Belarus
Marcus Faison joins Grodno
American-Belgian guard Marcus Faison (196 cm, Siena’00) has moved to BK Grodno-93 (Belarus, Premier League) for the rest of the season. The 35-year old has found a permanent station hard to come by this season, and Grodno will be the player’s 3rd team of the campaign. He started the 2012-2013 season with BC Armia Tbilisi…
Read MoreAlexandr Fomin leaves Tsmoki-Minsk
Russian player Alexandr Fomin (206 cm) is leaving Tsmoki-Minsk from Belarus’ Premier League for personal reasons. He played 13 games for them in the VTB League and averaged 14.4 ppg and 2.2 rpg. He also was a participant in the EuroChallenge and managed seven games for Tsmoki. He logged 3.0 ppg and 1.4 rpg in…
Read MoreVytautas Kamarunas added by Tsmoki-Minsk II
Tsmoki-Minsk II of Belarus Premier League has signed Vytautas Kamarunas (179 cm) to a contract. Tsmoki-Minsk II is currently fourth in the Priemier League standings with a 7-7 record. It is the 2nd team of Tsmoki-Minski, which plays in the VTB United Leauge. The Lithuanian point guard most recently played for BK Svisloch Osipovichi, also…
Read MoreJohn Edwards and Minsk part ways
John Edwards (213 cm, Kent State’04) has been fired by Tsmoki-Minsk from Belarus. Minsk participates in the VTB league and has also qualified for the second stage of the Eurochallenge. Edwards averaged 3 ppg in the VTB league and 6 ppg in the Eurochallenge and Minsk is now in search of a replacement.
Read MoreJohn Edwards signs with Minsk-2006
John Edwards (213 cm, Kent State’04) has signed with Minsk-2006 from Belarus. This team also participates in the very strong VTB League. John Edwards played last season in Poland with Turow where he averaged 6.9 ppg and 2.2 rpg. Edwards also played in the D-League, Puerto Rico, Greece and the Ukraine.
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: The Field is Set with 24 Teams
As the final games of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round were getting ready to start, there no doubt were pencils being sharpened, calculator batteries being checked, spreadsheets getting fired up and for those old school mathematicians out there, most likely a slide rule or two getting dusted off in anticipation of the intense calculations that…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: 6 Spots, 10 Teams, Tip Time!
The EuroBasket 2013 Qualification round is about to be committed to the history books, but before they start planning for the Final Round, there’s a game or two left to be played. Today marks the final day of competition to determine which 16 teams will earn the right to compete for their respective countries in…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Georgia qualifies, six left
Georgia took advantage of game eight of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round to punch their tickets to the Finals with a 73-70 win over Latvia. Georgia was the only team that was able to definitively qualify, leaving six openings for the rest of the teams to fight for on the last day of competition, Tuesday,…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Game Eight Scenarios
Today marks game eight in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications and with only nine teams assured of spots in the Finals next September in Slovenia, the possible scenarios for which teams are going to grab the last seven spots are complex and many. Here are some possibilities for teams to qualify today… Group A (They play…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Four more qualify, eight to go
Coming in to today’s EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers four teams had their chance to earn spots, unfortunately, only Germany was able to take advantage, but three more, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Czech Republic, were able to pick up theirs after various losses in and out of Groups assured teams they’d finish no lower than…
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