Europe
Turk Telekom, Sassari win Pre-season Titles
A few friendly, pre-season tournaments have taken place to help teams prepare and tune-up for the upcoming 2014-15 season. Two of these tournaments that were recently concluded was the Citta di Sassari Pre-season Tournament and the Mirza Delibasic Tournament held in Sarajevo. The Mirza Delibasic Tournament is held in honor of Bosnian professional basketball player Mirza Delibasic (1954-2001).…
Read MoreRolands Freimanis out of Laboral Kutxa
Spanish Liga Endesa team Laboral Kutxa Vitoria has parted ways with Latvian big man Rolands Freimanis (210 cm) before the start of the season. The player did not meet the team’s expectations during the pre-season. Freimanis has been a member of the Latvian national team from 2009 up to the present. He played for Khimik-OPZ…
Read MoreMindaugas Katelynas added by Brose Baskets
As a quick reaction to the injury of Josh Duncan, Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany-BBL) is adding Mindaugas Katelynas (206 cm, Chattanooga’05) to fill in for him this 2014-15. Katelynas was a one-time member of the Lithuanian national team back in 2010. Mindaugas had a very short run with Turkish club Trabzonspor Basketbol (TBL) in 2013-14,…
Read MoreKyle Lamonte joins Pieno Zvaigzdes
Kyle Lamonte (191 cm, William Carey’08) has penned a deal that will take him to Lithuania this 2014-15 season, as a new member of Pieno Zvaigzdas Pasvalys (Lithuania-LKL). The 30-year-old from Davenport, Iowa began the 2013-14 season playing for Guerreros de Bogota (Colombia-Liga DirecTV). In 27 games Lamonte showed his scoring prowess with averages of…
Read MoreMilan Milosevic signs with Panionios
Panionios ON Telecoms Athens (Greece-A1) has added Bosnian forward Milan Milosevic (203 cm) to their roster for the 2014-15 season. The 28-year-old Milosevic was originally slated to play for KK Rabotnicki AD Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga), before agreeing to terms with Panionios. In 2013-14 he played for Zlatorog Lasko from Slovenia’s Telemach league. In 31…
Read MoreBen Aird begins career with Den Bosch
Ben Aird (206 cm, Utah Valley’14) will begin his professional career with the SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (Netherlands-Ereidvisie) this 2014-15. He is being brought in by the club as a replacement for recently released Christopher Lee (206 cm, South Carolina State’07). Den Bosch won the Dutch Supercup and made it to the Dutch Eredivisie finals…
Read MoreUSA wins the FIBA World Cup 2014
USA capped off their dominant run in the FIBA World Cup 2014 by cruising to an easy 129-92 win over Serbia, to claim the Gold Medal. This is their fifth world title and it is their first time as back-to-back champions. Prior to this only Brazil (1959, 1963) and Yugoslavia (1998, 2002) managed to repeat their claim…
Read MoreMareks Jurevicus wins arbitration vs Veroli
Latvian player Mareks Jurevicus (197 cm) filed a claim against his former team CZG Veroli at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, fees and interest. Jurevicus played for Veroli (Italy-Lega2) in the 2012-13 season. According to Article 16.2 of the BAT Rules, the Arbitrator issued an award without reasons. Quentin Byrne-Sutton, the case’s arbitrator…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, France takes Third Place
The third/fourth game of any major Basketball tournament is an odd contest, and so it proved at the FIBA World Cup 2014 yet again. You see, neither France nor Lithuania wanted to play this game and they came into it with a feeling of despair and heartbreak because they did not make the final. However,…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup 2014, Serbia prevails to reach final
Serbia progressed to the grand finale of the FIBA World Cup 2014 with a close fought 85-90 victory over France in the all-European semi-final clash. Serbia now heads to its ninth world final, although that of course takes into account when the tournament was named the World Championships and the Serbian team flew under the…
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