Archive for 2018
Glen Davis signs with Zadar
Former NBA center, “Big Baby” Glen Davis (206 cm, LSU’07) has reached an agreement to play for KK Zadar (Croatia-Premijer Liga) in 2018-19. Davis left the NBA after the 2014-15 season and had been struggling with weight issues towards the end of his run in the World’s top league. He has since shed several kilograms…
Read MoreABA Liga: Buducnost Ready To Defend Their Title
The ABA Liga defending champions, Buducnost Voli Podgorica, blasted off into 2018-19 in high gear with an 86-64 blowout victory over Krka Novo Mesto. The boys in blue showed no signs rust from the off-season. Their poise and composure were on full display throughout the game, as they looked like they were already in mid-season…
Read MoreReal Madrid Opens 2018-19 With Win At Home
Spanish Liga Endesa and Turkish Airlines EuroLeague defending champions, Real Madrid, opened 2018-19 with an 88-73 win at home over Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias. This comes as the Spanish ACB wraps up the first round of the season. The white shirts did not appear to skip a beat as they looked fresh and ready to…
Read MoreABA Liga: Crvena Zvezda Gets Off On Right Foot
Two games were played on Friday night as the ABA Liga opened the 2018-19 season. Last season’s runner-up Crvena Zvezda MTS Beograd got off to a blistering start on their road to redemption with a 78-68 win over KK Cibona Zagreb. The other game, Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana cruised to a convincing 78-66 victory over KK Mornar…
Read MoreFC Barcelona Opens 2018-19 With Win At ACB
The Spanish ACB or Liga Endesa welcomed the 2018-19 regular season on September 27th. FC Barcelona Lassa tipped things off with an easy victory over Herbalife Gran Canaria 98-78. This is the first game of the league for Round 1 with two more games to be played later this evening. Unicaja Malaga will take on…
Read MoreSteven Burtt added by Rethymno
Steven Burtt (189 cm, Iona’06) will lend his talents to the Rethymno Cretan Kings (Greece-A1) for the upcoming 2018-19 season. Burtt is a 34-year-old Ukrainian-American international basketball player who played for the Ukrainian National Team from 2011 to 2012. In 2017-18 the experienced veteran was originally with Naft Abadan (Iran-Superleague) but later moved to Greece…
Read MoreEdin Atic joins Mega Bemax
Edin Atic (201 ccm) will be bolstering the roster of Serbian club BC Mega Bemax Sremska Mitrovica (Serbia-KLS) for the 2018-19 season. He is from Bosnia and Herzegovina and has been a member of the Bosnian National Team since 2015. Atic spent the last three seasons playing for Greek teams. In 2017-18, the 21-year-old suited…
Read MoreErik Rush pens with Brindisi
Erik Rush (196 cm, Montana State’11) will continue his professional basketball career in 2018-19 as a new face on the roster of Happy Casa Brindisi (Italy-Serie A). Rush is a Swedish-Amerian international basketball player who played for the Swedish National Team from 2011 to 2013. This will be an upgrade in competition for the 30-year-old…
Read MorePanathinaikos and the Pavlos Giannakopoulos era
Panathinaikos will host a tournament to honor the memory of the legendary owner, Pavlos Giannakopoulos, who passed away in June. Fenerbahce, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, and Khimki will participate in the event, which will take place on Thursday and Friday (27-28 September). Many athletes and executives from Panathinaikos football and volleyball teams will be present in the event.…
Read MoreKelsey Barlow switches to Hoops Club
Kelsey Barlow (196 cm, University of Illinois’14) has agreed to terms on a deal that sends him to Hoops Club (Lebanon-LBL) for the 2018-19 season. Barlow heads there by way GS Kymis (Greece-A1), where he was initially slated to play. The 26-year-old Barlow was on the roster of AEK Athens (Greece-A1) in the 2017-18 season. He…
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