Archive for April 26, 2013
Demetris Nichols moves to Arecibo
American forward Demetris Nichols (205 cm, Syracuse’07) has followed compatriot Justin Dentmon by signing for Capitanes de Arecibo (Puerto Rico, BSN) today. Nichols has been playing with Sioux Falls Skyforce in the D-League (USA) this season and has featured 49 times for the team. Over that near half century of games the American has secured…
Read MoreJustin Dentmon signs with Arecibo
Justin Dentmon (182 cm, Washington’09) has penned a deal with Capitanes de Arecibo in the Puerto Rico BSN for the remainder of the season. The 27-year old guard has been playing this season with Chinese CBA team Fujian Quanzhou Bank before moving in November to the Austin Toros (USA D-League). Indeed it has been a…
Read MoreTyrone Brazelton signs in Iran
Tyrone Brazelton (188 cm, West Kentucky’08) has moved from Odessa in the Ukraine to Iranian club Petrochimi of the Superleague. The 27-year old point guard is known as a stand out point guard and this season he has played 24 games and averaged 12.8 points, 4.8 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game. The American has…
Read MoreBaskonia now called Laboral Kutxa
Baskonia Caja Laboral of the Spanish ACB and the Euroleague will be changing its name this Sunday and will now be called Laboral Kutxa. The rebranding comes after the club took on a new sponsor in the form of Kutxa, a savings bank based in Spain meaning Baskonia will now bear the names of its…
Read MoreNBA: Miami goes 3-0, Chicago and Memphis win
The NBA Playoffs moved into Game 3 and shifted to the home courts of the lower seeded teams. The change in venue wasn’t an issue for the Miami Heat as they took Game 3 91:104 to go up 3-0 in their best-of-seven series against the Milwaukee Bucks. The other two contests of the night were…
Read MoreEuroleague: Barcelona Regal heads to Final 4
And then there was one… Three of the four seats at the table in the Euroleague Final Four have now got occupants, with the final one to be determined on Friday when Olympiacos Piraeus hosts Anadolu Efes Istanbul in the winner-take-all fifth game. In Barcelona, the host club led from the opening tip to final…
Read MoreBC Astana extends David Simon
BC Astana from Kazakhstan’s D1 League has extended David Simon (208 cm, IPFW’05) through the 2013-14 season. The big man joined the team this 2012-13 season and played 18 games for them in the VTB United League. In those 18 games Simon was able to average 14.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg. The 31-year-old spent the…
Read MoreBrion Rush to stay with BC Astana
Brion Rush (186 cm, Grambling State’06) has just gotten a contract extension to remain with BC Astana, from Kazakhstan’s D1, through the 2013-14 season. Rush, who holds both American and Montenegrin passports, began the 2012-13 season playing for ES Chalon-Sur-Saone from France’s ProA. He played eight games for them in the Euroleague and averaged 13.9…
Read MoreAdriatic League: Red Star to face Partizan in Final
The Adriatic League finals are set for Saturday night and it will be an all-Belgrade final as Crvena zvezda Telecom scored the last eight points of their semifinal game against Radnicki to earn a spot in the finals with a 79:78 win, and Partizan mt:s fought off Igokea, who was down by 13 with under…
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