Archive for 2014
Trayvonn Wright added by Leicester Riders
Trayvonn Wright (201 cm, North Dakota State’14) has been picked up by the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders (United Kingdom-BBL). He spent the 2014-15 preseason with the WBC Raiffeisen Wels (Austria-A Bundesliga). He signed with the Iowa Energy in November 2014, but was unfortunately waived by the team that same month. Wright now heads back…
Read MoreRomeo Travis Wins Arbitration vs. KK Zadar
Romeo Travis (201 cm, Akron’07) and his agents filed a claim against former team KK Zadar (Croatia-A1) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, bonuses, agents fees, and interest. The claimants submitted that the club failed to remit payment for the last two salary installments. Romeo Travis is known from the basketball documentary…
Read MoreWill Bynum joins Guangdong
Will Bynum (183 cm, Georgia Tech’05) is beginning a new chapter in his career as he signs a deal with the Guangdong Southern Tigers (China-CBA). He is being brought in as a replacement for Emmanuel Mudiay. Bynum was recently released by the Boston Celtics, who received him in a trade with the Detroit Pistons before…
Read MoreEuroleague, Madrid and Efes reach Top 16
It was a busy Thursday of Euroleague action as two more teams booked their places in the Top 16. Both progressing clubs came from Group A as Anadolu Efes and Real Madrid won away from home to move to the next round of the competition. There were four other games on the night as the…
Read MoreDrake Reed moves to Latina
Drake Reed (196 cm, Austin Peay State’09) will play in Italy this season after penning with Latina Basket (A2 Silver) for the remainder of the season. The American last suited up for La Union Formosa in the Argentine LigaA and in sixteen games this season he has recorded 11.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.…
Read MoreTyshawn Abbott deals with Eskisehir
Tyshawn Abbott (192 cm, Arizona State’12) will play in Turkey for the first time after penning for Eskisehir Basket (TBL). His game time this season came in the Italian A2 Gold playing for Romagna Forli and over seven games he impressed with averages of 16.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. During the…
Read MoreNemanja Maric signs with Mladost
KK Mladost Mrkonjic Grad (Bosnia-Division I) has signed Serbian guard Nemanja Maric (199 cm) to a deal this 2014-15 season. He has already logged his first game for the club and was effective with 15 points and six assists. They won in that game and have moved up the league standings as they secure their…
Read MoreOrien Greene to Fuerza Regia
Orien Greene (193 cm, La-Lafayette’05) is now headed to Mexico to play for Fuerza Regia Monterrey (LNBP) this 2014-15 season. In 2013-14 Orien played in Libya’s D1 league for Al Alhy Benghazi. In 2012-13 he played the preseason with the Milwaukee Bucks, but later moved to the NBA D-League where he signed with the Los…
Read MoreTony Brown heads to Massagno
SAM Basket Massagno (Switzerland-LNA) is dealing with some injuries and has decided to add Tony Brown (193 cm, Arkansas State’03). Massagno is struggling so far this season and is sitting on a 2-8 record in the Swiss LNA. Brown began the 2014/15 season playing for Basket Esch (Luxembourg-Total League) and there he averaged 22.7 ppg…
Read MoreJaka Lakovic pens with Royal Hali
Royal Hali Gaziantep (Turkey-TBL) has landed veteran Slovenian guard Jaka Lakovic (186 cm) this 2014/15 season. The 35-year-old Lakovic announced his retirement from the Slovenian national team this May. He was a member of the squad from 2001 to 2011 and then again in 2013. Lakovic averaged 3.6 ppg and 1.9 apg in 11 games…
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