Serbian Bogdan Bogdanovic ('92) and greek Lynos Chrysikopoulos ('92) were the only two U-18 players in last edition of the Adidas Eurocamp, held in Treviso. Both made a great performance, being awarded in the Eurohopes All-Tournament second team with spanish Josep Franch ('91), lithuanian Mindaugas Kuzminskas ('89) and french Sarra Camara ('89).

The forward of Zitko Basket, who averaged 7.0 points with 55% FG, explains to Eurohopes that "it has been a great pleasure for me training and playing with older and talented players. I met also great professionals". Bogdanovic, one of the pearls of serbian market this summer adds that "I had the opportunity to compare our and foreign coaches. I came back home with a lot of nice impressions and I hope to be able to go next year". After a great season in Zitko he was invited by FMP Zeleznik to play the NIJT final round in Paris. His future is unknown.

 

What stats the greek forward of Aris did? 4.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals for a 4.8 valoration. Eurohopes followed him on live some weeks ago in Mannheim during the Albert Schweitzer Tournament. In that competition, wearing the greek U-18 NT jersey, he averaged 12.0 points and 7.5 boards.

 

Photo: Eurohopes (Bogdanovic shooting, Chrysikopoulos waiting for the rebound)