Archive for May 2, 2013
Damian Lillard named rookie of the year
Damian Lillard, the Portland Trailblazers point guard has been crowned the NBA’s 2012-13 Rookie of the Year; the news was announced on Wednesday afternoon. The award has hardly come as a surprise and was probably the easiest to predict of the NBA awards that are currently being given out. Lillard’s season has been one that…
Read MoreBryan Bailey joins Roma
Bryan Bailey (185 cm, Bucknall’02) has signed a deal to play with Virtus Roma in Italy’s Serie A. The club announced that the American has officially penned a contract that will keep with the team for the rest of the season. That means Bailey will be on hand to take part in the final game…
Read MoreElton Brown leaves Red Star
American center Elton Brown (206 cm, Virginia’05) has parted ways with Red Star Belgrade (Serbia, A-League, Adriatic League, and Eurocup) after reaching agreement with the club. Red Star has been unhappy with the performances offered by the 29-yeard old who has played a total of 40 games for the team this season. Brown featured in…
Read MoreJefferson Mason signs with Contern
Jefferson Mason (198 cm, Minnesota State’11) has been signed by Luxemburg team AB Contern of the Total League. The 25-year old American started this season with Romanian outfit CSU Atlassib Sibiu of Division A and over the course of four games with the team he recorded averages of 8.0ppg, 4.3rpg, 1.0apg and 1.0spg before departing…
Read MoreSibalic signs with LF Basket
Shortly after the resolution of the Swedish Championships, LF Basket is already gearing up for a fresh start. They hired a new coach and also signed Serbian Danilo Sibalic (204 cm) to a one-year contract. Sibalic is coming from playing 15 games for Vizura Smederevo from Serbia’s A League. During that stint he averaged 17.3…
Read MoreMerz extended by Fraport SKY
The Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt from Germany’s BBL has made an investment in its future by signing Max Merz (183 cm) to a four-year deal. The 19-year-old Merz has been a mainstay in several German youth National Teams. He was a member of the U17 National Team in 2009 and 2010, the U16 National Team in…
Read MoreAustralia’s NBL breaks from BA
Australia’s National Basketball League is set to break away from its current merger with Basketball Australia. This
Read MoreJim Boylan fired by Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks have announced that interim coach Jim Boylan will not be coaching the team this coming 2013-14 season. Boylan has been an assistant coach with the team since 2008. He was handed the reigns to the club after they fired Scott Skiles in early January this year. In spite of being able to…
Read MoreJeremiah Massey signs with Champville
Jeremiah Massey (202 cm, Kansas State’05) has been signed by Champville from Lebanon’s Division A. Massey, who has both American and Macedonian citizenship, is coming off a stint with Brose Baskets Bamberg from Germany’s BBL. Massey played 10 games in the German league and averaged 11.3 ppg and 5.1 rpg. He played five games representing…
Read MoreNBA: Celtics spoil “funeral”, Houston forces 6th
They planned for a ‘funeral’ in New York, but the Celtics informed everyone that reports of their death had been greatly exaggerated… A group of Knicks’ players made the decision to wear black to the arena Wednesday night because it was going to be the Celtics’ funeral, but Boston had different plans and forced a…
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