Europe
Denmark’s Ligaen opens tonight!
September 24, 2013, basketball action is set to begin as Denmark’s Ligaen opens, ushering the start of their 2013-14 season. On tap for the opening night’s game is SISU Copenhagen vs. the Horsholm 79ers. SISU finished the 2012-13 season with a record of 17-10, while the 79ers ended the regular season with an 11-16 record.…
Read MoreBrandon McKnight inks with LrNMKY
Brandon McKnight (188 cm, Purdue’05) is headed to Finland this 2013-14 as he is set to play for Korisliiga’s Lappeenranta NMKY. McKnight began the 2012-13 season, signing with the White Eagles Stockholm from Sweden’s Basketligan in January 2013. He played seven games there and averaged 19.6 ppg and 4.6 apg. In March 2013 he moved…
Read MoreKurt Looby joins Telekom Baskets
Antiguan-American big man Kurt Looby (210 cm, Iowa’08) will be playing for Telekom Baskets Bonn from Germany’s BBL this 2013-14 season. In 2012-13 Looby played for Polish club Trefl Sopot (TBL). He played six games for them in the Eurocup and averaged 3.7 ppg and 3.0 rpg. In 34 games in the Polish league, Kurt…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: France wins first ever title
The road to the EuroBasket 2013 championship contest started when they were teenagers. For France’s Tony Parker and Boris Diaw, the gold medals they won on Sunday after defeating Lithuania 80:66 come a decade plus after they suited up for various French National junior teams staring in 2000. After the final buzzer, the old friends…
Read MoreDominique Sutton signs with Ikaros
Dominique Sutton (195 cm, N.C. Central’12) will continue his basketball career in Greece after signing with Ikaros Kallitheas (A1) this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old Sutton began his rookie season trying out for French ProA team ES Chalon-Sur-Saone in October 2012. In November 2012 he signed with the NBA D-League’s Tulsa 66ers. In 2012-13 he played…
Read MoreChad Barnes moves back to BK Kolin
Chadwell-Ferrell Barnes (191 cm, New Orleans’05), or Chad Barnes for short, is playing for a different Czech Republic team this 2013-14. Barnes will be suiting up for BK Kolin (NBL) once again, after spending the 2012-13 season playing for BK Nova Hut Nostrava (Czech Republic-NBL). He was last with BK Kolin in the 2011-12 season,…
Read MoreWilliam Hatcher switches to Le Harve
William Hatcher (188 cm, Miami, Miami OH’06) will not sign for Ilysiakos Athens (Greece-A1) after all and will instead join French ProA team Le Harve. The point guard spent last season in the Greek A1 playing for PAOK Thessaloniki in the ProA before injury cut his season short in January. Before the six-week layoff the…
Read MoreJumaine Jones moves to Levski Sofia
Experienced American Jumaine Jones (203 cm, Georgia’99) has joined the roster at BC Levski Sofia (Bulgaria, NBL) and will play for the team this season. The forward has just come off a stint in Puerto Rico where he played for BSN outfit Mets de Guaynabo over the summer. Jones featured in seven games for the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: France ousts Spain in OT Thriller
In the second EuroBasket 2013 semifinal it took Tony Parker and a few of his closest friends an extra session to send the two-time defending champions from Spain to the consolation round with a 75:72 defeat. Parker put up 32 for France against their Spanish rivals to put France in the finals against Lithuania, who…
Read MoreRuben Garces moves to Montevideo
Ruben Garces (206 cm, Providence´97) will add even more experience to his career after penning a deal to play for Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo (Uruguay, LUB). The power forward/center is 40-years old and is one of the most experienced and well travelled players out there and has played in Argentina, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, the USA,…
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