Europe
Anthony Gurley heads to Hungary to play for Szedeak
Anthony Gurley (1.90m, college: Univ. of Massachusetts) has signed on with Szedeak (Hungary-A Division) for the upcoming season. Gurley graduated from UMass in 2011 and averaged 18.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 30.7 minutes per game over 30 games his senior year. He went undrafted in the NBA draft, but was picked up by the LA…
Read MoreCroatian basketball federation embarrassed
The Croatian basketball federation had planned a 20 year anniversary in celebrating and remembering the silver won at the Olympic games in Barcelona in 1992. However, to everybody’s surprise, not one single player from that team showed up! Croatia’92 was probably the best team in the history of Croatian basketball. Full with NBA players and…
Read MoreKobe Bryant renews his deal with Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines announced today on Twitter that they had renewed Kobe Bryant’s contract to be their “global brand ambassador” for two more years.
Read MoreAaron Cook signs with Essen
Aaron Cook (186 cm, Hartford’06) has signed in Germany with Pro A team ETB Wohnbau Essen. Aaron Cook already played in the Pro A last season with the Crailsheim Merlins and averaged 11.7 ppg.
Read MoreJustin Rutty signs with Nyon
Justin Rutty (200 cm, Quinnipiac’11) has signed in Switserland with BBC Nyon. Last season Justin Rutty played in Uruguay and the season before that he played NCAA Basketball with Quinnipiac.
Read MoreAaron Johnson signs with Montegranaro
Aaron Johnson (203 cm, New Mexico’07) has signed with Italian Serie A team Sutor Montegranaro. He is (temporarily) replacing the injured Zach Andrews. Last season Aaron Johnson split time between the Italian Lega Due and the Spanish LEB Gold.
Read MoreDarko Milicic signs with the Boston Celtics
Darko Milicic signs with the Boston Celtics. Not with Real Madrid, as earlier reported. For a long time the Serb big man and the team from Spain were flirting with each other and at one point the news leaked out that a € 1.800.000 contract had been signed. In the last week however, Darko Milicic…
Read MoreBBL Groupings released for 2012-13
The Baltic Basketball League (BBL) has released the league groupings for the upcoming season. The league will consist of 23 teams, broken up into four groups. The first day of competition has been set for October 2nd. The competition format will be set into the follow separate sessions: • The Regular Season • Top 16…
Read MoreVlad Corpodean on Loan to PH Miercurea Ciuc
Vlad Corpodean (1.94m) has been loaned to PH Miercurea Ciuc (Romania-Division A) from CS U-Mobitelco Cluj Napoca (Romania-Division A) for the 2012-13 season. He saw limited action for CS U-Mobitelco last season, but while playing for their second team in Division B he averaged 13.0 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds per game. He played…
Read MoreGerald Fitch joins French squad Strasbourg IG
Gerald Fitch has signed a deal with Strasbourg IG (France-ProA) for the upcoming season. Fitch (1.91m, college: Kentucky). He arrives with Strasbourg from Unicaja (Spain-ACB) where he averaged 10.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in 21 contests in Liga Endesa. Over 13 Euroleague games he contributed 10.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest.
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