Nike Hoop Summit Report (Day One)

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Wolves Updates 4/10 Part 2
Published 4/10/2008 by SG at TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles
... The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament kicked off today at Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia. The high school gym was teeming with NBA General Managers, scouts, media members, and local hoop fans. There were scouts from all over the world representing many leagues from many nations. Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, and Kevin McHale were among the General Managers seated right behind one of the baskets. From Mike Schmidt/DraftExpress: About 20 NBA scouts packed the gym on Wednesday for the international practices in Portland for the Nike Hoop Summit. Recognizable names ...

Nike Hoops Summit: a look at the Euro bigs
Published 4/15/2008 by Christophe at European Prospects
... how good he can be. There are a lot of American 18-year-olds like him, which is to say that Ibaka must improve his skills and feel for the game if he hopes to stand out in the NBA someday. This does not sound very promising to me as he looks like another athletic freak with still poor basketball knowledge and feel for the game. But I don’t want to judge before having seen him play a bit more. And he is only 18. An impression confirmed by Mike Schmidt from Draftexpress. Ibaka appears to be ...