Adidas Eurocamp: Back with a Bang!

Over the weekend adidas welcomed the return of its adidas Eurocamp to the La Ghirada Sports activities Advanced in Treviso, Italy after a five-year hiatus. The occasion started on the identical location again in 1997 and the sixteenth version was highly-anticipated and well-received due to its standing because the unofficial Worldwide Pre-Draft Camp.

The 2023 version showcased an abundance of expert hoopers from Asia, Europe and North America born between 2001 and 2007. This 12 months’s Eurocamp included a handful of prospects who determine to be severe NBA Draft candidates within the close to future.

One prospect who is perhaps taken within the upcoming 2023 NBA Draft as a terrific draft-and-stash possibility was the MVP of adidas Eurocamp after main group Eurocamp 2 to the championship with an unbeaten file. That participant is 6-foot-1 lefty combo guard Nadir Hifi of Le portel in France. The 2002-born guard not too long ago introduced by means of his agent he’ll hold his identify within the 2023 NBA Draft and the best way he performed in Treviso, he is perhaps a terrific pickup for a NBA membership regardless of his diminutive body (by in the present day’s requirements) and the actual fact he’ll play EuroCup with Paris in 2023-24.

Hifi’s Eurocamp 2 membership beat Crew Asia, 109-49, and 3SSB Choose, a group of American gamers born between 2005 and 2007, 93-76. Within the straightforward win over Crew Asia, Hifi had 10 factors, three rebounds and 4 assists. Eurocamp 2 acquired contributions from many gamers versus Crew Asia, as 6-foot-5 Davide Casarin (2003) of Reyer Venice (Italy) led the best way amongst 9 gamers who netted 9 or extra factors with 13 factors . Within the victory over 3SSB Choose, Hifi had 21 factors, 4 rebounds, six assists.

On day three of the camp, Eurocamp 2 captured the title with a 89-60 victory over USA Choose (one other membership with gamers born between 2005-07). Hifi wrapped up MVP honors along with his 17-point, 4-rebound efficiency. Six-foot-5 Lucas Ugolin (2002) of CSP Limoges in France additionally had a big effect with 14 factors.

So far as the American gamers are involved, the standout of the occasion was 6-foot-5 2024 guard V.J. Edgecombe of Lengthy Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.)/Austin SE Elite. The explosive wing averaged 18.7 ppg, whereas taking pictures 40 p.c from the 3-point line, together with 5.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 3.7 spg and 1.7 bpg. He was probably the greatest gamers within the Nationwide Interscholastic Basketball Convention (NIBC) throughout the 2022-23 highschool season and is having a giant spring and summer time to date.

Edgecombe is initially from the Bahamas and is rapidly taking pictures up the charts as probably the greatest gamers within the 2024 class nationally. Based mostly on his efficiency on the 2023 Eurocamp, he’s additionally making a pleasant impression on 2025 NBA Draft boards.

The boys groups at this 12 months’s adidas Eurocamp had been led by teaching director Invoice Bayno, a former faculty and NBA coach, and Scouting Director Gianluca Pascucci.