Bruno Baltazar

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Bruno Miguel Martins Ferreira Baltazar (born June 21, 1989 in Lisbon, Portugal)is a professional basketball scout,coach, agent and reporter. Married to Lia currently lives in Portugal. Speaks english,portuguese,french and spanish.

Career Started at very young age (around 10 years old) learning everything he could about basketball such as books, viewing and analysing games.

Had the chance to meet the right people that gave him the opportunity with 15 years old to be inside a professional basketball team in Portugal (Barreirense) and thru his contacts this day’s scout for Pierrel Capo D’Orlando-Italy, Barreirense.

Collabore as a scout for: UK national team BUCANEROS DE GUAYMAS (Mexico top division team-CIBACOPA) EISBAEREN BREMERHAVEN (Germany top league) AS-Sonabel-Les Electricians (Woman’s Burkina Faso team) ESSA-Portuguese womans league champs MYGUIDE AMSTERDAM (Top division team I Holland) Detroit Pistons of the NBA between others.

As a coach - Coached during the portuguese summer league Barreirense team to the final of Queluz international tournament losing in the final to Belenenses and worked as a asisstant coach for the NBA Without Borders past edition in South Africa.

As a agent placed Mike Smith,former NBA player in Mexico.

As a reporter: http://www.eurobasket.com/por/por.asp


References Interview with Bruno Baltazar (Part 1 ,2 and 3):

http://www.dailybasketball.com/2008/04/14/bruno-baltazar-an-inside-look-on-foreign-scouting-part-1.html

http://www.dailybasketball.com/2008/04/15/bruno-baltazar-the-art-and-skill-of-scouting-part-2.html

http://www.dailybasketball.com/2008/04/16/bruno-baltazar-catching-up-with-the-international-game-part-3.html