Archive for May 2013
Bill Walker signs with Carabobo
American swingman Bill Walker (198 cm, Kansas State’08) has signed a deal with Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela, LPB) for the remainder of the season. Walker joins compatriot Durell Summers as a new signing for Carabobo and will see out the LPB season with the franchise. The 25-year old has been playing with the Austin Toros…
Read MoreYokohama B-Corsairs win Japan’s BJ title
The Yokohama B-Corsairs’ 101-90 win over the Fukuoka Rizing marked a couple of firsts in Japanese basketball. The
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Playoff matches are now set
The Spain Liga Endesa wrapped up their 34-week regular season on Sunday, locking in team positions and setting up the playoffs as well as determining which two clubs will be relegated to the Liga Española de Baloncesto for the 2013-14 season. The top eight clubs, that will participate in the post-season, are (in order from…
Read MoreMindaugas Kuzminskas headed to Spain
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (205 cm) will get to test his professional basketball skills outside of his home Lithuania soon. He will soon be headed to Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB. He’s been playing for BC Zalgiris Kaunas since 2010. This 2012-13 season he played 19 games for them in the Lithuanian league and averaged 13.6 ppg…
Read MoreChad Gray added by AB Contern
Chad Gray (200 cm, Coastal Carolina’11) is joining AB Contern from Luxembourg’s Total league. Gray is coming off a stint with the Giants Noerdlingen from Germany’s ProB, a team he signed with in January 2013. He played 14 games for the Giants and averaged 17.4 ppg and 9.8 rpg. In the 2011-12 he played for…
Read MoreKyle McAlarney signed by Orleans
Kyle McAlarney (185 cm, Notre Dame’09) has been added by Entente Orleans 45 from France’s ProA. He spent the last two seasons with Limoges CSP Elite, also from ProA. In the 2012-13 season McAlarney managed to play 30 games for Limoges and averaged 10.7 ppg and 1.4 rpg as the team’s starting shooting guard. Limoges…
Read MoreNBA: San Antonio runs over Memphis in Game 1
The NBA Western Conference finals tipped off on Sunday with the Memphis Grizzlies hitting the road to face the San Antonio Spurs in the AT&T Center. Playing in front of a published attendance of 18,581, the Spurs got their best-of-seven series with the Grizzlies off to a solid start as the put up a 17…
Read MoreDanilović was attacked by friend
The stabbing of Predrag Danilović is still big news in Serbia. His family has now released a statement in which
Read MoreKarlis Muiznieks new head coach of Khimik
Karlis Muiznieks from Latvia will be the new head coach of Ukrainian team Khimik Yuzny. He replaces Serbian coach Zvezdan Mitrovic who took over as recently as past January. Muiznieks already coached another Ukrainian team this year, Kryvbasbasket. Previously the former National Team player also coached in Poland and his native Latvia.
Read MoreNBA: Pacers advance to Conference Finals
The Indiana Pacers got seven unanswered points by Lance Stephenson in the fourth to put the needed distance between them and the New York Knicks to move on to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers got a career-high performance from Stephenson to help Indiana defeat
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