Macedonia
Carl Jones moves to MZT Skopje
KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom from the F.Y.R. Macedonia has added 23-year-old Carl Jones (180 cm, St. Joseph’s’13) for the 2013-14 season. Jones began his rookie campaign with WKS Slask Wroclaw, but stayed with the team only until the preseason and has since moved to the Macedonian club. The rookie point guard is fresh out of…
Read MoreJustin Reynolds leaves Skopje
Justin Reynolds (204 cm, Texas A&M Corpus Christi’11) has left KK MZT Skopje (FYR Macedonia, Prva Liga) after just a few months with the club. The power forward has featured in nine games for Skopje since joining in July and has averaged 7.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in the Eurocup. It was that…
Read MoreSmush Parker joins MZT Skopje
Former Los Angeles Laker Smush Parker (193 cm, Fordham’02) has been picked up by KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom from Macedonia’s Prva Liga. In 2012-13 Parker played for KK Cibona Zagreb from Croatia’s A1 and averaged 15.3 ppg and 2.0 apg in 3 games. In the Adriatic League he averaged 9.8 ppg and 2.8 apg. In…
Read MoreVlado Ilievski joins CEZ Nymburk
Czech Republic team CEZ Nymburk has agreed to terms with veteran international player Vlado Ilievski (190 cm) and will be bringing him in for the 2013-14 season. The 33-year-old is from F.Y.R. Macedonia and also has Slovenian citizenship. Vlado has been a long time member of the F.Y.R. Macedonian National Team in 1998 to 2003,…
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…
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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