Archive for April 24, 2013
Marc Gasol wins NBA defensive award
Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol has claimed the accolade as the best defensive player in the NBA this season. The
Read MoreBrian Butch inks with San German
American power forward Brian Butch (211 cm, Wisconsin’08) has signed on the dotted line at Atleticos de San German in the Puerto Rican BSN. Butch is heading to the franchise as a replacement for the outgoing Tiny Gallon who was waived by the club. Butch has been playing this season with the Bakersfield Jam (USA,…
Read MoreGilberto Clavell returns to Puerto Rico
Gilberto Clavell (201 cm, Sam Houston State’11) has been signed by Caciques de Humacao (Puerto Rico, BSN) until the end of the season. The native of Puerto Rico has been playing this season with Kouvot Kouvola in Finland’s Korisliga and has recorded impressive stats of 20 points and 6,1 rebounds per game over 44 games.…
Read MoreMarcelus Kemp leaves Venezuela
Marcelus Kemp (195 cm, Nevada’08) has agreed with Cocodrilos de Caracas from Venezuela’s LPB to depart the franchise after just two weeks with the team. The American shooting guard picked up an injury and the 28-year old will now return to the USA to undergo surgery. Kemp joined Caracas on April 8th but after picking…
Read MoreAndrej Lemanis to coach Australian National Team
Andrej Lemanis will be replacing Brett Brown as the head coach of the Australian National Team. Lemanis was Brown’s assistant as the team competed in the 2012 London Olympics. Lemanis is currently the head coach of the New Zealand Breakers from Australia’s NBL. The Breakers had a dominant season as they finished as the Australian…
Read MoreGiannakis to coach Chinese National Team
China will have a new head coach for its National Team. They have chosen Greek coach Panagiotis Giannakis. Giannakis was the Head Coach of the Greek National team from 1996 to 1997 and 2004 to 2008. This 2012-13 season, Panagiotis was the head coach of Limoges CSP Elite from France’s ProA. It was a good…
Read MoreJustin Howard added by Saigon Heat
The Saigon Heat are bringing in Justin Howard (208 cm, Mercer’03) to replace ABL leading scorer Dior Lowhorn who got injured in the squad’s April 17 match against the San Miguel Beermen. Howard was a former member of the ASEAN League’s Chang Thailand Slammers earlier this year. He played two games for the Thailand Slammers…
Read MoreMyles Walker joins Cader Montevideo
Myles Walker (203 cm, Indiana State’12) is beginning his professional career with Cader Montevideo from Uruguay’s Metropolitan league. In the 23-year-old’s senior year at Indiana State, Walker played 32 games and he averaged 7.8 ppg and 4.6 rpg. This was a slight an improvement from his junior year where he averaged 6.5 ppg and 5.3…
Read MoreMike Brown returns to Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers will be bringing Mike Brown back to coach their young roster of players. The agreement in principle for Brown’s return comes just after five days after the franchise let go of Byron Scott as head coach. The 2009 NBA Coach of the Year was on Cleveland’s shortlist of candidates which included former…
Read MoreNBA: Warriors drop 131; Celtics, Heat go 2-0
Day 2 of NBA Game 2 saw home clubs improve to 11-2 as the Miami Heat stopped the Milwaukee Bucks, the Knicks routed the Celtics, and the Golden State Warriors knocked down 131 points on 64.6% inside the arc (51-79) and 56.0% outside the arc (14-25) shooting, to tie up their series with the Denver…
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