Europe
CSKA Moscow claims Russian title
A last gasp score from American swingman Sonny Weems was enough to give CSKA Moscow a narrow 68-66 victory over
Read MoreDiego Fajardo joins Pistoia
Diego Fajardo (208 cm) is returning to his native Italy to play with Lega2 team Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia for the remainder of the season. The 37-year old center has been on the roster at Hamyari Shahrdari Zanjan (Iran, Superleague) but only managed to play one game with averages of 13 points, 18 rebounds, and…
Read MoreJason Siggers moves to Strasbourg IG
Jason Siggers (188 cm, Albany’07) is making the move from France’s ProB to ProA via a deal to play for Strasbourg IG. Siggers began the 2012-13 season playing for Lille Metropole Basket Clubs. He played 32 games for Lille and averaged 18.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg. The 28-year-old spent two seasons playing for yet another…
Read MoreBernard King joins Selcuk Universitesi
Bernard King (196 cm, Texas A&M’03) has been signed by Tokru Selcuk Universitesi Konya from Turkey’s TB2L. King is coming off a 28-game stint playing for STB Le Havre from France’s Pro A. During that run he averaged 16.8 ppg and 7.4 apg. He was also selected as a participant of the 2013 French ProA…
Read MoreGalil Gilboa defends Balkan League title
In a tightly contested match, Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa from Israel defeated Levski Sofia from Bulgaria 87-79
Read MoreTheo Papaloukas breaks record
On 8 May, on his 36th birthday, Greek legend Theo Papaloukas will be packing his suitcase for a flight to London. When two days later he steps on the court at O2 Arena for CSKA Moscow’s semi-final game in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, the British capital will become the ninth city he visits in his…
Read MoreFrance LNB: Rough week for five top clubs
As the France LNB wrapped up Week 28 of 30 Saturday, the majority of the top half of the league ended up on the losing end of their respective scores. With just two weeks left in regular season play, the shuffle for positions as playoffs are set to begin is important for all clubs to…
Read MoreEuroleague: Efes wins on tip, CSKA moves on
The field for the Euroleague Final Four is now half complete as CSKA Moscow held off Caja Laboral in Vitoria, Spain, on Friday to pick up their third game in the best-of-five series, 85:94. Over in Istanbul, Turkey, Anadolu Efes kept their remarkable season alive with a huge fourth quarter comeback that was capped off…
Read MoreKevinn Pinkney to join Trabzonspor
American forward Kevinn Pinkney (207 cm, Nevada-Reno’05) has opted to join Trabzonspor (Turkey, TBL2) from Angelico Biella in Italy’s Serie A. The big man joined with Biella in January and over his 11 games with the club he has recorded impressive averages of 20.0ppg and 8rpg. The 29-year old will be returning to Turkey after…
Read MoreKyle Visser leaves Radnicki
Kyle Visser (211 cm, Wake Forest’07) has parted ways with Serbian A-League team Radnicki Kragujevac (Adriatic League) after 5 months with the team. Since joining Radnicki on December 12th Visser has taken part in 10 games and managed just 3.2ppg and 1.5rpg from an average of 10.1 minutes on the court. The 27-year old American…
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