Asia
Brian Williams joins Petron Blaze
Brian Williams has signed on to play for Petron Blaze (Philippines-PBA) for the upcoming season. Williams (2.08m, college: Tennessee) played for Westports KL Dragons in Malaysia last season, averaging 20.8 points, 14.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
Read MoreDalibor Bagaric signs short-term deal with Al Riyadi
Dalibor Bagaric (2.17m) has agreed to terms on a short-term (one month) agreement with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon-Division A) to replace injured center Loran Woods (2.18m, college: Arizona). Bagaric played with Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia-A1) as well as starting the season with Valladolid (Spain-ACB), where he only played four games before they parted ways. Bagaric…
Read MoreDJ White to play for the Sharks in CBA
DJ White (2.06m, college: Indiana) has signed a deal to play for Yao Ming’s Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. White played with the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2011-12 NBA season, but was not picked up for this year. He will be eligible to sign with another NBA team after the CBA season is…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Iran denies host Japan title
Host squad Japan found themselves up by four points in the finals of the FIBA Asia Cup held yesterday in Tokyo, Japan, with a minute and a half left in the game, only to see that lead erased on two different types of three-point plays. Iran ran the table in the competition going undefeated in…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Iran – Japan in Finals today
The FIBA Asia Cup finals are set and not surprisingly it’s a rematch of the last game of the qualifying round between Iran and host Japan. In the first contest, Iran came out on top 71-65. Japan – Qatar 73-66 In yesterday’s semi-finals Qatar got out to a small lead after the first quarter. The…
Read MoreMarcus Campbell signs in Qatar
Marcus Campbell (214 cm, Mississippi State’05) has signed in Qatar with Al Rayyan. Last season Marcus Campbell played in Iran, but he also played before in New Zealand, France, Spain, D-League and Italy. Marcus Campbell is expected in Qatar after the weekend.
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Qatar stuns in Quarter-Finals
On a day that the Lebanese Basketball contingent was earlier celebrating their good fortunes after being awarded the 2013 FIBA Asia Championships for Men, they seem to have forgotten that they were in Tokyo to play some basketball. The top-ranked team in Group A squared off with Qatar, the fourth-ranked team in Group B, and…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Championship 2013 awarded to Lebanon
It was announced yesterday that Lebanon will host the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Men. The vote by FIBA Asia’s Executive Committee was held to determine which of the applications they would accept between Lebanon, Iran and the Philippines. The FIBA Asia Championships have never been hosted by Lebanon and with the quality of their…
Read MoreRandall Orr signs with Saitama Broncos
Randall Orr (207 cm, Georgia Perimeter’04) has signed in Japan with Saitama Broncos of the BJ League. Last season Randall Orr played in Uruguay for Plaza de Nueva Helvecia. He also played in Japan during the 2008/2009 season when he was with the Tochigi Brex.
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Quarter-Finals Set
With the FIBA Asia Cup preliminary rounds now completed, the competition will head into the Quarter-Final round on Thursday. Finishing the round-robin competition saw two blow-outs, an alley-oop buzzer-beater and the game of the tournament thus far between previously unbeaten Iran and host Japan. In Group A, the squad from the Philippines had already concluded…
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