Archive for December 27, 2012
Former three-time European champ saved from the abyss
Croatian- and Adriatic team KK Split was saved tonight from bankruptcy by the town council of Split. The Dalmatian team won the Euroleague three times in a row in 1988/1989, 1989/1990 and 1990/1991 under the name “Jugoplastika” and “Pop’84”. KK Split was officialy voted the best European basketball club of the 20th century by the…
Read MoreAvery Johnson fired as Nets coach
Avery Johnson has been fired as the head coach of the first-year Brooklyn Nets. The Nets have lost 10 of their last 13 games, which puts them at .500 on the year (14-14) and 6.5 games behind the New York Knicks in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the NBA. The Knicks are…
Read MoreEric Williams released by Reyer Venezia
Eric Williams (206 cm, Wake Forest’05) has been released by Reyer Venezia (Italy-SerieA) after 10 games of the Italian SerieA League. Williams had tallied 6.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game through those 10 games on the 2012-13 season. Last year Williams wore the colors of BC Astana (Kazakhstan-D1), averaging 11.2 points and 5.3 rebounds…
Read MoreIsaac Miles signs with Fjolnir
Isaac Miles (187 cm, Murray State’11) has signed with Fjolnir from Iceland. Miles also started the season in Iceland with Tindastoll, then left and signed with IR Reykjavik and then parted ways with that team as well. Fjolnir will be his third Icelandic team this season. Fjolnir has already sent four import players home.
Read MoreSheldon Williams stops talk of a move
All week there has been talk of Sheldon Williams moving from Elan Chalon, primarily Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul. Court Side Basketball News reported just a couple of days ago that, based on numerous reports, the deal was done, the parties just needed to work out a few contractual details. Today we’ve learned that the deal has…
Read MoreRed Star finds sponsor and changes name
Serbian club Red Star Belgrade has found a new sponsor in Telecom Serbia and will have a name change on the 1st of January 2013 to “Red Star Telecom” (Crvena zvezda Telekom). Until now, the name was “Red Star DIVA” or in Serbian “Crvena zvezda DIVA.” The sponsorship agreement will be in effect for one year…
Read MoreNBA D-League Transaction Report
December 25, 2012 The following players have been waived: Demetri McCamey (RGV) The following player has been acquired: James Anderson (RGV): Re-acquired The following players have been activated: Chris Davis (SXF) Mustapha Farrakhan (IWA) The following player has been deactivated: Justin Hurtt (IWA) The following players have received a Gatorade Call-Up: Garrett Temple (RNO) Shelvin…
Read MoreMarcus Melvin signs with CSS Giurgiu
Marcus Melvin (203 cm, North Carolina State’04) has signed with CSS Giurgiu from Romania. Melvin played in Argentina last season and before that also in Puerto Rico, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Italy, Philippines and Portugal.
Read MoreJoffrey Lauvergne possibly joining Partizan?
Lauvergne started the season in his native France where he played with ES Chalon-Sur-Saone in both the Euroleague and the French Pro A championship. He joined Valencia in November and so far averaged 5.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg in the ACB. Lauvergne had a short-term contract with Valencia, who might be interested to keep him.…
Read MoreBryson McKenzie signs with CSS Giurgiu
Bryson McKenzie (211 cm, Northern Illinois’06) has signed in Romania with CSS Giurgiu. McKenzie already played in Romania last season, for CS Municipal Bucuresti, and was the third leading rebounder (8.6 rpg) and shotblocker (1.7 bpg) of the league. Previously McKenzie played in Hungary, the IBL, D-League, Chile, Mexico and Germany.
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