Simultaneously with the cup, the Endesa Mini Cup, one of this week’s interesting events of pure basketball in the capital of Malaga, will be played in Malaga starting from Wednesday. Costa del Sol. The most promising 12 and 13-year-old players of Spanish clubs will once again attract the attention of European fans and observers. NBA, This is already starting to follow the development of these players.

Dabone, the star to follow

There are many players who went through this tournament and later reached professional basketball. Ricky RubioLuka Doncic or Domantas Sabonis are three good examples World basketball stars who cut their teeth in this tournament as children.

On this occasion, there is a name that speaks louder than others for the Malaga 2024 event: Mohammed Dabone. Actor I was born in 2011 Burkina Faso He arrived at Barça’s youth academy last summer and it didn’t take long for him to attract the attention of scouts from all over the world, including the NBA.

Despite his young age, he was only 12 years old. He is already 2.08 m tall. and reveals his qualifications to be one of the stars of the future. In the same season, he was the MVP of the Leukemia Foundation Tournament at the end of 2023. He achieved an efficiency rating of 40 in the final against Real Madrid. He was also the MVP of the final of the Spanish Youth Regional Team Championship, which Catalonia won against Andalusia in their pre-teen years.

owned by Dabone a privileged and unusual physique among boys his age.This allows him to dominate the matches in his category as he wishes. That’s why he had played matches before. student And youth Barça will compete with rivals that are theoretically superior to itself.

It will undoubtedly be one of the attractions of the Endesa Mini Cup 2024, which starts on Wednesday. clove. If the stands are already full to watch these matches that Spanish basketball promises for young people, the expectation will be at its maximum when Dabone steps on the court. NBA scouts They already know the center of Burkinabe origin very well.

tournament bracket

On the day of the ‘Senior’ draw, the teams participating in the Mini Cup also got to know their opponents. In this case, the eight clubs that qualify will be divided into two groups of four and the best two teams from each side will advance to the semi-finals.

HE Unicaja Andalusia took part in Group A together with. Real Madrid, Joventut Badalona and BAXI Manresa. Manolo Bazán’s team will play its first match against Manresa on Wednesday at 15.00; They will have a tough match against Madrid on Thursday at 12.00 and will close the group stage against Penya on Friday at 12.00. Group B; It consists of Valencia Basket, Barça, Basquet Girona and Casademont Zaragoza.

The semi-finals and the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th place competitions will be played on Saturday, and the 3rd and 4th place competition and the grand final (13.00) will be held on Sunday (10.30). All matches will be played at the José Luis Pérez Canca de Carranque pavilion. Except for the final, which will be played next Sunday morning in Martín Carpena.