Ettore Messina guides Spurs to win

The sight of Ettore Messina marauding the line for the San Antonio Spurs was big news and an historic first, but it was business as usual for the metronome like franchise on the court. Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has undergone what the organization calls a “minor medical procedure” and missed last night’s cruising victory…

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Japanese Basketball Association suspended by FIBA

FIBA announced on Wednesday that the Japanese Basketball Association (JBA) has been suspended from all FIBA related competitions for an unspecified amount of time. The decision was reached after the JBA failed to meet several FIBA requested stipulations, such as restructuring the association to meet FIBA regulations, merge the NBL and the BJ-League into one…

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DeShawn Painter leaves Sopot

DeShawn Painter (206 cm, ODU’13) has had his time with Trefl Sopot (Poland, TBL) brought to an end after the club decided to release him. The big man has played five games so far this 2014/2015 season and notched numbers of just 4.2 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Last season the American started the…

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Miljan Pupovic returns to Varna

Miljan Pupovic (210 cm) is returning to former club Cherno More Port Varna in the Bulgarian NBL, making the switch from fellow NBL team Levski Sofia. The Serbian player has already played in six NBL games for Levski this campaign and recorded averages of 10.0ppg, 4.2rob, and 2.8apg, while over eight Adriatic League games he…

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Marcus Eriksson extends with Barcelona

Marcus Eriksson (200 cm) has put pen to paper on a new deal with FC Barcelona Regal (Spain, Liga Endesa and Euroleague) that will keep with the club through the 2017/2018 season. The Swedish player is currently off the court for some time after rupturing his ACL at the start of the season. The shooting…

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Ryan Nicholas stays with Mitteldeutscher

Ryan Nicholas (201 cm, Portland’14) has been kept on the roster at Mitteldeutscher BC (Germany, BBL) until the end of the season. The American joined the club on a short term deal that would have kept him in Mitteldeutscher until the end of November, but he has now been retained for the duration of the…

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Eurocup, six more reach Last 32

Thrills and spills aplenty in the Eurocup tonight as a busy evening of action brought fifteen games with it as the Regular Season Round 7 played out around the continent. As you would expect, the games were suitably exhilarating as the Eurocup went up another gear as clubs from around Europe jostled for position throughout…

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