Italy

Sylvere Bryan (2.08m, college: University of Tampa) has agreed to a monthly agreement with VL Pesaro (Italy-SerieA), with an option to extend to the rest of the season. Last season Bryan played with Reyer Venezia (Italy-SerieA). Bryan has extensive experience in Europe having played for 12 different squads since graduating from the University of Tampa…

Samuel Deguara (2.23m, 21 yrs), the big man from Malta, has signed a deal with Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia (Italy-SeriesA). Deguara has been working out with the squad and has convinced the coaches to bring him on. Partizan Belbgrade passed on Derguara, who tried out for the squad over the summer.

Reyer Venezia (Italy-SerieA) has announced that they have signed center Denis Marconto (2.11m) for the upcoming season. Marconto comes to Venezia with a very impressive resume that, according to the Venezia website includes time with teams in “Italy, Spain, ​​San Sebastian, Milan, Siena and Canterbury with whom he won four league titles, seven Italian Cups,…

Paul Marigney has been released by VL Pesaro (Italy-SerieA). Marigney (1.92m, college: St. Mary’s) has been working out with the squad since earlier this month, but the team has decided that he doesn’t fit in with their plans and chose not to move forward. Marigney came to Pesaro from Givova Scafati (Italy-LegaDue) where he averaged…

JR Bremer and Virtus Bologna (Italy-Lega Series A) have been reported to have been in talks to bring Bremer (1.91m, college: St. Bonaventure) to Italy. Sources today have reported that those talks have broken off because the two sides haven’t been able to come to an agreement. Bremer’s career has included seasons with the Boston…

In reports coming from various of sources, it appears that the deal that was to have Nic Wise part ways from JuveCaserta and Brian Chase take his place, has fallen apart. As recently as around 2:48am (EST – GMT-5), Wise was commenting about packing and heading home to the US to rehab a knee injury,…

Aaron Johnson (203 cm, New Mexico’07) has signed with Italian Serie A team Sutor Montegranaro. He is (temporarily) replacing the injured Zach Andrews. Last season Aaron Johnson split time between the Italian Lega Due and the Spanish LEB Gold.

Ricky Harris (188 cm, UMASS’10) has signed with Italian Legadue team Biancoblu Bologna. Last season Ricky Harris played in the German Bundesliga for Wurzburg where he averaged 9.8 ppg. He also gained professional experience in the Philippines, Ukraine and Lithuania.