Archive for April 18, 2017
Beroe crowned Balkan League champions
BC Beroe has captured the 2017 Balkan League title after a 73-77 road win over Kumanovo in the finals series. The victory handed the club its second win in the series, allowing a clean sweep of the best-of-three run. This is Beroe’s first-ever Balkan League title and marks the first Bulgarian league winner since Levski…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: CSKA and Fenerbahce open Play-Offs with wins
The exciting marathon of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season is a memory and the remaining eight clubs are now locked in knockout Basketball. The opening game of the Play-Offs is happening this Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday the finalists from 2016 opened their paths to the Final Four, but with best-of-five series’ to get…
Read More1st Team All-Adriatic League
Court Side Newspaper introduces the 2016/2017 season 1st Team All-Adriatic League. We base our selection ONLY on the advanced statistics of Player Efficiency Rating (PER). This is a one-number measure of a player’s per-minute productivity. It is an overall efficiency statistic that sums up a player’s positive accomplishments, subtracts the negative accomplishments, and returns a…
Read MoreJames Southerland agrees with Mayaguez
James Southerland (203 cm, Syracuse’13) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for the Indios de Mayaguez (Puerto Rico-BSN) this 2017. This will be the third team for the Syracuse product this 2016-17 season. He began it in Europe, suiting up for s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL). James averaged 5.6 ppg and 3.9 rpg.…
Read MoreAdriatic League advanced stats best and worst teams
Crvena Zvezda won the Adriatic league in dominant fashion. On their way to the top, they bested many teams, which in their right, are worth mentioning for their noteworthy accomplishments. There are other winners. Teams that broke records and were the best in particular statistical categories. A lot of these achievements go unnoticed or pass…
Read MoreAlex Perez Kaufmann joins San Lorenzo
Alex Perez Kaufmann (191 cm) is moving to San Lorenzo de Almagra (Argentina-Liga A). This will be the third team in three different countries for the Mexican guard this season. Prior to this move, Kaufmann signed with Soles (Mexico-LNBP) where he suited up for 21 league games. His scoring numbers were impressive in the Mexican…
Read MoreMarco Buljevic parts ways with Schalke
Marco Buljevic (197 cm) is leaving FC Schalke 04 (Germany-Pro B). The 30-year-old guard hits the free agent market after appearing in 20 games this season in the Pro B with Schalke. The German contributed off the bench for his team but only found 16.2 mpg on the court.With Schalke, he scored 6.7 ppg and…
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