Archive for December 26, 2012
Okben Ulubay signs long-term with Efes
Okben Ulubay (200 cm, 16 yrs) has signed a seven-year deal with Anadolu Efes (Turkey-TBL). The deal with the now 16 year-old, means he’ll be under contract with Efes until he’s 23. The agreement reportedly has NBA outs once he hits 19 (NBA age minimum) and a $900,000 buyout. Okben and his twin brother Oktay…
Read MoreMike Miller joins NBA 10,000 point club
Mike Miller, forward for the Miami Heat (US-NBA), knocked down his 10,000th career point in the NBA on Tuesday with a three-ball against Oklahoma City. Miller is the 313th player in NBA history to hit the milestone. Two NBA clubs have six players with over 10,000 points, Miami and the Los Angeles Lakers. Miami has…
Read MoreAndrea Trinchieri to coach Greek National team
Andrea Trinchieri will coach the Greek National Team for the next two years. The Italian coach agreed with
Read MoreJasmin Hukic signs in Iran
Bosnian forward Jasmin Hukic has signed with Petrochimi Bandar Harbour from Iran. Hukic is a really journey man who has played in countries like Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Poland, Slovenia and Serbia.
Read MoreMilos Dimic joins Radnicki
Milos Dimic Milos Dimic (195 cm) has signed with Radnicki Kragujevac (Serbia-A League) for the remainder of the season. Dimic played for Radnicki Basket in 2011-12, averaging 16.5 points per game over 38 Serbian A League contests. In 2009-10 and 2010-11 he was with FMP Zeleznik Beograd (Serbia-A League), where he scored 7.1 points per…
Read MoreDavid Palmer signs in Vietnam
David Palmer (206 cm, Northern Kentucky’10) has signed with ASEAN league team Saigon Heat from Vietnam. Palmer previously played in China, the D-League and Poland.
Read MoreNBA: Christmas Day, a 65-Year-Old Tradition
One year after the National Basketball League (NBA) was founded (1946) the New York Knickerbockers squared off against the Providence Steamrollers at Madison Square Garden in the first Christmas Day game. It would be the first of 48 games the Knicks would play
Read MoreVideo – Dimitris Diamantidis: Nothing but Net…
Dimitris Diamantidis takes a feed from Marcus Banks during a recent Panathinaikos match up with KAO Dramas (Dec. 22) and tosses the ball up out of frustration after Banks gets whistled for a traveling call. Have a look at the video below, it might remind you of a famous commercial involving Larry Bird and Michael…
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