Spain
Edgar Sosa leaves Valladolid
Edgar Sosa (190 cm, Louisville’10) has returned to the USA after a very short stint with Blancos de Rueda Valladolid (Spain, ACB). The 25-year old point guard had signed a contract with Valladolid until March 2013, but has opted to return home after suffering an ankle injury. Dominican Republic born Sosa was only 2 games…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Caja Laboral falls to Blusens
Coming into Week 21 of Spain’s Liga Endesa, Caja Laboral Vitoria was sporting a 12-game league winning streak. On Sunday, Caja took to the road to face the club that last beat them, Blusens Monbus, at home during Week 8. Right after the defeat, Caja’s coach, Dusko Ivanovic, was fired and replaced by Zan Tabak.…
Read MoreTed Scott heads to Melilla
Ted Scott (188 cm, West Virginia State’09) will be joining the roster at Melilla Baloncesto (Spain, LEB Gold) after he recently departed Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany, BBL). The American guard has played 12 times for Frankfurt this season, and managed to secure solid averages of 13.5ppg, 2.2rpg and 1.4apg. During the 2011-2012 season, 27-year old…
Read MoreJeffrey Bonds joins Lapuan Korikobrat
Jeffrey Bonds (199 cm, Cal Poly Pomona’05) has signed with Lapuan Korikobrat from Finland’s Koriliiga. Bonds, an American who also holds a Spanish passport, is making the move after starting the 2012-13 season playing for LTi Giessen 46ers from Germany’s BBL. He played five games for them between December 2012 and January 2013 and was…
Read MoreNymburk wins seventh straight Czech Cup
CEZ Basketball Nymburk got 23 points from Radoslava Rancik as they won their seventh straight Czech Republic Cup and ninth overall with an
Read MoreNational Cup season for European domestics
Every year the Domestic Leagues in Europe take a break from their regular league schedules to hold their National Cup games. This season they mostly fall during this week, Feb. 4 – Feb. 10, some start earlier or last longer, but the bulk are happening now. The competition for the Cups typically last a few…
Read MorePlanasa Navarra signs Edward Cage
Planasa Navarra, from Spain’s LEB Gold League, has signed Edward Cage (203 cm, Bradley’01) to a contract. Cage started the 2012-13 season playing for Atletico Tabare from Uruguay’s LUB, before transferring to Planasa Navarra. In 25 games for Tabare, the 35-year-old Cage averaged 14.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg. Prior to his stint in Uruguay, Cage…
Read MoreSpain ACB: Madrid gets 19th win
Spain ACB leader, Real Madrid, traveled to Bilbao on Sunday and came home with a solid 74:94 victory to improve their league-best record to 19-1. The loss drops Bilbao to 12-8 and is in a three-way tie for the No. 4 spot in the competition. Madrid won all four quarters during the contest, after the first…
Read MoreEuroleague: Rudy Fernandez named Top 16 Week 6 MVP
For the third time this season, Rudy Fernandez is the week’s bwin MVP after leading Real Madrid to victory
Read MoreRudy Gay, Jose Calderon, Hamed Haddadi in three-team trade
It’s a done deal. In a recent three-team trade, Rudy Gay (203 cm, Connecticut’06) and Iranian teammate Hamed Haddadi
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