Archive for June 2013
Bell extended by Trenkwalder RE
Troy Bell (186 cm, Boston College’03) will be remaining with Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia from Italy’s SerieA. He got a contract extension for one more season from the team. Bell joined Trenkwalder RE in February 2013. He played 18 games for them and averaged 13.9 ppg and 5.0 rpg. This was actually a return engagement between…
Read MoreRyan Toolson to join Unicaja Malaga
Ryan Toolson (193 cm, Utah Valley’09) has agreed to terms with Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB and will be joining the team in 2013-14. Toolson, who was an exceptional freethrow shooter during his time in the NCAA, is making the move from Herbalife Gran Canaria 2014, also from ACB. Toolson logged 38 games for G.…
Read MoreFaisal Aden signs with SC Rasta Vechta
Faisal Aden (193 cm, Washington State’12) has signed with SC Rasta Vechta, a new entrant into Germany’s BBL for the 2013-14 season. The 24-year-old Somalian-American is coming off a brief stint with Acea Virtus Roma from Italy’s SerieA. He signed with them in February 2013 and was released in April. He played six games, but…
Read MoreNBA: Spurs take finals Game 1 in Miami
The San Antonio Spurs outscored the Miami Heat 16:23 in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday, to steal a crucial road win as the best-of-seven series opens. They’ll hit the hardwood again on Sunday for Game 2 in Miami. The win negates an 18P/18R/10A triple-double by LeBron James, but…
Read MoreLucentum wins Spanish LEB-Gold title
Lucentum Alicante has proved victorious over B.C. River Andorra to win the Spanish LEB-Gold title. The game
Read MoreBertans joins Grescrap Bilbao
Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket (Spain, ACB) has announced the signing of Latvian shooting guard Dairis Bertans (192 cm) from VEF Riga (Latvia, LBL).The 23-year old will join Bilbao for the 2013/2014 season after the team recently crashed out of the Spanish ACB play-offs to Regal Barcelona. Dairis Bertans has had a busy season with VEF…
Read MoreJon Brockman inks with Chalon
American forward Jon Brockman (201 cm, Washington’09) has signed a deal that will see him play with ES Chalon-sur-Saone (France, ProA). Brockman joins Chalon-Sur-Saone after being released by Limoges (ProA) on Wednesday and will join the team for the French ProA play-offs. The 26-year old featured in 23 games for Limoges this season and averaged…
Read MoreB.A. Walker joins Evreux
B.A. Walker (188 cm, Va Commonwealth’07) will play with French ProB outfit ALM Evreux after leaving Israeli club Hod Hasharon (National League). The American has joined Evreux just in time to help the team in the ProB play-offs. The club is trailing 2-0 to Chalons-Reims in the Semi-Finals series and will hope that Walker can…
Read MoreGeorge Karl leaves the Nuggets
Reigning NBA Coach of the Year George Karl has been fired by the Denver Nuggets the franchise confirmed on
Read MoreJoan Plaza to coach Unicaja Malaga
It didn’t take too long for Spaniard Joan Plaza to “come to a decision” regarding his future, after parting ways with B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas from Lithuania. He will be the new head coach of Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB. Plaza is coming in to replace Croatian Jasmin Repesa whose contract was not renewed by the…
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