Archive for 2014
Draelon Burns back to Okinawa
Draelon Burns (194 cm, De Paul’08) is back at Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa (Japan-BJ League) after extending his contract with the franchise. The guard represented the team during the 2013/2014 season and impressed with averages of 17.5 points, 5.6 boards, and 3.3 assists per game from his 46 appearances through the season. The American has…
Read MoreNikola Lepojevic pens with Surgut
Nikola Lepojevic (195 cm) is making a return to Universitet Surgut (Russia-SuperLeague) for the 2014/2015 season it has been announced. The Serbian has previously played with the club during the 2008/2009, 2010/2011, and the 2013/2014 seasons. During his last stint with Surgut through the 2013/2014 campaign the shooting guard played in 35 games and was…
Read MoreBelgian league tips off
The Belgium league season opened for business on Friday evening with two encounters serving as the regular season curtain raiser. Both host teams came away with victories to get their season off to a good start, while both visitors go home empty handed. The rest of the Belgium league round 1 will be completed on…
Read MoreAdriatic League gets underway
The 2014/2015 Adriatic League tipped off today with two games making up the first day of Round 1 at the start of the Regular Season. The rest of Round 1 will be completed on Saturday, October 4th with the remainder of the teams getting their campaigns underway. Tonight Crvena Zvezda Belgrade crushed Adriatic League newcomers…
Read MoreLokomotiv wins VTB League opener
Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and Czech team CEZ Nymburk had the honour of opening the 2014/2015 VTB League regular season tonight. The two teams clashed in Nymburk’s Sportovni Hala Arena but it was Lokomotiv who came away with the win, picking up a 67-82 victory to top the VTB standings at this meaningless point…
Read MoreSigurdur Thorsteinsson pens with Solna
Sigurdur Thorsteinsson (204 cm) has put pen to paper on a contract with Solna Vikings in the Swedish Basketligan that will see him wear the team jersey for the 2014/2015 season. The Iceland native has spent this last three seasons playing for U.M.F Grindavik (Iceland, Dominos League). During the 2013/2014 season the centre featured in…
Read MoreLithuanian LKL Round 4 recap
Many of the leagues around Europe are getting underway, but the action in the Lithuanian LKL is already in its fourth round of play. During this round reigning champions Zalgiris Kaunas bounced back from defeat in Game 3, while Neptunas Klaipeda continued their unbeaten start to the campaign to top the league. Elsewhere Juventus and…
Read MoreNemanja Karalic signs with Strumica
Nemanja Karalic (208 cm) has decided to link up with ABA Strumica (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga) for the 2014/2015 Basketball season. The Serbian big man started this campaign on the roster of BC Nokia in the Finnish 1st Division but has switched to Strumica during pre-season. At the end of the last campaign the centre featured…
Read MoreVasil Kyosev heads to Cluj
Vasil Kyosev (196) will play club Basketball outside of Bulgaria for the first time after signing with CS Universitatea Cluj in the Romanian Liga Nationala. The guard has spent last season playing for Tundja Yambol after signing from Cherno More Port Varna (Bulgaria, NBL). With Yambol he played 25 games and offered numbers of 5.4…
Read MoreIngus Bankevics pens with Manchester
Ingus Bankevics (195 cm) is adding the United Kingdom to his career stats after inking with BBL franchise the Manchester Giants. Last season the Latvian played for Pieno Zvaigzdes Pasvalys in the Lithuanian LKL and from thirty league games he averaged 4.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. In the Baltic League last term he…
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