Neven Spahija to coach Chinese national team?

Neven Spahija leaves for China this weekend. He has been invited by the Chinese Basketball Federation to tour the country for two weeks and give clinics. The 50-year-old Croatian coach also confirms that the Chinese want to discuss a “serious project” with him, but stopped short of saying exactly what that was. China does not…

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Andreas Wenzl to hang up his court shoes

Andreas Wenzl (210 cm) has decided that he’s retiring from basketball saying that, “I’ve lost the fire for basketball.” The 19-year-old, standing nearly 7’0″ tall (210cm), suffered a meniscus injury in 2012 and had sit out of training and competition with his current club, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany-BBL) until December, while undergoing physical therapy. When he…

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Marko Car joins KK Zagreb

Marko Car (188cm) has signed on to finish the 2012-13 season with KK Zagreb (Croatia-A1). Car was released in Dec., 2012 by KK Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia-A1) after playing 11 games with the club. In four Euroleague games he was averaging 2.0 points on 8.0 minutes of playing time, and in seven Adriatic League games he…

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Marqus Blakely joins Neckar Riesen

Marqus Blakely  (196 cm, Vermont ’10) has signed with Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg (Germany-BBL). Blakely had signed with Telecom Baskets Bonn (Germany-BBL), but was released when he failed the required medical tests. He’ll arrive shortly in Germany and be put through the tests again to determine if he’s ready to suit up, but according to reports he’s…

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Edgar Sosa signs with Valladolid

Edgar Sosa (190 cm, Louisville ’10) has completed a test period with Blancos de Rueda Valladolid (Spain-ACB) and has been officially signed according to the team at a presentation event held Friday. Sosa and Patrick Ewing, Jr. were introduced as new members of the club. Sosa has not played for over a year due to an…

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Geoff McCammon joins Uni-Riesen

Geoff McCammon (193cm, Loyola ’11) has agreed to terms with Uni-Riesen Leipzig (Germany-ProA). In 2011-12 McCammon played for MIA Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleague), where he played eight games and averaged 9.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game . He played for Loyola University for for years, but only played a significant amount his junior and senior years. In…

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Mamadi Diane inks with UCAM Murcia

Mamadi Diane (196 cm, Virginia ’09) has signed on with UCAM Murcia (Spain-ACB) for the rest of the 2012-13 season. Diane started the 2011-12 season with BK SPU Bemaco Nitra (Slovakia-Extraliga) and played in four EuroChallenge games, averaging 18.8 points per game, then moved to BK Ventspils (Latvia-LBL) in Dec., 2011. While with Ventspils he…

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