Archive for 2013
Papa Dia to leave Siauliai
Papa Dia (208 cm, SMU’11) has reached a mutual agreement with BC Siauliai (Lithuania, LKL and Baltic League) to leave the team with immediate effect. The agreement has been reached to end Dia’s stay with Siauliai because the 26-year old forward will not play again this season and has not featured since February 6th when…
Read MoreJeleel Akindele joins Champville
Nigerian big man Jeleel Akindele (216 cm, Chicago State’05), also known as “Deji,” is headed to Lebanon to play in its Division A for Champville. He is coming off a 25-game run with Italian team Co.Fi.Ba JuveCaserta (Serie A). During that stint he averaged 12.6 ppg and 8.0 rpg. Aside from his size, Akindele brings…
Read MoreJay-Z sells stake in Nets to be an NBA agent
Shawn Carter – more commonly known as music mogul and rapper Jay-Z – is taking his involvement in professional basketball to another level. Jay-Z, who owns less than one percent of the Brooklyn Nets, worth about $350,000, has began the process of selling his minority stake in the team. While this move may come as…
Read MoreBarcelona takes 1-0 lead with OT win
FC Barcelona Regal took a 1-0 lead over Panathinaikos Athens in their best-of-five playoff series in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague. It was an intense and tightly contested game that required an extra quarter of action in order to get a final resolution of 72-70 in favor of Barcelona. Perennial Euroleague competitor, Panathinaikos drew first…
Read MoreDarius Adams signs with Orleans
Darius Adams (182 cm, Indianapolis’11) has signed with Entente Orleans 45 from France’s Pro A League. He is transferring from Kryvbasbasket-Lux Kryvi Rih from Ukraine’s Superleague. He signed with Kryvbasbasket in January 2013 and played 14 games for them and averaged 19.3 ppg and 5.1 apg. He played his rookie season as a professional in 2012…
Read MoreMatt Shaw to leave Kormend
American forward Matt Shaw (203 cm, UNLV’10) has agreed with Hungarian club Kormend (League A, Eurochallenge) to leave the team. Neither the player nor the club has said why they have agreed to part ways and in fact Shaw had been playing well this season in both the Hungarian League and the Eurochallenge. Over 27…
Read MoreNaismith Hall of Fame Class of 2013 announced
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the 12 members of the Class of 2013 to be
Read MoreNCAA: Louisville rallies to win National title
The Louisville Cardinals rallied late in their NCAA National Championship game with the Michigan Wolverines to earn Louisville it’s third title, the last coming in 1986 under former coach Denny Crum. It was a basketball game that will be talked about for a long, long time as one of the most intense, well-played games ever.…
Read MoreJurij Zdovc fired by St Petersburg
Jurij Zdovc is no longer the head coach at Spartak Saint Petersburg (Russia, VTB United Leage and PBL) after the club officially announced that it has relieved the Slovenian of his duties. Zdovac took the helm at Spartak in 2011 and signed a three year deal with the St Petersburg club, but after a moderately…
Read MoreDonnell Harvey leaves Tropang
Donnell Harvey (203 cm, Florida’00) has left Talk N Text Tropang Texters (Philippines, PBA) after just one month and returned to the United States. Harvey joined the team for the second time on March 7th but this time his stint has been cut short so the 32-year old power forward can attend to family matters…
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