Archive for June 2021
Dusan Ristic from VTB to ACB
Dusan Ristic (214 cm, C) signed with Montakit Fuenlabrada. The 25-year-old Serb played this season for Avtodor in the VTB. He averaged 13 ppg and 6.9 rebounds. He started the season in the Italian SerieA with Brescia but moved to Avtodor in February. Ristic played college basketball at Arizona where he averaged 12.2 ppg and…
Read MoreMilwaukee Bucks beat Brooklyn Nets and force game seven
The Milwaukee Bucks are still alive. After a second-half collapse in their previous game put them on the brink of elimination, the Bucks didn’t fold when Game 6 got tight, and they pulled away for a 104-89 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday at Fiserv Forum. That sets up a Game 7 in this second-round…
Read MoreLaMelo Ball wins NBA Rookie of the Year honors
LaMelo Ball is the 2020-21 NBA Rookie of the Year. The Charlotte Hornets guard got 84 of 99 first-place votes and was named the top rookie on Wednesday night. Reacting to the news, Ball noted that he set lofty ambitions for himself this season. “Honestly, way before the league when I was playing basketball and…
Read MoreT.J. Holyfield signs with Oldenburg
T.J. Holyfield (203 cm, F) is on the move to Germany. There, he will join EWE Baskets Oldenburg and coach Srdjan Klaric. Oldenburg finished 4th in the BBL standing this year but was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the PlayOffs by Ulm. Holyfield played this season in the Korisliiga in Finland. There he played 29…
Read MoreDallas Mavericks part ways with Donnie Nelson
The Dallas Mavericks said they have mutually parted ways with Donnie Nelson, the team’s long-time president of basketball operations. Nelson, who had been with the Mavericks for 24 seasons, oversaw a franchise that made the playoffs in 17 of the last 21 seasons. But despite Luka Doncic’s emergence as an NBA star, the Mavericks have lost in…
Read MoreAmbitions of Serbian National Team shattered after NBA players pull out
At the end of this month, the Serbian National Team plays the Olympic pre-qualifying tournament in Belgrade. Nobody doubts that they will beat the Philippines and the Dominican Republic and qualify for Tokyo. But the ambitions of the Serbian National Team go far beyond a mere qualification. They secretly dream about the gold medal. The…
Read MoreOnly two Americans in 1st Team All-NBA
NBA basketball has been an international game for a while. Nothing emphasizes that more than the recently announced 1st Team All-NBA, which had a record three international players on it to go along with Stephen Curry and Kawhi Leonard: Luka Doncic (Slovenia), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece), and Nikola Jokic (Serbia). That makes 2020-21 the first time an All-NBA 1st Team has been made up of mostly…
Read MoreTyler Cavanaugh from Spain to Lithuania
Tyler Cavanaugh (206 cm, F) finished his season in the Spanish ACB and has signed with BC Zalgiris Kaunas. This season Cavanaugh averaged 7.9 ppg and 4.5 rebounds for Iberostar Tenerife BC Canarias. Cavanaugh will play EuroLeague again next season. He played EuroLeague in 19/20 with Alba Berlin. Cavanaugh has played 50 NBA games for…
Read MoreDevin Booker switches EuroLeague teams
Devin Booker (205 cm, F/C) ensured another year in the EuroLeague. The 30-year-old big man switches teams within the EuroLeague, signing with Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul. He played this season for Khimki. Booker embarks on his fourth EuroLeague season. He first was with Bayern Munich back in 18/19. Devin Booker played college basketball at Clemson where…
Read MoreNigel Williams-Goss signs with Madrid
Nigel Williams-Goss (191 cm, G) is back in the EuroLeague. The 26-year-old guard has signed with Real Madrid. This season he played EuroCup with Lokomotiv. Williams-Goss played EuroLeague during the 18/19 season. He averaged 9.2 ppg and 4.2 assists for Olympiakos. Last year he tried his luck in the NBA. There he played 10 games…
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