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2011 adidas Eurocamp: Day 2
By Aran_Smith
Sun, 06/12/2011 - 7:04pm
Day two of the 2011 adidas Eurocamp was another long, eventful
day. Add Chris Wallace to the list of GMs (Kevin O'Connor, Bryan
Colangelo, RC Buford, Darryl Morray, Masai Ujiri, John Hammond, Dell
Demps, and David Kahn) making what has to be a camp record 9 GMs that
came over for the event. Larry Bird and Indiana cancelled due to
rain delays.
A Star is Born
I've gotten a chance to see
Mario Hezonja
at three different events now in the past couple months (Jordan All
American Classic, Final Four juniors in Barcelona and now here). And I
will say he is probably the best 2-guard prospect to come out of
Europe since Drazen Petrovic. Rudy Fernandez and Marco Belinelli
weren't even close to the talent
Mario Hezonja
or polished players that he is at 16 years of age. He's certainly
the most talented European guard prospect that I have seen in the 10
years I've been doing this. He's playing against kids 3 years older
than himself and making it look easy.
He began the game against the Under 19 Serbian Team with a quick three
pointer and followed that up with a dunk on the break. He also made a
nifty up and under move and stroked another pretty outside shot
finishing with 17 points on 7-10 shooting. So much for jitters with
50 NBA scouts watching.
We'll get a chance to see him again tomorrow but it appears he has eclipsed fellow Croatian wonder 6-10 small forward
Dario Saric
as the top European prospect of the next generation. 1992 has Jonas
Valanciunas, but it doesn't appear there is a better pro prospect in
the years in between.
He can handle the ball, shoot from distance, plays with great intensity
and is extremely athletic. If he were in the USA, he would be going
into just his sophomore year and would easily be a top 3-5 player in
his class. He's that good. I'll write more about him tomorrow.
