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2011 adidas Eurocamp: Day 2

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.