Pistons president basketball operations Joe Dumars checked out the talent this week in the Final Four of the NLB in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The NLB, a regional league in the former Yugoslavia, said on its Web site that more than 50 scouts from NBA and European clubs were in attendance, at least 17 NBA teams had representatives and Dumars was the “most recognized name.”

Dumars gave an interview with kosarka.si, which was posted Thursday in Slovenian. Dumars praised the level of hoops in the NLB, said he knew a lot about basketball in the former Yugoslavia, mentioned former Pistons Darko Milicic and Zeljko Rebraca, and said he came to Slovenia’s capital to scout because the timing was right since the NCAA tournament was over and the Pistons were not in the playoffs.