together a decent display of their overall basketball skills and IQ over the past weekend. On Saturday, Ci...
Dario Saric, Croatian U19 NT (photo by Nike Basketball) Zagreb CO European phenom F Dario Saric (1994/6’9”/207cm) was not able to perform for Croatian U19 NT at the recent 2011 Adidas Eurocamp since he is under endorsement deal with Nik...
European phenom Dario Saric made a huge sacrifice last weekend skipping two complete games for Croatian U19 NT in front of 50+ NBA executives. As Nike endorsee he was not allowed to perform in the Nike sneakers because Adidas is the e...
Croatian U19 NT Head Coach Drazen Brajkovic (photo by Vladimir Radicevic/Gol.hr) Croatian NT has arrived on the scene of 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Latvia and is eager to showcase it’s full capabilities under the command of experienc...
