Archive for October 26, 2012
NBA shelves Uniform Ads Idea until April ’13
After the marquee news stories were reported from the NBA Board of Governors meeting, namely the approval of the Memphis Grizzlies sale and Commissioner David Stern announcing his retirement, another hot topic got pushed aside and went relatively unnoticed, advertisements on uniforms. The topic of the uniform ads has been around for a while in…
Read MoreJoey Dorsey leaving Olympiacos for NBA
Joey Dorsey (203 cm, Memphis’08) has announced that he will be leaving returning Euroleague and Greece A1 champion Olympiacos effectively immediately and has worked out a contract termination with the club. With NBA rosters being cut to the league maximum 15 this week for the season opener coming next week, the timing is good for…
Read MoreRobbie Jackson inks deal with Oettinger
Robbie Jackson (215 cm, UMBC’10) has signed a agreed to join the Oettinger Rockets Gotha (Germany-ProA) for the 2012-13 season. Jackson most recently played for the Indonesia Warriors (ABL) where he averaged 18.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Jackson played his last year of collegiate basketball at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in 2010,…
Read MoreLNDP All-Stars named in Mexico
The LNDP All-Stars have been named in Mexico. Here are the names of the players for the LNDP (Professional National Basketball League) of Mexico are in, officialy announced by the League. Among them are three foreign players: Leroy Hickerson from the Halcones Rodney Alexander Jr. from the Correcaminos Travis Gabbidon from the Guerreros Leroy Hickerson…
Read MoreRamone Moore signs with Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ramone Moore (193 cm, Temple’12) has signed in Israel with Hapoel Tel Aviv. Ramone Moore comes from Italian Serie A team Angelico Biella, where he started the season and played 4 games and averaged 7.5 ppg. It is Moore’s first professional season in Europe.
Read MoreJosep Berrocal hired to coach Donetsk
Josep Berrocal has been hired by BC Donetsk (Ukraine-Superleague) to coach their squad for the remainder of the 2012-13 season after they released Vlada Jovanovic and his assistants earlier in the week. Berrocal has been an assistant coach at FC Barcelona Regal and in 2010-11 he led Budivelhik Kiev to a Ukrainian League Title and…
Read MoreMorgan Natanahira agrees to join Sharks
Morgan Natanahira (198 cm) has agreed to join his former coach, Paul Henare, with the Southland Sharks (New Zealand-NBL) for the 2013 campaign. Natanahira spent the last two seasons with the Hawke’s Bay Hawks (New Zealand-NBL). He’s currently recovering from an ACL tear and surgery and isn’t expected to be able to get on a…
Read MoreKevin Braswell re-signs with Southland Sharks
Kevin Braswell (188 cm, Georgetown’02) has re-signed with the Southland Sharks (New Zealand-NBL) for the 2013 season. During the 2012 season with the Sharks, Braswell led the team in scoring, averaging 20.6 points and 5.1 assists per game over 16 NBL games. He’s currently playing for the Melbourne Tigers (Australia-NBL) and is averaging 13.7 points…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 3: Four Remain Undefeated
Eight squads came into Round 3 of Euroleague 2012-13 play with 2-0 records. After Thursday’s eight games, four of those teams suffered their first losses, with two of them coming on their home courts – EA7 Emporio Armani Milan falling to previously winless Caja Laboral Vitoria by 10 at the Milan Mediolanum Forum, and Fenerbahce…
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