Europe
Diamantopoulos wins arbitration
Greek player Georgios Diamantopoulos (196 cm) has won an arbitration case at the FIBA Basketball Arbitration
Read MoreSerieA QFs: Trenkwalder & Sassari take G1
The Italian SerieA finished the 30-game regular season on Sunday and began their quarterfinals Thursday. The quarterfinals will be a best-of-seven series and will conclude with Game 7s, if they are necessary, on May 21st and 22nd. The match-ups include (Team, final position): Cimberio Varese (1) – Umana Venezia (8); Banco di Sardegna Sassari (2)…
Read MoreVassilis Spanoulis named Euroleague MVP
Vassilis Spanoulis has been named the 2012-2013 bwin Euroleague MVP. The Olympiacos Piraeus guard
Read MoreFrank Turner signs with Fos Quest
Frank Turner (178 cm, Canisius’10) has been signed by Fos Quest Provence from France’s ProB for the playoffs. Fos Quest is reinforcing its backcourt with the addition of the 24-year-old point guard. Turner played this 2012-13 season for Trefl Sopot from Poland’s TBL. He played 36 games for them in the Polish league, averaging 13.4…
Read MorePhillip signed by San German
Darren Phillip (201 cm, Fairfield’00) has been signed by Atleticos San German from Puerto Rico’s BSN. San German needs all the help they can get with a current record of 4-12. The British-American Phillip will be tasked to do some damage in the inside in order to open things up for the team’s outside game.…
Read MoreMagounis pens with Barcellona
Spyros Magounis (200 cm) has joined up with Sigma Barcellona (Italy, LegaDue) to help the team with its play-off run. The 27-year old has been playing the last two seasons with Panelefsiniakos in his native Greece. Last season he was promoted to the Greek A1 with the team and during 22 games with the club…
Read MoreGolubovic inks with Zaragoza
Vladimir Golubovic (213 cm) has moved from Dubai team Al Ahli (Division 1) to CAI Zaragoza (Spain ACB) the club has announced. The Montenegrin center has joined a Zaragoza team entering the Spanish ACB play-offs and has been added to bolster the roster for the remaining games. Earlier in the campaign Golubovic played with Antalya…
Read MoreZalgiris Kaunas wins Lithuanian title
B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas beat Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 83-65 to cap off a 4-0 sweep of the Finals series to win their third-straight Lithuanian league title. American guard Oliver Lafayette (188 cm, Houston’07) led Zalgris with 18 points and seven assists. The game was pretty close for majority of its duration, but a 17-2 run spearheaded…
Read MoreRamel Curry joins Panathinaikos
Ramel Curry (192 cm, Cal State Bakersfield’02) has signed with Greek giants Panathinaikos (A1 and Euroleague) for the remainder of the A1 season. Panathinaikos has recently missed out on reaching the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four in London and have bolstered the roster with American Curry. Curry has been playing this season with BC Donetsk…
Read MoreAdam Chubb extended by EWE Baskets
Adam Chubb (208 cm, Pennsylvania’04) has been given a contract extension by EWE Baskets Oldenburg from Germany’s BBL. He will remain with the team until 2015. He has been a member of EWE Baskets since the 2011-12 season. In 2012-13 Adam played 33 games in the German league and averaged 10.6 ppg and 7.0 rpg.…
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