Archive for 2012
NCAA Set to Tip Off Season with 135 Games
On Friday, Nov. 9th, the NCAA will throw open its doors to the 2012-13 US collegiate basketball season with most eyes set on finishing the season on April 8th at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, the date and site for the 2013 NCAA Final Four Championship. Depending on the source you count, the number…
Read MorePresident Obama will play basketball on Election Day
President Obama will observe his most time-honored Election Day ritual. Former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, who has joined the campaign on its final day to travel with President Obama, said his former boss sent an e-mail to his former personal aide, Reggie Love, to start organizing his regular pickup basketball game in Chicago for…
Read MoreJennings, Harden earn NBA Player of the Week honors
The Milwaukee Bucks’ Brandon Jennings and the Houston Rockets’ James Harden were today named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Tuesday, Oct. 30, through Sunday, Nov. 4. Jennings guided the Bucks to a 2-0 record to start the season, a first for the team since 2005-06. Jennings led the…
Read MoreEric Hicks signs with Bordeaux
Eric Hicks (198 cm, Cincinnati’06) has signed in France with Pro B team JSA Bordeaux Basket. He recently played in Mexico and last year he was active in Israel. In the past he played in China, Ukraine, Belgium. Russia, Poland and Spain.
Read MoreLaMarr Greer signs with Kouvot
LaMarr Greer (196 cm, Florida State’98) has signed in Finland with Kouvot, where he will replace Vernon Taylor (190 cm, Troy’11). The 36-year old LaMarr Grier played in the German Bundesliga last season for Braunschweig where he averaged 9.1 ppg. Before that, he had played in various leagues and countries such as Italy, Cyprus, Greece,…
Read MoreRatko Varda signs with Radnicki Kragujevac
Serbian team Radnicki Kragujevac announced the signing of veteran big man Ratko Varda for the rest of the season. The big man started the season in Iran with Mahram averaging 15.6ppg and 5.6rpg in five games of Asian Club Championships. Last season Varda played with Union Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia and Azovmash Mariupol from the…
Read MoreFormer agent Jason Levien becomes new CEO of Grizzlies’ group
Jason Levien, a former co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, has agreed to become the chief executive officer and managing partner for the new group that just took over the Memphis Grizzlies. Chairman Robert Pera announced Sunday night that Levien will be in charge of Memphis Basketball, LLC, which operates the Grizzlies and the FedExForum arena.…
Read MoreKevin Braswell released by Melbourne
Kevin Braswell (188 cm, Georgetown’02) has been released by the Melbourne Tigers (Australia-NBL). In an statement given to the Melbourne Herald Sun, Tigers head coach Chris Anstey stated, “Kev has been an absoute pro this whole time but he has been playing hurt and we need someone with a few different capabilities to really help…
Read MoreJonny Flynn inks new deal with Melbourne
Jonny Flynn (183 cm, Syracuse’09) spent the last three seasons in the NBA, banked salaries in excess of $9.5m, and is taking his game down under after being released by the Detroit Pistons and signing a deal with the Melbourne Tigers (Australia-NBL). Flynn played his final collegiate ball at Syracuse in 2009 (sophomore year), leading…
Read MoreNBL Canada Tips Off Second Season
The National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) got its second season underway this weekend with six contests, including a rematch of the inaugural Championship series between the London Lightning and the Halifax Rainmen. As was the case last March, the Lightning came out on top with a convincing victory 107:89. The 2012-13 campaign added…
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