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Ben Sharaf came into the Junior EuroLeague tournament in Patras, Greece with high expectations - and lived up to every one of them this weekend.

The 16-year-old guard (1.96 meters) played a total of three games for the talent team coached by former Finnish center Petri Koponen, and showed why he is considered one of the hottest names on the continent for his age group.

After his performances last weekend, the international scout of the Portland Trailblazers, Nico Matthew, said: "This is a super talent."

It started with 24 points (6 of 11 for 2, 3 of 7 for 3, 3 of 5 from the free9, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers in just 20 minutes in the first game of the tournament, in which his team defeated 50 :79 Olympiakos. "I didn't expect anything less than that," tweeted the Greek journalist Theo Anastasoudis. "He scores in every possible way."

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Last night (Saturday) Sharaf held two games.

In the first, he provided 15 points (5 of 8 for 2, 1 of 3 for 3, 2 of 4 from the penalty), 6 rebounds and 5 turnovers in 61:80 over Orange in Sano.

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He saved the best for last - in the last game against Villervan, he was excellent with 25 points (7 of 17 to 2, 2 of 9 to 3, 5 of 6 free throws), 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 4 turnovers, in his team's only loss - 77:68 - which prevented it from qualifying for the championship final.

"It is very difficult to stop Ben Sharaf. He is an excellent one-on-one player," complimented coach Villerban at the end.

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In total, the young Israeli provided 21.3 points for the evening (50 percent for 2, 31.6 percent for 3, 66.7 percent from the free), 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3.3 steals and 3.3 turnovers per game, in 24 minutes for the evening.

Sharaf ranks second in the tournament in points per game, with only the Greek Alexandrov Smontorov ahead of him (22.2 points).

He is also second in steals per game, with only the German Jack Kyle (3.8) ahead of him.

In rebounds per game he is ranked 24th, in assists 15th and in index points (21.7) he is ranked sixth.

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Elitzur Netanya player from the National League is not the first Israeli to shine in the youth Euroleague tournament.

In 2018/19, Danny Avdia posted even more impressive averages of 24.4 points, 11.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.9 steals per night, but he did so at a slightly older age than Sharaf.

Omri Caspi averaged 22.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.6 steals in 2003/04 and 2004/05.

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The Israeli, who finished last summer as the king of baskets in the European Cadet Championship with 24.3 points per game, participated in the tournament last year as well, when he was just 15 years old, and put up numbers of 9.8 points, 3 rebounds and 3.8 assists.

This season he is considered one of the best Israelis in the National League, averaging 13.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

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