Bulgaria
Ivan Lilov pens with Grissin Bon RE
Grissin Bon Reggio Emila (Italy-Serie A) has recently agreed to terms on a deal with Bulgarian player, Ivan Lilov (196 cm) and will be adding him to their roster this season. This will be the first time Lilov will be playing for an Italian club in his career and the competitive Serie A should be…
Read MoreBosko Jovovic inks with Akademik PL
Akademik Bulteks 99 Plovdiv (Bulgaria-NBL) have added veteran Serbian player, Bosko Jovovic (205 cm) for the 2015/16 season. He originally was set to play for Golbey Espinal Thaon Vosges (France-NM1), before agreeing to terms with Akademik PL. He spent the 2014/15 season on the roster of KK Feni Industries from the Former Yugoslav Republic of…
Read MoreJosh Duinker joins Lukoil Academic
Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria-NBL) has agreed to terms on a deal to bring in Josh Duinker (211 cm, Richmond’12) for the 2015/16 season. Duinker is a 26-year-old Dutch-Australian player who was a member of the Dutch national team in 2013. This will be his first time to play in Bulgaria. He played for the Sydney…
Read MoreZeljko Sakic heads to Sofia
Zeljko Sakic (204 cm) will be hitting the hardwood with reigning Bulgarian NBL champions Lukoil Academic Sofia during the coming campaign. The Croatian spent the 2014/2015 term playing for Bruixa d’Or Manresa (Spain, Liga Endesa) and was a part of the regular starting five. In Manresa Zeljko Sakic played 32 games and came up with…
Read MoreFIBA Announces New Euro Competition
FIBA announced via a press release that 56 clubs are confirmed to play in a new men’s second-tier club competition which is set to kick-off on October 28. The teams will be geographically placed in two conferences which also takes into account the number of participating teams from each nation. Each conference will consist of seven…
Read MoreAndre Collins inks with Mons-Hainaut
Andre Collins (183 cm, Loyola’06) will continue his professional career this 2015/16 with Belfius Mons-Hainaut (Belgium-Scooore League). Collins is a 30-year-old American player who also holds a Bulgarian passport. He is actually moving from a different team from the same league. In 2014/15 Andre played for Proximus Spirou (Belgium-Scooore League). He played 10 games for…
Read MoreAlexander Vezenkov signs for Barcelona
Alexander Vezenkov (206 cm) has penned a deal to play with Spanish Liga Endesa giant Barcelona (Euroleague) for the coming 2015/2016 season. The young Bulgarian will add options to the Barca roster, but the 20-year old is definitely one for the future and is unlikely to feature extensively next season. The power forward has played…
Read MoreKaloyan Ivanov landed by Tofas
Tofas Bursa did not fare too well in Turkey’s TBL in 2014/15. In fact they finished dead last with a 8-22 record. In 2015/16 the club wants to improve on their performance. They are shaking things up this upcoming season with the addition of Kaloyan Ivanov (205 cm). He is a Bulgarian player who has…
Read MorePero Antic landed by Fenerbahce Ulker
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey-TBL) has landed the services of Pero Antic (211 cm) for the upcoming 2015/16 season. Antic is a 32-year-old player who has dual citizenship from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria. He has been a long-time member of the Macedonian national team since 2005 up to the present. The international…
Read MoreLukoil Academic Reclaims Bulgarian NBL Title
Pravec, Bulgaria – Lukoil Academic Sofia are the 2015 Bulgarian NBL Champions! After missing out on the title in 2014 to Levski Sofia, for the first time in 13 years, they are once again sitting atop of the Bulgarian basketball throne and ready to assert their dominance over the league anew. Lukoil Academic defeated Balkan…
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