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1. Argentina 5-0
2. Brazil 5-1
3. Chile 3-2
4. Paraguay 3-3
5. Venezuela 4-2
6. Uruguay 2-3
7. Colombia 2-4
8. Ecuador 0-5
9. Perú 0-4
MVP: Santiago Vaulet – Argentina (1,95 SG ’98) | 15.2 pts; 12.7 rebs; 3.8 assists; 1.7 stl; 1.2 blk
LatinHopes All-Tournament Team
Nicolás Aguirre – Chile (1,80 PG/SG ‘98) | 18.4 pts; 5rebs; 3.6 assists; 3.6 stls in 40 min.
Santiago Vaulet – Argentina (MVP) | 15.2 pts; 12.7 rebs; 3.8 assists; 1.7 stl; 1.2 blk in 27 min.
Juan Poisson – Paraguay (1,98 SF/PF ‘98) | 12 pts; 15.6 rebs ; 1.6 blks ; 1.6 stls in 35 min.
Lucas Caue De Almeida – Brazil (2,05 PF ‘98) | 9 pts; 10 rebs; 2.2 blks in 26 min.
Felipe Haase – Chile (2,06 C ’98) | 11.6 pts; 8.4 rebs; 1.2 assists; 3.4 TO in 35 min.
Recap
Argentina beat Brazil 73-49 in the gold medal match to claim the title at the South-American U17 Tournament played in Chaco, Argentina. Chile won the bronze and also qualified (along with Brazil and Argentina) to the FIBA Americas U18 for next year. In a tournament usually dominated by Argentina and Brazil, Chile showed great chemistry and some great prospects. Paraguay and Uruguay also showed interesting players.
Argentina:
With one of the deepest and most talented classes in recent years, Argentina was the favorite to win the championship at home. Argentina showed a change of direction in his youth program with this team. Coach Marcelo Richotti put together the tallest team in the history of Junior Competition for Argentina. The roster included Maximiliano Andreatta (2.07 SF ’98), Santiago Bruera (2.06 C ’98), a former rugby player, and promising big man Francisco Caffaro (2.10 C ’00) who is two years younger than the rest of the team. Andreatta, Corvalán, Berra and Valussi attended the Adidas Nations this year and five players on the team were part of the NBA Basketball without Borders Latin-America in the Dominican Republic.
Santiago Vaulet, younger brother of Juan Vaulet (the 39th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft), was the leader and the consensus MVP of the tournament. Vaulet is an elite athlete and a very explosive leaper just like his brother. Has a nice size for a SG and excellent fundamentals. He also can play PG with solid passing and decision-making. He was everywhere in the court leading his team in points, rebounds (2nd overall) and blocks. He showed a terrific feel for the game and aggressiveness. Vaulet loved to get his teammates involved with fancy and accurate passes. He still needs to work on his shooting, especially from 3pt range, but his potential looks solid, maybe even better than his brother.
Facundo Corvalán (1,85 PG ’98) was the other leader of the team. He is a great athlete, very explosive and quick. His defensive potential is huge. He led the tournament in assists and finished 3rd in steals. His body looks great, big frame and strong core. He and Vaulet will be teammates in Argentina’s first division at Bahia Basket, a team that also has Juan Vaulet and Máximo Fjellerup, two of the biggest prospects of the nation.
Matias Solanas (1.90 SG ’98) was a surprise. His shooting abilities were very useful for the team against Chile (scored 5/5 from 3pt in the 3rd quarter). He’s a pure shooter with great confidence a range. Solanas has a quick but low release in his jump shot, needs to work on his body to become more athletic and strong.
Lautaro Berra (2.08 PF/C ’98) was the most experience big-man on the team. He played this years’ FIBA U19 with 17 years old. Berra struggled most of the tournament but had his best game at the gold medal match against the tall Brazilian frontcourt. He has great size and fundamentals. Berra showed high basketball IQ and defensive potential, he can shot hooks with both hands and has a great footwork. He showed an interesting mid-range game. He has potential to be a full-time PF.
Brazil
Brazil came to the tournament without his best prospect as Felipe Dos Anjos (2.18 C ’98) stay in Spain with the Real Madrid. Also, two of the best players of the team, Gabriel Crepaldi (2.01 SF ’98) and Lucas De Almeida (2.03 PF ’98) were dealing with injuries and didn’t play until the semifinals.
