Archive for January 2016
VTB United League: CSKA Moscow dominates
CSKA Moscow’s dominant form in the VTB United League continued on Sunday as Round 18 of the Regular Season got underway. There were four games during the day and joining CSKA in the winner’s circle were Nizhny Novgorod, Zenit St. Petersburg, and Unics Kazan. The four clubs combined victories meant that it was a clean…
Read MoreEuroleague, Friday recap
Round 5 of the 2015/2016 Euroleague Top 16 wrapped on Friday with five games that delivered the usual blend of high quality hoops and exciting results. In Group E, Crvena Zvezda continued to look slick with a comfortable home win over Lokomotiv in Serbia, while Anadolu Efes Istanbul outplayed Unicaja Malaga at home. Also in…
Read MoreEryk Thomas agrees with Junin
Eryk Thomas (200 cm, East Tennessee State’07) is returning to Argentine Basketball and will suit up for Atletico Argentino Junin (LigaA) this season. The American power forward has been playing for U Universitario in the Uruguayan top flight and over five games he logged 16.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game. Eryk Thomas…
Read MoreMarquez Haynes pens with Panathinaikos
Marquez Haynes (191 cm, Texas Arlington’10) has agreed to join Panathinaikos Athens (Greece, A1 and Euroleague) for the remainder of the season. The American, ex-Georgian international brings with him plenty of previous Euroleague experience and this season played ten games in the competition while wearing the colours of Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Italy, Serie A).…
Read MoreShawn King inks with Kalev/Cramo
Shawn King (208 cm, ORU’08) will continue his professional career this 2016 as a member of BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn (Estonia-Alexela KML). King is a 33-year-old player from St. Vincent and the Grenadines and is a recent addition to the Vincentian national team in 2015. Shawn heads to Europe from Latin America, where he began 2015-16…
Read MoreVincent Bailey to Verviers-Pepinster
Vincent Bailey (198 cm, Lincoln Memorial’14) is a recent addition to the roster of VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium-Scooore League) this 2016. The Wolves are currently struggling and are in 9th place in the Belgian league standings. The 24-year-old Bailey is moving to the Belgian club after starting the 2015-16 season playing for Aix-Maurienne Savoie Basket…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16: giants win
Three games on Thursday opened the second half of the Euroleague Top 16 stage, with all clubs now on the back straight to reach the quarter-finals. Everything is still to play for, but games are running out and some clubs are pushing themselves further into contention for qualification. Arguably the form team of the Euroleague…
Read MoreTyshawn Taylor deals with Guaros
Tyshawn Taylor (191 cm, Kansas’12) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Guaros de Lara (Venezuela-LPB) this 2016. Just this 2015 Taylor played 20 games for the Indios de Mayaguez (Puerto Rico-BSN). During his run he recorded averages of 18.9 ppg and 5.0 apg. He also added 1.7 steals per game to…
Read MoreAnthony Smith signs with Orchies
Anthony Smith (195 cm, Liberty’09) will now be donning the colors of BC Orchies of the French Pro B league this 2016. Smith is headed to the French club after starting the 2015-16 season on the roster of WKS Slask Wroclaw (Poland-TBL). He played six games for them in the FIBA Europe Cup and averaged…
Read MoreEsteban Batista pens with EA7 Armani
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano from the Italian Serie A has acquired the services of Esteban Batista (208 cm). He is a 32-year-old player from Uruguay who also holds a Spanish passport. He has been a member of the Uruguayan national team since 2003 up to the present. Esteban is coming over after spending the earlier…
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