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Robinson pens deal with Loimaa
Frank Robinson (193 cm, CS Fullerton´08) has penned a deal that will take him to Finland to play for Nilan Bisons Loimaa (Korisliiga). The 29-year old was very busy last season and played in three countries and two European competitions. The guard started the campaign with struggling Polish giants Prokom Gdynia (TBL) where he played…
Read MoreBrandon McKnight inks with LrNMKY
Brandon McKnight (188 cm, Purdue’05) is headed to Finland this 2013-14 as he is set to play for Korisliiga’s Lappeenranta NMKY. McKnight began the 2012-13 season, signing with the White Eagles Stockholm from Sweden’s Basketligan in January 2013. He played seven games there and averaged 19.6 ppg and 4.6 apg. In March 2013 he moved…
Read MoreShawn Huff links up with Ludwigsburg
Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg of the German BBL (Bundesliga) has brought in experienced American Shawn Huff (198 cm, Valparaiso´08) for the coming season. The power forward spent last season in Italy where he featured for two teams. The Finland international started the campaign with Serie A outfit Vanoli Cremona where he played eighteen games and secured…
Read MoreStorm Warren opts for Namika Lahti
Storm Warren (200 cm, LSU’12) will be playing in Finland’s Korisliiga this 2013-14. He is joining Namika Lahti, as a replacement for Billy White. The 24-year-old former Tiger began his professional career with The Bright Kings Den Helder from the Netherlands. In 2012-13 Warren played 39 games for the Den Helder Kings in the Dutch…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Spain, Slovenia fall, QFs set
Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013 is now complete and the quarterfinals are set, but not before some last minute drama as Finland upset host club Slovenia by 16, Italy put Spain on the edge of not qualifying with a 5-point win that went to overtime and last place Greece took first place Croatia to double…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Slovenia, Croatia grab seats in QFs
With one day remaining in Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, five of eight spots in the quarterfinals are now firm. On Friday, Lithuania, France and Serbia picked up their advancement papers, with Ukraine and Latvia set to battle for the fourth and final spot. The Ukrainians will square off against 3-1 Lithuania, while Latvia will…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 1 of Round 2 full of upsets
EuroBasket 2013 has put it’s first full day of the Round 2 in the books and to say it was an interesting day would be a gross understatement. With the quality of competition that the remaining 12 teams are capable of bringing on any given day it’s no surprise that there were surprises, but the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Round 2 set to tip off Wednesday
Wednesday will mark the opening contests of Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, with the top three teams coming out of each of the four groups that competed in Round 1 coming together to form two new groups. At the end of the Round 2 the top four teams in each of the two groups will…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Round 2 advancement papers given
Round 1 of EuroBasket 2013 is complete and the clubs moving on to Round 2 have been determined. Groups C and D were cut and dry with three top teams and no tiebreakers needed, but in Groups A and B the tiebreakers were complex as there were three teams tied for third place at 2-3,…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: OTs, Upsets, Italy stands alone
Coming into Day 4 of the EuroBasket 2013 competition, there were four undefeated teams. As the dust settled on Ljubljana, Jesenice, Celje, and Koper, Slovenia Sunday, the only club that made it out of Day 4 unblemished was Italy after their big 81:72 win over previously undefeated Greece. France knocked off unbeaten Ukraine 77:71 in…
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