Archive for 2014
Bernard King moves to Krasny Oktyabr
Bernard King (196 cm, Texas A&M’03) has moved to Russian ball club Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd for the remainder of the season. King began 2013-14 playing for BC Donetsk (Ukraine-Superleague). Bernard managed to appear in 15 VTB United League games for them and posted averages of 15.2 ppg and 7.8 apg. The guard also played in…
Read MorePartizan gets key win vs. Radnicki
Adriatic League – After faltering with some recent losses, BC Partizan NiS Beograd (Serbia) finally turned things around with a critical 82-70 win over Radnicki Kragjevac (Serbia). The win gives Partizan a 15-7 record which currently secures their third-place position in the league standings and virtually locking in their ticket to the playoffs. They are still…
Read MoreRay Willis added by Kauhajoki
Ray Willis (198 cm, North Carolina Central’13) will continue his professional career with Karhu Kauhajoki (Finland-Korisliiga) this season. Willis began 2013-14 with BC Prievidza from Slovakia’s Extraliga, but was with them only until the pre-season. He kicked things off with Maccabi Beer Yaakov (Israel-National League). Before the move Willis managed to put up averages of…
Read MoreRenado Parker moves to Salon Vilpas
Renado Parker (198 cm, Portland State’13) is moving up in the world of Finnish hoops as he joins the Salon Vilpas Vikings (Finland-Korisliiga). Parker is jumping up from Finland’s 1st Division team Pernion Urheilijiat Basket, where he began his rookie season as a pro. In 17 games Parker managed to produce averages of 20.2 ppg…
Read MoreOleksandr Lypovvy joins Red Star
Serbian KLS team Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) Telekom Beograd has acquired Ukrainian Oleksandr Lypovvy (200 cm) for the season. Lypovvy has been a member of the Ukrainian National Team from 2011 up to the present. Red Star will be Oleksandr’s first pro team outside of the Ukraine. He began 2013-14 playing for Ukrainian Superleague team…
Read MoreAllen Iverson’s jersey retired by Sixers
The Philadelphia 76ers have retired Allen Iverson’s N0. 3 jersey during halftime in their game against the Washington Wizards on Saturday. His banner was raised between Maurice Cheeks’ No.10 and Charles Barkley’s No. 34. The emotional Iverson cupped his hand to his ear in the likeness of his iconic image one more time in front…
Read MoreNCAA: Arizona secures PAC-12 title
NCAA – The number three ranked Arizona Wildcats have clinched the PAC-12 division title after dispatching Stanford at home in a convincing 79-66 win. They are now 27-2 overall and 14-2 in the division. Despite injuries to key players, which accounted for their notches in the loss column, the former number one ranked team managed…
Read MoreDominique Coleman leaves BC Kyiv
Dominique Coleman (190 cm, Colorado’07) has ended his association with BC Kyiv (Ukraine, Superleague) after leaving the club. The guard joined the team at the start of the season and has been in action in the Superleague and the Eurochallenge this campaign. He played 15 games in the Ukrainian top flight and secured averages of…
Read MoreColeman Collins splits from Azovmash
Coleman Collins (206 cm, Virginia Tech’07) has parted ways with Azovmash Mariupol (Ukraine, Superleague) after an agreement was reached between player and club. The American´s departure comes seven months after he joined the team and in that time he has played eighteen Superleague games for the club. During those games the power forward averaged 11.7…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16 Round 8, recap
The second half of the Top 16 is underway in the Euroleague and Round 8 proved a typically exciting week of games. Hoops fans across the continent were treated to dramatic Basketball aplenty as the games got tight. Most of the clashes on Thursday and Friday went close to the wire, and one even extended…
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