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Another Committ
NEWS: Greek center Dimitrios Ntapsis has committed to Duquesne in the class of 2026, agent Tom Angelakis told DraftExpress.
The 7-foot, 280-pound Veritas Prep product was Greece's starting center at the FIBA U18 Eurobasket this past summer.
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I like the Eastern European pipeline we seem to have. There is a ton of talent in that area. I like what I saw on the videos of him in the recruiting thread. I thought the 6’10” listed there was questionable though. If he’s 7’ then there’s a lot more 7 footers than I thought.
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Re: Another Committ
I think this is great news, although I would definitely like to see some recent full game video to learn more about him.
Spending a post-grad year in the US at Veritas will likely pay dividends through greater exposure to American culture & basketball before he hits The Bluff next summer. That is a well regarded program with serious coaches playing top competition.
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Re: Another Committ
lilpav30 wrote:
NEWS: Greek center Dimitrios Ntapsis has committed to Duquesne in the class of 2026, agent Tom Angelakis told DraftExpress.
The 7-foot, 280-pound Veritas Prep product was Greece's starting center at the FIBA U18 Eurobasket this past summer.
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I like that this kid wants to come to DU. Dru played in Europe for 12 years. He has a good understanding of these kids. No college in Europe has team sports like America. These kids really can only develop by coming to the US. This is a very good pickup.
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This is no longer the prevailing opinion on European players. Plenty have skipped the American college experience in favor of the semi-pro/professional development programs of their home continent, Overtime Elite, and the ABL. It's hard to argue that Jokic, Luka, Giannis, Wemby,Sengun,Porzingis,Gobert,Zubac, Avdija, Risacher, Sarr, Buzelis, & dozens of others would have been better off playing a few years of US grassroots & NCAA basketball for developmental purposes.
I like that this kid wants to come to DU. Dru played in Europe for 12 years. He has a good understanding of these kids. No college in Europe has team sports like America. These kids really can only develop by coming to the US. This is a very good pickup.
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This is no longer the prevailing opinion on European players. Plenty have skipped the American college experience in favor of the semi-pro/professional development programs of their home continent, Overtime Elite, and the ABL. It's hard to argue that Jokic, Luka, Giannis, Wemby,Sengun,Porzingis,Gobert,Zubac, Avdija, Risacher, Sarr, Buzelis, & dozens of others would have been better off playing a few years of US grassroots & NCAA basketball for developmental purposes.
I like that this kid wants to come to DU. Dru played in Europe for 12 years. He has a good understanding of these kids. No college in Europe has team sports like America. These kids really can only develop by coming to the US. This is a very good pickup.
phil95, so spot on. Since so many US players rely on AAU and prep schools as their stepping stone to college, I wonder why it wouldn’t benefit post HS players to go to Europe for a year or two to get coached up on fundamentals and team basketball (learn how to set a screen, run off of a screen, move correctly without the ball, box out, etc etc).
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Re: Another Committ
This is no longer the prevailing opinion on European players. Plenty have skipped the American college experience in favor of the semi-pro/professional development programs of their home continent, Overtime Elite, and the ABL. It's hard to argue that Jokic, Luka, Giannis, Wemby,Sengun,Porzingis,Gobert,Zubac, Avdija, Risacher, Sarr, Buzelis, & dozens of others would have been better off playing a few years of US grassroots & NCAA basketball for developmental purposes.
I like that this kid wants to come to DU. Dru played in Europe for 12 years. He has a good understanding of these kids. No college in Europe has team sports like America. These kids really can only develop by coming to the US. This is a very good pickup.
Do you think that the change in paying college players now may have more impact than staying home in Europe for top players going forward?
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