Archive for August 2012
Basketball Australia announces broadcast deal
Basketball Australia announced a multi-year broadcast deal with PERFORM Media that will allow all National Basketball League games to be broadcast live via an NBL.tv subscription service. The subscription will allow fans to watch NBL games on the Internet, on their mobile phones, tablets and IPTV. Games and highlights of previous games will also be…
Read MoreBajramovic re-signs with Banvit BK
Kenan Bajramovic (2.07m, 31 yrs old) has signed a contract extension that will keep in a Banvit BK (Turkey) uniform for at least one more season. Bajramovic averaged 9.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in 11 Eurocup games and 11.2 points and 4.6 rebounds in Turkish League competition last season.
Read MoreAsseco Prokom signs center Khazzouh
Asseco Prokom Gdynia, champions of the Polish league, has signed Julian Khazzouh (2.09m) from Australia to a three-year contract. Khazzouh has played most of his career in Australia and has been named to the All-NBL first team for the last two years. Last season he averages 16.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game.
Read MoreLakers to honor Abdul-Jabbar with statue
Karem Abdul-Jabbar will soon be seen every night at Laker games again, when the Lakers organization unveils a statue honoring the long-time Laker center. Over his 20-year career he helped earn six championships and won six MVPs. His relationship has been strained over the last few years, to the point of making his feelings known…
Read MoreDutch shock unbeaten Georgia in EuroBasket
Netherlands – Georgia 91-88 The Netherlands had lost their first three contests in the EuroBasket 2013 qualifiers, so when unbeaten Georgia showed up in Almere for their fourth game, it’s safe to say that many felt each team would extend their current streak to four. Fortunately, the hosts had other thoughts and fought back from…
Read MoreŠime Špralja joins Trefl Sopot
Croatian power forward Šime Špralja signed a one year deal with Polish Trefel Sopot. The 29 year old, who led the Balkan league in scoring last season, accepted an invitation of the Croatian head coach Žan Tabak, one of the rare European coaches with an NBA ring as a player. Trefl lost the finals of…
Read MoreAntwain Barbour signs for Pesaro in Italy
Forward Antwain Barbour (196 cm, Kentucky’04) has signed for Pesaro from Italy. Yes, that’s right, just “Pesaro” and not “Scavolini Pesaro”. The Italian kitchen producer Scavolini had been sponsoring the team from Pesaro for 37 years straight, but the economic crisis has now brought that to an end. It is symbolic for what is happening…
Read MoreVitaly Fridzon’s Olympic Bronze Medal is Stolen
According to Russian media, the bronze medal won by Vitaly Fridzon, as part of the Russian basketball team, in the 2012 Olympics in London, was stolen on Saturday. According to the Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police were called to a Moscow suburb to check on a report that the apartment of a 27-year-old…
Read MoreBrandon Robinson signed by Los Leones
Brandon Robinson (202 cm, Auburn’04) will be playing for the Dominican team Los Leones from Santo Domingo this season. He arrived Saturday ready to play against the Cañeros of La Romana (the 3rd largest city in the country). He’s a high scorer, shoots well from long distance and is great at snatching up rebounds. Robinson…
Read MoreParaguay’s Cerro Porteño become champions
Cerro Porteño (from Paraguay) out gunned Libertad 75 to 70 and became Champion of Paraguay after the fifth exhausting game of the play off series. This is not just any championship. Libertad has held the title for some 50 years but has finally been dethroned by Cerro, the new kings of Paraguayan basketball. It was…
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