Europe
Josh Boone departs Khimky
Josh Boone (208 cm, Connecticut’06) will be parting ways with Russian club BC Khimky Moscow Region (Russia-VTB) this 2016. The veteran big man signed on with the team in January 2016. He played six games for them in the Euroleague and averaged 5.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg. Josh also played 18 games for Khimky in…
Read MoreZenit St. Petersburg forces VTB decider against Unics Kazan
Unics Kazan and Zenit St. Petersburg will play a deciding game in their VTB League semifinal series after Zenit used home court advantage to force a decider. Awaiting the winner of the series in the final is six time VTB League champ CSKA Moscow, after the Army Men swept into the title game with a…
Read MoreGiannoulis Larentzis pens with CAI Zaragoza
CAI Zaragoza (Spain-Liga Endesa) has begun its preparation for the upcoming 2016-17 season. They have signed Giannoulis Larentzakis (195 cm) to a deal as a fresh addition to their roster. He is a Greek player who spent the last two seasons as a member of VAP Kolossos Rodou (Greece-A1). In 2015-16 he appeared in a…
Read MoreDanilo Sibalic re-signed by Igokea
Serbian forward Danilo Sibalic (204 cm) has been signed by BC Igokea Aleksandrovac (Bosnia-Division I) to a deal for the 2016-17 season. He started the 2015-16 season in his home Serbia playing for Smederevo 1953 (Serbia-KLS). He played 14 games for them and averaged 18.0 ppg and 4.1 rpg. In January Danilo was picked up…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow beats Khimki to reach VTB finals
CSKA Moscow has won the right to defend its title in the VTB League finals series after overcoming Khimki Moscow Region in the semifinal series. The current Euroleague champs eased into the finals in surprisingly serene fashion considering this was a tricky Khimki team that reached the championship decider last year. However, CSKA Moscow swept…
Read MoreMichael Roll signs with Laboral Kutxa
Michael Roll (197 cm, UCLA’10) has agreed to terms with Baskonian organization Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (Spain-Liga Endesa) and will join them for the 2016-17 season. Michael is a 28-year-old American player who also holds a Tunisian passport. He was a recent addition to the Tunisian national team in 2015. His 2015-16 season was spent on…
Read MoreCEZ Nymburk wins 2016 Czech NBL Crown
CEZ Nymburk has once again asserted its dominance in the Czech Republic NBL by winning the 2016 league championship. They swept BK Decin 3-0 in the Finals series, en route to the organization’s record 13th title. They crushed their guests 102-53 in what would end up being an easy victory. It was a tough series…
Read MoreLukoil Academic sweeps Balkan for 13th NBL title
Lukoil Academic Sofia has swept their Bulgarian NBL Finals series against Balkan 3-0, and have gone on to claim their 13th Bulgarian championship. The franchise has been dominating the domestic league since the early 2000s. They have won every NBL crown since 2003, with the exception of 2014 when Levski Sofia took home the gold.…
Read MoreOlympiacos ties finals series against Panathinaikos
If the opening two games of the Greek championships finals series have shown us it is that Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos are equals, and that home court advantage means nothing. Panathinaikos snatched two point 81-83 win in Piraeus during Game 1, but Olympiacos returned the favour in Game 2 with a two point 66-68 success.…
Read MoreDino Cinac reunites with Jamtland
Croatian forward Dino Cinac (201 cm) has signed on with KFUM Jamtland Basket (Sweden-Basketligan) for the upcoming 2016-17 season. This is a return engagement for him, as he played for Jamtland at the start of 2015-16. Dino played 15 games for the club and averaged 15.6 ppg and 5.9 rpg. Later, he headed back to…
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