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Predrag Krunic is new coach of Bayreuth
BBC Bayreuth from Germany’s BBL has recently announced that Predrag Krunic will be the team’s new Head Coach. Krunic, who hails from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is not on a rescue mission to salvage what’s left of Bayreuth’s season, but actually being positioned should the team avoid gettting eliminated. Krunic has had a long-standing background coaching…
Read MoreTubby Smith fired by Minnesota
Tubby Smith was hired as Head Coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers in March 2007. That was after he had spent nine years with Kentucky. In the six seasons that 61-year-old has coached the team he can proudly say that he guided them to the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals in 2008, the Big Ten Tournament…
Read MoreGarret Siler heading to Ponce
Garret Siler (213 cm, Augusta State’09) has signed a deal with Puerto Rican team Leones de Ponce (BSN) and moves from Jiangsu Nangang Dragons Nanjing (China, CBA). Former NBA center Siler has played 32 games with the Jiangsu Dragons this season and has recorded impressive averages of 18.3ppg and 11.2rpg. Garret Siler is known as…
Read MoreBennet Davis joins Santruce
Bahamian player Bennet Davis (206 cm, Northeastern’07) is set to sign with the Cangejeros de Santurce from Puerto Rico’s BSN. In October 2012 he joined Marso NYKK from Hungary’s A Division. He played 24 games for them and averaged 16.5 ppg and 6.3 rpg. He moved to Hungary after playing just the pre-season with Palencia…
Read MoreDaniel McClintock to AS Monaco Basket
Big man Daniel McClintock (212 cm, Northern Arizona’00) has signed a deal to play for AC Monaco Basket from France’s NM1. Before this deal, the 36-year-old was with the Arizona Scorpions from the ABA. In the 2011-12 season he played for MBC Mykolaiv from Ukraine’s Superleague. That season, he played 35 games and averaged 12.4…
Read MoreMarko Milic heads to Al Kuwait
Marko Milic (201 cm) is headed to Kuwait to play for Al Kuwait SC from the country’s D1 League. The 36-year-old Slovenian began the 2012-13 season playing for Mahram Tehran from Iran’s Superleague. There he averaged 16.4 ppg and 9.0 rpg in 11 games. Prior to playing in Iran, Milic spent two seasons playing for…
Read MoreTelemach sees another coaching change
TTHCast Mercator Skofja Loka from Slovenia’s Telemach League is the fourth team to see a change in it’s head coach. After an early poor showing by the team, coach Sasa Doncic has stepped down and has been replaced by his assistant, Peter Hartman. It was a rough patch of the team only managing to win…
Read MoreDante Hunter added by Caribbean Heat
Dante Hunter (191 cm, Calumet’07) is headed to Colombia as has been signed by the Caribbean Heat de Cartagena. Hunter spent 2012 playing for Cartago from Costa Rica’s LBS. There he averaged 22.1 ppg and 11.0 apg in 15 games of action for the team. He signed there in May of 2012 after a brief…
Read MoreJordan Theodore joins Cedevita Zagreb
Jordan Theodore (182 cm, Seton Hall’12) has joined KK Cedevita Zagreb from Croatia’s A1 League. He is coming off playing 22 games for Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye from Turkey’s TBL. During that stint he averaged 14.8 ppg and 4.0 apg. He is no stranger to Croatia’s A1 League as he has been with KK Cibona VIP…
Read MoreKevin Smith joins Albacomp
Kevin Smith (195 cm, Richmond’11) has had his contract bought out by his team Factum Sport Debrecen (Hungary, A Division) and has been traded to Hungarian powerhouse Albacomp. The departure of the 24-year old forward is the latest is a string of players that have left the financially stricken club. Kevin Smith follows Sean Carter…
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