Archive for November 2017
Samardo Samuels cut by Partizan
Samardo Samuels (206 cm, Louisville’10) has been released by BC Partizan NiS Beograd (Serbia-KLS) this 2017. The 28-year-old Jamaican international basketball player signed with them at the beginning of the season. He was initially suspended by the team after he made a sexist comment and criticized his coach on social media. His kind of negative…
Read MoreBuducnost stays hot, now 8-1 in ABA League
KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica is the top team in the ABA League (Adriatic League), sporting an impressive 8-1 record. They have shown consistency and have been playing solid, unselfish basketball. Their latest victim, MZT Skopje, fell in a blowout game 71-93 yesterday. Buducnost has managed to stay on fire this 2017-18 season. They’ve dropped some…
Read More10 Best Songs About Basketball – Ranked
What are the best basketball songs of all time? It depends on who you ask and which criteria you use. Some basketball music contain game-related lyrics while others are basketball warm-up songs or themes. We have looked at factors as total sales, downloads, YouTube views, and iconic value. Here is our list of best basketball…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Olympiacos goes top
A busy week of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague action closed on Friday with the final four games of Round. This week, Round 7 and Round 8 were played, bringing more shape to the standings. As we mentioned yesterday, the competition this year is fierce, and every club is capable of beating the other. That was proved…
Read MorePhil Goss now playing for PAOK
Phil Goss (188 cm, Drexel’05) will be strengthening the roster of PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1) for the 2017-18 season. Goss has spent the last five seasons playing for Italian clubs, so this will definitely be a change for the Drexel product. In 2016-17 he lent his talents to Enel Basket Brindisi (Italy-Serie A). In 27 games…
Read MoreCorey Hawkins heads to VEF Riga
Corey Hawkins (190 cm, UC-Davis’15) will continue his professional career in 2017-18 with a stint playing for Latvian powerhouse VEF Riga (Latvia-LBL). This will be his first team this season. Hawkins played for two teams in 2016-17, starting off the season with The Flexx Pistoia (Italy-Serie A). He played six games for them and posted…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Real Madrid finds win
A week of two rounds in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague continued on Thursday as Round 8 tipped off with four contests. Real Madrid got back to winning ways with a cruising win over Unicaja Malaga, while Maccabi Tel Aviv saw off Khimki in Russia. Panathinaikos traveled to Turkey and took out Efes by a single…
Read MoreJoel Embiid Explodes for Career Night
It’s been a slow and bumpy “process” but finally, this could be Joel Embiid’s (213 cm, Kansas’14) time to shine. The Cameroonian-born big man dropped one of the best games of his career against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. In 34 minutes of action, Embiid scored 46 points, hauled in 15 rebounds, handed…
Read MoreT.J. Cline moves to Hapoel Holon
T.J. Cline (206 cm, Richmond’17) is moving to his second team in the season. He started off his rookie campaign on the roster of Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul (Turkey-BSL). Cline has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Hapoel Unet Holon (Israel-Winner League). The University of Richmond product played four games for them in…
Read MoreD.J. Balentine added by Thor Thorl
D.J. Balentine (191 cm, Evansville’16) is taking his game to Iceland after landing a deal to play for Thor Thorlakshofn (Iceland-Dominos League). This is his first signing for the 2017-18 season. Balentine had a busy rookie campaign in 2016-17. He initially signed with Pieno Zvaigzdes Pasvalys (Lithuania-LKL). He played eight games for them in the Baltic where…
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