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Zoran Vrkic inks deal with Ikaros Kallitheas
Zoran Vrkic (200 cm) inked a new contract with Ikaros Kallitheas (Croatia-A1) for the 2012-13 season. His last club was KK Zadar (Croatia-A1), where he averaged 3.1 points per game over 17 games.
Read MoreJohn Boyer signs with BK Iskra Svit
John Boyer (185 cm, Buffalo’10) has signed with Slovakian team BK Iskra Svit. Boyer played in the Czech Republic last season for Decin, where he averaged 4.5 ppg and 2.6 aspg. John Boyer has a Czech passport next to his American one.
Read MoreAudrius Prakuraitis new coach of DniproAzot
Ukrainian team DniproAzot has fired Greek head coach Vasilis Fragias and replaced him with Lithuanian coach Audrius Prakuraitis. Prakuraitis is an experienced coach who last season was the assistant at Trefl Sopot in Poland and before that he was the head coach in Romania and an assistant with the Lithuanian National Cadet Team. Audrius Prakuraitis…
Read MoreBrandon Cole signs on with Toyama Grouses
Brandon Cole (203 cm, Xavier’07) has agreed to join the Toyama Grouses (Japan-BJ League) for the 2012-13 season. He most had signed to play for Ceara State (Brazil-NBB), but has decided to leave the squad before the season started… In 2011-12 he played for multiple teams, namely KK Fersped-Rabotnicki Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Superleague); Vestelspor Manisa (Turkey-TB2L);…
Read MoreJazwyn Cowan leaving Argentina for NBA D-League
Jazwyn Cowan (203 cm, 3 seasons at George Washington, 1 season at Hampton’06) is leaving Argentina to play for the Austin Torros in the NBA D-League in the United States. He was supposed to play in his debut game with the Union de Formosa but never took part in the game, announcing his departure only…
Read MoreAndrew Drevo released by Artland Dragons
Andrew Drevo (202 cm, Nebraska’04) has been released by the Artland Dragons (Germany-BBL) after just six games into the 2012-13 season. Drevo was under a two month contract with the Dragons with the option to extend to the end of the season, which the team has decided not to exercise. He was averaging 8.8 points…
Read MoreRomain Duport parts ways with Cholet
Romain Duport (215 cm) has agreed to a contract termination with Cholet Basket (France-ProA) due to a knee injury sustained this summer. The injury has kept Duport off the court this season and the team had already hired a replacement player in Karim Souchu (1.98, college: Furman University).
Read MoreTuebingen replaces Douglas Davis with Cameron Wells
German Bundesliga team Walter Tuebingen has decided to terminate the contract with rookie Douglas Davis (180 cm, Princeton’12) who only averaged 3.2 ppg so far in five Beko BBL games. His replacement will be Cameron Wells (185 cm, Citadel’11) who played in the Netherlands last season where he averaged 14 ppg and 3.6 aspg for…
Read MoreMario Austin signs with Al Kuwait
American veteran player Mario Austin (206 cm. Mississippi State’03) has signed with Al Kuwait. The former 2nd round NBA Draft pick has been around the block and played all over the world.
Read MoreValencia signs Chris Quinn
Chris Quinn (188 cm, Notre Dame’06) is officially a new player of Spanish ACB team Valencia Basket. The American guard returns to Western Europe after a season in Russia with Khimki where he won Eurocup title.Quinn was recently cut by the Utah Jazz. Before coming to Europe last season Quinn spent five seasons in the…
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