Croatia
Marko Car released by Cedevita
Marko Car (188 cm) has been released by KK Cedevita Zabreb (Croatia-A1). Car played in four Euroleague contests this season, averaging 2.0 points per game and he saw action in seven Adriatic League games where he contributed 2.4 points per game. This was Car’s second season with Cedevita as he joined the club at the…
Read MoreVeljko Budimir signs with Ilysiakos
Croatian forward Veljko Budimir has signed with Greek team Ilysiakos. He will replace American Ernest Scott who left the club last week. Budimir comes from Croatian team Osijecki Sokol where he averaged 13.7 ppg in 9 games.
Read MoreDario Šarić no longer on speaking terms with father
When Croatian Wunderkind Dario Šarić recently signed with Cibona Zagreb it seemed like it was the end of a soap series that had lasted for months. Now, it turns out that it wasn’t. Since the signing, Dario Šarić and his father are no longer on speaking terms and don’t have any contact with each other…
Read MoreNeven Plantak hired to coach Djuro Djakovic
Neven Plantak has been hired to coach Djuro Djakovic (Croatia-A1), replacing Krunoslav Krajnovic, who resigned last week. Plantak comes from KK Trepca (Kosovo-Superleague), where he guided the club to the Kosovo Cup and Championship last season.
Read MoreKrunoslav Krajnovic resigns as coach of Djuro
Krunoslav Krajnovic has resigned as the head coach of Djuro Djakovic Slavonski Bord (Croatia-A1). Krajnovic has been coaching in Slovenia until this season, his best season being 2006 when he guided E.S.O Lucenec (Slovakia-Extraliga) to the Slovakian League Championship and to winning the Slovakian Cup. His squad this season has been hampered by injuries and…
Read MoreWunderkind Dario Šarić finally signs
KK Cibona officially announced at a press conference this afternoon that they had signed super-talent Dario Šarić (208 cm, 1994) to a 4-year contract. A surprise move, since Cibona has known financial problems and is struggling to pay their bills and salaries on time. Recently the Croatian club had to travel by bus to Germany…
Read MoreJordan Burgason inks short-term deal with KK Zadar
Jordan Burgason (191 cm, Lipscomb’12) has signed a one-month deal with KK Zadar (Croatia-A1). Burgason played nearly four years a Lispcomb in the Atlantic Sun Conference, compiling a 10.4 point per game scoring average including 16.4ppg his senior season. Burgason only played 19 games his senior season due to being removed from his team and…
Read MoreAleksandar Petrovic takes over Cedevita
Aleksandar “Aco” Petrovic will be the new head coach of Croatian Euroleague team Cedevita Zagreb. He will replace the Serbian coach Bozidar Maljkovic who suddenly left last week. Petrovic is currently the headcoach of the National Team of Bosnia and will stay in that function while he will also coach Cedevita. Aleksandar Petrovic already coached…
Read MoreBig Mystery around Bozidar Maljkovic
When Cedevita Zagreb announced this summer that Bozidar Maljkovic would be the new head coach, it was big news. Not only because Maljkovic would be the highest paid Basketball coach in Croatian history (€ 500.000 net) but also because he was the first Serbian coach to lead a top-team in Croatia after the break-up of…
Read MoreAdriatic League relieved, no incidents in Zagreb and Belgrade but turmoil in Cibona
The Adriatic League game in the Croatian capital Zagreb between home team and visiting Red Star Belgrade was no ordinary game. The reason? Last week the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague (the Netherlands) overturned the convictions of two Croatian generals for committing war crimes during the 1990’s break-up of…
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