Greece
Julian Vaughn to play for KAO Dramas
Georgetown product Julian Vaughn (205 cm, Georgetown’11) has signed with Greek team KAO Dramas (A1) for the 2013-14 season. The 24-year-old Vaughn began the 2012-13 season playing in Cyprus for Keravnos Strovolu. He played six games for them in the EuroChallenge and averaged 9.2 ppg and 7.3 rpg. In the Cypriot Division A, Julian averaged…
Read MoreEurobasket 2013 kicks off!
Eurobasket 2013 has kicked off in Ljubljana, Slovenia and 24 teams are set to wage war on the hard court, to determine the best in Europe. For the preliminary rounds of the competition the 24 teams are divided into four groups of six teams each. The tournament will go on from September 4-22. At the end…
Read MoreKenny Gabriel now with AGOR
Kenny Gabriel (209 cm, Auburn’12) is headed to Greece this 2013-14 to play for A.G.O Rethymno Aegean. Gabriel had a busy rookie season, managing to play for three different teams from three different countries. Kenny began his pro career with a five-game stint for Maccabi Ashdod (Israel-Premier League). In those five games he was able…
Read MoreRob Jones to Panelefsiniakos
Rob Jones (196 cm, St. Mary’s California’12) will make the step up to the Greek A1 this season after signing for Panelefsiniakos AOK Eleusina. Last season the forward was playing in the Polish TBL for AZS Koszalin where he played 22 games and averaged 6.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Earlier in the 2012/2013…
Read MoreSasa Vasiljevic to Nea Kifisia Athens
Sasa Vasiljevic (180 cm) is returning to Greece this 2013-14 season. This time around he will be suiting up for AE Nea Kifisia Athens (A1). Sasa, a Bosnian with parents from Serbia, played the 2012-13 season in the Ukraine for Polytekhnika-Halychyna (Superleague). He played 51 games for Halychyna and averaged 8.6 ppg and 3.9 apg,…
Read MoreDarrius Garrett added by Nea Kifisia
Darrius Garrett (205 cm, Richmond’12) will be playing in Greece’s A1 this upcoming 2013-14 season for AE Nea Kifisia Athens. He played his rookie season in Switzerland for Benetton Fribourg Olympic. Garrett played 32 games and averaged 7.8 ppg and 8.1 rpg. He should be an asset for Nea Kifisia’s frontcourt if he can replicate…
Read MoreFIBA U16: Four unbeaten in Euro Championships
Four teams remain undefeated after Day 1 of Round 2 in the FIBA U16 European Championship for Men being held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Turkey and Greece came out of the first of three games in Round 2 with wins to sit on top of Group E with 3-0 records, while Croatia and Serbia sport similar…
Read MoreErrick McCollum heads to Panionios
Errick McCollum (185 cm, Goshen’10) willing be playing in a different team in Greece’s A1 league this coming 2013-14 season. McCollum is joining Panionios ON Telecoms Athens after spending the 2012-13 season with AS Apollon Patras. Errick is being added to bolster Panionios’ backcourt for the upcoming season and is expected to play coming off…
Read MoreBrandis Raley-Ross joins Panelefsiniakos
Brandis Raley-Ross (188 cm, South Carolina’10) is set to play in Greece for the first time in his career. He will join Panelefsiniakos AOK Eleusina (A1 League) this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old spent the 2012-13 season playing in Estonia for BC Rakvere Tarvas (KML). He played 13 games in the Baltic league for Tarvas and…
Read MoreMike Batiste back with Panathinaikos
Mike Batiste (203 cm, Arizona State’99) has been around the block and after a stint in Turkey he makes a return to Greece’s Panathinaikos Athens in 2013-14. Batiste played for Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey-TBL) during the 2012-13 season. He logged 23 games for Fenerbahce in the Euroleague and averaged 5.4 ppg and 2.7 rpg in…
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