Archive for 2014
Nemanja Radovic to stay with UCAM Murcia
UCAM Murcia from Spain’s Liga Endesa has retained 22-year-old Montenegrin forward Nemanja Radovic (208 cm) for the 2014-15 season. Nemanja was a first-time addition to the Montenegrin National Team in 2013. He joined UCAM Murcia in the middle of the 2013-14 season and managed to play in 14 games for the club. Radovic was able…
Read MoreMilan defeats Montepaschi 79-65 in Game 2
EA7 Milan doubled its Italian Serie A Finals lead to 2-0 after a comfortable 79-65 victory over defending champs Montepaschi Siena in Game 2. The regular season champions have looked best placed to usurp Montepaschi at the summit of Italian Basketball all season, pitching in a solid Euroleague run as well. Montepaschi has dominated the…
Read MoreMantovana secures DNA Gold promotion
Pallacanestro Mantovana secured promotion to the Italian DNA Gold after downing Casalpusterlengo in the decisive game of the finals series. The game and indeed the series went right down to the wire as Mantovana won 64-63 to book its place in the next tier of Italian Basketball, one step below the top flight Serie A.…
Read MoreAlcaldia wins first Nicaraguan title
Los Leones de la Alcaldia have won the Nicaraguan Premier League after a 76-64 home victory over Costa Caribe in the decisive seventh game of the finals series. The Alcaldia team defeated a Costa outfit that was defending the title it won in 2013 after the reigning champions went through the regular season undefeated. It…
Read MoreGalatasaray will not play decisive TBL title game
The final series of the Turkish TBL has been plunged into chaos just two days before the seventh and decisive game between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray. The two rivals have battled to a 3-3 series tie after Galatasaray claimed an 85-77 home win to send the series to an all or nothing game. However, it seems…
Read MoreOmar-Sharif Cook leaves Lietuvos Rytas
Lithuanian club Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius will be without Omar-Sharif Cook (186 cm, St. John’s’01) this coming 2014-15 season. The American-Montenegrin guard played the whole 2013-14 season for Lietuvos Rytas and represented them in four leagues. In 22 games in the VTB United League Cook averaged 5.6 ppg and 7.5 apg. He played in eight Eurocup…
Read MoreDevin Booker extended by Bourg
Devin Booker (203 cm, Clemson’13) will be staying another season with French Pro B JL Bourg Basket with the team giving him a contract extension. Booker moved to Bourg in his rookie season as a pro after starting 2013-14 with Sluc Nancy Basket Pro (France-ProA). He played just five games for Nancy and averaged just…
Read MoreTaurean Green heads to ASVEL
Former NBA guard Taurean Green (184 cm, Florida’07) will be taking his talents to ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket (France-ProA) this 2014-15. ASVEL will be his second team from the French Pro A in as many seasons. In 2013-14 Green was on the roster of Limoges CSP Elite (France-ProA). He played in 40 games for them and…
Read MoreCedrick Banks lands with Cholet
Cedrick Banks (190 cm, University of Illinois, Chicago’05) is a new addition to the roster of Cholet Basket (France-ProA) this 2014-15 season. In 2013-14 Banks played for another team from the French Pro A, STB Le Havre. He managed to play in 30 games for them and was able to average 12.4 ppg and 4.4…
Read MoreDarren Fenn joins s.Oliver Baskets
Veteran international player Darren Fenn (208 cm, Canisius’01) is on his way to Germany to play for s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg (Germany-ProA) this 2014-15. The club was formerly part of the German BBL in 2013-14 and will want a chance to return to the premier league. The first step in that direction would be a dominant…
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