Croatia
Damjan Rudez remains with Zaragoza
Damjan Rudez (203 cm) is getting a contract extension for two seasons from CAI Zaragoza from Spain’s ACB. The Croatian will be entering his second season with the team. He helped them reach as far as the semifinals in the Spanish ACB in 2013. In 2012-13 he averaged 10.7 ppg and 1.8 rpg in 39…
Read MoreKrunoslav Simon signs with Lokomotiv
Krunoslav Simon (197 cm) is headed to Russia. The Croatian is signing a two-year deal to play for Lokomotiv Kuban from Russia’s PBL. Simon spent majority of his professional career at KK Zagreb from his home Croatia. He started off in KK Zagreb’s junior team way back in 2000 and stayed on with the main…
Read MoreJasmin Repesa will coach Cedevita Zagreb
Jasmin Repesa has been officially unveiled as the new head coach at KK Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia, A1) today and will be in charge of the team for the 2013/2014 season. The experienced tactician spent the 2012/2013 season with Unicaja Malaga in the Spanish ACB where he guided the team to a 9th place finish in…
Read MoreNeven Spahija, new coach of Cibona Zagreb
Neven Spahija has signed a four-year deal to be the head coach of KK Cibona VIP Zagreb (Croatia-A1). Spahija will be replacing Daniel Lutz at the helm of Croatia’s most dominant basketball club. Spahija did not coach in 2012-13. He spent two seasons as the head coach of Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul from Turkey’s TBL (2010-2012).…
Read MoreZoran Planinic parts ways with Khimky
Zoran Planinic (192 cm) will not be playing for BC Khimky Moscow Region (Russia-PBL) this upcoming 2013-14 season. Planinic, who is Croatian-Bosnian, joined Khimky in 2010. In 2012-13 he averaged 11.4 ppg and 5.5 apg in 24 games in the VTB United League and 12.4 ppg and 6.3 apg in 22 games in the Euroleague.…
Read MoreCibona wins 18th A1 title
Cibona Zagreb recorded a third straight win over Zadar in the Croatian A1 finals on Tuesday to win the title for the second consecutive year. The team secured the championship after another comfortable display against Zadar and the win meant the club has now won 18 Croatian league titles since 1991. Cibona and Zadar entered…
Read MoreZan Tabak out of Laboral Kutxa
Zan Tabak had a very short run as head coach of Laboral Kutxa from Spain’s ACB. He will not be coaching the team for the 2013-14 season. The Croatian joined the club in November 2012 as a replacement for Dusko Ivanovic. He got them as far as the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) Semifinals this…
Read MoreJerel Blassingame stays with Zagreb
American point guard Jerel Blassingame (175 cm, UNLV’05) has extended his stay with Cibona Zagreb (Croatia, A1, Adriatic League, and Eurocup) for another season. The 32-year old will now stay with the Croatian giant throughout the upcoming 2013-2014 season. Blassingame joined with Cibona in January of this year and impressed over 15 A1 games with…
Read MoreRepesa not to be renewed by Unicaja
Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB will be in the market for a new head coach soon. The team will not be renewing the contract of Croatian head coach Jasmin Repesa. Unicaja finished the 2012-13 regular season with a not-too-impressive 18-16 record putting them ninth overall keeping them out of the ACB playoffs. ACB has strict…
Read MorePerkovic inks with Al Kuwait
Croatian forward Jasmin Perkovic (205 cm) is heading to the Middle East to play with Al Kuwait (Kuwait, D1) for the 2013-2014 season. Perkovic has been playing with Union Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) since January in the Adriatic League where he played 7 games and averaged 6.3ppg, 2.0rpg, and 1.1apg. The 32-year old started the campaign…
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