Europe
Devin Thomas signs with Bilbao Basket
Devin Thomas (206 cm, Wake Forest’16) will continue his international basketball career this 2017-18 in Spain with a stint with Retabet Bilbao Basket (Spain-Liga Endesa). The 23-year-old Thomas spent his rookie campaign on the roster of Ronesans TED Kolejliler Ankara (Turkey-BSL). The Wake Forest University alum appeared in a total of 27 games for his…
Read MoreGreek A1: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos Grab Wins
Round 6 of the Greek A1 2017-18 regular season ended with a bang with Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus taking on Kolossos H Hotels. Olympiacos dominated their opponents and came away with an easy 54-72 victory yesterday. Olympiacos is tied for second place in the league standings with ASP Promitheas Patras with both clubs managing to keep…
Read MoreMichael Efevberha joins Bnei Hertzeliya
Michael Efevberha (193 cm, CS Northridge’06) will be a new veteran presence on the roster of Bnei Hertzeliya (Israel-Winner League) this 2017-18 season. He is a 33-year-old Nigerian-American international basketball player who played for the Nigerian National Team in 2009. He moves to Bnei Hertzeliya after starting the season playing in South Korea for Anyang…
Read MoreSamardo Samuels cut by Partizan
Samardo Samuels (206 cm, Louisville’10) has been released by BC Partizan NiS Beograd (Serbia-KLS) this 2017. The 28-year-old Jamaican international basketball player signed with them at the beginning of the season. He was initially suspended by the team after he made a sexist comment and criticized his coach on social media. His kind of negative…
Read MoreBuducnost stays hot, now 8-1 in ABA League
KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica is the top team in the ABA League (Adriatic League), sporting an impressive 8-1 record. They have shown consistency and have been playing solid, unselfish basketball. Their latest victim, MZT Skopje, fell in a blowout game 71-93 yesterday. Buducnost has managed to stay on fire this 2017-18 season. They’ve dropped some…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Olympiacos goes top
A busy week of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague action closed on Friday with the final four games of Round. This week, Round 7 and Round 8 were played, bringing more shape to the standings. As we mentioned yesterday, the competition this year is fierce, and every club is capable of beating the other. That was proved…
Read MorePhil Goss now playing for PAOK
Phil Goss (188 cm, Drexel’05) will be strengthening the roster of PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1) for the 2017-18 season. Goss has spent the last five seasons playing for Italian clubs, so this will definitely be a change for the Drexel product. In 2016-17 he lent his talents to Enel Basket Brindisi (Italy-Serie A). In 27 games…
Read MoreCorey Hawkins heads to VEF Riga
Corey Hawkins (190 cm, UC-Davis’15) will continue his professional career in 2017-18 with a stint playing for Latvian powerhouse VEF Riga (Latvia-LBL). This will be his first team this season. Hawkins played for two teams in 2016-17, starting off the season with The Flexx Pistoia (Italy-Serie A). He played six games for them and posted…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Real Madrid finds win
A week of two rounds in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague continued on Thursday as Round 8 tipped off with four contests. Real Madrid got back to winning ways with a cruising win over Unicaja Malaga, while Maccabi Tel Aviv saw off Khimki in Russia. Panathinaikos traveled to Turkey and took out Efes by a single…
Read MoreT.J. Cline moves to Hapoel Holon
T.J. Cline (206 cm, Richmond’17) is moving to his second team in the season. He started off his rookie campaign on the roster of Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul (Turkey-BSL). Cline has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Hapoel Unet Holon (Israel-Winner League). The University of Richmond product played four games for them in…
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