Daniel Kickert signs with Azovmash

Daniel Kickert (208 cm, St. Mary’s, California’’06) will be playing for Azovmash Mariupol (Ukraine-Superleague) this 2013-14 season. The Aussie player, who also holds a Dutch passport, will be playing for his third Ukrainian team in two seasons. In 2012-13 he initially played 28 games for Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine-Superleague) and averaged 17.6 ppg and 5.7 rpg.…

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Coleman Collins joins Azovmash

Coleman Collins (206 cm, Virginia Tech’07) has penned a deal to join Azovmash Mariupol (Ukraine, Superleague and VTB United League) for next season. Last season the center played with Chorale de Roanne in the French ProA. The player featured in 33 games and picked up 11.3 points per game and finished 5th in the league…

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Micah Downs pens with Kyiv

Micah Downs (203 cm, Gonzaga’09) has been added to the roster at Budivlenyk Kyiv (Ukraine, Superleague) for the 2013/2014 season. The American swingman will join the club as it embarks on the Euroleague in the upcoming campaign. The player finished a month long stint in May with Bucaneros de La Guaira (Venezuela, LPB) where he…

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FIBA Men U20: Croatia holds off Ukraine rally

In one of two FIBA Men U20 European Championship games that required an extra five on Wednesday, the Ukrainians took a mere three minutes to erase the 16-point deficit the Croatians had over them with six minutes to play, to send the contest into overtime. Unfortunately, once the two clubs got into the extra frame…

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Men U20 European Championships open in Estonia

Fans of the Men U20 European Championships were treated to just about every type of contest on the opening day of the 2013 tournament with come-from-behind wins, blowouts, upsets, and a buzzer-beater to fill the schedule. In Group A, Germany opened the event with a 14-point win over Georgia and U20 defending champions Lithuania bridged…

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Men U20 European Championship set to tip-off

The FIBA Europe Men U20 European Championship are set to open competition on Tuesday, July 9 in Tallinn, Estonia with 20 national teams looking to bring the title back home after the title game on July 21. Teams from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia,…

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Ben McCauley signed by BC Donetsk

Ben McCauley (206 cm, North Carolina State’09) has agreed to terms with BC Donetsk from Ukraine’s Superleague and should be joining the team in 2013-14. The 26-year-old McCauley played the 2012-13 season in Poland for SKS Polpharma-Pakmet Starogard Gd. (TBL). He played 26 games for Polpharma in the Polish league and averaged 18.9 ppg and…

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Kyndall Dykes to join Halychyna

Kyndall Dykes (190 cm, New Orleans’09) will stay in the Ukraine next season after signing a deal with Politekhnika-Halychyna Lviv (Superleague). The shooting guard played the 2012/2013 season with Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk (Superleague) where he featured in 44 games and logged impressive averages. The American picked up 17.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals…

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Ronald Moore signed by Cherkasy

Ronald Moore (183 cm, Siena’10) will be joining the SK Cherkasy Monkeys from Ukraine’s Superleague for the 2013-14 season. Moore is coming off playing a season for Albacomp-UPC Szekesfeherrvar from Hungary (A Division). Moore was instrumental in Albacomp’s success in 2013. He led the team to victory in the capturing the 2013 Hungarian League Championship.…

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Anthony Bennett, picked #1 at NBA draft

The Cleveland Cavaliers surprised pretty much everyone with who their selectio as the number one pick in the 2013 NBA draft. Canada’s Anthony Bennett (203 cm, UNLV’13) did not register on most experts’ radars as contender for the top honor. The general consensus before the draft was that Cleveland would likely select Kentucky’s defensive specialist…

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