Germany
Jermel Kennedy to Langen
TV Langen of the Germany Pro B has announced the signing of the club´s second import player for the season in the form of Jermel Kennedy (201 cm, Lander). The Canadian last played for Lander in 2012 but missed last season due to injury. He will now get his professional career underway with TV Langen…
Read MoreCaleb Walker inks with Hanau
Caleb Walker (193 cm, Nebraska´12) is heading to Germany after agreeing terms with ProB 2.Bundesliga outfit TG 1837 White Wings Hanau. The 2013/2014 season will only be Walker´s second as a professional player after he graduated from Nebraska in the summer of 2012. The guard spent the 2012/2013 campaign playing for FOG Naestved in the…
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 MoreBrian Harper moves to Bremerhaven
Brian Harper (206 cm, Paine’07) will be playing for Eisbaeren Bremerhaven from Germany’s BBL this 2013-14 season. Harper is replacing Bill Amis, who did not make the cut in Bremerhaven’s try-outs. The 28-year-old Harper played for TBB Trier, another team from the German Bundesliga in 2012-13. He played in 33 games for TBB Trier and…
Read MoreJamal Boykin signs with s.Oliver Baskets
Jamal Boykin (203 cm, California’10) has signed a deal to play for German BBL team s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg for the 2013-14 season. Boykin spent the 2012-13 season playing in the Netherlands’ Eredivisie league where he suited up for the GasTerra Flames Groningen. Jamal played 41 games for Groningen and averaged 12.7 ppg and 6.0 rpg.…
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…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Ukraine stops Germany to go 3-0
Day 3 of EuroBasket 2013 was split into two days with Groups A and B playing Friday and Groups C and D to play on Saturday. Coming into Friday’s competition, there were three clubs, Ukraine, Serbia, and Latvia, that were undefeated. By the end of the day, the sole holder of a 3-0 record was…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Spain falls to Slovenia on Day 2
With Day 2 of EuroBasket 2013 in the books, there are only seven of the 24 teams still undefeated with some serious shakeups in the groups going on. In Group A the sole undefeated club is Ukraine after defeating Israel Thursday and Belgium on Wednesday. Group B sports two unblemished marks with Serbia and Latvia…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 1, Groups C and D
EuroBasket 2013 is underway in Slovenia with 24 teams battling for six spots in the 2014 FIBA World Cup to be held in Spain. Round 1 consists of four groups of six teams that will play each other once with the top three teams from each group moving on to the second round. Group C…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: A little bit of everything on Day 1
Day 1 one of EuroBasket 2013 finally tipped off and to reward hoops fans that have waited nearly a year since the draws were presented the competition was intense, surprising, and frustrating all rolled into one. After months of roster watching, player jockeying, and pre-tournament chatter, EuroBasket 2013 is finally underway, and if the first…
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