Archive for June 2013
Axel Hervelle extended by Bilbao
Belgian player Axel Hervelle is getting a two-season extension with Gescrap Bizkaia Basket Bilbao from Spain’s ACB. Hervelle has been with Gescrap BB since 2010. In the 2012-13 season Hervelle averaged 6.8 ppg and 5.9 rpg for Bilbao in 17 games in the Eurocup. In the Spanish ACB he averaged 7.9 ppg and 4.4 rpg…
Read MoreLaprovittola to sign with Flamengo
Nicolas Laprovittola (187 cm) will soon get his first crack at hoops outside of Argentina. The Argentinian player is set to sign with Clube de Regatas do Flamengo from Brazil’s NBB. Laprovittola has played for Lanus Buenos Aires (Brazil-LigaA) from 2007 to 2013. In the 2012-13 season he averaged 10.4 ppg and 3.7 apg in…
Read MoreJesse Sanders joins Sydney
American point guard Jesse Sanders (190 cm, Liberty’12) will play with the Sydney Kings in Australia’s NBL during the 2013/2014 season after signing with the franchise. Sanders will head down under after recently wrapping up a stint with Italian Lege2 team Fileni BPA Jesi where he played a total of 25 times. During his time…
Read MoreJumaine Jones returns to Puerto Rico
Jumaine Jones (203 cm, Georgia’99) has signed with Mets de Guaynabo (Puerto Rico, BSN) as the latest import player on the roster. The seasoned forward has been playing in Israel with Bnei Eshet Tours Hasharon where he featured in 27 games and logged averages of 12.9 points and 10 rebounds. The 34-year old American will…
Read MoreWarren Ward added by TBB Trier
Warren Ward (196 cm) is joining TBB Trier from Germany’s BBL for the 2013-14 season. This will be the 23-year-old Canadian’s rookie season straight out of the University of Ottawa where played from 2008 to 2013. Ward is being offered a two-year deal to play for TBB Trier. He will likely be eased in slowly…
Read MoreRafnsson, FIBA Europe President dies
Olafur Rafnsson, president of FIBA Europe has passed away at the age of 50. He was found in his hotel room in Geneva, Switzerland. He was there to attend the official opening of FIBA’s new headquarters. Rafnsson, who hails from Iceland, was a former player and won the Icelandic Championship in 1988. He was elected…
Read MoreEric Palm signed by BV Chemnitz 99
BV Chemnitz 99 from Germany’s ProA has signed Eric Palm (188 cm, McKendree’09) for the 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old is making the move from Iceland, where he played for IR Reyjavik from Iceland’s Dominos League in 2012-13. He played 22 games and averaged 26.5 ppg and 3.3 apg. He was selected to the Icelandic All-Star…
Read MoreSasu Salin stays with Union Olimpija
Sasu Salin (192 cm) is staying two more seasons with Union Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia’s Telemach League. The 22-year-old Finnish player joined Union Olimpija in 2010, his first foray outside Finland in his professional career. He was a member of the Finnish National Team in 2010 and 2012. Salin represented the club in three leagues…
Read MoreRadoslav Rancik remains with CEZ Nymburk
Radoslav Rancik (207 cm, St. Cloud’02) is a getting a new two-year deal from CEZ Basketball Nymburk from the Czech Republic (NBL). The Serbian moved to the club in October 2012 after a brief run with BK Inter Bratislava from Slovakia’s Extraliga. He played two games for them and averaged 23.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg.…
Read MoreJulien Mills heads to Metros de Santiago
Julien Mills (193 cm, Ball State’07) has signed with the Metros de Santiago from the Dominican Republic (LNB). Mills played the 2012-13 season for Elizur Ashkelon from Israel’s Winner League. He put up solid averages of 14.6 ppg and 6.7 rpg in 24 games. In 2011-12 Mills played for Szolnoki Olajbanyasz from Hungary’s A Division.…
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