Archive for 2021
Curtis Jerrells joins Anwil Wloclawek
Curtis Jerrells (185 cm, G) is on his way to Poland. The 33-year-old Jerrells is a veteran of many high-level European competitions as he has played 7 EuroLeague seasons for six teams from four different countries. Jerrells did not play EuroLeague last season. He did play in the Fiba Championsleague and Italian SerieA for Sassari.…
Read MoreJaylen Johnson pens with SK Cherkasy Monkeys
Jaylen Johnson (206 cm, F/C) has signed with Cherkasy in the Ukrainian Superleague. Johnson played for three teams last year, Byblos in Lebanon, Iowa Wolves in the G-league, and Hapoel Holon in the Israeli Winner League. The 24-year-old big man played most of his games for Iowa, where he averaged 7.3 ppg and 4.8 rebounds…
Read MoreNBA mulls adding two expansion teams
The NBA is considering adding a pair of expansion teams, which would increase the number of clubs in the league to 32. Expansion is viewed as a big revenue creator for the league during a period of economic upheaval. Front Office Sports, which sums up its work as “the business of sports,” explained the NBA’s…
Read MoreJayson Granger stuns Baskonia in first EuroLeague game vs his former team
Jayson Granger was unstoppable and led ALBA Berlin to the 95-91 victory over Baskonia in a rescheduled EuroLeague Round 5 game. In his first EuroLeague game against his former team, Granger was the best player of ALBA. Coming into the game averaging 7.3 points and 4.2 assists this season, Granger had a season-high 21 points…
Read MoreFrank Gaines moves to Italy, Cantu
Frank Gaines (192 cm, G) is leaving Bnei Hertzeliya, the Winner League, and Israel. Gaines will trade up to play for coach Cesare Pancotto and his Acqua S.Bernardo Cantu. Cantu is currently a disappointing 4-9 in the Italian SerieA and is second to last in 14th position in the standings. Frank Gaines is an experienced…
Read MoreJosh Perkins signs with Partizan
Josh Perkins (190 cm, G) is moving from Poland to Serbia. The American point guard started the season with GTK Gliwice, his first overseas. There Perkins averaged an impressive 13.8 ppg and 6.6 assists in eight wins and eleven losses. Josh Perkins, 25 years old, played professional basketball in the G-League the past two seasons.…
Read MoreE.J. Montgomery to Lithuania
E.J. Montgomery (208 cm, F) played two years of college basketball at Kentucky. Playing less than the allowed four years at Kentucky is nothing new for the SEC powerhouse. Montgomery’s road to signing with Nevezis Kedainiai runs a bit different than we are used to. Kentucky has produced a great number of one-and-done players that…
Read MoreNets’ forward Kevin Durant to miss four games due to exposure to COVID-19
The Brooklyn Nets were expected to be strong contenders in the Eastern Conference this season. This sentiment was largely based on the duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. In the first two games of the 2020-21 NBA season, the Nets lived up to the early hype. They blew the doors off against the Golden…
Read MoreMichael Cobbins added by Maccabi Haifa
Michael Cobbins (203 cm, F) has signed a contract to play in Israel. Maccabi Haifa is last in the Winner League standings with a 1-9 record, and the team needed help inside. Cobbins, 28 years old, brings that inside force. Last season Cobbins played in the G-League for the Capital City Go-Go, where he averaged…
Read MoreNBA ’Superteams’: Tradition, Trend or Future?
The possible trade of James Harden to Brooklyn, where he would join Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, brought the story of NBA ’superteams’ back into the focus of the basketball public. The last time this was talked about was when Durant left Oklahoma for Oakland four years ago. Mostly negative comments accompanied that departure of…
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