Rafael Munford (1.92 SG ’98) showed great scoring abilities and instincts. He looks like a pure scorer with a nice frame and strong body. He average 12 pts with 30% from 3pt.
Danilo Araujo (1.96 SG ’99) was one of the most interesting prospects to watch. He is a year younger than the rest of the competition, but looks really talented. Pure shooter with a quick and high release can put the ball in the floor and finish in traffic.
Brazil front-court looked huge and strong with De Almeida, Micheal Uchendu (2.06 C ’98) and Joao Dos Santos (2.12 C ’98). De Almeida is a very athletic forward with good footwork and leadership qualities; he has a good mid-range game and solid fundamentals. Uchendu is a force in the paint; he has a huge wingspan and a very strong body although he needs to work his ball-handling and improve his range. He averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds in the tournament. Dos Santos is still raw, has poor mobility but showed a really decent shooting touch, even from 3pt range. He averaged 3 pts and 9 rebs.
Chile
Chile was the biggest surprise of the tournament. They came to Chaco willing to earn the spot to the FIBA Americas U18 and the showed it since day one. Short rotations, set offenses, zone defense, three great players and a lot of team-work made it happened.
Felipe Haase (2.06 C ’98) who will play High-School Basketball at USA, was the best big-man in the tournament. Good fundamentals, nice mid-range game. Very high basketball IQ in offense and defense. Terrific team-defender. He needs to work in his mobility and athleticism and also, he has to demand the ball a little more, Haase has good moves in offense, but didn’t get a lot of touches. Excellent free throw shooter (85%)
Nicolás Aguirre (1.80 PG/SG ’98). Right now, Aguirre is more of a SG, but he needs to become a PG in the near future because he’s not expected to grow much more. He’s skinny but really tough. Great competitor and talented player. Aguirre finished 3rd overall in scoring and showed a great offensive arsenal. He was the best scorer of the tournament, almost impossible to guard. His terrific quickness and ball-handling made him one of the best driving to the basket. Great shooter even off the dribble. Shot an average of 9 threes per game and averaged more than 40 minutes per game, because Chile played two overtime games in the tournament.
Other interesting prospects
Juan Poisson – Paraguay (1.98 SF/PF ’98) was the biggest find of the tournament. Very few people knew him before the tournament. He was the main reason Paraguay make such a historic run and had a unique chance to qualify to the FIBA Americas U18 in the bronze medal game. Poisson led the tournament in rebounds (15.6) and blocks (2.3) while finishing 9th in points (12). He is an athletic SF who had to play a lot of C minutes because he was the tallest player on his team. His huge length and great athleticism makes him very similar to NBA Draftee Juan Vaulet. He is a very active player, with a terrific feel for the game and intangibles. His game and fundamentals needs work, but he has the tools. He received a lot of attention in Chaco from Argentinean teams who wanted to recruit him which could be terrific for his development. His shot needs a lot of work.
Juan Ignacio Ducasse – Uruguay (2.04 SF ’98) was one of the most coveted prospects before the tournament. He has the size and the talent to play at SF. Huge wingspan. Ducasse played a lot of PF during the tournament but showed great confidence facing the basket. Averaged just 7 points and 5 rebounds with 1/15 from 3pt in 5 games. Ducasse has solid fundamentals and nice moves in offense but needs to work on his body and agility. He needs to get stronger and bigger. Also, his feel from the game could improve. He looked disinterested after Uruguay fail to qualify to the semifinals.
Agustín Da Costa – Uruguay (1.92 SG ’98) was the slam dunk champion at the NBA Basketball without Borders this year. He’s an incredible athlete. Very explosive leaper jumps too high in very little time. He needs to work in his fundamentals to become a reliable SG. His Ball-Handling, decision-making and Basketball IQ needs word. He shot 6/27 from FG including 2/13 from 3pt.
Uruguay also showed talented SG Facundo Terra (1.86 ’98), a very complete and talented scorer with great defensive instincts. Terra is short for the SG position and very skinny but could develop into an interesting player. Great body control but little 3pt range.
