Archive for 2013
Phoenix fires coach Alvin Gentry
The Phoenix Suns decided to part ways with head coach Alvin Gentry on Friday. He originally took the job on an interim basis during the 2008-09 season before taking over full time the next season. Phoenix currently sits in the Western Conference basement with a 13-28 record, which already puts them well out of the…
Read MoreNBA midway review
Let’s clink our beverages together and declare ‘cheers!’ to an incredible first half of the 2012-13 NBA season, for by the time that you read this
Read MoreEuroleague: Siena tops Olympiacos, sits at 4-0
For fans that like watching blow out hoop contests, this week had some of the best Euroleague play of the season. If not, then the game that did it for you was the last game on the schedule; the one that wasn’t decided until the last seconds of the competition when Montepaschi’s Bobby Brown took…
Read MoreKevinn Pinkney signs with Biella
Kevinn Pinkney (207 cm, Nevada-Reno’05) has signed with Italian Serie A team Angelico Biella. Pinkney already played for Biella in the past, during the 2007/2008 season. The Northern Italian team is struggling and has the second worst record in the Serie A with only 3 victories out of 15 games. Angelico Biella has also been…
Read MoreBrandon Richardson inks contract with Reykjavik
Reykjavik (Icelandic Express L league) has announced that American guard Brandon Richardson (182 cm, Nebraska’12) has inked a deal to join the franchise from college team Nebraska. 25-year-old Richardson has just graduated from Nebraska, so the move to Reykjavik will mark his first professional contract. Brandon Richardson had been with Nebraska for four seasons,…
Read MorePaul Zipser signs four-year contract with Bayern Munich
Bundesliga team Bayern Munich of Germany have signed promising youngster Paul Zipser on a four-year deal from German Pro A outfit Heidelberg. A product of the Heidelberg academy, Zipser has played for the German U-16 national team with whom he competed in the European Championships U16 in Montenegro. He also played in the European Championship…
Read MoreNew York Knicks see off the Detroit Pistons in London
The New York Knicks gunned down the Detroit Pistons last night in London, in the third regular season game to be held in the British capital. A Carmelo Anthony led Knicks run out comfortable victors over a Pistons team that would have been hoping to catch New York off guard away from Madison Square Garden.…
Read MoreDerMarr Johnson signs with Libertad Sunchales
Argentinian Liga A outfit Libertad Sunchales have added American DerMarr Johnson (206 cm, Cincinnati’00) to their playing roster, he had recently finished a stint at Osos De Guadalajara in the Mexican LNBP. DerMarr Johnson has impressed in the six games he has played this season for the Osos, posting statistics of 26.7ppg, 6.3rpg, 1.3apg and…
Read MoreDino Erceg signed by Apollon Patras
Croatian forward, Dino Erceg (203 cm) has agreed to a deal to play for AS Apollon Patras from Greece’s A1 League. He was previously with Rueil Athletic Club from France (NM1) this season. Last season Erceg played 28 games for Romanian team, BC Perla Harghitei Miercuria Ciuc (Liga Nationala) and averaged 12.9 ppg and 7.0…
Read MoreLa’Shard Anderson is added by Club Africain
La’Shard Anderson (185 cm, Boise State’11) has been signed by Club Africain Tunis of Tunisia’s Division I. He previously played for Belgium’s Gent Dragons in Division II. There Anderson averaged 4.9 ppg and 1.5 apg in 26 games. As a product of Boise State, the American-born guard averaged 15.1 ppg, 4.7 apg, and 2.2 spg…
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