Europe
Anthony Shavies makes return to Gussing
Anthony Shavies (191 cm, Missouri State’05) is returning to the team where he began his professional basketball career, Austria’s UBC Magnofit Gussing Knights. That was way back in 2005-06. Eight years later, eight years older and more experienced, Shavies is set to make his return this 2013-14 season. Anthony played the 2012-13 season in Ukraine’s…
Read MoreTarence Kinsey signs with Partizan
Tarence Kinsey (200 cm, South Carolina’06) is on his way to Serbia’s A League to play for BC Partizan MT:S Beograd this 2013-14 season. Kinsey is a veteran of Turkish basketball and has been called up to the NBA a couple of times as well. Kinsey began the 2012-13 season with the Golden State Warriors…
Read MoreHaralampos Giannopoulos to La Bruixa dOr
Spanish Liga Endesa team La Bruixa d’Or Manresa has added Greek player Haralampos Giannopoulos (200 cm) for the 2013-14 season. This will be Giannopoulos’ first foray outside of his home Greece. Haralampos spent 2012-13 playing for Panathinaikos Athens (Greece-A1). He played in five games for them in the Euroleague. Despite the team’s early exit in…
Read MoreDeonta Vaughn reunites with Polpharma
Deonta Vaughn (185 cm, Cincinnati’10) is returning to Polish club Polpharma Starogard Gdanski after three seasons. Deonta played his rookie season as a pro for Polpharma in the 2010-11 season and averaged 11.6 ppg and 3.5 apg. He is coming from playing in Georgia’s Superleague for the 2013 Champions, MIA Academy Tbilisi. He notched 30…
Read MoreKeyron Sheard to Juventus-LKSK Utenos
Keyron Sheard (188 cm, Chattanooga’09) is moving to Juventus-LKSK Utenos from Lithuania’s LKL this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old New Jersey native is transferring there after playing the last couple of seasons for two other Lithuanian clubs in lower leagues. Sheard is slowly climbing up the ranks and is busting out into the LKL for the…
Read MoreLevour Warren joins Bnei Hertzeliyya
Panamanian-American Levour Warren (196 cm, South Carolina’03) is headed to Israel this 2013-14 to play for Bnei Hertzeliyya. The 32-year-old veteran had a very short 2012-13 season. He only managed to play in five games for Italian SerieA team Sidigas Avellino. In those handful of games Warren managed to average 9.2 ppg and 3.4 rpg.…
Read MoreChad Timberlake returns to Falco-Szova
Hungarian team Falco-Szova KC-Szombathely are bringing back to their ranks American guard Chad Timberlake (194 cm, Fair Dickinson’06) for the 2013-14 season. He played for them in 2011-12 and even led the league in scoring that season with 21.3 ppg, while adding 3.2 apg. His strong showing that season got him invited to play in…
Read MoreJamal Boykin signs with s.Oliver Baskets
Jamal Boykin (203 cm, California’10) has signed a deal to play for German BBL team s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg for the 2013-14 season. Boykin spent the 2012-13 season playing in the Netherlands’ Eredivisie league where he suited up for the GasTerra Flames Groningen. Jamal played 41 games for Groningen and averaged 12.7 ppg and 6.0 rpg.…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: OTs, Upsets, Italy stands alone
Coming into Day 4 of the EuroBasket 2013 competition, there were four undefeated teams. As the dust settled on Ljubljana, Jesenice, Celje, and Koper, Slovenia Sunday, the only club that made it out of Day 4 unblemished was Italy after their big 81:72 win over previously undefeated Greece. France knocked off unbeaten Ukraine 77:71 in…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 3 complete, four unbeaten
With Day 3 of EuroBasket 2013, the playoff picture is starting to unfold with only four clubs now undefeated, four without wins and eight that sit with 1-2 records. As of the completion of Day 3, Ukraine, Italy, Greece, and host club Slovenia are the sole holders of 3-0 records with Greece dominating their opponents…
Read More