Europe
Jeff Bonds inks with LTi Giessen
Jeff Bonds (199 cm, Cal Poly Pomona’05) has signed on to play for LTi Giessen (Germany-BBL). Bonds played last season with Knet Rioja Clavijo (Spain-LEB Gold) and averaged 10.8ppg over 33 games. Prior to that he suited up for CB Lobe Huesca (Spain-LEB Gold), playing 27 games and contributing 10.6ppg. Bonds was a member of…
Read MoreSteven Gray heads to Roanne
Steven Gray (195 cm, Gonzaga’11) has found a new uniform to wear as the former Gonzaga point will be suiting up for Chorale de Roanne Basket (France-ProA). Gray played with BK Ventspils (Latvia-LBL) in 2011-12 and was involved in four different leagues/competitions, the EuroCup Qualifiers, the Eurochallenge, the Baltic League and the Latvia League. He…
Read MoreEuroCup: Last 16 Groups set
The EuroCup Last 16 have been set and the teams have been placed in their new groups for the next round of competition, which will begin January 9, 2013. As it was in the regular season, the Last 16 round will consist of each team playing the other three in their group in a home…
Read MoreEuroCup: Last 16 set, play begins Jan. 9
Heading into Week 6 of the 2012-13 EuroCup competition half of the Last 16 were yet to be determined, setting up a wild finish to the regular season with head-to-head games that would determine advancement, teams needing to beat point spreads and teams needing help from others. After it was all said and done, eight…
Read MoreRyan Wright released by Anwil
Ryan Wright (206 cm, Oklahoma’12) has been released by Anwil Wloclawek (Poland-TBL). Wright was averaging 6.3ppg after 11 games. Last season he racked up some frequent flyer miles, starting the 2011-12 season with the SK Cherkasy Monkeys (Ukraine-Superleague); then moved to the Soles de Mexicali (Mexico-SNBP); then finished the season with the Taiwan Mobile Leopards…
Read MoreBambale Osby parts ways with Orleans
Bambale Osby (203 cm, Maryland’08) has left Entente Orleans 45 (France-ProA). He played 10 games in the French ProA league, where he was averaging 8.4ppg over those 10 games and played five games in the EuroCup, where he contributed 9.0ppg. Last season he played for Aix-Maurienne Savoie Basket (France-ProB), where he dropped in an average…
Read MoreEurochallenge: Last 16 Groups Set
The Eurochallenge Last 16 have been set and the teams have been placed in their new groups for the next round of competition, which will begin January 15, 2013. As it was in the regular season, the Last 16 round will consist of each team playing the other three in their group in a home…
Read MoreLithuania, Russia claim Champions Cups
From 3 December until 8 December, U14 boys and girls basketball teams from 13 participating nations arrived in Moscow, Russia for the Sixth Champions Cups. The club teams, coming from Serbia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Poland France Russia Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic and Ukraine, qualified to travel to Moscow on account of winning…
Read MoreSiutat Re-elected as FFBB President
On Saturday, the general assembly of the French Basketball Federation (FFBB) re-elected FIBA Europe board member Jean-Pierre Siutat as President. The 53-year old will now lead one of the biggest European Federations for a four-year cycle until 2016. 184 delegates, representing the 4,456 registered clubs as well as all licence holders voted in a secret…
Read MoreAndrew Warren signs with Apollon Limassol
Andrew Warren (195 cm, Bradley’11) has signed with Pizza Express Limassol from Cyprus. Warren started the season in the Italian second division where he averaged 10 ppg, 5 rpg and 3.3 aspg in three games for Nuovo Napoli. Last season he played in the Australian NBL for Cairns Taipans.
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