REGENSBURG (David Hein's Eye on the Future) - Here we have the best of Europe! Well, mainly Europe. There are collegians over here, early entry draft candidates over there. In that section we have the auto-eligibles and let's not forget a great group of non-eligible talents. Oh, and specially for you, we have a gathering of the best U.S. high school prospects.

Welcome to the 2014 adidas Eurocamp - a one-stop shopping extravaganza for any NBA general manager or elite Europe team club rep.

The NBA Draft community convenes in Italy this week as the best in Europe - well, like we said, mostly Europe - get a chance to shine in front of scouts and general managers alike at the 12th annual adidas Eurocamp from June 7-9 in Treviso.

All 30 NBA teams will be represented to observe the continent's brightest going through games, interviews, measurements and athletic testing. Some prospects will also work out privately for teams with the 2014 NBA Draft just around the corner on June 26.

While it's not a guarantee, taking part in this event does drastically raise a prospect's chances of getting to the NBA - or a major club in Europe.

Thirty former Eurocamp participants currently hold NBA contracts and 75 more play in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague.

Some of the current NBA standouts who played in Treviso include Serge Ibaka (Oklahoma City Thunder), Danilo Gallinari (Denver Nuggets) and Nicolas Batum (Portland Trail Blazers).

Batum and Gallinari will both be at the camp holding clinics for the players as well as Ricky Rubio (Minnesota Timberwolves), Luigi Datome (Detroit Pistons) and former NBA great Vlade Divac.

"I'm excited to be a part of adidas Eurocamp this year. It's an incredible way for young players from all over the world to get discovered and develop their skills," said Rubio.

Oklahoma City senior advisor and original Eurocamp founder Maurizio Gherardini will serve as camp director, while some of the coaches include Toronto Raptors assistant Bill Bayno, Lionel Hollins, Maurice Cheeks and Kaleb Canales.

The 2013 edition produced four players selected in the 2013 NBA Draft - Lucas Nogueira of Brazil (Atlanta Hawks #16), Serbia's Nemanja Nedovic (Golden State Warriors #30), Brazil's Raul Neto (Utah Jazz #47) and Latvia's Janis Timma (Memphis Grizzlies #60).

And just as we joked at the beginning of this column, the Eurocamp is truly a mix of players at various stages of their NBA dreams.

Here are some of the top players in each of the classifications.

There are the automatic eligibles, players born in 1992. The top of the group are Sweden's Viktor Gaddefors, German big man Philipp Neumann and Russia's Dmitry Kulagin.

Gaddefors had a fine season with Bologna in Italy, while Neumann blossomed once he moved from Bamberg to Oldenburg. And Kulagin was at times outstanding with Triumph - but quite often less than what his talent promises at other times.

There are four college players on the rosters with the two biggest names being German Niels Giffey and Italy's Amedeo Della Valle.

Giffey has been on a whirlwind tour since helping Connecticut to the 2014 NCAA title - his second with UConn. He raised major eyebrows at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament and has been busy since then flying around the United States trying out individually for NBA teams. He will be looking to further improve his NBA stock in Treviso.

Della Valle, who won the 2013 U20 European Championship with Italy, finished his sophomore year at Ohio State and then signed with Italian club Reggio Emilia.

There is also a group of 2014 NBA early-entry candidates. The biggest names from that list are Serbian Vasilije Micic as well as Greece's Ioannis Papapetrou and Sweden's Marcus Eriksson.

Micic is a well-known commodity while Papapetrou went to the University of Texas for one year before signing a long-time contract with Greek giants Olympiacos. Eriksson took a huge step forward this season, going out on loan from Barcelona to Spanish Liga Endesa side La Bruixa d'Or Manresa.

Those are the main names that NBA fans could see next season - though the international early-entry candidates can pull their names out of the draft by June 16.

Still, this Eurocamp will have plenty of players who will be in the NBA Draft in the very near future - even if they cannot be drafted later this month.

The elite of this gathering of players will be Sweden's Ludde Hakanson, who plays in the Barcelona system; Montenegro's Zoran Nikolic of Joventut Badalona; Croatia's Paolo Marinelli of Union Olimpija Ljubljana; Lithuania's Marius Grigonis of Zalgiris Kaunas and Russia's Mikhail Kulagin with Triumph.

The Eurocamp organizers also are lining up a Team USA roster - made up of elite U.S. high school stars. The biggest name on that squad is Thon Maker, the number one player in the 1996 graduating class. Two other names to watch are Dennis Smith and Jaylen Brown.

Also competing at the Eurocamp will be the U20 French national team - highlighted most likely by Mouhammadou Jaiteh - as well as a team from Carleton University, which competes in the Canadian collegiate system, the CIS.

The Eurocamp has long been a must for any talent evaluator and this spring's selection of gems to watch is quite impressive - again, a one-stop shopping extravaganza.

David Hein

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