Europe
Jeron Belin to play for AB Contern
Jeron Belin (198 cm, St. Peter’s’11) is set to play for AB Contern from Luxembourg’s Total League. Belin is coming from a four-game stint in Iceland this 2012-13 season, playing for UMFN Ndjardvik (Dominos League). In those four games Belin averaged 22.0 ppg and 6.5 rpg. The 25-year-old played for Bupa Luxol from Malta’s Powerade…
Read MoreManuchar Markoishvili headed to Turkey
Manuchar Markoishvili (196 cm) is headed to Turkey to play for Galatasaray Medical Park Istanbul (TBL). He is leaving Mapooro Cantu from Italy’s Serie A. Markoishvili’s contract is expiring next summer and Galatasaray and Cantu are just finalizing the last details of the buyout of his contract. The Turkish team is looking for talented manpower…
Read MoreGreece A1: PAOK gives Olympiacos 1st loss
Riding on a 13-0 record in the 2012-13 Greece A1 league and having not lost a league match since May 4th of 2012, Olympiacos took to the road to take on PAOK, who was in the fifth spot at 9-4. Not only had Olympiacos won their first 13 Greece A1 games, they also had an…
Read MoreFrench Pro A: Strasbourg knocks off Le Mans at home
Coming in to Week 17 of the French Pro A league there were three clubs sitting at the top of the 16 team field, Gravelines-Dunerque, Strasbourg
Read MoreEuroleague: Williams and Bogdanovic named co-MVPs
For the first time in the Top 16, the weekly bwin MVP honors will be shared by two players. Bojan Bogdanovic of Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul and Marcus Williams of Unicaja Malaga both put up a lot of points in leading their respective teams to crucial wins. In the end, their performance index ratings were the…
Read MoreMohammed Abukar signs with Rabotnicki
Mohammed Abukar (208 cm, San Diego State’07) has signed with KK Fersped Rabotnicki Skopje from Macedonia. He started the season in Bulgaria with Lukoil Academik Sofia but was released in December 2012. While playing for Lukoil Mohammed Abukar averaged 14.3 ppg and 3.6 rpg in the Bulgarian NBL and in the Eurocup he averaged 13.8…
Read MoreLeemire Goldwire signs with Rabotnicki
Leemire Goldwire (182 cm, Charlotte’08) has signed with KK Fersped Rabotnicki Skopje from Macedonia. Last season Leemire Goldwire played in the Italian LegaDue for Centrale del Latte Brescia where he averaged 14.2 ppg and 3 aspg. Before Italy, Goldwire also played in the D-League, Bulgaria, and Greece. Rabotnicki is currently in a dissappointing 6th place…
Read MoreDejan Bodiroga to be President of FIBA Europe
Dejan Bodiroga from Serbia will be the new President of FIBA Europe. He will replace Olafur Rafnsson from Iceland
Read MoreSamardzijski signs with Red Star Belgrade
KK Red Star Telekom (Serbia, A and Adriatic League) has announced the arrival of Predrag Samardzijski (215 cm) from Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL, VTB United League), the 27-year old Macedonian has been with Rytas since 2011. Samardzijski , in many ways will be returning to his roots after he spent much of his early…
Read MoreJohnson-Odom joins St. Petersburg
Spartak Sankt Petersburg (Russia, PBL) are welcoming 24-year old American point guard Darius Johnson Odom (187 cm, Marquette’12) to their ranks. Johnson Odom is only in his first year as a pro player, but he is already clocking up the air miles while also posting some impressive averages. In 2012, he was drafted by the…
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