Archive for November 5, 2020
Greek Basketball league suspended.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a three-week lockdown that will start at 06.00 ‘o clock in the morning on Saturday the 7th of November. Among the many measures, all sports in the country will be suspended, including basketball. However, there is still some confusion about this. The Greek teams are asking for clarification…
Read MoreJordan Callahan agrees on terms with Pelister Bitola
Jordan Callahan (184 cm, G) has agreed on terms with Pelister Bitola from North Macedonia. Last season Callahan started in Bulgaria and then moved to Greece, where he played for AO Ionikos (A 1) and averaged seven points per game. During his professional career, Jordan Callahan also played in the Netherlands, Qatar, Russia, Poland, Germany,…
Read MoreWesley Saunders leaves France for Italy
Wesley Saunders (196 cm, G/F) has left his French team AS Monaco (Pro A) and is signing in Italy with Fortitudo Bologna (Seria A). Saunders played seven games for Monaco but saw limited playing time, so the Italian offer was more than welcome. He already played the past two seasons in the Italian Serie A,…
Read MoreTAU Castello tabs rookie Harrison Cleary
Spanish LEB Gold team (2nd tier) TAU Castello has signed Harrison Cleary (185 cm, G) from the University of Minnesota Crookston (NCAA 2). Cleary is a scoring machine who averaged 26.6 ppg last season and was an NCAA D II third Team All American. TAU Castello currently has a 3-0 record in the LEB Gold.
Read MoreWes Clark signs with Chemnitz
Wes Clark (183 cm, G) has signed with NINERS Chemnitz from Germany. Initially, he was supposed to play in France for SIG Strasbourg, but things didn’t work out there, so he moved across the border. Last season Wes Clark registered impressive numbers in the Italian Serie A with Cantu, where he averaged 14.7 ppg and…
Read MoreAlex Tyus reunites with Galatasaray
Alex Tyus (203 cm, C) has signed with Galatasaray from Turkey. He already played with that team during the 2016-17 season, and last season he defended the colors of Russian team Unics Kazan. There, he averaged 10.3 ppg and 6.1 rpg in the VTB league and similar numbers in the Eurocup. The 31-yeard old American…
Read MoreBasketball Championsleague week three recap
Dinamo Sassari used a monumental third-quarter display to turn the tables on Iberostar Tenerife and go top of Group B, while over in Group C, a Keith Langford-inspired AEK denied Hapoel Holon in a mouth-watering clash. Tsmoki Minsk won the battle of BCL debutants against Cholet. Here’s a closer look at all three Week 3…
Read MoreRecord-breaking Eurocup round six
The second half of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season began with the games of Round 6, which saw lots of points scored and records set. Jamar Smith became the competition’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, and there were big wins for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, while Herbalife Gran Canaria produced a few club records. Lokomotiv was…
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