Africa
Salah Mejri signs with Real Madrid
Salah Mejri (217 cm) is moving to Real Madrid (Spain-ACB) from Blusens Monbus Obradoiro CAB (Spain-ACB) for the 2013-14 season. The Tunisian big man will likely play a reserve role, backing up Real Madrid’s starting front court. Mejri averaged 9.4 ppg and 5.3 rpg in 36 games for Blusens Monbus in 2012-13. He was the…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: United States takes World title
The FIBA Men U19 World Championships concluded Sunday with the United States running the table during the competition winning all nine games they played, finishing with an 82:68 win over Serbia in the title game. This is the fifth U19 World Title for the US. Through the tournament the US used a balanced scoring attack…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: Serbia to meet USA in Final
The Finals of the FIBA Men U19 World Championships are now set and will feature the United States against Serbia on Sunday. The US qualified for the finale by pounding Lithuania 100:60 and the Serbians earned their spot in the final contest by edging Australia 63:58. In the qualifying rounds the US handed Serbia it’s…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: Australia shocks Spain
The Australians provided the biggest surprise of the FIBA Men U19 World Championships when they ousted Spain, the top seed in Group E coming out of the preliminary rounds, with an 87:76 win. The Aussies will now face Serbia in the semi-finals as the Serbs downed Croatia 73:66. In the other side of the bracket…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: USA slips past Serbia, QFs set
The contingent from the United States playing in the FIBA Men U19 World Championships entered Game 6 of the qualifying rounds with a perfect 5-0 record along with their opponent on the day, Serbia, and the Spanish club that squared off against Lithuania. By the end of the day, the US was the only undefeated…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: Six clubs grab spots in QFs
Day 6 of the FIBA Men U19 World Championships resulted in six teams clinching spots in the quarterfinals, with three teams still undefeated after Croatia took a 91:90 barnburner from previously unbeaten Lithuania. At the end of the day’s competition, the following six teams were assured of their spots in the next round of the…
Read MoreFIBA Men U19: Four remain unblemished
After four games in the FIBA Men U19 World Championships, four clubs remain unbeaten, as Lithuania, Serbia, Spain and the United States have set aside all challengers thus far. The four set up a possible final day on Wednesday where Lithuania will take on Spain in Group E and the US will square off against…
Read MoreStephane Lasme remains with Panathinaikos
Stephane Lasme (203 cm, Massacheusetts’07) will remain with Panathinaikos Athens from Greece’s A1 for at least two more seasons. The Gabonese player has carved out a decent career in Europe ever since leaving the NBA. Lasme is the team’s starting center and anchors their defense and Panathinaikos would like to keep that consistent as they…
Read MoreFIBA Men’s U19 Worlds advance to next round
The FIBA Men’s U19 World Championships finished the Preliminary Round on Saturday in Prague, Czech Republic, setting up the 12 clubs that will move on to the Eight-Final Round. In the Preliminary Rounds, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams and played each other once. With those results the 12 that…
Read MoreChinemelu Elonu goes to China
Chinemelu Elonu (206 cm, Texas A&M’09) is on his way to China after agreeing to play with Jiangsu Tongxi (NBL) next season. The forward played with Tofas Bursa (Turkey, TBL) during the 2012/2013 season and featured in 32 league games and got averages of 9.8ppg, while also finishing 4th in rebounds with 7.5rpg and 5th…
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