Archive for June 2014
PGE Turow Zgorzelec crowned TBL champs
PGE Turow Zgorzelec has won the Polish TBL for the first time in its history after gunning down reigning champs Stelmet Zielona Gora. The winners picked up a 60-72 road win to claim a 4-2 series victory and dethrone a Gora team that defeated Turow in the final last season. The win was paced more…
Read MoreTel Aviv reclaims Israeli league
Maccabi Tel Aviv capped a sensational season by adding the Israeli Winner League to its list of honours. The powerhouse needed an overtime win of 82-84 and an aggregate score of 163-161 to get the job done against defending champions Maccabi Haifa. Indeed, Tel Aviv lost this home contest but scraped to win the title…
Read MoreKyle Fogg signs with Antwerp Giants
Kyle Fogg (190 cm, Arizona’12) has agreed to terms with Belgian Ethias league team Port of Antwerp Giants for the 2014-15 season. Kyle got his first taste of European pro hoops during the 2013-14 season when he suited up for Lapuan Korikobrat (Finland-Korisliiga) after moving from the D-League team Delaware 87ers in December 2013. He…
Read MoreD.J. Cunningham added by Limburg United
D.J. Cunningham (208 cm, North Carolina-Asheville’14) will be begin his professional career playing in Europe. The big man joins Limburg United (Belgium-Ethias League). Cunningham will strengthen the team’s frontcourt this coming 2014-15 season and will be tested by some tough competition. In his senior year at UNC Asheville Cunningham produced averages of 11.0 ppg and…
Read MoreMykal Riley back with Nanterre
Mykal Riley (198 cm, Alabama’08) will be making a return engagement with former team JSF Nanterre (France-ProA) this 2014-15 season. Riley played for Nanterre from 2009 to 2012. He spent the last couple of seasons playing for another French Pro A team, JDA Dijon Bourgogne. He played 10 games for them in the EuroChallenge in…
Read MorePhil Goss added by Venezia
Phil Goss (188 cm, Drexel’05) will play for a new team in the Italian Serie A this 2014-15 season after agreeing to terms with Umana Reyer Venezia. Goss has played five of the last six seasons in Italy so the guard is not unfamiliar with Italian hoops. In fact, in 2013-14 Phil manned the backcourt…
Read MoreSeamus Boxley joins Limburg United
Seamus Boxley (201 cm, Portland State’05) will be suiting up for Limburg United from Belgium’s Ethias league this coming 2014-15 season. The 31-year-old veteran forward played for Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine-Superleague) in 2013-14. He logged 17 games in the Superleague and was able to produce averages of 13.2 ppg and 7.8 rpg. Boxley helped his club…
Read MoreManny Pacquiao to coach Pro Hoops team
Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao is crossing over into professional basketball. No, not as a player (yet), but as head coach of a new team entering the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). KIA Columbian Autocar Corporation will be fielding one of three new teams set to enter the nation’s premier basketball league this October 19, 2014.…
Read MoreKawhi Leonard leads Spurs passed Heat
Kawhi Leonard stepped up for the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals as his team went on the offensive and rolled passed the Miami Heat, 111-92. Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich inserted Frenchman Boris Diaw into the starting lineup as a replacement for Tiago Splitter. The move was like a stroke of…
Read MoreCimarrones de Choco wins Colombian Liga
The Colombian Liga DirecTV was decided by the tie break game in the finals series as Cimarrones de Choco defeated Guerreros de Bogota 76-78. An exciting, tense, and close game on the court was matched by an intense atmosphere in the arena, as both sets of fans filled the El Salitre Coliseum, with even the…
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