Sherwood Brown signs with Lahti

Sherwood Brown (194 cm, G) will play Korisliiga basketball this season. The 30-year-old American veteran guard signed with Lahti Basketball. Brown played the past three seasons in Romania, where he notched 14.9 ppg and 6.1 rebounds this past season for Timisoara. Brown has played in Qatar, Lybia, Germany, and Mexico. He also spent two seasons…

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Terry Thomas signs with Nokia

Terry Thomas (193 cm, G) is moving from the Nighthawks to Nokia. The 29-year old Candian guard has signed with the Finnish side for the coming season. This past season, he played in Canada and averaged 8 ppg and 2,5 assists in limited play (due to Covid). Thomas has played two previous seasons outside of…

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Okko Jarvi leaves Finland, signs with Brussels

Okko Jarvi (193 cm, G) has left his home country of Finland to play in Belgium. The 25-year-old signed with Phoenix Brussels Basketball in the BNXT League. Jarvi has played his entire career in Finland, the last three seasons with Karhu. This past season Jarvi averaged 15.2 ppg and 3.5 assists per contest. Okko Jarvi…

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Marcus LoVett Jr tabbed by Vilpas

Marcus LoVett (183 cm, G) has signed with Salon Vilpas Vikings. Vilpas was just crowned champion of the Finnish Korisliiga. LoVett played this season in the Portuguese LPB. There he played 17 games for Ovarense. LoVett averaged 21.7 ppg and 4.5 apg in 28.5 minutes per contest. Last season LoVett played in Serbia as he…

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Elias Valtonen from D2 Germany to ACB

Elias Valtonen (199 cm, F) has signed with BAXI Manresa in the Spanish ACB. It doesn’t happen often that a player makes a jump from the ProA Germany to the ACB. Valtonen, a 21-year-old Finnish international, averaged an impressive 15.8 ppg and 4.8 rebounds in 23 Games for Tubingen. Elias Valtonen played college basketball at…

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Aapeli Alanen signs with Brno

Aapeli Alanen (201 cm, F) has left Kataja. He has signed in the Czech Republic’s NBL with Mmcite 1 Basket Brno. Kataja just lost the quarter-final series in the Finnish PlayOffs, and that ended Alanen’s season. It didn’t take him long to find a new team. He averaged 13.6 ppg and 5.6 rebounds in 24…

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Joonas Lehtoranta to Feyenoord

Joonas Lehtoranta (194 cm, G) is on the move to The Netherlands. There he will join Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord Basketball and coach Toon van Helfteren. Feyenoord plays in the Elite A group of the DBL and has qualified for the playoffs. Lehtoranta played this season in his home country in the Finnish Korisliiga. There…

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Nijal Pearson headed to Lahti Basketball

Nijal Pearson (196 cm, G/F) started his rookie season in the ProA France. Straight out of college, Pearson signed with Roanne, played seven games, and averaged 6.3 ppg and 2.1 rebounds. Pearson then was evaluated by the coaching staff and management and was found too light for the ProA. Pearson immediately found a new destination.…

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