adidas Announces EUROCAMP Participants
Today, adidas announced the participants for the tenth annual adidas EUROCAMP. Held in Treviso, Italy June 10-12, the three-day camp brings the best young international basketball players together with former and current NBA coaches and players. It is the only officially sanctioned pre-NBA Draft camp held outside of the United States.
More than 45 early entries and draft-eligible participants will play in adidas EUROCAMP 2012 including projected 2012 NBA Draft picks Evan Fournier (France) and Tomas Satoransky (Czech Republic), according to an adidas press release.
“Adidas EUROCAMP is celebrating its tenth anniversary this June with the top international basketball talent in the world,” said Lawrence Norman, adidas vice president of Global Basketball. “International players continue to impact the NBA as the game of basketball grows every year and we are proud to work with the next wave of international prospects.”
Special guests at this year’s camp will include three-time NBA Champion and Hall of Famer Kevin McHale, Danilo Gallinari, Nic Batum and former college standout and long-time European professional Trajan Langdon, according to the release. The Under-20 Men’s Basketball National Teams from Russia, France and Australia will also participate.
In 2011, adidas EUROCAMP participants included three top 2011 NBA Draft picks including Jonas Valanciunas of Lithuania (fifth overall/Toronto Raptors), Jan Vesely of the Czech Republic (sixth overall/Washington Wizards) and Bismack Biyombo of the Republic of Congo (seventh overall/Sacramento Kings – traded to Charlotte Bobcats). Nearly 20 former EUROCAMP participants currently hold NBA contracts and more than 60 currently play Euroleague basketball.
“As I look back at my road to the NBA, I really appreciate the opportunity I had at Eurocamp to showcase my talent to NBA executives and the basketball community,” said Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City Thunder forward-center and 2008 EUROCAMP participant. “As basketball’s popularity continues to grow worldwide, the talent at adidas EUROCAMP gets better every year and it’s a great place for teams as they prepare for the NBA draft.”
2012 adidas EUROCAMP Early Entry and Draft Eligible Participants
| NAME | HEIGHT | POSITION | HOME COUNTRY | TEAM |
| Andrew Albicy | 5’10” | Point Guard | France | GRAVELINES |
| Boris Barac | 6’9” | Power Forward | Croatia | SIROKI TT |
| Jonas Bergstedt | 6’11” | Center | Denmark | TORRELODONES MADRID |
| Nemanja Besovic | 7’3” | Center | Serbia | PARTIZAN |
| Jaka Blazic | 6’4” | Guard | Slovenia | UNION OLIMPIJA LUBLIJANA |
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | 6’6” | Shooting Guard | Serbia | PARTIZAN |
| Dusan Cantekin | 7’2” | Center | Turkey | MEGA VIZURA |
| Olek Czyz | 6’7” | Forward | Poland | NEVADA |
| Daniel Diez | 6’8” | Power Forward | Spain | REAL MADRID II |
| Nihad Djedovic | 6’6” | Shooting Guard/Small Forward | Bosnia | GALATASARAY |
| Bojan Dubljevic | 6’9” | Power Forward | Montenegro | BUDUCNOST |
| Jaime Fernandez | 6’2” | Point Guard | Spain | ASEFA ESTUDIANTES |
| Evan Fournier | 6’7” | Shooting Guard | France | POITIERS |
| Josep Franch | 6’3” | Point Guard | Spain | MURCIA |
| Rudy Gobert | 6’11” | Power Forward/ Center | France | CHOLET |
| Nikola Ivanovic | 6’2” | Point Guard | Montenegro | BUDUCNOST |
| Nemanja Jaramaz | 6’5” | Forward | Serbia | MEGA VIZURA |
| David Jelinek | 6’5” | Shooting Guard | Czech Republic | JUVENTUT BADALONA |
| Ilkan Karaman | 6’9” | Small Forward | Turkey | KARSIYAKA |
| Maxi Kleber | 6’5” | Forward | Germany | S. OLIVER BASKETS |
| Artem Klimenko | 7’0” | Center | Russia | AVTODOR |
| Louis Labeyrie | 6’10” | Power Forward/Center | France | HYERES-TOULON |
| Christophe Leonard | 6’7” | Small Forward | France | LE HAVRE |
| Oleksandr Lypovyy | 6’7” | Small Forward | Ukraine | BC DONETSK |
| Michal Michalak | 6’5” | Guard | Poland | LKS LODZ |
| Nenad Miljenovic | 6’11” | Center | Serbia | MEGA VIZURA |
| Riccardo Moraschini | 6’5” | Shooting Guard | Italy | VIRTUS BOLOGNA |
| Kyryl Natyazhko | 6’11” | Center | Ukraine | ARIZONA |
| Devon Van Oostrum | 6’2” | Point Guard | England | CAJA LABORAL |
| Kostantinos Papanikolaou | 6’9” | Small Forward | Greece | OLYMPIACOS |
| Mateusz Ponitka | 6’5” | Shooting Guard | Poland | PROKOM SOPOT |
| Artem Pustovy | 7’1” | Center | Ukraine | KHIMIK |
| Klemen Prepelic | 6’3” | Point Guard | Slovenia | HELIOS |
| Bogdon Radosavljevic | 6’11” | Center | Serbia – Germany | BAYERN MUNCHEN |
| Dovydas Redikas | 6’4” | Point Guard | Lithuania | LIETUVOS RYTAS |
| Sasu Salin | 6’3” | Point/Shooting Guard | Finland | UNION OLIMPIJA LUBLIJANA |
| Sertac Sanli | 7’0” | Power Forward/Center | Turkey | GALATASARAY |
| Zisis Sarikopoulos | 7’0” | Center | Greece | PANIONIOS |
| Tomas Satoransky | 6’7” | Point/Shooting Guard | Czech Republic | CAJASOL |
| Tornike Shengelia | 6’9” | Power Forward | Georgia | CHARLEROI |
| Axel Toupane | 6’7” | Small Forward | France | STRASBOURG |
| Izzet Turkyilmaz | 7’0” | Center | Turkey | BANVIT |
| Edgaras Ulanovas | 6’6” | Small Forward | Lithuania | BALTAI KAUNAS |
| Maik Zirbes | 6’10” | Center | Germany | TRIER |
| Tomislav Zubcic | 6’10” | Power Forward | Croatia | CIBONA |
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