Archive for September 26, 2012
Mindaugas Lukauskis signs temp deal with Valencia
Mindaugas Lukauskis (1.98m) has signed a temporary deal with Valencia (Spain-ACB) to replace the injured Thomas Kelati (1.95m, college: Washington St.). Kelati’s injury is slated to take between three and five weeks to recover from and was received against Barcelona during the Endesa Supercup Semi-Finals. Lukauskis spent the 2011-12 season with Sigma Barcelona (Italy-LegaDue) averaging 11.7…
Read MoreDJ White to play for the Sharks in CBA
DJ White (2.06m, college: Indiana) has signed a deal to play for Yao Ming’s Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. White played with the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2011-12 NBA season, but was not picked up for this year. He will be eligible to sign with another NBA team after the CBA season is…
Read MoreKarim Souchu signs temp deal with Cholet
Karim Souchu (1.98, college: Furman University) has signed a temporary contract (through Oct. 7th) with Cholet Basket (France-ProA) to replace the injured Romain Duport (2.17m). Souchu spent part of the 2011-12 campaign on a couple of French squads in the France-ProA league. In three games with Chorale de Roanne Basket he averaged 2.2 points on…
Read MoreDJ Thompson takes his game to Le Havre
DJ Thompson has been announced by STB Le Havre (France-ProA) as a new signing. Thompson (1.74m, college: Appalachian State) comes to Le Havre from Ilysiakos Greece (Greece-A1) where he averaged 10.1 points and 3.5 assists per game. His assist totals place him seventh on the Greek A1 League Leaders chart. According to STB Le Havre’s…
Read MoreSylvere Bryan signs monthly with VL Pesaro
Sylvere Bryan (2.08m, college: University of Tampa) has agreed to a monthly agreement with VL Pesaro (Italy-SerieA), with an option to extend to the rest of the season. Last season Bryan played with Reyer Venezia (Italy-SerieA). Bryan has extensive experience in Europe having played for 12 different squads since graduating from the University of Tampa…
Read MoreNenad Miljenovic joins Serbian squad Ranicki Kragujevac
Nenad Miljenovic (1.94m, 19 yrs) has signed on to play for Radnicki Kragujevac (Serbia-A League). Miljenovic played on multiple teams last season, namely Partizan (Serbia-A League), Mega Vizura (Serbia-A League) and Crvena Zvezda (Serbia-A League). With Mega Vizura, he averaged 16.1 points, 5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game over 26 Serbian A League contests.…
Read MoreMomcilo Latinovic inks deal with KFI Reykjavik
Momcilo Latinovic (1.98m, college: New Mexico Highlands) has signed with KFI Reykjavik (Iceland-Dominos League) for the 2012-13 season. Latinovic has been working out with Boras Basket in Sweden after graduating from New Mexico Highlands University in the Spring of 2012. Reykjavik will be Latinovic’s first professional experience.
Read MoreMiko Golubovic has signed on to play for Kumanovo
Miko Golubovic (2.06m) has joined Kumanovo (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). Golubovic averaged 17.7 points per game and 5.1 rebounds over seven contests in the 2011-12 season with Kozuv (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). He started the 2011-12 season with Napredak Rubin Krusevac (Serbia-B League).
Read MoreSamuel Deguara signs with Reggio Emilia
Samuel Deguara (2.23m, 21 yrs), the big man from Malta, has signed a deal with Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia (Italy-SeriesA). Deguara has been working out with the squad and has convinced the coaches to bring him on. Partizan Belbgrade passed on Derguara, who tried out for the squad over the summer.
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013 Seedings Announced
FIBA Europe has confirmed the seedings the EuroBasket 2013 Draw, which will take place later this year. The 24 teams are divided into 6 seeding pots and they will be drawn into 4 round-robin groups of 6 teams for the First Round of competition. The top 3 teams from each group will progress to the…
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