Europe
Spain ACB: Real Madrid winning streak at 13
Real Madrid continued to roll in the Spain ACB with an 87:84 win over Valencia Basket to improve their league mark to 13-0 and hang on to their three-game margin on the second club, Caja Laboral at 10-3. Both Assignia Manresa and Lagun Aro GBC came into Week 13 with 1-11 records and both knocked…
Read MoreMohamed Abukar released by Lukoil
Mohamed Abukar (208 cm, San Diego State’06) has been released by Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria-NBL) after the club’s first 13 contests. In six EuroCup games Abukar contributed 13.8 points per game and in the seven contests the club played in the Bulgarian league he dropped in 14.3 points per game. He started his professional career in…
Read MoreRaphael Desroses joins Antibes
Raphael Desroses (199 cm) has agreed to terms with the Antibes Sharks (France-ProB) on a medical freelance until February 28, 2013 for Shaun Fein. Desroses was most recently with Limoges (France-ProA), but was released due to serious misconduct. During a match, Desroses punched a billboard, slightly injuring his hand and rendering him unavailable for 10…
Read MoreJiri Hubalek heads to Umana Reyer
Jiri Hubalek (209 cm, Iowa St.’08) has agreed to terms with Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy-SerieA) for the rest of the 2012-13 campaign. Hubalek started the season with Nuovo Napoli Basket (Italy-Lega2), but the club ran into financial trouble and filed for bankruptcy in Oct., leaving Hubalek without a place to play. Last season he suited…
Read MorePrzemyslaw Zamojski returns to Prokom
Przemyslaw Zamojski (194 cm, Independence Community College’06) has agreed to return to Asseco Prokom Gdynia (Poland-TBL) for the remainder of the season. He’s leaving Trefl Sopot, where he averaged 6.8ppg in EuroCup competition (6 games) and 13.5ppg in 12 Polish TBL games. Zamojski has played for Prokom since turning professional in 2006, starting with Prokom…
Read MoreGroningen fires head coach Hakim Salem
The board of Dutch team GasTerra Flames Groningen has informed headcoach Hakim Salem that he has been fired. The results so far have simply been too inconsistent and overall disappointing. Groningen is currently ranked 4th in the Dutch league with a 10-6 score. No replacement has been announced yet.
Read MoreBraunschweig part ways with topscorer Casey Mitchell
German Bundesliga club The New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig announced today that Casey Mitchell (193 cm, West Virginia’11) will no longer be playing for the team. Both sides came to an agreement today to terminate the contract. Mitchell had been injured for a while and asked the club if he could return back to the US on account…
Read MorePanathinaikos sends Derwin Kitchen to Cedevita
Greek team Panathinaikos Athens has sent Derwin Kitchen (193 cm, Florida State’11) on loan to Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb. Kitchen will play for Cedevita for the rest of this season and then return to Panathinaikos where he is under contract for the 2013/2014 season as well.
Read MoreBaltic Basketball: Top 16 Set to Tip off Jan. 7
The field is set for the next stage of action in the Baltic Basketball League, as four strongest teams from each of the regular season groups will face off in the Top 16 round. The teams will be divided into four groups of four clubs each, with the two best-placed teams from each of the…
Read MoreThriller in Zadar
Croatian team Zadar played against visiting Serbian team Partizan Belgrade tonight in the Adriatic league and it turned out to be a nail-biting thriller. In a packed gym, the 7000 spectators saw a game in which neither one of the teams ever had more than a five-point-lead. With only fourteen seconds to go Partizan was…
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