Taurean Green to sign with Sigma Barcellona

Taurean Green (185 cm, Florida’07) will sign with Italian Legadue team Sigma Barcellona, where he will replace Marcus Walker who didn’t pass the physical due to a hearth problem. Taurean Green started last season with Spanish ACB team Gran Canaria and then moved to Turkey and Tofas Bursa where he averaged 9.4ppg, 2rpg and 3.9apg.

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Chinese clubs want NBA-style salary cap

(Reuters) – Teams in China’s professional basketball league are calling for an NBA-style basketball salary cap after a sharp rise in overseas players signing big-money contracts. “We’ve been talking about how to make it happen,” Bai Xilin, director of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) competition department, told the China Daily newspaper. “There is no timeline…

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Milt Palacio signs with Bnei Herzliya

Milt Palacio (190 cm, Colorado State’90) is signing with Israeli team Bnei Herzliya for the coming season. Last season he played in the Spanish ACB with Obradoiro and after that moved to the Puerto Rican league where he joined Piratas de Quebradillas.

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Sergi Vidal injured, fined by Unicaja

Sergi Vidal suffered a groin injury during off-season workouts, but because he didn’t inform the team immediately of the injury, they have decided to fine him half his salary during his recovery period, thought to be roughly a month. Vidal will undergo surgery to expedite the healing, a procedure that they say can reduce the…

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