Europe
EuroChallenge: Krasnye – Pinar in final game
The 2012-13 EuroChallenge Finals are set as Krasnye Krylia Samara stopped a comeback by Gravelines Dunkerque early in the fourth quarter to earn their spot in the Finals and keep their impressive undefeated EuroChallenge season intact, while the Final Four host club, Pinar Karsiyaka held off EWE Baskets in front of 5,000 enthusiastic fans and…
Read MoreBaskonia now called Laboral Kutxa
Baskonia Caja Laboral of the Spanish ACB and the Euroleague will be changing its name this Sunday and will now be called Laboral Kutxa. The rebranding comes after the club took on a new sponsor in the form of Kutxa, a savings bank based in Spain meaning Baskonia will now bear the names of its…
Read MoreEuroleague: Barcelona Regal heads to Final 4
And then there was one… Three of the four seats at the table in the Euroleague Final Four have now got occupants, with the final one to be determined on Friday when Olympiacos Piraeus hosts Anadolu Efes Istanbul in the winner-take-all fifth game. In Barcelona, the host club led from the opening tip to final…
Read MoreBC Astana extends David Simon
BC Astana from Kazakhstan’s D1 League has extended David Simon (208 cm, IPFW’05) through the 2013-14 season. The big man joined the team this 2012-13 season and played 18 games for them in the VTB United League. In those 18 games Simon was able to average 14.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg. The 31-year-old spent the…
Read MoreBrion Rush to stay with BC Astana
Brion Rush (186 cm, Grambling State’06) has just gotten a contract extension to remain with BC Astana, from Kazakhstan’s D1, through the 2013-14 season. Rush, who holds both American and Montenegrin passports, began the 2012-13 season playing for ES Chalon-Sur-Saone from France’s ProA. He played eight games for them in the Euroleague and averaged 13.9…
Read MoreAdriatic League: Red Star to face Partizan in Final
The Adriatic League finals are set for Saturday night and it will be an all-Belgrade final as Crvena zvezda Telecom scored the last eight points of their semifinal game against Radnicki to earn a spot in the finals with a 79:78 win, and Partizan mt:s fought off Igokea, who was down by 13 with under…
Read MoreBC Krasnye Krylia loses arbitration cases
BC Krasnye Krylia from Samara, Russia, has lost two BAT cases. One against the player Gerald Green and
Read MoreMarc Gasol wins NBA defensive award
Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol has claimed the accolade as the best defensive player in the NBA this season. The
Read MoreGiannakis to coach Chinese National Team
China will have a new head coach for its National Team. They have chosen Greek coach Panagiotis Giannakis. Giannakis was the Head Coach of the Greek National team from 1996 to 1997 and 2004 to 2008. This 2012-13 season, Panagiotis was the head coach of Limoges CSP Elite from France’s ProA. It was a good…
Read MoreKenny Hasbrouck returns to Oknoplast BO
Kenny Hasbrouck (191 cm, Siena’09) is headed back to Oknoplast Bologna from Italy’s Serie A. He was on his way out allegedly due to lack of payments by the team. He was supposedly headed to Turkey and sign with a team there to resume his professional career. All of this, however, did a complete 180-degree turnaround after…
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