Archive for November 2016
Damontre Harris joins Cherkasy
Damontre Harris (208 cm, Campbellsville’15) will continue his professional career this 2016-17 with the SK Cherkasy Monkeys (Ukraine-Superleague). He spent the preseason with Maccabi Ashdod (Israel-Winner League), but it appears that Harris will be taking his game to the Ukraine instead. He got some solid experience under his belt in his rookie season in 2015-16.…
Read MoreChris Roberts picked up by Pistoia
Chris Roberts (193 cm, Bradley’10) has been called up to the Italian Serie A by The Flexx Pistoia this 2016. It will be an upgrade in competition for the 27-year-old Bradley University product. He started the 2016-17 season playing for Fortituto Kontatto Bologna of the Italian Serie A2. In three games, the guard posted averages…
Read MoreDominique Sutton heads to Nancy
Dominique Sutton (198 cm, N.C. Central’12) has moved to French club Sluc Nancy Basket Pro (France-Pro A) this 2016. He began the season with Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany-BBL). He played four games for his former team in the Eurocup and averaged 7.8 ppg and 2.5 rpg. Dominique also appeared in eight games in the domestic German…
Read MoreAlex Stepheson pens with Guangzhou
Alex Stepheson (208 cm, USC’11) is taking his game to China this 2016-17 after agreeing to terms on a deal to play for Guangzhou Securities (China-CBA). He started his 2015-16 season with the Memphis Grizzlies, but was later assigned to the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League. Stepheson would end up playing 31 games for…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 7 underway with four games
The festival of Basketball is back. Owing to the unique new Euroleague format, we are being treated to another week of non-stop action in Europe’s elite competition. The all-teams-play-all format of the Regular Season means we get two rounds played in a single week once a month. This in turn means four consecutive days of…
Read MoreUros Duvnjak moves to Apollon Patras
AS Apollon Patras (Greece-A1) has landed the services of veteran Serbian international player, Uros Duvnjak (190 cm) for the 2016-17 season. He already began the season with Karpos Sokoli 2000 Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). Uros played nine games for them in the Adriatic league and averaged 5.2 ppg and 0.9 apg. He also played a…
Read MoreJermont Horton now with Basket Esch
Jermont Horton (198 cm, Rutgers-Newark’07) is a newcomer to the roster of Basket Esch (Luxembourg-Total League) this 2016-17. The 32-year-0ld Horton has already made his debut for Basket Esch and he immediately delivered a double-double performance with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Unfortunately, the team did not win the game against Etzella. Jermont spent his…
Read MoreSasa Obradovic to coach Lokomotiv Kuban
Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia-VTB) has agreed to terms with Serbian coach Sasa Obradovic and will be bringing him on to handle the coaching duties of the team moving forward. Sasa joins the organization after spending the last four seasons at the helm of German club ALBA Berlin (Germany-BBL). During his tenure with ALBA Berlin, Obradovic led…
Read MoreEA7 Armani, Grissin Bon post wins in Serie A
Round 7 of the 2016-17 regular season in the Italian Serie A brought on its fair share of excitement and excellent basketball action. EA7 Armani was able to keep its perfect 7-0 record intact with a 86-77 win at home over Banco di Sardegna Sassari. They hold solo league leadership at the moment. The loss…
Read MoreMilenko Tepic to Betaland Capo d’Orlando
Milenko Tepic (202 cm) will continue his pro career this 2016-17 reinforcing the roster of Betaland Capo d’Orlando (Italy-Serie A). He is a 29-year-old Serbian player who has been a member of the Serbian national team in 2007 to 2012 and again in 2014. Tepic began the season playing for PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). In his…
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