Archive for July 2013
Samardo Samuels joins EA7 Armani
Former Cleveland Cavalier Samardo Samuels (206 cm, Louisville’10) has been added by EA7 Emporio Armani Milano from Italy’s SerieA. The Jamaican will join the Italian club this 2013-14 season. Samuels began the 2012-13 season as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played 18 games coming off the Cavs’s bench and averaged 3.2 ppg and…
Read MoreMilenko Tepic signs with Lietuvos Rytas
Serbian Milenko Tepic (200 cm) is a new addition to Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius from Lithuania (LKL) this 2013-14 season. Tepic heads to his new team after playing two seasons in Spain for Cajasol Banco Civica Sevilla (Liga Endesa). In 2012-13 he played a dozen games for them in the Eurocup and averaged 3.2 ppg and…
Read MoreFIBA Men U18: R2 complete, quarterfinals set
The quarterfinals are finally set in the FIBA Men U18 European Championships with the bulk of the spots being determined after the final game of the second round. Coming out of Group E will be Russia, France, Lithuania, and Serbia. Qualifying from Group F are Turkey, Latvia, Spain, and Croatia. Quarterfinal match-ups: Russia – Croatia…
Read MoreNikola Jeftic, added by Polpharma
Nikola Jeftic (205 cm) has been added by SKS Polpharma-Pakmet Starogard Gd from Poland’s TBL. The Serbian will be joining the team for the 2013-14 season. Nikola played the 2012-13 season for OKK Beograd from Serbia’s A League. He played 10 games for them in the Balkan League and averaged 11.7 ppg and 5.5 rpg.…
Read MoreDylan Page to play for CEZ Nymburk
Dylan Page (204 cm, Wisconsin-Milwaukee’04) has signed with CEZ Basketball Nymburk from the Czech Republic this 2013-14. Page began the 2012-13 season playing for Union Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia’s Telemach league. He played seven games for them in the Euroleague and averaged 15.0 ppg and 4.0 rpg. Dylan also played for them in the Adriatic…
Read MoreJakim Donaldson joins Bnei Hertzeliyya
Jakim Donaldson (204 cm, Edinboro’05) will be playing in Israel’s Winner League this 2013-14 season. He has been signed by Bnei Hertzeliyya and is moving there after playing a few seasons in Spain. In 2012-13 he played for Iberostar Canarias Tenerife from Spain’s Liga Endesa. He logged 34 games for them and averaged 7.6 ppg…
Read MoreRicky Minard agrees with Kyiv
Ricky Minard (196 cm, Morehead State’04) has agreed terms with Budivenlyk Kyiv of the Ukrainian Superleague and will join the team for the 2013/2014 season. The small forward had a busy campaign last season, playing for SAIE3 Virtus Bologna (Italy, Serie A) and Besiktas Istanbul (Turkey TBL and Euroleague). The American played 16 times for…
Read MoreAlex Stepheson signs with Ljubljana
Alex Stepheson (205 cm, University of Southern California’11) has signed with Union Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia, Telemach League) for this season. The American signed with Panionios (Greece, A1) last season but left the team shortly after and spent the entire campaign inactive. The forward is now ready to get back into the action and get is…
Read MoreShawn King signs with Bologna
Oknoplast Bologna (Italy, Serie A) has announced the signing of Shawn King (208 cm, Oral Roberts University’08) for the upcoming season. Vincentian born King played last season with SLUC Nancy in the French ProA but his season was cut short due to injury. The center had played 8 games for Nancy and was averaging impressively…
Read MorePero Antic heads to the NBA
Pero Antic (210 cm) will play in the NBA next season as the experienced forward has agreed teams with franchise the Atlanta Hawks on a 1+1 contract. The Macedonian has been playing the last two seasons in Greece with Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus (A1 and Euroleague) where he helped the team to consecutive Euroleague titles. Last…
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