Alex Acker signs with ASVEL Villeurbanne

Alex Acker (196 cm, Pepperdine’05) is moving teams. He is slated to join ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket from France’s ProA. He played his final game as a member of Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi (Turkey-TBL). Alex Acker already played for ASVEL Villeurbanne in 2012-2013 and last year he also played in the French Pro A for Limoges. There he […]

Donell Taylor and Reggio Emilia part ways

Donell Taylor (198 cm, UAB’05) is leaving Grissin Bon Reggio Emila (Italy, Serie A). He joined the Italian team in October and has an extensive history with them. He played 9 games so far and averaged 12.8 ppg. He played for Reggio Emila over two previous seasons (2011/2012 and 2012/2013). During his last season with the […]

David Blatt in trouble?

Is David Blatt, head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, in trouble? The rumors are starting to fly around after the Cavaliers’ blowout, 23-point home loss to Detroit (and that is not an easy choice): Cleveland led by 15 midway through the second quarter, they had this game in hand, then they just took their foot off the […]

Justin Carter switches to Galatasaray

Justin Carter (193 cm, Creighton’10) is now a new member of Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul (Turkey-TBL) this 2014/15. Carter is coming from Usak Sportlif (Turkey-TBL), where he has spent the last couple of seasons. Before his departure, Justin logged five games for them in the EuroChallenge and averaged 13.4 ppg and 5.8 rpg. In 13 […]

Ben Hansbrough added by Laboral Kutxa

Ben Hansbrough (190 cm, Notre Dame’11) is being brought in by Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (Spain-Liga Endesa) to help the club deal with their recent run-in with the injury bug. The 27-year-old Hansbrough’s 2014/15 season began with him being waived by the Chicago Bulls in October. He then moved to the Grand Rapids Drive from the […]