Many players get their starts in Europrobasket International Academy. Here are stories of 4 that moved up in this month, March 2016, alone.
Amen Osayande was in the Europrobasket International Academy program in August of last year. He had interest from several different teams and ended up signing with UE Mataro, a 5th division team in the Copa Catalunya league in Spain. Many players think 5th division here in Spain is very low, but the fact is that it has better competition than 1st divisions in a lot of smaller basketball countries. Amen had some solid games with his team and was offered a better deal in Australia playing in the State Leagues there. He is now signed with his team and will start a new season in another country, in another part of the world. Coming from a small NAIA school and now playing professional basketball.
Chae Philips started his program in November of last year. After a successful one month program he was placed on a segunda catalunya team called CB Bescano. That is in the 7th division here in Spain. After just 3 games with his team he was offered a deal with a team in the 5th division, Copa Catalunya. Now playing with CB Castellar Chae had two good games, last one scoring 11pts shooting 4/6, 4rbs with an efficiency rating of 11.
Chris Motten-Jackson is a player that attended the academy in September of last year. He was placed on a lower level team near Valencia. He along with another player JR Johnson have made a HUGE impact on their team. Chris at times scoring over 40 points in a game along with other Europrobasket player sell the gym out. Fans come to watch these two put on a show in their small town. Games are packed and media are their to take the after game reports. Because of his help with his team he is being sent on a tryout in Mexico, his current coach being a National team coach in Mexico for many years is helping with the transaction.
Kollin Hancock is a 29 year old american football player that is actually very talented in both basketball and football. He didnt play basketball in college but instead played football and decided to play basketball after he graduated. He has what it takes to play professionally but needed to show it, so he decided to come to Europrobasket in hopes of starting his professional career. Not easy to do at 29 with no previous experience. He was placed on a 5th division team in Copa Catalunya. This team is a feeder team for the senior team in the well respected EBA league. He is now practicing with the higher division team in hopes of landing a better offer for next season. His game last weekend 24pts, 8rbs, 2asts, 1stl, 27eff, is testament to his hard work and will only put him closer to achieving his goal.
Josh White is a player that came to the academy with no professional experience. He played NAIA at a smaller school and decided he wanted to play basketball. At 28 years old he came to the academy and was placed on a 5th division team in Plasencia. He destroyed the league and was well on his way to being the MVP of the league. He left his team early due to an offer in South America. Now he will be playing in Columbia for the Liga DirectTV.
All of these players moved to better situations and professional teams. Not all players can play professional basketball, and not all can go straight to a professional team. They need to get a start somewhere. Europrobasket is the place where you can get your start. Contact us if you are interested in getting your start overseas! europrobasket@gmail.com
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