Europe
Several teams leave Baltic league
Zalgiris Kaunas, Lietuvos Rytas, VEF Riga and Neptunas Kleipeda have decided to leave the Baltic league and have chosen for the VTB league instead. The Baltic league has now in fact become a “best of the rest” league with a second rate rating.
Read MoreMonroe to return to Italy to play for Brescia
Leonessa Brescia (Italian LegaDue) signed Chris Monroe to run point for them next season. Monroe, from the US, accepted the deal to returned to play in Italy. Last season he played for KAOD in Greece and split time between to Ukrainian teams, Budivelnyk and Khimik.
Read MoreNapoli-Sant’Antimo sign Warren
Andrew Warren (US College: Bradley) has inked a deal to play in Italy for Napoli-Sant’Antimo. Warren played in Australia during the 2011-12 season for Skytrans Caims Taipans, averaging 13.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
Read MoreBajramovic re-signs with Banvit BK
Kenan Bajramovic (2.07m, 31 yrs old) has signed a contract extension that will keep in a Banvit BK (Turkey) uniform for at least one more season. Bajramovic averaged 9.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in 11 Eurocup games and 11.2 points and 4.6 rebounds in Turkish League competition last season.
Read MoreAsseco Prokom signs center Khazzouh
Asseco Prokom Gdynia, champions of the Polish league, has signed Julian Khazzouh (2.09m) from Australia to a three-year contract. Khazzouh has played most of his career in Australia and has been named to the All-NBL first team for the last two years. Last season he averages 16.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game.
Read MoreDutch shock unbeaten Georgia in EuroBasket
Netherlands – Georgia 91-88 The Netherlands had lost their first three contests in the EuroBasket 2013 qualifiers, so when unbeaten Georgia showed up in Almere for their fourth game, it’s safe to say that many felt each team would extend their current streak to four. Fortunately, the hosts had other thoughts and fought back from…
Read MoreŠime Špralja joins Trefl Sopot
Croatian power forward Šime Špralja signed a one year deal with Polish Trefel Sopot. The 29 year old, who led the Balkan league in scoring last season, accepted an invitation of the Croatian head coach Žan Tabak, one of the rare European coaches with an NBA ring as a player. Trefl lost the finals of…
Read MoreAntwain Barbour signs for Pesaro in Italy
Forward Antwain Barbour (196 cm, Kentucky’04) has signed for Pesaro from Italy. Yes, that’s right, just “Pesaro” and not “Scavolini Pesaro”. The Italian kitchen producer Scavolini had been sponsoring the team from Pesaro for 37 years straight, but the economic crisis has now brought that to an end. It is symbolic for what is happening…
Read MoreVitaly Fridzon’s Olympic Bronze Medal is Stolen
According to Russian media, the bronze medal won by Vitaly Fridzon, as part of the Russian basketball team, in the 2012 Olympics in London, was stolen on Saturday. According to the Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police were called to a Moscow suburb to check on a report that the apartment of a 27-year-old…
Read MoreUS Repeats as U17 World Champions for Women
Spain played to the closest margin anyone has in the U17 World Championships for Women in Amsterdam, but 13-points is a substantial win in the finals of a World Championship tournament. Four players for the US scored in double figures as last years champs repeated the task, going undefeated throughout the tournament, culminating in a…
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