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Standings1. Argentina 5-0
2. Brazil 5-1
3. Chile 3-2
4. Paraguay 3-3
5. Venezuela 4-2
6. Uruguay 2-3
7. Colombia 2-4
8. Ecuador 0-5
9. Perú 0-4
MVP: Santiago Vaulet – Argentina (1,95 SG ’98) | 15.2 pts; 12.7 rebs; 3.8 assists; 1.7 stl; 1.2 blk
LatinHopes All-Tournament Team
Nicolás Aguirre – Chile (1,80 PG/SG ‘98) | 18.4 pts; 5rebs; 3.6 assists; 3.6 stls in 40 min.
Santiago Vaulet – Argentina (MVP) | 15.2 pts; 12.7 rebs; 3.8 assists; 1.7 stl; 1.2 blk in 27 min.
Juan Poisson – Paraguay (1,98 SF/PF ‘98) | 12 pts; 15.6 rebs ; 1.6 blks ; 1.6 stls in 35 min.
Lucas Caue De Almeida – Brazil (2,05 PF ‘98) | 9 pts; 10 rebs; 2.2 blks in 26 min.
Felipe Haase – Chile (2,06 C ’98) | 11.6 pts; 8.4 rebs; 1.2 assists; 3.4 TO in 35 min.
Recap
Argentina beat Brazil 73-49 in the gold medal match to claim the title at the South-American U17 Tournament played in Chaco, Argentina. Chile won the bronze and also qualified (along with Brazil and Argentina) to the FIBA Americas U18 for next year. In a tournament usually dominated by Argentina and Brazil, Chile showed great chemistry and some great prospects. Paraguay and Uruguay also showed interesting players.
Argentina:
With one of the deepest and most talented classes in recent years, Argentina was the favorite to win the championship at home. Argentina showed a change of direction in his youth program with this team. Coach Marcelo Richotti put together the tallest team in the history of Junior Competition for Argentina. The roster included Maximiliano Andreatta (2.07 SF ’98), Santiago Bruera (2.06 C ’98), a former rugby player, and promising big man Francisco Caffaro (2.10 C ’00) who is two years younger than the rest of the team. Andreatta, Corvalán, Berra and Valussi attended the Adidas Nations this year and five players on the team were part of the NBA Basketball without Borders Latin-America in the Dominican Republic.
Santiago Vaulet, younger brother of Juan Vaulet (the 39th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft), was the leader and the consensus MVP of the tournament. Vaulet is an elite athlete and a very explosive leaper just like his brother. Has a nice size for a SG and excellent fundamentals. He also can play PG with solid passing and decision-making. He was everywhere in the court leading his team in points, rebounds (2nd overall) and blocks. He showed a terrific feel for the game and aggressiveness. Vaulet loved to get his teammates involved with fancy and accurate passes. He still needs to work on his shooting, especially from 3pt range, but his potential looks solid, maybe even better than his brother.
Facundo Corvalán (1,85 PG ’98) was the other leader of the team. He is a great athlete, very explosive and quick. His defensive potential is huge. He led the tournament in assists and finished 3rd in steals. His body looks great, big frame and strong core. He and Vaulet will be teammates in Argentina’s first division at Bahia Basket, a team that also has Juan Vaulet and Máximo Fjellerup, two of the biggest prospects of the nation.
Matias Solanas (1.90 SG ’98) was a surprise. His shooting abilities were very useful for the team against Chile (scored 5/5 from 3pt in the 3rd quarter). He’s a pure shooter with great confidence a range. Solanas has a quick but low release in his jump shot, needs to work on his body to become more athletic and strong.
Lautaro Berra (2.08 PF/C ’98) was the most experience big-man on the team. He played this years’ FIBA U19 with 17 years old. Berra struggled most of the tournament but had his best game at the gold medal match against the tall Brazilian frontcourt. He has great size and fundamentals. Berra showed high basketball IQ and defensive potential, he can shot hooks with both hands and has a great footwork. He showed an interesting mid-range game. He has potential to be a full-time PF.
Brazil
Brazil came to the tournament without his best prospect as Felipe Dos Anjos (2.18 C ’98) stay in Spain with the Real Madrid. Also, two of the best players of the team, Gabriel Crepaldi (2.01 SF ’98) and Lucas De Almeida (2.03 PF ’98) were dealing with injuries and didn’t play until the semifinals.
