Archive for October 2012
Jermaine Bucknor extends deal with TBB Trier
Jermaine Bucknor (199 cm, Richmond’06) has extended his contract with TBB Trier (German-BBL) through the 2014 season. Bucknor was on a short-term contract to fill in for an injured Trier team member and management decided to sign him to an extended contract. He last played at S. Oliver Baskets Wurzburg (German-BBL).
Read MoreHarden turns down $52m – traded to Rockets
The Oklahoma City Thunder, 2011-12 NBA Finals Runner-up, lost hope in working out a contract extension with shooting guard James Harden and sent him and three others to the Houston Rockets in exchange for two players and three high draft picks on Saturday. With the trade deadline quickly approaching, the Thunder did what they had…
Read MoreCarldell Johnson inks deal with Belgacom Spirou
Carldell Johnson (177 cm, UAB’06) has come to terms with Belgacom Spirou (Belgium-Ethias League). According to the team’s website, Johnson is expected to debut in his new uniform Oct. 27th against Mons-Hainaut. Johnson saw court time with the New Orleans Hornets last season, averaging 1.8 points and 1.5 assists per game over 15 games. He…
Read MoreJohn Wooden statue unveiled at Pauley Pavilion
John Wooden, the legendary coach of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), was immortalized outside the newly renovated Pauley Pavilion, home of the program he turned into an NCAA powerhouse in the 1960s and 1970s, with a 400-lb, 8-foot bronze statue that his family helped fine-tune before final production. His daughter, Nan, asked…
Read MorePat Summitt to enter Lady Vols Hall Early
It normally takes an athlete 10 years after they’ve left the University of Tennessee and Administrators five years to be eligible for the Hall of Fame, but the school has waived that requirement for Pat Summitt who stepped down as the women’s head basketball coach last April, as the winningest Division 1 coach in NCAA…
Read MoreEuroleague: Unicaja takes thriller from Siena
On a day of Euroleague blow out games, those that waited for the last contest on the schedule were treated with a barnburner in Spain when Unicaja Malaga erased an 14-point in the fourth quarter and denied Montepaschi Siena their first win of the 2012-13 Euroleague season in an overtime thriller. In other Friday games,…
Read MoreNBA 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…
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