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J.P. Prince signed by Antibes
J.P. Prince (203 cm, Tennessee’10) will continue his professional basketball career this 2018 with the Sharks Antibes (France-Pro A). This is the first signing for 2017-18 for the 34-year-old University of Tennessee product. He’s no stranger to the French Pro A, however, having seen action for Entente Orleans 45 at the end of 2016-17. Prince…
Read MoreABA League: Buducnost Reclaims Solo Lead
KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica claimed the solo lead in the ABA League after toppling Crvena Zvezda MTS Beograd 92-86 on Monday. The Adriatic saved this game to close out Round 15 and it did not disappoint. Coming in, both teams sported identical 12-2 records. Buducnost (13-2) now has a one-game lead over both Crvena Zvezda…
Read MoreALBA Berlin Climbs to 2nd Place in German BBL
ALBA Berlin has been making waves recently in Germany’s Easycredit BBL. On January 7th they came away with a crucial blowout win over MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, 86-67. The home win allowed ALBA Berlin (13-4) to swap places with Ludwigsburg (13-4) in the standings. Both clubs still trail league-leaders, FC Bayern Muenchen three games. The Berliners…
Read MoreVTB United League: Loko Hands CSKA Moscow First Loss
VTB United League leaders, CSKA Moscow saw their winning streak ended at 10 games after falling to an energized Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar club 90-79. It was an impressive effort by the railroad tycoons put up a big run early in the fourth quarter to pull away in a tightly contested game. CSKA could not provide…
Read MoreKervin Bristol pens with Vytautas
Kervin Bristol (206 cm, Fordham’12) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Vytautas Prienu (Lithuania-LKL) this 2017-18 season. The big man will be joining his second team, after starting the season playing for Ukraine’s Budivelnyk Kiev (Ukraine-Superleague). He played two games in the Basketball Champions League where he was able to average…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague; Round 16 completed
Round 16 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season closed for business on Friday with five hot games completing the week’s action. At home, reigning champ Fenerbahce got its second half of the campaign off to a flyer with a win over Baskonia, while Crvena Zvezda overcame Zalgiris Kaunas in Belgrade. Elsewhere, Olympiacos moved up with…
Read MoreSiim-Sander Vene joins Openjobmetis Varese
Openjobemetis Varese (Italy-Serie A) has made some adjustments to start 2018. One of them is the recent addition of Siim-Sander Vene (201 cm). He is a 27-year-old Estonian international basketball player who has been a member of the Estonian National Team since 2009. Vene originally signed with Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (Italy-Serie A) at the…
Read MoreIvan Maras landed by Aris
Ivan Maras (207 cm) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Greek club, Aris Thessaloniki (Greece-A1) for the 2017-18 season. Maras is a 31-year-old Montenegrin player who has been a member of the Montenegrin national team since 2008. The big man started his 2017-18 season signing in France and played for Cholet…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: CSKA slips at Barca
The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague returned for the first action of 2018. We are now officially moving into the second half of the regular season with Round 16 tipping off on Thursday with three games. However, it is also good to look back on 2017, when Fenerbahce Istanbul claimed an historic first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title.…
Read MoreTony Easley parts with Walter Tigers
Tony Easley (206 cm, Murray State’10) has parted ways with German BBL team, Walter Tigers Tuebingen (Germany-BBL) to start 2018. The veteran forward appeared in 13 games for them before his departure and posted averages of 6.0 ppg and 4.0 rpg. His 2016-17 season was spent playing in Italy for Gas & Power Eurobasket Roma…
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