Dusan Ristic from VTB to ACB

Dusan Ristic (214 cm, C) signed with Montakit Fuenlabrada. The 25-year-old Serb played this season for Avtodor in the VTB. He averaged 13 ppg and 6.9 rebounds. He started the season in the Italian SerieA with Brescia but moved to Avtodor in February. Ristic played college basketball at Arizona where he averaged 12.2 ppg and…

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Nigel Williams-Goss signs with Madrid

Nigel Williams-Goss (191 cm, G) is back in the EuroLeague. The 26-year-old guard has signed with Real Madrid. This season he played EuroCup with Lokomotiv. Williams-Goss played EuroLeague during the 18/19 season. He averaged 9.2 ppg and 4.2 assists for Olympiakos. Last year he tried his luck in the NBA. There he played 10 games…

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Barcelona wins 19th Spanish league title

Barcelona won their 19th basketball league title on Tuesday after beating Real Madrid by 92-73 in the second game of the Endesa League final. Sarunas Jasikevicius’ squad lifted the trophy at the Palau Blaugrana in front of 1,000 ecstatic fans. It’s the first time since the 2013/14 season that Barcelona has won the Endesa League title – a seven-year…

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FC Barcelona whips Real Madrid in Game 1 of Spanish League finals

FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 89-75 in Game 1 of the Spanish Liga Endesa finals on Sunday, moving within one victory of the title. The 17-0 spurt in the third quarter fueled the victory for coach Sarunas Jasikevicius’ club. Game 2 of the best-of-three series is at the Palau Blaugrana on Tuesday. Higgins set the…

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Sertac Sanli goes to Barcelona

Sertac Sanli (212 cm, C) has inked a deal with FC Barcelona Lassa. He moves there from EuroLeague rival Anadolu Efes. For Efes, Sanli averaged 7.8 ppg, and 2.2 rebounds in EuroLeague play this past season. Sanli has played for Turkish clubs his entire pro career. He has played three years for Efes and before…

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Elias Valtonen from D2 Germany to ACB

Elias Valtonen (199 cm, F) has signed with BAXI Manresa in the Spanish ACB. It doesn’t happen often that a player makes a jump from the ProA Germany to the ACB. Valtonen, a 21-year-old Finnish international, averaged an impressive 15.8 ppg and 4.8 rebounds in 23 Games for Tubingen. Elias Valtonen played college basketball at…

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Leonardo Totè on loan to Bilbao

Leonardo Totè (210 cm, F/C) played in his home country this season, and he will also do so next season. But for now, he is on his way to Spain. He will be loaned to Bilbao Basket to finish out the ACB season. Totè averaged 8.7 ppg and 3.7 rebounds in 24 league games for…

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Burgos back in the finals of the FIBA Champions League

For the first time in the history of the FIBA Basketball Champions League, the title holders made it back to the title game. Spanish team Hereda San Pablo Burgos outlasted SIG Strasbourg 81-70, erasing an early 12-point deficit to end the French squad’s Cinderella run in the Semi-Finals. Burgos move on to play against Pinar Karsiyaka…

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Frantz Massenat to Baskonia

Frantz Massenat (193 cm, G) is on his way to defending ACB champion TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Massenat will finish the season in Spain. Massenat played the season thus far for Pesaro in the Italian SerieA. Massenat averaged 11.2 ppg and 2.9 assists in 16 games. He played in the ACB last year when he…

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Burgos qualifies for FIBA Champions League semifinals

We are still waiting for the first team to defend their title in the FIBA Basketball Champions League. Hereda San Pablo Burgos kept their hopes of going back-to-back alive with an 86-77 win over Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon in the Quarter-Finals. It was the fourth Quarter-Final in which the first seed was knocked out, and also the fourth…

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