Europe
Ashkelon lands Julien Mills
Elizur Ashkelon from Israel has signed Julien Mills (193 cm, Ball State’07) for the upcoming season. Mills played for the Hungarian team of Szolnoki last season and averaged 11.7ppg, 6.1rpg and 2.4apg.
Read MoreChinese NBA Draft prospect to Europe?
Panathinaikos’ wild offseason is apparently not over yet. Previously linked with Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and Dejun Han, the Greens may finally be ready to sign with a Chinese player (and perhaps gain a nice foothold in that lucrative basketball market: Namely, Ailun Guo of the Liaoning Dinosaurs. According to Bball Headlines, Dinosaurs front office…
Read MoreTommy Mason-Griffin out for the season
Ratiofarm Ulm received bad news today as it became clear that their starting point guard Tommy Mason-Griffin (180 cm, Oklahoma’10) will miss the entire season. Mason Griffin who is only 21 years old needs to have his right knee operated on and will miss the entire season. Now the club is looking for a replacement.
Read MoreBudivelynk adds Giorgi Tsintsadze
Ukrainian team Budivelnyk Kyiv added to the roster for the upcoming season Giorgi Tsintsadze. The Georgian player comes from Olimpi Tbilisi where he averaged 15.8ppg, 4.8rpg adn 4.7apg.
Read MoreValladolid signs Lithuanian youngster Vytenis Cizauskas
Spanish ACB team CB Valladolid announced the arrival of Vytenis Cizauskas for the upcoming season. The Lithuanian PG comes from Zalgiris Kaunas. Vytenis Cizauskas, 19 year old, averaged 12.6ppg, 6.2rpg and 4.6apg at Eurobasket Under 20 recently played.
Read MoreBrad Tinsley fails medical at Den Bosch. Replaced by Matt Bauscher
Rookie Brad Tinsley (190 cm, Vanderbilt’12), still bothered by an ankle injury, failed the medical test at Dutch champion Den Bosch and was immediately replaced by Matt Bauscher (188 cm, Boise State’08) who already played successfully in the Netherlands before (Leeuwarden and Groningen).
Read MoreBordeaux replaces departing John Ford with Nate Carter
French Pro B team JSA Bordeaux counted on John Ford (207 cm, Colorado State’00) for the 3rd season in a row but in a surprise move he decided to walk away from his contract, retire as an active player, and accept a job as an assistant coach in college. But Bordeaux quickly found a replacement,…
Read MoreShelden Williams joins Elan Chalon
Shelden Williams joins French squad Elan Chalon (2.06m US College: Duke University) as his first professional team outside the NBA. Chalon has spent the last six years in the NBA, playing for seven different teams, accumulating playing time in 361 regular season games. Last season he played for the New Jersey Nets, averaging 4.6 points…
Read MoreBC Donetsk signs Ivanov
Kaloyan Ivanov has inked a contract for the 2012-13 season with BC Donetsk (Ukraine). Ivanov spent last season in Spain with Lucentum Alicante, averaging 11.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in the ACB. Ivanov joins Donetsk after they announced the signings of Doron Perkins and D’or Fischer.
Read MoreIsrael cruise by weak Serbia 89-76
In tonight’s Euro Qualifying game in Tel Aviv Israel beat Serbia with 89-76 and now shares the 2nd place in group A together with Serbia and Estonia. To many this result was a big surprise, but not to the insiders. Serbia’s national team did not qualify for the London Olympics and was one of the…
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