Belgium
Dwayne Broyles makes return to Spirou
Dwayne Broyles (196 cm, JMU’04) is a new addition to the roster of Belgacom Spirou Charleroi this 2013-14 season. Broyles began the season playing for Bnei Hertzeliyya from Israel’s Winner League. He played 10 games for them and posted averages of 9.2 ppg and 2.1 rpg. The 2012-13 season was a tragic one for the…
Read MoreMohamed Abukar parts with Spirou
Mohamed Abukar (208 cm, San Diego State’07) has parted ways with Belgacom Spirou Charleroi from Belgium’s Ethias league. The big man has American and Somalian citizenship. He played eight games for Spirou in the EuroCup and averaged 12.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg. Abukar also logged 11 games for them in the Belgian league and there…
Read MoreEurochallenge: Round 2 recap
Round 2 of the Eurochallenge Second Stage is almost complete after seven games were held around Europe on Tuesday night. We will turn our attention to Round 3 after Bakken welcome KTP to Denmark on Wednesday night. Three teams remain undefeated at this stage of the Second Stage as the groups begin to take shape.…
Read MoreRyan Pearson added by Antwerp Giants
Even before the ink of his release papers from Maccabi Ashdod dried up, Ryan Pearson (198 cm, George Mason’12) has already found a new team with which to continue his sophomore season as a pro. Pearson has been picked up by Belgium’s Port of Antwerp Giants. The Giants are currently sitting in the middle of…
Read MoreEurocup: Ratiopharm downs Valencia
Eurocup Round 8 got off to a quiet start on Tuesday evening as only four games were held in the competition. It was a night to be the home team as three of the four wins came for hosts while only one away victory was recorded. Ratiopharm Ulm continued to impress at the top of…
Read MoreEurocup Round 6, Day 1
Round 6 of this season´s Eurocup is underway after five games were held on Tuesday evening as the competition starts to heat up in the second half of the Regular Season. It was a night of largely comfortable victories as the groups begin to take shape during the 2013/2014 season. In Group B KK Cedevita…
Read MoreEurocup: EWE beats Bilbao to top Group B
Eurocup Week 5 of the 2013/2014 Eurocup got underway as the competitions Regular Season landed at the half way point. Six of this weeks 24 games were contested on Tuesday night and it was business as usual for teams vying at the tops of groups. The big game of the night was in Germany, where…
Read MoreStefan Zivanovic to Kangoeroes
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek from Belgium’s Ethias League has added Serbian player Stefan Zivanovic (196 cm) for the 2013-14 season. The 24-year-old Zivanovic had initially tried out for Italian SerieA team S.S. Sutor Montegranaro this season, but things did not work out and so he heads to Belgium to continue his career instead. In 2012-13 Zivanovic…
Read MoreBenjamin Simons joins Antwerp Giants
Benjamin Simons (203 cm, Drake University´13) has agreed terms with Port of Antwerp Giants (Belgium, Ethias League) and will play for the team this season. The American is in his rookie season but he has already picked up some professional experience playing for Walter Tigers Tuebingen (Germany, BBL). The forward has played six games for…
Read MoreJoe Trapani added by Spirou
Belgian team Belgacom Spirou Chareloi (Ethias League) has added Joe Trapani (203 cm, Boston College’11) to reinforce their roster for the 2013-14 season. Trapani is an American player who received his Italian passport in 2011. In 2012-13 Joe played in the German Bundesliga for BBC Bayreuth. He averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.9 rpg in 32…
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