FIBA Europe asked heinnews’s David Hein for his input about the top players at the recent U18 European Championship regarding invitation for the U18 All-Star Game at the 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania. All told, FIBA Europe would be making 36 invitations including one from each of the Division A teams, five players from the U18 Division B as well as the U18 Division C MVP.
Here is the group of 36 that Hein came up with – along with a bit of help from Christophe Ney and Yarone Arbel – headed off by U18 Division A MVP Alex Abrines of Spain and absentee Dario Saric of Croatia.
Players from U18 European Championship Division A
Marko Ramljak, forward, Croatia
Mislav Brzoja, guard, Croatia
Martin Kriz, power forward/center, Czech Republic
Joonas Caven, small forward, Finland
Mouhammadou Jaiteh, center, France
Livio Jean-Charles, forward, France
Dennis Schröder, point guard, Germany
Paul Zipser, guard, Germany
Giannoulis Larentzakis, guard, Greece
Amedeo Dalla Valle, shooting guard, Italy
Ojars Silins, small forward, Latvia
Simonas Kymantas, center, Lithuania
Paulius Semeska, point guard, Lithuania
Przemslaw Karnowski, center, Poland
Mateusz Ponitka, guard, Poland
Gleb Goldyrev, small forward, Russia
Vasilje Micic, point guard, Serbia
Nenad Miljenovic, point guard, Serbia
Luka Mitrovic, forward, Serbia
Nemanja Dangubic, guard, Serbia
Luka Rupnik, point guard, Slovenia
Jaime Fernandez, point guard, Spain
Alex Abrines Redondo, forward, Spain
Alejandro Suarez, power forward, Spain
Daniel Diez, forward, Spain
Kenan Sipahi, point guard, Turkey
Volodymyr Gerun, power forward/center, Ukraine
Players not at U18 European Championship Division A
Dario Saric, forward, Croatia
Sergey Karasev, forward, Russia
Aleksander Cvetkovic, shooting guard, Serbia
Players at U18 European Championship Division B
Rasmus Larsen, power forward/center Denmark
Nikola Ivanovic, forward, Montenegro
Boris Bojanovsky, center, Slovakia
Players not at U18 European Championship Division B
Devon von Oostrum, guard, Great Britain
Markus Eriksson, guard, Sweden
MVP from U18 European Championship Division C
Julian Gualtieri, guard, San Marino