Archive for September 2012
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…
Read MoreAnthony Jones signs with Atomeromu
Anthony Jones (208 cm, Baylor’12) has signed with Hungarian team Atomeromu Paks. It will be Jones’first professional job overseas.
Read MoreMilt 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.
Read MoreSergi 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…
Read MoreTomaz Jereb signs with Maribor Messer
Tomaz Jereb (1.92m) signs with Maribor Messer (Slovenian Telemach League) for the 2012-13 season. Jereb played for Konjicane SKL averaging 15.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
Read MoreDamir Miljkovic inks deal with Zlatorog Lasko
Damir Miljkovic (1.94m) inks deal with Slovenia Telemach League squad Zlatorog Lasko. Miljkovic, a 32-year old guard, comes to the Telemach from the Croatian A2, where he played with Kaptol. His team prior to that, Cibona, played in the 2011 A1 league semi-finals. In 2006 Miljkovic played on the Croatian National team and in 2001…
Read MoreFrano Marasovic joins Zlatorog Lasko
Frano Marasovic (2.16m) has signed on to play in Slovenia with Zlatorog Lasko (Telemach League). Marasovic, 20, has been playing as a member of the Croatian U20 squad that recently played in the U20 European Championships, Division B.
Read MoreRoberto Casoli joins Tezeni Verona
Roberto Casoli (2.06m) has signed with Tezeni Verona (Italian Lega2) for the 2012-13 season. Last year saw Casoli with Forli, also of Lega2, where he averaged 5.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game over 25 games. Casoli, age 40, was a member of the Italian National squad in from 1998 thru 2002.
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Four more qualify, eight to go
Coming in to today’s EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers four teams had their chance to earn spots, unfortunately, only Germany was able to take advantage, but three more, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Czech Republic, were able to pick up theirs after various losses in and out of Groups assured teams they’d finish no lower than…
Read MoreBeko signs on to be title sponsor for Italian Serie A
Beko, an international household appliance manufacturer with headquarters in Istanbul, has signed on to be the sponsor of the Italian Serie A league and Event League. Beko has been increasing their presence in European basketball community by inking deals to be major sponsors of various leagues since 2006. It was then that they agreed to…
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