Europe
Reggie Hamilton leaves FMC Ferentino
Reggie Hamilton (180 cm, Oakland’12) is now a free agent as he leaves FMC Ferentino from Italy’s Lega 2. The 24-year-old Hamilton played eight games for Ferentino and averaged 10.9 ppg and 1.3 apg. He transferred there in December 2012 from Victoria Libera Pesaro from Italy’s Serie A. There, he averaged 8.6 ppg and 1.1…
Read MoreHidayet Turkoglu suspended for steroid use
Hidayet Turkoglu (206 cm) of the NBA’s Orlando Magic has been suspended 20 games for testing positive for methenolene, an anabolic steroid. The Turkish player did not deny that he took the prohibited drug and apologized to the Orlando Magic organization. He said that he took the medication from a trainer in Turkey during the…
Read MoreToney McCray joins Olimpas Plunge
Toney McCray (198 cm, Nebraska’12) is taking his talents to Europe, specifically to the Olimpas Plunge from Lithuania’s NKL. He played his rookie pro season with the Toros Nuevo Laredo from Mexico’s LNBP. Olimpas is currently third in the NKL standings with a record of 21-9, three games behind the league-leading Mazekiai team. McCray is…
Read MoreJeffrey Bonds joins Lapuan Korikobrat
Jeffrey Bonds (199 cm, Cal Poly Pomona’05) has signed with Lapuan Korikobrat from Finland’s Koriliiga. Bonds, an American who also holds a Spanish passport, is making the move after starting the 2012-13 season playing for LTi Giessen 46ers from Germany’s BBL. He played five games for them between December 2012 and January 2013 and was…
Read MoreCurtis Allen added by Levharti Chomutov
Curtis Allen (193 cm, ORU’08) is the most recent addition to the roster of Levharti Chomutov from the Czech Republic’s NBL. Allen began the 2012-13 season playing for BK Iskra Svit from Slovakia’s Extraliga. There he averaged 14.5 ppg and 4.8 rpg in 15 games. He left Svit in January 2013. The 2011-12 season began…
Read MoreEuroCup: PBC Lokomotiv Kuban stands alone
After five weeks of competition in the Last 16 round of the EuroCup, eight of 16 teams sport 3-2 records, five clubs have 2-3 marks, one is 1-4 and one has yet to win a game and is 0-5. Towering over the other 15 clubs is PBC Lokomotiv Kuban, with their unblemished 5-0 record after…
Read MorePele Paelay joins Vestelspor Manisa
Vestelspor Manisa from Turkey’s TB2L has signed Pele Paelay (193 cm, Coastal Carolina’06) and he will soon play his first game for them. He is being brought in to replace injured Antabia Waller (188 cm, Auburn’10). Paelay, an American who was born in Liberia, started the 2012-13 season playing for Elitzur Yavne from Israel’s National…
Read MoreKirilenko is FIBA Europe Men’s Player of the Year 2012
Andrei Kirilenko (209 cm) has been voted as the FIBA Europe Men’s Player of the Year for 2012. The Russian narrowly edged out Spaniard Pau Gasol in the voting with an accumulated ranking of 0.1728 to 0.1687. Votes are tallied via a combination of fan votes and experts’ votes. Kirilenko previously won this award in…
Read MoreEuroChallenge: Krasnye remains undefeated
Coming into EuroChallenge Week 4 there were three undefeated clubs. Two of the three played on Tuesday, with Krasnye Krylia coming out 4-0 after a huge 68:93 win on the road against the Norrkoping Dolphins and Pinar Karsiyaka dropped their first contest when they took to the road to take on Gaz Metan Medias and…
Read MoreHerb Pope joins Kryvyi Rih
24-year old American Herb Pope (203 cm, Seton Hall University’12) has inked with Kryvbasbasket-Lux Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine, Superleague) until the end of the 2012-2013 season. Pope is in his rookie season having left college in the summer of 2012. In his final season with Seton Hall University, Pope played 31 games and recorded good averages…
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