Archive for 2013
Theo Papaloukas breaks record
On 8 May, on his 36th birthday, Greek legend Theo Papaloukas will be packing his suitcase for a flight to London. When two days later he steps on the court at O2 Arena for CSKA Moscow’s semi-final game in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, the British capital will become the ninth city he visits in his…
Read MoreFrance LNB: Rough week for five top clubs
As the France LNB wrapped up Week 28 of 30 Saturday, the majority of the top half of the league ended up on the losing end of their respective scores. With just two weeks left in regular season play, the shuffle for positions as playoffs are set to begin is important for all clubs to…
Read MoreEuroleague: Efes wins on tip, CSKA moves on
The field for the Euroleague Final Four is now half complete as CSKA Moscow held off Caja Laboral in Vitoria, Spain, on Friday to pick up their third game in the best-of-five series, 85:94. Over in Istanbul, Turkey, Anadolu Efes kept their remarkable season alive with a huge fourth quarter comeback that was capped off…
Read MoreKevinn Pinkney to join Trabzonspor
American forward Kevinn Pinkney (207 cm, Nevada-Reno’05) has opted to join Trabzonspor (Turkey, TBL2) from Angelico Biella in Italy’s Serie A. The big man joined with Biella in January and over his 11 games with the club he has recorded impressive averages of 20.0ppg and 8rpg. The 29-year old will be returning to Turkey after…
Read MoreKyle Visser leaves Radnicki
Kyle Visser (211 cm, Wake Forest’07) has parted ways with Serbian A-League team Radnicki Kragujevac (Adriatic League) after 5 months with the team. Since joining Radnicki on December 12th Visser has taken part in 10 games and managed just 3.2ppg and 1.5rpg from an average of 10.1 minutes on the court. The 27-year old American…
Read MoreDejan Ivanov signs with Cimberio Varese
27-year-old Dejan Ivanov (205 cm) has been signed by Cimberio Varese from Italy’s Serie A. The Bulgarian player started the 2012-13 season playing for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius from Lithuania’s LKL. Ivanov played 10 games for the team in the Euroleague and averaged 6.8 ppg and 4.6 rpg. He played 16 games in the VTB United…
Read MoreLawrence Frank fired by Pistons
After two seasons as the Head Coach of the Detroit Pistons, Lawrence Frank has been fired by the team. The Pistons finished with a very disappointing 29-53 (.354) record this season. The team management wants a more drastic improvement for the team for this upcoming 2013-14 season, especially after their acquisition of Spanish point guard…
Read MoreTarence Kinsey to Unicaja Malaga
Former NBA guard Tarence Kinsey (200 cm, South Carolina’06) is headed to Spain (ACB) to play for Unicaja Malaga. He is making the leap from Victoria Libertas Pesaro from Italy’s Serie A. He will be foregoing the last three games at Serie A and instead proceed right away to join his new team. Kinsey played 16 games…
Read MoreEuroleague: Barça evens series to force Game 5
In a margin of victory that doubles that of the three previous games, FC Barcelona Regal kept their hopes for a Euroleague Final Four appearance alive Thursday with a 60:70 win over Panathinaikos in Athens. Regal’s playmaker, Juan Carlos Navarro, led the Spanish club with 17 points, 11 in the fourth quarter, to send the…
Read MoreNew Orleans Pelicans becomes official
NBA franchise the New Orleans Hornets has changed its name to become the New Orleans Pelicans it announced today
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