Rafael Munford (1.92 SG ’98) showed great scoring abilities and instincts. He looks like a pure scorer with a nice frame and strong body. He average 12 pts with 30% from 3pt.
Danilo Araujo (1.96 SG ’99) was one of the most interesting prospects to watch. He is a year younger than the rest of the competition, but looks really talented. Pure shooter with a quick and high release can put the ball in the floor and finish in traffic.
Brazil front-court looked huge and strong with De Almeida, Micheal Uchendu (2.06 C ’98) and Joao Dos Santos (2.12 C ’98). De Almeida is a very athletic forward with good footwork and leadership qualities; he has a good mid-range game and solid fundamentals. Uchendu is a force in the paint; he has a huge wingspan and a very strong body although he needs to work his ball-handling and improve his range. He averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds in the tournament. Dos Santos is still raw, has poor mobility but showed a really decent shooting touch, even from 3pt range. He averaged 3 pts and 9 rebs.
Chile
Chile was the biggest surprise of the tournament. They came to Chaco willing to earn the spot to the FIBA Americas U18 and the showed it since day one. Short rotations, set offenses, zone defense, three great players and a lot of team-work made it happened.
Felipe Haase (2.06 C ’98) who will play High-School Basketball at USA, was the best big-man in the tournament. Good fundamentals, nice mid-range game. Very high basketball IQ in offense and defense. Terrific team-defender. He needs to work in his mobility and athleticism and also, he has to demand the ball a little more, Haase has good moves in offense, but didn’t get a lot of touches. Excellent free throw shooter (85%)
Nicolás Aguirre (1.80 PG/SG ’98). Right now, Aguirre is more of a SG, but he needs to become a PG in the near future because he’s not expected to grow much more. He’s skinny but really tough. Great competitor and talented player. Aguirre finished 3rd overall in scoring and showed a great offensive arsenal. He was the best scorer of the tournament, almost impossible to guard. His terrific quickness and ball-handling made him one of the best driving to the basket. Great shooter even off the dribble. Shot an average of 9 threes per game and averaged more than 40 minutes per game, because Chile played two overtime games in the tournament.
Other interesting prospects
Juan Poisson – Paraguay (1.98 SF/PF ’98) was the biggest find of the tournament. Very few people knew him before the tournament. He was the main reason Paraguay make such a historic run and had a unique chance to qualify to the FIBA Americas U18 in the bronze medal game. Poisson led the tournament in rebounds (15.6) and blocks (2.3) while finishing 9th in points (12). He is an athletic SF who had to play a lot of C minutes because he was the tallest player on his team. His huge length and great athleticism makes him very similar to NBA Draftee Juan Vaulet. He is a very active player, with a terrific feel for the game and intangibles. His game and fundamentals needs work, but he has the tools. He received a lot of attention in Chaco from Argentinean teams who wanted to recruit him which could be terrific for his development. His shot needs a lot of work.
Juan Ignacio Ducasse – Uruguay (2.04 SF ’98) was one of the most coveted prospects before the tournament. He has the size and the talent to play at SF. Huge wingspan. Ducasse played a lot of PF during the tournament but showed great confidence facing the basket. Averaged just 7 points and 5 rebounds with 1/15 from 3pt in 5 games. Ducasse has solid fundamentals and nice moves in offense but needs to work on his body and agility. He needs to get stronger and bigger. Also, his feel from the game could improve. He looked disinterested after Uruguay fail to qualify to the semifinals.
Agustín Da Costa – Uruguay (1.92 SG ’98) was the slam dunk champion at the NBA Basketball without Borders this year. He’s an incredible athlete. Very explosive leaper jumps too high in very little time. He needs to work in his fundamentals to become a reliable SG. His Ball-Handling, decision-making and Basketball IQ needs word. He shot 6/27 from FG including 2/13 from 3pt.
Uruguay also showed talented SG Facundo Terra (1.86 ’98), a very complete and talented scorer with great defensive instincts. Terra is short for the SG position and very skinny but could develop into an interesting player. Great body control but little 3pt range.
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