Croatia
Ante Masic signs with Cedevita
Ante Masic (200 cm) has signed a deal with Cedevita (Croatia-A1) for the rest of the season. Masic started the season with KK Cibona (Croatia-A1) and averaged 7.5 points per game over six EuroCup games and 4.6 points per game in 14 Adriatic League games. In 2011-12 he suited up for KK Zagreb (Croatia-A1), where…
Read MoreVedran Morovic joins Zadar
Vedran Morovic (183 cm, Olney Central CC’03) has signed an agreement with KK Zadar (Croatia-A1) to finish out the season. Morovic started the season with HKK Siroki WWin (Bosnia-Division 1), but was released after one game. He started working out on his own, then was invited to join the team and they’ve decided to bring…
Read MoreKK Zadar to keep Chaisson Allen and waive Jordan Burgason
KK Zadar sports director, Branko Skroce, in an interview with Zdnews, said that the club is talking with Chaisson Allen (192 cm, Northeastern’11) to extend the contract until the end of the season. The manager of the Adriatic league club from Croatian also added that Jordan Burgason (190 cm, Lipscomb’12) won’t be renewed. The American…
Read MoreFormer three-time European champ saved from the abyss
Croatian- and Adriatic team KK Split was saved tonight from bankruptcy by the town council of Split. The Dalmatian team won the Euroleague three times in a row in 1988/1989, 1989/1990 and 1990/1991 under the name “Jugoplastika” and “Pop’84”. KK Split was officialy voted the best European basketball club of the 20th century by the…
Read MoreACB threatens coaches Katsikaris and Repesa
The Spanish ACB (Endesa league) made some strong statements in an interview with the Spanish newspaper “El Mundo Deportivo”
Read MoreDarko Planinić leaves Široki for Maccabi Tel Aviv
Darko Planinić will leave Adriatic League team Široki WWin from Bosnia and Hercegovina (Croatian part) and sign for Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv. The young talented big man of the Croatian National Team will play his last Adriatic League game for Široki tomorrow against MZT Skopje from Macedonia. Other clubs from around Europe had also…
Read MoreIvica Skelin new headcoach of Groningen
The 39-year-old Croat Skelin started his coaching career in his homeland with KK Split and after that moved to Belgium where he coached Pepinster, Leuven and Charleroi (assistant coach). He was also the assistant coach of the Croatian National Team.
Read MorePanathinaikos sends Derwin Kitchen to Cedevita
Greek team Panathinaikos Athens has sent Derwin Kitchen (193 cm, Florida State’11) on loan to Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb. Kitchen will play for Cedevita for the rest of this season and then return to Panathinaikos where he is under contract for the 2013/2014 season as well.
Read MoreThriller in Zadar
Croatian team Zadar played against visiting Serbian team Partizan Belgrade tonight in the Adriatic league and it turned out to be a nail-biting thriller. In a packed gym, the 7000 spectators saw a game in which neither one of the teams ever had more than a five-point-lead. With only fourteen seconds to go Partizan was…
Read MoreZvonko Buljan leaving Kormend
Zvonko Buljan (206 cm, Texas Christian University’10) has opted to exercise a buyout clause he had in his agreement with Lami-Ved Kormend (Hungary-A Division) so he can move to Keravnos (Cyprus-Division A) after the first of the year. The move will create a difficult hole in the Kormend line-up that they’ll have to find a replacement for…
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