MIES (Switzerland) - While the list of European talent in the women's game is seemingly endless, who's stock is sky high right now, who can you put your faith in and who should you take a chance on?

If you consider that amazing talent as a precious commodity, we picked 12 European players who might provoke a different response on a player stock market. Although with a huge event to come this year, like the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 in Sydney, things could change very quickly.

BUY NOW!

Iliana Rupert - France

A special talent and recently crowned the EuroCup Women MVP at just 20-years-old when taking Bourges Basket to the silverware, is there any other young baller lighting it up quite like Rupert right now? You would have to buy, buy, buy her stocks because she is set to push for more and more court time when wearing a French national team vest too. She may have competition for minutes from the veteran legend Sandrine Gruda. but Rupert is ready to show that she can pick up the baton - sooner rather than later. What a baller!

Bernadett Hatar - Hungary

 
Hungary missed the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 but Bernadett Hatar has been dominant in EuroLeague Women and posted her best ever season. Exploting the pick and roll expertly and very much a put-back machine, Hatar has just propelled Sopron Basket to their shock maiden EuroLeague Women title. Whenever she was on the floor at the Final Four, Sopron looked a different team. She may be a bit different because of her height rather than power under the basket, but nobody has been shooting the ball better!

Jonquel Jones - Bosnia and Herzegovina

The best player on the planet - right? Very possibly and for that reason, the smart thing to do would be to put a lot of investment into this truly amazing baller. The epic performances of Jones last year at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 put her even more centrally on the radar as she led them to a historic best ever 5th place and she is now looking forward to inspiring them to glory on their FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup debut in Sydney. With typically eye-popping numbers, she was TISSOT MVP at the Qualifying Tournament in Osaka back in February and at times she really does look absolutely unstoppable. 

Maria Conde - Spain

You could easily make a case that when it comes to current form, this European star is right up there near the top of the list. A scorching finish to the EuroLeague Women Regular Season saw her make the All-First Team and then she clicked up another gear again in the Play-Offs. It's just a pity she got injured at the Final Four in Istanbul because when she left the court,it created a huge void which ZVVZ USK Praha couldn't fill. Now Spain will be hoping in just over 12 months time she is rolling even harder out there and doing great things on the wing, so she can be a marquee player for them at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023.

HOLD ONTO YOUR STOCKS

Gabby Williams - France

While there are those who might feel that we have not quite seen the very best yet of the brilliant Gabby Williams in a French national team jersey, even if she did help them to a FIBA Women's EuroBasket silver and Olympic bronze last year,  you can pencil Sydney into your calendar for her to hit top gear. Set to be a force at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, she will touch down in Australia as not only a EuroLeague Women champion, but also as the Final Four MVP after a couple of colossal performances with Sopron in Istanbul recently. A defensive titan, she is always chipping in nicely on offense too. Rock solid is her worst day!

Emma Meesseman - Belgium

 
An absolute top class machine in every way and especially when steppoing out with the Belgian Cats, Meesseman is money. Serious money on the court. She provided the main thrust behind Belgium safely navigating the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Quailfying Tournament in Washington, taking the TISSOT MVP Crown. She also has that rich recent history of putting up stunning numbers for the Cats and even if fans missed out on her finishing the EuroLeague Wome season with UMMC Ekaterinburg, there will be much anticipating when she is back in action. You could only ever keep any stocks you had in this brilliant basketball player!

Sandrine Gruda - France

What an absolute French legend Gruda is and her quality and influence was sorely missed in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament back in February. While France moved to Sydney, losses to Nigeria and China will have surely been less likely had she not missed out with an injury. Her country's leading all-time scorer has racked up so many awards, milestones and silverware, also impressing for Beretta Famila Schio this past EuroLeague Women season, picking up a monthly MVP along the way. Yes, you can always take Gruda's work to the bank.

Yvonne Anderson - Serbia

The energetic guard has been another top class naturalized choice for Serbia and success has come their way since she stepped into that slot. Anderson was intrumental in them being crowned FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 champions, making the Semi-Finals at Tokyo 2020 and of course, booking their place for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022. Indeed she was TISSOT MVP at the Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. That rich vein of form was replicated in EuroCup Women with a string of sublime displays for Reyer Venezia as they dumped out holders Valencia, favorites CBK Mersin before running out of gas in the title game with Bourges.

TAKE A CHANCE ON

Marine Fauthoux - France

 
One of the most on the rise ballers of her generation globally, Fauthoux took a major step up in this past year, not least in being recognized via the EuroLeague Women Young Player of the Year award. Her superb work on loan from LDLC ASVEL Feminin with Basket Landes saw her use all of her smarts and maturity far beyond her years to great effect. She also showed in past months ahe can score big as well as create and she looks capable of pushing for more national team court time - starting in Sydney.

Nikolina Babic - Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

If there is any tangible evidence that Bosnia and Herzegovina are not a one player team and not only about Jonquel Jones, then it stems from the talent and application of Babic. The guard has been an ever-present cameo as Jones spearheaded her nation's historic highpoints in the past 9 months or so. She averaged 14 points and 4 assists per game at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket and also impressed in Osaka as Bosnia and Herzegovina booked a ticket to Sydney. Babic must continue this good work in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and she would be very much worth taking a chance on.

Awak Kuier - Finland

With outrageous athleticism, her dunking ability put her on the radar when she was young, including a throwdown  when aged just 15 at the NBA Basketball Without Borders camp in New Orleans. Still only 20 years-old, she is already the leading light of the FInland national team and was the second pick in the WNBA draft last year, going on to make her debut in the competition with Dallas. Her average of almost 17 points and 10 rebounds per game in the Italian League with Ragusa this season has underlined her potential.

Hind Ben Abdelkader - Belgium

As Belgium made their meteoric rise to prominence on the global stage with plenty of historical accomplishments such as a first FIBA Women's EuroBasket medal, maiden FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup appearance and Olympic debut, Ben Abdelkader was largely a spectator. For whatever reasons, she was not a part of the jigsaw despite her incredible scoring power. But a chance of head coach post Tokyo has seen Valery Demory bring her in from the cold and having played in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifiers in Washington DC back in February, maybe the guard is going to be a difference-maker in Sydney. Watch this space. 

Disclaimer: The player stock market are entirely subjective and is in no way a true, accurate ranking systems. All comments are purely those of the expert.

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