Archive for 2013
NBA: Bulls take Game 7 over Nets, Heat next
Round 2 of the NBA Playoffs start on Sunday, but before those games can start, they needed to establish which club, Chicago or Brooklyn, would square off against the Miami Heat in the next round. The Bulls traveled to Brooklyn to do just that and despite being a totally different team than Chicago is capable…
Read MoreRadnicki fires Australian Steven Markovic
KK Radnicki Kragujevac from Serbia has fired Australian import Steven Markovic. The reason that Radnicki gave for the termination was that in a recent game against Partizan, Steven Markovic refused to enter the game after a tim-out. Radnicki is looking back at a couple of very turbulent weeks. They had a catastrophic performance in the…
Read MoreNBA: Four advance, only Bulls – Nets remain
On Friday, the NBA Playoffs featured four contests that were at Game 6, with four teams facing elimination and, obviously, four teams one game from advancing to the Conference semifinals. Two teams, the Houston Rockets and the Boston Celtics, were also looking to become the first team in decades to come back from being down…
Read MoreKobe Bryant in court against mom!
Kobe Bryant has entered into legal proceedings against his own mother in a bid to stop her auctioning off valuable memorabilia from his early career. While most of us would stop short of heading to the courts against mom, it seems for the “Black Mamba” it is no problem, especially as he sees it as…
Read MoreAll-Euroleague team nominees
Players for the All-Euroleague teams have been nominated by thousands of global fans and the media and today the list of players has been released. Fans fromall over the world were able to vote for their favourite player, or who they thought was the best player in the Euroleague this season, while media personal from…
Read MoreSensley signs with San German
Julian Sensley (206 cm, Hawaii’06) has been brought in by Puerto Rican team Atleticos de San German (BSN) for this season. German-American forward Sensley has been signed to replace fellow power forward Brian Butch (211 cm, Wisconsin’08) who signed for San German two weeks ago but picked up a leg injury forcing him to leave.…
Read MoreGordon Herbert to coach Frankfurt
Gordon Herbert has been installed as the new head coach of German BBL team Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt on a two year contract. Canadian-Finnish Herbert has replaced the out-going Muli Katzurin who left the team after two years and a poor season. Herbert was in Germany during the 2011-2012 season as the head coach of ALBA…
Read MoreTerence Dials to stay with Orleans
Not too long after signing with Entente Orleans 45, Terence Dials (206 cm, Ohio State’06) has received a contract extension to stay with the team for one more season. In his four games for Orleans, Dials has averaged 9.5 ppg and 4.3 rpg. He will have the 2013-14 season to better establish his role and contribution…
Read MoreHapoel Eilat stuns Maccabi T-A, 89-82
For the first time in 15 years, Hapoel Eilat was able to record its first win over Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv. The overtime, 89-82 victory came at a crucial time as it happened in the Second Stage of the Winner League. Newly promoted Hapoel Eilat definitely made a big splash with this win and are looking…
Read MoreFlip Saunders in, Kahn out for Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has taken the team off the market and instead decided to shake things up in upper management. He has signed Flip Saunders to a multi-year contract to become the President of Basketball Operations with an ownership stake in the team. Saunders coached the Timberwolves from 1995 to 2005. This move…
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