With the Olympics in full swing and the FIBA u18 European Championships presently going down in Finland, we thought it was solely applicable to speak worldwide basketball on this week’s episode of the 247Sports School Basketball Present.
For this dialogue, we targeted on six incoming school basketball freshmen with distinct worldwide roots — that means these aren’t gamers who performed their highschool or grassroots basketball within the states — and did not even play at any of the NBA Academies final season.
BYU’s Egor Demin is a jumbo 6-foot-8 guard from Russia who most just lately performed with Actual Madrid. He is being touted as a possible “one-and-done” prospect and might be given 5-star standing in addition to a No. 16 rating within the class of 2024.
Illinois has a pair of incoming worldwide freshman (not counting Canadian native Will Riley, who performed on the Phelps Faculty in Pennsylvania final 12 months). Kasparas Jakucionis, a 6-foot-5 guard from Lithuania, performed with FC Barcelona final 12 months. Tomislav Ivisic, a 7-foot huge man from Croatia, is the dual brother of incoming Arkansas switch, Zvonimir Ivisic, who adopted John Calipari from Kentucky. Each might be rated as 4-star recruits. Jakucioni might be ranked No. 36 general within the nationwide class whereas Ivisic will are available at No. 51.
SMU additionally has an influence huge man arriving from the worldwide ranks in Samet Yigitoglu, a 7-foot-2 Turkish native. Yigitoglu may also be given 4-star standing and inserted into the 2024 rankings because the No. 62 ranked prospect.
Florida and Villanova have additionally added guards who may contend for enjoying time subsequent 12 months. City Kalvar joins the Gators from Slovenia whereas Sasha Gavalyugov is coming to Villanova from Bulgaria. Each have been rated as three-star prospects.
Your entire present, which breaks down all six prospects, may be discovered on the 247Sports YouTube Channel or considered in its entirety beneath.
