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Vernon Teel signs with Elitzur Ramla
Vernon Teel (193 cm, Loyola Marymount’11) has signed in Israel with second division team Elitzur Ramla. Teel played in the United Kingdom last season and started this season with Ventspils from Latvia.
Read MoreAnthony Mason signs in Japan
Anthony Mason (201 cm, St.John’s’10) has signed in Japan with BJ League team Akita Northern Happinets. Mason played in the D-League and Bahrain last season and started this season in the French Pro A with Cholet.
Read MoreAnthony Jones signs with Szeged
Anthony Jones (191 cm, Indiana Tech’08) has signed with Hungarian team SZTE Szeged. Jones started the season in the Turkish second division where he played for Baskent Genclik Ankara. Last year he played for Handlova in the Slovak Republic and was the MVP of the league there.
Read MoreDragan Ceranic signs with Bordeaux
Serbian center Dragan Ceranic (212 cm, 1976) has signed with French Pro B team JSA Bordeaux Basket. Dragan Ceranic started this season on Cyprus and played in Greece last season. He is a veteran and a true Globetrotter who has played in many countries throughout his career.
Read MoreTony White joins Barsy Atyrau
Tony White (183 cm,Charleston’10) has signed on to play for Barsy Atyrau (Kazakhstan-D1). He comes to Kazakhstan by way of the South Carolina Warriors (US-ABA). In 2010-11 White opened his professional career with Spot Up Medien Baskets Braunschweig (Germany-ProB), where he only saw action in four game before moving on to BSV Wulfen (Germany-ProB). In…
Read MoreHobart Chargers announce two key signings
The Telstra Hobart Chargers today announced the resigning of Deba George for the 2013 season and new import Larry Williams Jr. The Telstra Hobart Chargers today announced the resigning of Deba George for the 2013 season. Deba rejoins the team after coming in mid way through the 2012 season. Deba quickly become a crowd favourite. Deba averaged 33.64 minutes per game, where he averaged 40% from the floor…
Read MoreArmon Johnson inks with Astana
Armon Johnson (191 cm, Nevada’10) has agreed to terms with BC Astana (Kazakhstan-D1). Johnson was most recently with the Orlando Magic, but was waived prior to the NBA season beginning. The last jersey he wore was the New Jersey Nets and he holds the distinction of having scored the last two points the Nets ever…
Read MoreDan Mavraides joins Juve Caserta
Dan Mavraides (193 cm, Princeton’11) has agreed to join Juve Caserta (Italy-SerieA), leaving Sidigas Avellino (Italy-SerieA), where he was averaging 7.7ppg through the first nine games this season. Last season Mavraides was with Aris Thessoloniki (Greece-A1), where he contributed 6.0ppg in 12 Eurocup games and 3.8ppg in 25 Greece A1 games). Mavraies is a 2011…
Read MoreFrank Menz named German National Team Coach
Frank Menz was named the new head coach of the German National team today, replacing Svetislav Pesic, who left the post to take over as FC Bayern Munich’s coach. Menz has been a coach within the German Federation since 2005, assisting Dick Bauermann in 2009 and 2011 at the European Championships and assisting Svetislav Pesic…
Read MoreZack Atkinson signs with Hradec
Zack Atkinson (206 cm, California Irvine’10) has signed with Czech team BK Jindrichuv Hradec. He will be the team’s first ever American. Zack Atkinson played before in Japan, New Zealand and Colombia.
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