Archive for February 27, 2013
Derrick Zimmerman signs with Ludwigsburg
American guard Derrick Zimmerman (191 cm, Mississippi State’03) has left SK Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk (Ukaraine, Superleague) and is heading to Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg (Germany, BBL). Zimmerman has played the last 4 seasons in the Ukraine Superleague and at the beginning of this season signed with Dnipro Azot. The 32-year old will now look for a…
Read MoreBrandon Bowman back on the market
Brandon Bowman (204 cm, Georgetown’06) will not be joining up with Greentops Netanya in Israel´s Winner League despite signing with the team yesterday. A law in Israeli Basketball does not allow interim players to move from one team to another in the league during the same season meaning that the 29-year old forward is back…
Read MoreDwight Thorne signs with Zadar
Struggling Adriatic League team KK Zadar (Croatia, A1) has signed American point guard Dwight Thorne (190 cm, Colorado’10) until the end of the season. The team is struggling at the foot of the Adriatic League with a 7-15 record and will hope that Thorne can aid in a late season recovery. Thorne has signed from…
Read MoreJunior Hairston signs with Final Genclik
Final Spor Genclik Bursa (Turkey, TB2L) has bolstered its roster with the addition of American forward Junior Hairston (203 cm, Towson’09) until the end of the season. The 28-year old has most recently been playing with Thor Thorl in the Icelandic Express League where he played 16 games since joining the team in January 2012.…
Read MoreJermareo Davidson to depart Antalya
The financial crisis at Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye of the Turkish Basketball League is deepening with players now starting to leave the troubled club. Jermareo Davidson (208 cm, Alabama´07) has revealed he will depart Antalya due to the financial crisis. The 28-year old American forward has played 11 games for Antalya since joining in November and…
Read MoreJustin Robinson parts ways with BC Kyiv
British player, Justin Robinson (187 cm, Rider’11) is leaving BC Kyiv from Ukraine’s Superleague. He leaves after playing 33 games for BC Kyiv. In that time the 25-year-old Robinson averaged 10.7 ppg and 4.1 apg. In the 2011-12 season Robinson played for Pizza Express Apollon from Cyprus’ Division A. In 13 games playing for Apollon…
Read MoreNBA D-League Transaction Report
February 26, 2013 The following player has been waived: Rashad McCants (TEX) The following trade has been executed: The Sioux Falls SkyForce have traded Gabe Pruitt to the Maine Red Claws for James Mays The following players have been activated: Dan Nwaelele (SCW) Cam Tatum (BAK) The following player has been deactivated: Lance Goulbourne (SCW)…
Read MoreNCAA: Rutgers’ Vivian Stringer gets 900th Win
C. Vivian Stringer, who has been coaching women’s collegiate basketball for 42 years, starting at Cheyney State College (PA) in 1972 and currently in her 18th season at Rutgers, picked up win number 900 on Tuesday when her club downed South Florida, 68:56. Stringer joins six others in NCAA Division 1 history to have recorded…
Read More‘Coupe de France de Basket’: Round of 16 results
‘Coupe de France de Basket’ entered into the Round of 16 on Tuesday with six of eight matches being played. The seventh will be contested on Wednesday and the final one on Tuesday, March 5th. There were two upsets as Pro B club Boulogne-su-Mer knocked off Pro A Cholet Basket, 88:80, and NM1 club Sorgues…
Read MoreRoy Hibbert ejected after Pacers-Warriors brawl
Things got a little bit too heated, and even much too violent in the fourth quarter in last nights game between the Indiana Pacers and the Golden State Warriors. Roy Hibbert (218 cm, Georgetown’08) got caught up in the heat of the moment and shoved David Lee (206 cm, Florida’05) back after Lee pushed him…
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