Archive for 2014
Milan Milosevic signs with Panionios
Panionios ON Telecoms Athens (Greece-A1) has added Bosnian forward Milan Milosevic (203 cm) to their roster for the 2014-15 season. The 28-year-old Milosevic was originally slated to play for KK Rabotnicki AD Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga), before agreeing to terms with Panionios. In 2013-14 he played for Zlatorog Lasko from Slovenia’s Telemach league. In 31…
Read MoreBen Aird begins career with Den Bosch
Ben Aird (206 cm, Utah Valley’14) will begin his professional career with the SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (Netherlands-Ereidvisie) this 2014-15. He is being brought in by the club as a replacement for recently released Christopher Lee (206 cm, South Carolina State’07). Den Bosch won the Dutch Supercup and made it to the Dutch Eredivisie finals…
Read MoreUSA wins the FIBA World Cup 2014
USA capped off their dominant run in the FIBA World Cup 2014 by cruising to an easy 129-92 win over Serbia, to claim the Gold Medal. This is their fifth world title and it is their first time as back-to-back champions. Prior to this only Brazil (1959, 1963) and Yugoslavia (1998, 2002) managed to repeat their claim…
Read MoreMareks Jurevicus wins arbitration vs Veroli
Latvian player Mareks Jurevicus (197 cm) filed a claim against his former team CZG Veroli at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, fees and interest. Jurevicus played for Veroli (Italy-Lega2) in the 2012-13 season. According to Article 16.2 of the BAT Rules, the Arbitrator issued an award without reasons. Quentin Byrne-Sutton, the case’s arbitrator…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, France takes Third Place
The third/fourth game of any major Basketball tournament is an odd contest, and so it proved at the FIBA World Cup 2014 yet again. You see, neither France nor Lithuania wanted to play this game and they came into it with a feeling of despair and heartbreak because they did not make the final. However,…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, Serbia prevails to reach final
Serbia progressed to the grand finale of the FIBA World Cup 2014 with a close fought 85-90 victory over France in the all-European semi-final clash. Serbia now heads to its ninth world final, although that of course takes into account when the tournament was named the World Championships and the Serbian team flew under the…
Read MoreTravis Gabbidon signs for Sharjah
Travis Gabbidon (201 cm, UTSA’09) has decided to play for Al Shaab Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates top flight (D1) this campaign. The forward helped the Arizona Scorpions reach the ABA semi-finals during the 2013/2014 seasons and the previous term he took to the court for Guerreros de Guerroro Cumple in the Mexican LNBP.…
Read MoreRicky Harris decides on Trier
Ricky Harris (187 cm, Massachusetts’10) has inked a deal with TBB Trier (BBL) that will keep in the German league for another season. The guard has put pen to paper on a two month initial contract with the option to stay on longer if he is successful. Last season the American played for S.Oliver Baskets…
Read MoreJulyan Stone joins Umana Venezia
Italian Serie A club Umana Reyer Venezia has agreed to terms with Julyan Stone (198 cm, UTEP’11) and will be bringing in the guard this 2014-15 season. The 26-year-old Stone played the 2013-14 season with the Toronto Raptors. He was utilized by the team sparingly during the season and he only managed to appear in…
Read MoreDavid Andersen now with ASVEL
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket (France-ProA) has landed the services of Australian big man David Andersen (212 cm) for the 2014-15 season. Andersen joined Strasbourg IG (France-ProA) in January 2014. He was able to play in three Eurocup games and average 5.3 ppg and 3.7 rpg. He also played 25 games for them in the French league…
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