Archive for 2013
Mohammed Abukar signs with Rabotnicki
Mohammed Abukar (208 cm, San Diego State’07) has signed with KK Fersped Rabotnicki Skopje from Macedonia. He started the season in Bulgaria with Lukoil Academik Sofia but was released in December 2012. While playing for Lukoil Mohammed Abukar averaged 14.3 ppg and 3.6 rpg in the Bulgarian NBL and in the Eurocup he averaged 13.8…
Read MoreLeemire Goldwire signs with Rabotnicki
Leemire Goldwire (182 cm, Charlotte’08) has signed with KK Fersped Rabotnicki Skopje from Macedonia. Last season Leemire Goldwire played in the Italian LegaDue for Centrale del Latte Brescia where he averaged 14.2 ppg and 3 aspg. Before Italy, Goldwire also played in the D-League, Bulgaria, and Greece. Rabotnicki is currently in a dissappointing 6th place…
Read MoreDejan Bodiroga to be President of FIBA Europe
Dejan Bodiroga from Serbia will be the new President of FIBA Europe. He will replace Olafur Rafnsson from Iceland
Read MoreSamardzijski signs with Red Star Belgrade
KK Red Star Telekom (Serbia, A and Adriatic League) has announced the arrival of Predrag Samardzijski (215 cm) from Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL, VTB United League), the 27-year old Macedonian has been with Rytas since 2011. Samardzijski , in many ways will be returning to his roots after he spent much of his early…
Read MoreJohnson-Odom joins St. Petersburg
Spartak Sankt Petersburg (Russia, PBL) are welcoming 24-year old American point guard Darius Johnson Odom (187 cm, Marquette’12) to their ranks. Johnson Odom is only in his first year as a pro player, but he is already clocking up the air miles while also posting some impressive averages. In 2012, he was drafted by the…
Read MoreGary Wilkinson re-signs with Bayamon
Vaqueros de Bayamon (Puerto Rico, BSN) announced that Gary Wilkinson (205cm, Utah State’09) has signed from BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn (Estonia, KML). 29-year old power forward/center Wilkinson has played 9 games for Kalev after signing for the team at the start of the 2012-2013 season. In that time the American has averaged 14.3ppg and 5.6rpg. Gary…
Read MoreDevin Green parts ways with Lukoil
Devin Green (201 cm, Hampton’05), the experienced American swingman and former NBA player has been released by Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria, NBL) after joining the team at the start of the 2012-2013 season. Green has had a varied career, and has played in many countries, including numerous stints in or around the NBA. During the…
Read MoreNeitzel Departs Monthey
Drew Neitzel (183 cm, Michigan State’08) has parted ways with BBC Monthey (Switzerland, LNA), whom he played 10 games for in the first half of the 2012-13 season. The American is a product of Michigan State, and has flirted with the NBA on a number of occasions, as well as enjoying a call up to…
Read MoreEuroleague: Madrid and Siena still unbeaten
Real Madrid and Montepaschi Siena both used come-from-behind wins to remain undefeated in Euroleague Top 16 play. CSKA Moscow dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten when they fell to visiting Unicaja Malaga. Anadolu Efes improved their record to 4-1 in Top 16 play with a down-to-the-wire contest against Zalgiris Kaunas, who falls to 1-4.…
Read MoreHoops Route: A journey across Asian Basketball
To understand Asian Basketball presents the daunting task to try and understand what binds Asia in itself. Separated by seas, mountains, Great Walls
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