Italy
Kyle Johnson moves to Ferentino
FCM Ferentino (Italy, Legadue) announced the signing of Kyle Johnson (195 cm, LIU Brooklyn´11) after he recently left Serie A club S.S Sutor Montegranaro. The Canadian British player was at Sutor for pre season after spending the 2012/2013 season with the club. During the campaign the guard featured in 29 games for the team and…
Read MoreMichal Ignerski parts with Virtus Roma
Virtus Roma from Italy’s SerieA is parting ways with Polish player Michal Ignerski (207 cm, Mississippi State’03). The Italian club originally signed Ignerski to a one-month deal and has opted not to keep him for the remainder of the 2013-14 season. Before his departure, Michal was able to play in four games for Virtus Roma…
Read MoreItalian SerieA: EA7 Armani and Montepaschi win
Two games capped off Round 4 of the Italian SerieA regular season. Both EA7 Armani and Montepaschi were able to down their opponents and are now comfortably part of the league’s top six teams with identical 3-1 records. There no undefeated teams left and some wonder which club will be able to set themselves apart…
Read MoreGani Lawal picked up by EA7 Armani
Italian SerieA team EA7 Emporio Armani Milano have picked up Gani Lawal (2o5 cm, Georgia Tech’10). Lawal is a Nigerian-American player who recently joined the Nigerian National Team. The 24-year-old represented them in Afrobasket 2013, which was held in the Ivory Coast. He’s already had a busy 2013-14, starting it off with VEF Riga from…
Read MoreAshley Hamilton switches to Calabria
Ashley Hamilton (201 cm, Loyola Marymount’13) has made the step down to Italy´s DNA Silver to play for Liomatic Viola Reggio Calabria. The forward started the campaign on the roster of Victoria Libertas Pesaro in the Italian Serie A but he left the club after three games and averages of 1.0 point and 1.0 rebound…
Read MoreUros Tripkovic signed by Vanoli Cremona
Italian SerieA team Vanoli Cremona reinforcing their lineup with the addition of 27-year-old Serbian Uros Tripkovic (197 cm) for the 2013-14 season. Tripkovic was a former member of the Serbian National Team in 2008-09 and 2011. Uros began the 2012-13 season playing in Spain for Blancos de Rueda Valladolid (ACB). In 14 games he put…
Read MoreJoe Trapani added by Spirou
Belgian team Belgacom Spirou Chareloi (Ethias League) has added Joe Trapani (203 cm, Boston College’11) to reinforce their roster for the 2013-14 season. Trapani is an American player who received his Italian passport in 2011. In 2012-13 Joe played in the German Bundesliga for BBC Bayreuth. He averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.9 rpg in 32…
Read MoreEuroleague: Home comforts on Friday night
It was a case of home comforts in the Euroleague on Friday as only Anadolu Efes collected a win on the road with a 66-76 victory over Strasbourg. The rest of the round 2 games proved one sided for the home teams, with the close 72-67 win for CSKA Moscow over Budivelnyk Kiev being the…
Read MorePorta leaves Valladolid
Antonio Porta (187 cm) has left Blancos de Rueda Valladolid (Spain, Liga Endesa) after playing just two games with the club this season. Over those two appearances he managed averages of 5.0 points and 1.5 assists per game. The point guard was also in action for Valladoid at the end of the 2012/2013 season and…
Read MoreEuroleague: 2013-14 season tips off
The 2013-14 edition of the Euroleague tipped off on Wednesday with two contests with the rest of the league hitting the hardwood on Thursday. Getting the season underway were Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany) vs. Strasbourg (France) and Montepaschi Siena (Italy) vs. Galatasaray Liv Hospital (Turkey). Brose handed Strasbourg a substantial loss in their home opener,…
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