Papa Dia to leave Siauliai

Papa Dia (208 cm, SMU’11) has reached a mutual agreement with BC Siauliai (Lithuania, LKL and Baltic League) to leave the team with immediate effect. The agreement has been reached to end Dia’s stay with Siauliai because the 26-year old forward will not play again this season and has not featured since February 6th when…

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Jeleel Akindele joins Champville

Nigerian big man Jeleel Akindele (216 cm, Chicago State’05), also known as “Deji,”  is headed to Lebanon to play in its Division A for Champville. He is coming off a 25-game run with Italian team Co.Fi.Ba JuveCaserta (Serie A). During that stint he averaged 12.6 ppg and 8.0 rpg. Aside from his size, Akindele brings…

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Jay-Z sells stake in Nets to be an NBA agent

Shawn Carter – more commonly known as music mogul and rapper Jay-Z – is taking his involvement in professional basketball to another level. Jay-Z, who owns less than one percent of the Brooklyn Nets, worth about $350,000, has began the process of selling his minority stake in the team. While this move may come as…

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Barcelona takes 1-0 lead with OT win

FC Barcelona Regal took a 1-0 lead over Panathinaikos Athens in their best-of-five playoff series in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague. It was an intense and tightly contested game that required an extra quarter of action in order to get a final resolution of 72-70 in favor of Barcelona. Perennial Euroleague competitor, Panathinaikos drew first…

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Darius Adams signs with Orleans

Darius Adams (182 cm, Indianapolis’11) has signed with Entente Orleans 45 from France’s Pro A League. He is transferring from Kryvbasbasket-Lux Kryvi Rih from Ukraine’s Superleague. He signed with Kryvbasbasket in January 2013 and played 14 games for them and averaged 19.3 ppg and 5.1 apg. He played his rookie season as a professional in 2012…

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