Archive for 2015
Vichy wins French NM1, promoted to ProB
Jean D’Arc Vichy will play ProB hoops in France again after conquering the NM1 to gain promotion to the second division (one below the ProA). The club downed Blois Basket 41 61-72 in the championship game, a contest that really went to form. During the Regular Season, Vichy came second (23-11) while Blois finished back…
Read MoreBenfica repeats as Portugal LPB champs
Benfica continued its dominance of the Portuguese LPB by sweeping the finals series against Vitoria SC to win the title. In victory, the club logged its fourth consecutive LPB title, its sixth in seven years, and its 26th overall, enhancing its position as Portugal’s most successful club. In this finals series the defending champs have…
Read MoreOlympiacos and Panathinaikos move to 2-0 in Greek semis
The Greek A1 semi-finals moved into Game 2 on Thursday and Friday, giving both Olympiacos and Panathinaikos the chance to take 2-0 leads in their respective ties. The two giants of Greek Basketball delivered as the fierce rivals both picked up wins to take another huge stride to a championship showdown. It has been business…
Read MoreBrad Wanamaker extends with Bamberg
Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany, Beko BBL) has announced that Brad Wanamaker (193 cm, Pittsburgh’11) will stay with the club for another season. The guard has extended for another year with the Eurocup outfit after having a solid campaign since arriving in Bamberg at the start of this season. The American has played 38 Bundesliga games…
Read MoreJustin Gray returns to Tsmoki-Minsk
Justin Gray (188 cm, Wake Forest’06) has penned a deal to play for Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus, Premier League and VTB) through the 2015/2016 season. The American will actually be making his return to the club as he finished this season there. He joined Tsmoki-Minsk in March and over eleven games in the VTB League he impressed…
Read MoreMaccabi Kiryat Gat wins Israel National League
Maccabi Kiryat Gat has been crowned the champion of the Israel National League (Liga Leumit) for 2015, and will now be promoted to the Super League top flight. The second tier club clashed with National League opponent Ironi Kiryat-Ata in what was a make or break game in the finals series. After going toe to…
Read MoreLaszlo Dobos back with CAI Zaragoza
CAI Zaragoza (Spain-Liga Endesa) will be bringing back Hungarian big man Laszlo Dobos (222 cm) for the 2015/16 season. He had previous stints with the club in 2012/13 and 2013/14. This 2014/15 the 21-year-old Dobos played for Leyma Basquet Coruna (Spain-LEB Gold). He played 22 games for the club and managed to deliver averages of…
Read MoreJawad Williams joins Mayaguez
Jawad Williams (204 cm, North Carolina’05) will continue his professional career with the Indios de Mayaguez (Puerto Rico-BSN) this 2015. The 32-year-old veteran forward spent his 2014/15 season playing in Turkey for Royal Hali Gaziantep (TBL). In 29 games Williams posted averages of 10.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg. His solid performance in the season earned…
Read MoreTajfun Sentjur breaks Slovenian duopoly for league title
There has been a wind of change in Slovenian Basketball as the Telemach League has a new champion, Tajfun Sentjur. The club downed Rogaska Crystal 67-65 to win the championship series 3-1 and break a two club monopoly that had dominated the league for the last seven years. Those two clubs are of course Krka…
Read MoreVEF Riga tops Venspils for LBL title
VEF Riga is once again the champion of Latvian Basketball after the beating rival and defending champs VK Ventspils 71-63 to lift the trophy. The winners had home court advantage in Game 6 after taking a 3-2 series lead in Ventspils earlier in the week. With the supporters in tow, VEF Riga managed to overhaul…
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