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Jason Siggers moves to Strasbourg IG
Jason Siggers (188 cm, Albany’07) is making the move from France’s ProB to ProA via a deal to play for Strasbourg IG. Siggers began the 2012-13 season playing for Lille Metropole Basket Clubs. He played 32 games for Lille and averaged 18.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg. The 28-year-old spent two seasons playing for yet another…
Read MoreBernard King joins Selcuk Universitesi
Bernard King (196 cm, Texas A&M’03) has been signed by Tokru Selcuk Universitesi Konya from Turkey’s TB2L. King is coming off a 28-game stint playing for STB Le Havre from France’s Pro A. During that run he averaged 16.8 ppg and 7.4 apg. He was also selected as a participant of the 2013 French ProA…
Read MoreKevinn Pinkney to join Trabzonspor
American forward Kevinn Pinkney (207 cm, Nevada-Reno’05) has opted to join Trabzonspor (Turkey, TBL2) from Angelico Biella in Italy’s Serie A. The big man joined with Biella in January and over his 11 games with the club he has recorded impressive averages of 20.0ppg and 8rpg. The 29-year old will be returning to Turkey after…
Read MoreKyle Visser leaves Radnicki
Kyle Visser (211 cm, Wake Forest’07) has parted ways with Serbian A-League team Radnicki Kragujevac (Adriatic League) after 5 months with the team. Since joining Radnicki on December 12th Visser has taken part in 10 games and managed just 3.2ppg and 1.5rpg from an average of 10.1 minutes on the court. The 27-year old American…
Read MoreDejan Ivanov signs with Cimberio Varese
27-year-old Dejan Ivanov (205 cm) has been signed by Cimberio Varese from Italy’s Serie A. The Bulgarian player started the 2012-13 season playing for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius from Lithuania’s LKL. Ivanov played 10 games for the team in the Euroleague and averaged 6.8 ppg and 4.6 rpg. He played 16 games in the VTB United…
Read MoreLawrence Frank fired by Pistons
After two seasons as the Head Coach of the Detroit Pistons, Lawrence Frank has been fired by the team. The Pistons finished with a very disappointing 29-53 (.354) record this season. The team management wants a more drastic improvement for the team for this upcoming 2013-14 season, especially after their acquisition of Spanish point guard…
Read MoreTarence Kinsey to Unicaja Malaga
Former NBA guard Tarence Kinsey (200 cm, South Carolina’06) is headed to Spain (ACB) to play for Unicaja Malaga. He is making the leap from Victoria Libertas Pesaro from Italy’s Serie A. He will be foregoing the last three games at Serie A and instead proceed right away to join his new team. Kinsey played 16 games…
Read MoreByron Scott fired by the Cavaliers
Byron Scott, the seasoned head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association (NBA) has been fired by the franchise. Scott has been with the Cavaliers since 2010 and in his three years in charge of the team he recorded a less than impressive 66 wins against 166 losses. During the summer of…
Read MoreEddie Jordan to coach Rutgers
Experienced NBA coach Eddie Jordan has agreed to become the head coach of NCAA BEC team Rutgers State University (USA). Sources close to the deal suggest that negotiations are drawing to a close and Jordan has agreed a deal in principle that will see Rutgers pay $6.25 million over five years. Jordan is a familiar…
Read MoreChris Wright signs with Arecibo
Capitanes de Arecibo (Puerto Rico, BSN) has announced the signing of Chris Wright (185 cm, Georgetown’11) from the Iowa Energy in the D-League (USA). Wright has played 40 times this season for Iowa and has averaged well with 15.7 points and 7 assists over those appearances. The promising point guard attracted the attention of NBA…
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