Orien Greene arrested

Orien Greene (193 cm, Louisiana-Lafayette’05) was arrested Monday on suspicion of breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a sleeping woman. Greene was a second-round NBA Draft pick in 2005 by Boston. He began his career with the Celtics but was traded to the Pacers in 2006, where he was used sparingly. He was with the Kings…

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Pablo Prigioni retires

Pablo Prigioni (190 cm, Argentina), who signed with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain-ACB, Euroleague), has announced his retirement from basketball. The decorated Argentinian guard made the announcement via Twitter. Prigioni, 39, managed to appear in three Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games in this season, his third stint with the club. He had just played his best game with…

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Joey Haywood re-signed by Halifax Hurricanes

Joey Haywood (185 cm, St. Mary’s’11) has played many seasons for the Halifax Hurricanes (Canada-NBL) and will be joining them again this 2016-17 season. Joey has dual citizenship from Canada and Trinidad and Tobago. He was a one-time member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in 2010. He did not play in the 2015-16…

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Michael Ojo moves to Gmunden

Michael Ojo (195 cm, Lehigh’11) is a recent addition to the roster of Basket Swans Gmunden (Austria-A Bundesliga) this 2017. Michael is a 27-year-old American player who also holds a British passport. He is moving to Gmunden after starting the 2016-17 season with BK Klosternburg Dukes (Austria-A Bundesliga). Michael played four games for them before…

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Demond Mallet signed by Nancy

Demond Mallet (184 cm, McNeese State’01) will be a new veteran presence in the backcourt rotation of Sluc Nancy Basket Pro (France-Pro A) this 2017. Mallet, who is the cousin of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, has spent the last couple of seasons on the roster of FIATC Joventut Badalona (Spain-Liga Endesa). The 38-year-old Mallet logged…

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Robert Sacre joins Hitachi SunRockers

Robert Sacre (213 cm, Gonzaga’12) will continue his professional career this 2016-17 with the Hitachi SunRockers Tokyo Shibuya (Japan-B League). Sacre is a 27-year-old Canadian player who has been a member of the Canadian national team from 2009 to 2015. He participated in the New Orleans pre-season training camp, but was not fortunate enough to…

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Jonathan Holmes departs FC Barcelona

Jonathan Holmes (204 cm, Texas’15) has parted ways with FC Barcelona Lassa (Spain-Liga Endesa) this 2017 and is now a free agent. In seven Euroleague games this season Holmes registered averages of 5.1 ppg and 2.7 rpg. The 24-year-old Holmes also appeared in three games in the Spanish league and there he produced averages of…

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Darryl Bryant added by Szolnok

Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (Hungary-A Division) has reinforced its roster this 2016-17 with the recent addition of Darryl Bryant (185 cm, West Virginia’12). Bryant is a 26-year-old American player who began the season playing for PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). He played 10 games for them in the Basketball Champions League where he averaged 10.7 ppg and 1.9 apg.…

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