Archive for 2013
Haralampos Giannopoulos to La Bruixa dOr
Spanish Liga Endesa team La Bruixa d’Or Manresa has added Greek player Haralampos Giannopoulos (200 cm) for the 2013-14 season. This will be Giannopoulos’ first foray outside of his home Greece. Haralampos spent 2012-13 playing for Panathinaikos Athens (Greece-A1). He played in five games for them in the Euroleague. Despite the team’s early exit in…
Read MoreDeonta Vaughn reunites with Polpharma
Deonta Vaughn (185 cm, Cincinnati’10) is returning to Polish club Polpharma Starogard Gdanski after three seasons. Deonta played his rookie season as a pro for Polpharma in the 2010-11 season and averaged 11.6 ppg and 3.5 apg. He is coming from playing in Georgia’s Superleague for the 2013 Champions, MIA Academy Tbilisi. He notched 30…
Read MoreKeyron Sheard to Juventus-LKSK Utenos
Keyron Sheard (188 cm, Chattanooga’09) is moving to Juventus-LKSK Utenos from Lithuania’s LKL this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old New Jersey native is transferring there after playing the last couple of seasons for two other Lithuanian clubs in lower leagues. Sheard is slowly climbing up the ranks and is busting out into the LKL for the…
Read MoreDerrick Tarver heads to Al Karkh
Veteran of Middle East basketball Derrick Tarver (192 cm, Akron’04) will get a taste of Iraqi basketball this 2013-14 as he signs with Al Karkh. In 2011-12 he played for Antranik Beirut from Lebanon’s Division A. He logged five games for them and averaged 21.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg. In March 2012 he moved to…
Read MoreLevour Warren joins Bnei Hertzeliyya
Panamanian-American Levour Warren (196 cm, South Carolina’03) is headed to Israel this 2013-14 to play for Bnei Hertzeliyya. The 32-year-old veteran had a very short 2012-13 season. He only managed to play in five games for Italian SerieA team Sidigas Avellino. In those handful of games Warren managed to average 9.2 ppg and 3.4 rpg.…
Read MoreChad Timberlake returns to Falco-Szova
Hungarian team Falco-Szova KC-Szombathely are bringing back to their ranks American guard Chad Timberlake (194 cm, Fair Dickinson’06) for the 2013-14 season. He played for them in 2011-12 and even led the league in scoring that season with 21.3 ppg, while adding 3.2 apg. His strong showing that season got him invited to play in…
Read MoreJamal Boykin signs with s.Oliver Baskets
Jamal Boykin (203 cm, California’10) has signed a deal to play for German BBL team s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg for the 2013-14 season. Boykin spent the 2012-13 season playing in the Netherlands’ Eredivisie league where he suited up for the GasTerra Flames Groningen. Jamal played 41 games for Groningen and averaged 12.7 ppg and 6.0 rpg.…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: OTs, Upsets, Italy stands alone
Coming into Day 4 of the EuroBasket 2013 competition, there were four undefeated teams. As the dust settled on Ljubljana, Jesenice, Celje, and Koper, Slovenia Sunday, the only club that made it out of Day 4 unblemished was Italy after their big 81:72 win over previously undefeated Greece. France knocked off unbeaten Ukraine 77:71 in…
Read MoreFIBA Americas: Four teams set for 2014 World Cup
After some grueling games, stunning upsets and heartbreaking results, four nations have emerged from the 2013 FIBA Americas tournament as representatives of the continent to the 2014 Basketball World Cup. Puerto Rico, Argentina, Mexico and the Dominican Republic have all booked tickets to Spain next year. The Dominican Republic earned their berth after 86:78 victory…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 3 complete, four unbeaten
With Day 3 of EuroBasket 2013, the playoff picture is starting to unfold with only four clubs now undefeated, four without wins and eight that sit with 1-2 records. As of the completion of Day 3, Ukraine, Italy, Greece, and host club Slovenia are the sole holders of 3-0 records with Greece dominating their opponents…
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