Europe
Euroleague: Real Madrid demolishes Barcelona
A Friday of huge derbies closed Round 8 of the Euroleague. Firstly, CSKA Moscow remained top with a win over Zalgiris Kaunas. That game was merely a warmup for huge games in Turkey, Greece, and Spain. Galatasaray edged Darussafaka Dogus in the Istanbul derby. In Greece, Panathiniakos brought Olympiacos to Athens and conceded the game…
Read MoreCarlos Arroyo takes Galatasaray to arbitration at BAT
Puerto Rican international player, Carlos Arroyo and EPM Sports Consultants filed a claim against Turkish club Galatasaray Spor Kulubu at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal. The claim is that the team failed to pay outstanding salaries, agent fees, and were seeking compensation for damages and interest. The club acknowledged that it failed to pay outstanding salaries…
Read MoreCourtney Pigram deals with AEK
Courtney Pigram (185 cm, Eastern Tennessee State’09) has landed a team this 2016-17. The veteran has signed with Petrolina AEK Larnaca (Cyrpus-Division A). He spent the 2015-16 season playing in Asia for Al Hilal Riaydh (Saudi Arabia-SBL). Prior to that run he was on the roster of Shahdrari Gorgan Municipality (Iran-Superleague). In 15 games Courtney…
Read MoreEuroleague: Fenerbahce halts slide
Round 8 of the 2016/2017 Euroleague got underway on Thursday with four games around the continent. Maccabi Tel Aviv was the only club to taste road success with a tight win over Unics Kazan in Russia. Fenerbahce snapped its losing run with a big win over Anadolu Efes in an Istanbul derby. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade…
Read MoreEuroleague: Darussafaka snaps CSKA Moscow’s 100% run
A week that has a double header of Euroleague rounds continued on Wednesday as Round 7 of the regular season closed for business. We can now look ahead to Thursday when Round 8 tips off. However, there is much to discuss first in a day of action in the Euroleague. The big talking points of…
Read MoreDamontre Harris joins Cherkasy
Damontre Harris (208 cm, Campbellsville’15) will continue his professional career this 2016-17 with the SK Cherkasy Monkeys (Ukraine-Superleague). He spent the preseason with Maccabi Ashdod (Israel-Winner League), but it appears that Harris will be taking his game to the Ukraine instead. He got some solid experience under his belt in his rookie season in 2015-16.…
Read MoreChris Roberts picked up by Pistoia
Chris Roberts (193 cm, Bradley’10) has been called up to the Italian Serie A by The Flexx Pistoia this 2016. It will be an upgrade in competition for the 27-year-old Bradley University product. He started the 2016-17 season playing for Fortituto Kontatto Bologna of the Italian Serie A2. In three games, the guard posted averages…
Read MoreDominique Sutton heads to Nancy
Dominique Sutton (198 cm, N.C. Central’12) has moved to French club Sluc Nancy Basket Pro (France-Pro A) this 2016. He began the season with Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany-BBL). He played four games for his former team in the Eurocup and averaged 7.8 ppg and 2.5 rpg. Dominique also appeared in eight games in the domestic German…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 7 underway with four games
The festival of Basketball is back. Owing to the unique new Euroleague format, we are being treated to another week of non-stop action in Europe’s elite competition. The all-teams-play-all format of the Regular Season means we get two rounds played in a single week once a month. This in turn means four consecutive days of…
Read MoreUros Duvnjak moves to Apollon Patras
AS Apollon Patras (Greece-A1) has landed the services of veteran Serbian international player, Uros Duvnjak (190 cm) for the 2016-17 season. He already began the season with Karpos Sokoli 2000 Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). Uros played nine games for them in the Adriatic league and averaged 5.2 ppg and 0.9 apg. He also played a…
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