France
Wesley Witherspoon opts for Nantes
Wesley Witherspoon (205 cm, Memphis’12) will get his first crack at international pro hoops with a shot with French ProB team, Hermine Nantes Atlantique. The 23-year-old Witherspoon began the 2012-13 season as part of the San Antonio Spurs, but was released by the team in October 2012. The next month Wesley signed with the D-League’s…
Read MoreMichael Mokongo to Planasa Navarra
Michael Mokongo (180 cm) will be playing for Planasa Navara from Spain’s LEB Gold league this season. Mokongo has dual citizenship from France and Central Africa. He was a former member of France’s U20 National team and is has been a member of the Central African National Team from 2011 up to the present. In…
Read MoreJe’Kel Foster signs with JSF Nanterre
Je’Kel Foster (194 cm, Ohio State’06), a veteran of German basketball is headed to France’s ProA to play for JSF Nanterre this 2013-14. Foster began his 2012-13 season in Belgium playing for Belgacom Spirou (Ethias League). He played six games for them in the Eurocup and averaged 7.3 ppg and 1.7 rpg. In 14 Euroleague…
Read MoreTravis Leslie signs with ASVEL
Travis Leslie (193 cm, Georgia’11) will be playing in France’s ProA league this 2013-14 season for ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket. The 23-year-old was originally set to play for JSF Nanterre (France-ProA), but it appears Leslie will be suiting up for ASVEL instead. Travis spent the 2012-13 season in the NBA’s D-League playing for the Santa Cruz…
Read MoreDejuan Wright inks for Orchies
Dejuan Wright (190 cm, Florida International Univeristy´13) will play in France this season for BC Orchies (ProB). The American spent the 2012/2013 season playing for Eiffel Towers Den Bosch in the Dutch Eredivisie. The guard played 41 games for Den Bosch and managed averages of 13.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while he backed…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: France wins first ever title
The road to the EuroBasket 2013 championship contest started when they were teenagers. For France’s Tony Parker and Boris Diaw, the gold medals they won on Sunday after defeating Lithuania 80:66 come a decade plus after they suited up for various French National junior teams staring in 2000. After the final buzzer, the old friends…
Read MoreWilliam Hatcher switches to Le Harve
William Hatcher (188 cm, Miami, Miami OH’06) will not sign for Ilysiakos Athens (Greece-A1) after all and will instead join French ProA team Le Harve. The point guard spent last season in the Greek A1 playing for PAOK Thessaloniki in the ProA before injury cut his season short in January. Before the six-week layoff the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: France ousts Spain in OT Thriller
In the second EuroBasket 2013 semifinal it took Tony Parker and a few of his closest friends an extra session to send the two-time defending champions from Spain to the consolation round with a 75:72 defeat. Parker put up 32 for France against their Spanish rivals to put France in the finals against Lithuania, who…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Spain rolls, France downs hosts
Looking at the final standings of the EuroBasket 2013 Round 2 would leave one thinking that 2013 might be some other club’s turn to stand on top of the podium, where a team from Spain has stood at the end of the last two EuroBasket competitions. As the dust had settled on Round 2, including…
Read MoreEurobasket 2013: Quarterfinals previews
The Eurobasket 2013 Quarterfinals are set and ready to kick off. Teams have finally reached the key part in the competition where everything is on the line. It’s now win or go home. Which team will come out on top? Who will advance? Whose hearts will get broken on the hardwood? Spain vs. Serbia Serbia…
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