Archive for 2015
Brad Newley stays with Gran Canaria
Brad Newley (199 cm) will spend another season with Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas (Spain, Liga Endesa) after extending his contract by a year. The Australian helped the club reach the final of the 2015 Eurocup this season and has been in Gran Canaria since the start of the 2012/2013 campaign. The swingman has been…
Read MoreAaron Jackson extends with CSKA Moscow
Aaron Jackson (190 cm, Duquesne’09) has extended his stay with CSKA Moscow (Russia, VTB United League and Euroleague) the club announced. The American has put pen to paper on a two-year extension that will see him play with the Russian giant through the 2016/2017 season. The guard has been with CSKA since the start of…
Read MoreSpanish ACB, Real Madrid beats Barca for 1-0 lead
Real Madrid drew first blood in the El Clasico tinted Spanish ACB (Liga Endesa) finals series with nemesis Barcelona. Los Blancos overcame their Catalan rivals 78-72 at home to take a 1-0 lead, but of course there is plenty more to play for in the coming days and week. Both of these Euroleague giants have…
Read MorePinar Karsiyaka Izmir crowned 2015 TBL champs
Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir won Game 5 of the Turkish Basketball League finals series to be crowned the 2015 TBL champions. The club celebrates its second title and collected the all-important 71-85 win on the road in Istanbul against Anadolu Efes. Of course, Efes is the most successful club in TBL history (although chasing its first…
Read MoreDeividas Dulkys pens with Yesilgiresun
Fresh Turkish TBL entrant Yesilgiresun Belidiye is gearing up for the 2015/16 season with some new additions to their roster. One such addition is Lithuanian Deividas Dulkys (195 cm, Florida State’12). He spent his 2014/15 season playing in the Italian Serie A for Umana Reyer Venezia. Deividas logged a total of 41 games for his…
Read MoreKojo Mensah signed by Huracanes PP
Kojo Mensah (185 cm, Buffalo State’13) has been picked up by Huracanes del Atlantico (Dominican Republic-LNB) this 2015. Mensah is a Ghanian player who is coming off a stint the Gaiteros de Zulia (Venezuela-LPB). During his run with the Gaiteros Kojo was able to appear in 17 games and recorded averages of 17.8 ppg and…
Read MoreKristoffer Lang moves to Metros STGO
The Metros de Santiago (Dominican Republic-LNB) has landed veteran Kristoffer Lang (211 cm, North Carolina’02) this 2015. Lang is moving there from Crocodilos de Caracas (Venezuela-LPB), where he played 26 games and averaged 10.0 ppg and 7.8 rpg. His last spell with Caracas saw him play in 48 LPB games and average 9.1 points and 5.5…
Read MorePrimoz Brezec returns to AEK
Primoz Brezec (216 cm) will be reuniting with Petrolina AEK Larnaca (Cyprus-Division A) for the upcoming 2015/16 season after a brief stint with Al Kuwait SC (Kuwait-D1) in 2015. Brezec is a 35-year-old Slovenian player who was a former member of the Slovenian national team in 1998-2006 and 2009-10. He joined forces with AEK in…
Read MoreJohn Roberson added by Chalon
John Roberson (180 cm, Texas Tech’11) will continue his professional career this 2015/16 with ES Chalon-Sur-Saone (France-Pro A). The 26-year-old Roberson split his 2014/15 season between two teams. He played 29 games for the Sodertalje Kings from Sweden’s Basketligan, where he was able to produce averages of 18.0 ppg and 6.2 apg. Before joining Sodertalje…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda Belgrade wins Serbian League
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade once again sits atop Serbian Basketball after downing arch-rival Partizan Belgrade 58-54 in Game 3 of the finals series. Red Star picked up the win at home and ensured a sweep of the championship series 3-0 to win its first title in the new Serbian basketball League format (2006-present). During that time…
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