Henry Dugat joins Budivelnyk

Henry Dugat (183 cm, Baylor’09) will be strengthening the roster of Budivelnyk Kyiv (Ukraine-Superleague) this coming 2016-17 season. The 29-year-old Baylor grad is coming off the 2015-16 season playing in the French Pro A on the roster of STB Le Havre (France-Pro A). He played a dozen games for them in the inaugural season of…

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Abdul Gaddy newcomer to VEF Riga

Abdul Gaddy (190 cm, University of Washington’13) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for VEF Riga (Lavtia-LKL) this 2016-17 season and will be in for a change in scenery. He began his pro career with two seasons under his belt playing in the Italian Serie A for Virtus Obiettivo Lavoro Bologna (Italy-Serie…

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Filip Zekavicic pens with Kozuv

KK Kozuv Gevgelija from the FYR Macedonian Prva Liga has acquired young Serbian big man Filip Zekavicic (210 cm) for the upcoming 2016-17 season. The 23-year-old Zekavicic started off his 2015-16 season with BC Timisoara (Romania-Liga Nationala). In eight games he posted averages of 2.6 ppg and 1.6 rpg.  Filip was released by the team…

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Orlando Mendez-Valdez to Maccabi Haifa

Orlando Mendez-Valdez (183 cm, Western Kentucky’09) is a recent addition to the roster of Maccabi Hunter Haifa (Israel-Winner League) this 2016-17. He is a 30-year-old Mexican-American player who has been a member of the Mexican national team since 2010. His 2015-16 season was spent playing in Mexico for the Pioneros de Quintana Roo-Cancun (Mexico-LNBP). Orlando…

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EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers: four more progress

The doors are slowly closing on the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers. Four more nations progressed to next summer’s international event during Day 5 of the qualifiers on Wednesday. Belgium, Slovenia, Montenegro and Hungary all booked their passage to the continental championships. The quartet join Russia, which punched its ticket to the tournament last week. In their…

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