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British Basketball League opens with 3 games
September 27, 2013 – The British Basketball League gets ready to tip-off for the 2013-14 season. They open with three games. We have the London Lions facing off against the Manchester Giants in their new home, the Copper Box Arena. The One Health Sharks Sheffield will be at home at EIS Sheffield versus the Cheshire…
Read MoreRixos Cup: Olympiacos – Besiktas in finals
With Day 3 of the Rixos Cup 6 completed on Thursday the championship match-up has been determined with Olympiacos Piraeus set to square off against Besiktas on Friday. The preliminary round completed on Thursday with two matches, Olympiacos Piraeus defeated Anadolu Efes 83:78 in the first match of the day and Zalgiris Kaunas downed Fenerbahce…
Read MoreJoseph Taylor to Apollon Patras
Joseph Taylor (205 cm, Wyoming’09) will be headed to Greece instead of the United Arab Emirates. He has been added by AS Apollon Patras from Greece’s A1 league for the 2013-14 season. Taylor began the 2012-13 season playing for the White Eagles Stockholm from Sweden’s Basketligan. He managed to log nine games for them and…
Read MoreDonatas Zavackas signs for Bonn
Donatas Zavackas (203 cm, Pittsburgh´03) will return to Germany and the BBL Bundesliga after agreeing terms with Telekom Baskets Bonn. The Lithuanian is an extremely experienced player in the European game and has previously played in the Ukraine, Italy, Latvia, France, Spain, Germany and his native country. Last season the forward represented REF Riga (Latvia,…
Read MoreDimitris Haritopoulos to BdR Valladolid
Spanish Liga Endesa team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid has signed Greek player Dimitris Haritopoulos (205 cm) for the 2013-14 season. Dimitris was a former member of the Greek National Team in 2005. The 29-year-old Haritopoulos began the 2012-13 season playing for PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). In 16 games playing for them he averaged 8.9 ppg and…
Read MoreBoris Savovic signed by Bayern Muenchen
Serbian big man Boris Savovic (210 cm) will be the latest and last addition by German Bundesliga team BC Bayern Muenchen for 2013-14. Boris played in three leagues for Serbian team Crvena Zvezda Telekom Beograd (A League) in 2012-13. Savovic played 28 games for Crvena Zvezda in the Adriatic League and put up averages of…
Read MoreEmir Zimic stays with Tajfun
KK Tajfun Sentjur from Slovenia’s Telemach League has opted to keep Emir Zimic (215 cm) for the 2013-14 season. The Bosnian big man started at center for Tajfun in 2012-13 and in 28 games averaged 7.8 ppg and 7.2 rpg. He also helped the team reach the Slovenian Cup semifinals in 2013. In 2011-12 the…
Read MoreBenfica gears for three-peat this 2013-14
The Portuguese LPB opens tonight! Can Sport Lisboa Benfica capture that elusive “three-peat” and win their third Portuguese LPB Championship in a row this 2013-14 season? We shall find out soon enough. They will get a chance to get their season up and running on the right foot tonight as they prepare to battle it out…
Read MoreDusan Ivkovic leaves Serbia role
Dusan Ivkovic has stepped down as head coach of the Serbian National Team today ending a five year second stint with the team. The legendary tactician is one of the greatest national and club coaches in European history and he revealed it was time to hand the reins to a younger coach. During a press…
Read MoreCrosariol inks with Oldenburg
Andrea Crosariol (211 cm, Fair Dickinson´06) will play in Germany this season after signing for EWE Baskets Oldenburg (BBL Bundesliga, Euroleague). The big man agreed terms with Spanish Liga Endesa club Laboral Kutxa Vitoria, but has opted for a move to Germany instead. The center will join an Oldenburg team that is gearing up for…
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