Archive for February 13, 2013
Larry Bird’s son Connor Bird arrested
Connor Bird, the son of legendary Basketball star Larry Bird has been arrested after the 21-year old allegedly tried to hit his girlfriend with his
Read MoreLeonardo Barbosa latest Celtics player out for the season
Leonardo Barbosa, the Boston Celtics Brazilian Guard will sit out the remainder of the season after an ACL tear in his left knee. The Celtics announced the injury on Tuesday night. The injury sustained by Barbosa was picked up late in the 3rd quarter during the Celtics’ game against the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday. Not…
Read MoreDonald Sloan head to Guangdong
Donald Sloan (191 cm, Texas A&M University’10) is heading to the Chinese CBA league to play with Guangdong. The 26-year old guard is known as an aggressive scorer, and has had plenty of experience in the NBA over the last two years. He will be hoping to help a Guangdong team sitting at the summit…
Read MorePele Paelay joins Vestelspor Manisa
Vestelspor Manisa from Turkey’s TB2L has signed Pele Paelay (193 cm, Coastal Carolina’06) and he will soon play his first game for them. He is being brought in to replace injured Antabia Waller (188 cm, Auburn’10). Paelay, an American who was born in Liberia, started the 2012-13 season playing for Elitzur Yavne from Israel’s National…
Read MoreKirilenko is FIBA Europe Men’s Player of the Year 2012
Andrei Kirilenko (209 cm) has been voted as the FIBA Europe Men’s Player of the Year for 2012. The Russian narrowly edged out Spaniard Pau Gasol in the voting with an accumulated ranking of 0.1728 to 0.1687. Votes are tallied via a combination of fan votes and experts’ votes. Kirilenko previously won this award in…
Read MoreAndrew Goudelock signs with Cangrejeros
Former Los Angeles Laker guard Andrew Goudelock (190 cm, Charleston’11) is leaving the NBA D-League to play for Cangrejeros de Santurce from Puerto Rico’s BSN. He is the second American import of the Cangrejeros as they have recently signed another former NBA player in Shavlik Randolph. Goudelock, who was drafted by the LA Lakers in…
Read MoreEuroChallenge: Krasnye remains undefeated
Coming into EuroChallenge Week 4 there were three undefeated clubs. Two of the three played on Tuesday, with Krasnye Krylia coming out 4-0 after a huge 68:93 win on the road against the Norrkoping Dolphins and Pinar Karsiyaka dropped their first contest when they took to the road to take on Gaz Metan Medias and…
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