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Chier Ajou ruled eligible by NCAA
Northwestern freshman center Chier Ajou has been cleared by the NCAA and will be eligible for the upcoming season, Wildcats coach Bill Carmody announced Thursday. Ajou, a 7-foot-2 center, is originally from the South Sudan and attended Culver Academies in Indiana for two years and went to St. Thomas More School in Connecticut last year.…
Read MoreSale of NBA’s Grizzlies stalls
Robert Pera, a 34-year old businessman from Silicon Valley, was poised to purchase the Grizzlies. That was until word of potential business improprieties started surfacing, sending the NBA’s legal team on an extensive vetting process to look into Peras overseas business dealings. Some of those dealings include his company, Ubitquiti Networks, selling products illegally into…
Read MoreFlamengo gears up for season with Olympic touch
The team of Flamengo presented the team for the 2012/13 season yesterday. It was also announced that three new players would be added to the Brazilian Men’s Team that competed in London: Marcelinha Machado, Caio Marquinhos and Torres. Vitor Benite will also be among the members. Other members: Shilton, Olivinha, the American, Kojo, and Duda.…
Read MorePartizan cancels Australian tour
Partizan Belgrade has cancelled the planned tour to Australia where the team had planned to prepare for the new season and play some friendship games (many Serbs live in Australia). However, it proved to be problematic to schedule the games to fit into everybody’s agenda and furthermore the staff was concerned about the very long…
Read MoreTomas fails medical. Deal with Cedevita collapses
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Marko Tomas has failed the medical test and that his deal with Cedevita Zagreb is terminated. Rumours are that his right foot has not fully recovered from the injury last season.
Read MoreScotland and England relinquish FIBA membership and merge.
England and Scotland formally signed Sunday in London that will formalize their merger into a single British basketball organization, despite the objections of the Welsh, ensuring that there will be a Great Britain team beyond these Olympic Games. FIBA secretary-general Patrick Baumann has confirmed that the world governing body has approved plans to go forward…
Read More3 x 3 at Olympics?
According to Secretary-general Patrick Baumann, the FIBA plans to propose that 3 x 3 becomes an Olympic Sports in four years from now. It was already introduced at the Youth Olympic Games in 2010 and a three-on-three World Tour and World Cup already exists. FIBA hopes to expand basketball’s global popularity with the initiative.
Read MoreNBL Canada Draft
The National Basketball League of Canada will host an exclusive Draft Combine that will be held August 25th & 26th, 2012 in Orangeville, ON. This event will provide NBL Canada prospects the opportunity to demonstrate their skills to team coaches, general managers, and owners with ambitions to be selected in the 2012 NBL Canada Draft.…
Read MoreDonetsk gets VTB wild card
Ukrainian champion Donetsk has received a wild card to participate in the VTB United League. The VTB chose Donetsk out of seven requests from six different countries. A clear sign that the VTB is quickly gaining popularity. Donets already participated in the VTB during the 2009/2010 season.
Read MoreWeert keeps sponsor
Basketball club BSW Weert keeps main sponsor Stepco for at least one more season and the club name will remain Stepco BSW Weert.
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