Archive for June 2013
John Wilkins heads to Belgium
John Wilkins (206 cm, Illinois State’13) has left college and is heading for his first professional Basketball position with VOO Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium, Ethias League). The American will enter professional Basketball after recently competing in his final season in the NCAA and will link up with Belgian outfit VOO Verviers-Pepinster for the2013/2014 season. During this season…
Read MoreLogan Stutz to LF Basket
American forward Logan Stutz (205 cm, Washburn’11) has left German team ETB Essen (Germany, ProA) and will join LF Basket (Sweden, Basketliga) for the 2013/2014 season. Stutz enjoyed a good season with Essen in the German ProA, managing to finish top of the league’s scoring charts with an average of 20.1 points per game. He…
Read MoreDeJuan Collins leaves Samara
DeJuan Collins (188 cm, Tuskegee’99) has not been picked up by Krasnie Krilya Samara (Russia, PBL, VTB United League, EuroChallenge) for next season. The American joined Samara in March of this year and finished the season by playing in 6 PBL games, 2 EuroChallenge games, and 7 VTB United Games. The guard managed to secure…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Real Madrid goes up 2-1 on Barça
Real Madrid got 20 points from Felipe Reyes and 18 from Nikola Mirotic on Friday as they picked up a 72:84 win on the road to go up 2-1 in their best of five game Liga Endesa Finals series against FC Barcelona Regal. Juan Carlos Navarro tallied 20 for Barcelona. Game 4 will be held…
Read MoreDurell Vinson to remain with Falcon
Durell Vinson (201 cm, Wagner’08) has extended his deal with Danish 1st Division team Falcon to stay with the club for a second season. The American will stay with Falcon through the 2013/2014 season after playing 34 games with the franchise this campaign. In those 34 starts he picked up averages of 12.3 points, 8.9…
Read MoreMorgan Sabia signs with Naestved
FOG Naestved (Denmark, Ligaen) has tabbed American Morgan Sabia (203 cm, Hartford’12) for the next season. The forward has only spent one season in professional Basketball after graduating from Hartford in 2011. He started the 2012/2013 season in Australia where he played with Geraldton Buccaneers (State League) in 16 games and averaged 19.9 points, 9.8…
Read MoreEurocup now open to 48 teams
Next season’s Eurocup will go through a change in format as the competition announced today that the number of teams will be increased from 32 to 48. The decision has been made to bring “more games and more excitement” to the 12th edition of the competition by increasing the Regular Season roster of teams to…
Read MoreBrandon Thomas joins Mayaguez
Swingman Brandon Thomas (198 cm, Massachusetts’07) has penned a deal with Indios de Mayaguez (Puerto Rico, BSN) after leaving German BBL team Bayern Munich. The American featured 40 times for Bayern after joining the team last summer; in those 40 games he has recorded averages of 9.3ppg, 2.8rpg, and 1.3apg. During the 2011/2012 season Brandon…
Read MoreRod Brown stays in London
American-British point guard Rod Brown (186 cm, West Michigan’00) has been extended by the London Lions (United Kingdom, BBL) after impressing with the franchise since joining in March of this year. The 34-year old featured 8 times for the Lions this season after joining from fellow BBL franchise the Plymouth Raiders. Over those 8 games…
Read MoreMarcus Williams to leave Malaga
Marcus Williams (191 cm, Connecticut’06) will not stay with Unicaja Malaga (Spain, ACB) next season after being released by the club. The American has played plenty of times for Malaga this season in both the ACB and the Euroleague but the club has decided that his services will not be needed for the 2013/2014 season.…
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