Netherlands
Charlon Kloof lands with UCAM Murcia
Charlon Kloof (190 cm, St. Bonaventure’14) will be bolstering the roster of Universidad Catolica de Murcia CB (Spain-Liga Endesa) this 2017-18. Charlon is a 27-year-old Surinamese player who also holds a Dutch passport. He played for the Dutch National Team in 2015 and 2016. This will be his first stint playing for a Spanish club.…
Read MoreThomas van der Mars heads to Kalev/Cramo
BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn (Estonia-Alexela KML) has picked up Dutch big man, Thomas van der Mars (208 cm, Portland’15) for the 2017-18 season. He is coming off a productive 2016-17 season playing for AVIS Utilitas Rapla (Estonia-Alexela KML), so Thomas is no stranger to Estonian hoops. He logged 14 games in the Baltic League, where van…
Read MoreShane Hammink begins career with Bilbao Basket
It is not too often that you see a Spanish ACB club put their trust in a rookie straight out of college, but RetaBet Bilbao Basket (Spain-Liga Endesa and EuroCup) has seen the potential in Shane Hammink (201 cm, Valparaiso’17). He comes from a legendary Dutch basketball pedigree, being the son of retired Dutch professional…
Read MoreAaron Doornekamp re-signs with Iberostar Tenerife
Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias (Spain-Liga Endesa) has opted to keep Aaron Doornekamp (201 cm) on their roster for the ipcoming 2017-18 season. Aaron is a 31-year-old Dutch-Canadian international player who played for the Canadian national team from 2006 to 2015. He played for Iberostar in the Basketball Champions League, logging 20 games and…
Read MoreBrandyn Curry moves to Donar Groningen
Brandyn Curry (187 cm, Harvard ’14) is heading to Donar Groningen (Netherlands-Eredivisie). The move follows half of a season with Helios (Slovenia-Liga Nova KBM) where he played 25 games with the team. Curry split ways with Helios in January 2017. No team signed the American guard for the remainder of the season. The guard scored…
Read MoreGroningen completes treble with Dutch league win
Donar Groningen completed an historic season in the most emphatic of fashion. The club won the Dutch Basketball League (DBL Eredivisie) with a crushing 85-55 win over Zwole in Game 5 of the finals series, allowing the club to win the series 4-1. It was a sixth title in Groningen history and allowed the club…
Read MoreDutch Basketball League Statistical Team Leaders
Groningen ranks 1st at the end of the regular season of the Dutch Basketball League. They will be the clear favorites for the coming playoffs. On their way to the top, they bested many teams, which in their own right, are worth mentioning for their noteworthy accomplishments. There are other winners. Teams that broke records…
Read MoreStatistical 1st team All-DBL
The Dutch regular season is over, and the playoffs are about to start. That’s the perfect timing to introduce the 2016/2017 season 1st Team All-DBL. We base our selection ONLY on the advanced statistics of Player Efficiency Rating (PER). This is a one-number measure of a player’s per-minute productivity. It is an overall efficiency statistic…
Read MoreThomas Van Den Mars to Sagesse
Thomas Van Den Mars (208 cm, Portland’15) will continue his professional career this 2017 as a fresh addition to the roster of Sagesse – Al Hekmeh Beirut (Lebanon-Division A). He is a 26-year-old Dutch player who spent the 2016-17 season playing for AVIS Rapla (Estonia-Alexela KML). Thomas played 14 games for them during their run in…
Read MoreYannick Franke departs KK Zadar
Yannick Franke (194 cm) has parted ways with the Croatian club, KK Zadar (Croatia-A1) this 2017 and has now hit the basketball free-agent market. He is a 20-year-old Dutch international player who joined the team in January this year. Yannick played seven games for Zadar in the ABA League where he posted averages of 5.9…
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