Archive for 2013
Kurt Looby joins Telekom Baskets
Antiguan-American big man Kurt Looby (210 cm, Iowa’08) will be playing for Telekom Baskets Bonn from Germany’s BBL this 2013-14 season. In 2012-13 Looby played for Polish club Trefl Sopot (TBL). He played six games for them in the Eurocup and averaged 3.7 ppg and 3.0 rpg. In 34 games in the Polish league, Kurt…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: France wins first ever title
The road to the EuroBasket 2013 championship contest started when they were teenagers. For France’s Tony Parker and Boris Diaw, the gold medals they won on Sunday after defeating Lithuania 80:66 come a decade plus after they suited up for various French National junior teams staring in 2000. After the final buzzer, the old friends…
Read MoreDominique Sutton signs with Ikaros
Dominique Sutton (195 cm, N.C. Central’12) will continue his basketball career in Greece after signing with Ikaros Kallitheas (A1) this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old Sutton began his rookie season trying out for French ProA team ES Chalon-Sur-Saone in October 2012. In November 2012 he signed with the NBA D-League’s Tulsa 66ers. In 2012-13 he played…
Read MoreChad Barnes moves back to BK Kolin
Chadwell-Ferrell Barnes (191 cm, New Orleans’05), or Chad Barnes for short, is playing for a different Czech Republic team this 2013-14. Barnes will be suiting up for BK Kolin (NBL) once again, after spending the 2012-13 season playing for BK Nova Hut Nostrava (Czech Republic-NBL). He was last with BK Kolin in the 2011-12 season,…
Read MoreChris Hernandez wins arbitration vs. Halcones
Mexican-American basketball player, Chris Hernandez (188 cm, Stanford’06), has been awarded by the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) his claim against Mexican team Halcones UV Promotora Deportiva A.C. In September 14, 2012, Hernandez and Octagon Inc., the company that represents him, filed for arbitration against his former club for outstanding salaries and expenses, late payment penalties…
Read MoreWilliam Hatcher switches to Le Harve
William Hatcher (188 cm, Miami, Miami OH’06) will not sign for Ilysiakos Athens (Greece-A1) after all and will instead join French ProA team Le Harve. The point guard spent last season in the Greek A1 playing for PAOK Thessaloniki in the ProA before injury cut his season short in January. Before the six-week layoff the…
Read MoreJumaine Jones moves to Levski Sofia
Experienced American Jumaine Jones (203 cm, Georgia’99) has joined the roster at BC Levski Sofia (Bulgaria, NBL) and will play for the team this season. The forward has just come off a stint in Puerto Rico where he played for BSN outfit Mets de Guaynabo over the summer. Jones featured in seven games for the…
Read MoreJosh Selby decides on Qingdao
Josh Selby (187cm, Kansas´11) will play pro ball for the first time outside of the United States this season after agreeing terms with Qingdao Eagles (China, CBA). The point guard has recently been in action during the NBA Pro Summer League in Las Vegas where he played for the LA Lakers over five games and…
Read MoreJonny Flynn heads to China
Jonny Flynn (183 cm, Syracuse´09) has joined Chinese NBL franchise Sichuan Blue Whales for the 2013/2014 season. The point guard was playing in his native Australia at the end of last season while representing the Melbourne Tigers in the NBL. Over eighteen games he averaged impressively with 17.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: France ousts Spain in OT Thriller
In the second EuroBasket 2013 semifinal it took Tony Parker and a few of his closest friends an extra session to send the two-time defending champions from Spain to the consolation round with a 75:72 defeat. Parker put up 32 for France against their Spanish rivals to put France in the finals against Lithuania, who…
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