Europe
Bobby Brown named bwin MVP of week 5
With the top performance on a winning Turkish Airlines Euroleague team for the second consecutive week, Bobby Brown of Montepaschi Siena has become the first player in almost three years to win the bwin MVP honor back-to-back. This time, playing in Poland against his former team, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, Brown paced Siena to a 66-101…
Read MoreJoey Dorsey released by Olympiacos
Turkish Airlines Euroleague champions Olympiacos Piraeus has officially released center Joey Dorsey prior to Thursday’s road game against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, ending their relationship two weeks after he criticized the organization and stopped playing with the team. Dorsey arrived to Olympiacos before last season’s Top 16 and helped the Reds to win the Euroleague…
Read MoreEuroleague: Zalgiris remains undefeated
Day two of Euroleague 2012-13 Round five was much more of the same as five more teams picked up road wins (10 of 12 contests this week ended in wins for the road warriors) and most of the games were won by significant margins. Of note, Zalgiris picked up their fifth win of the season…
Read MoreJan Sedivy hired as head coach of SLUNETA
Jan Sedivy has agreed to terms with SLUNETA Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic-NBL) to take over as the head coach after the squad opened it’s season 2-8. Sedivy was the skipper of the squad from 2004-08 and has also been serving as an assistant coach. He replaces Roman Bednar as coach of the team.
Read MoreJermaine Taylor joins Lagun Aro
Jermaine Taylor (193 cm Central Florida’09) has agreed to terms with Lagun Aro (Spain-ACB) to complete the season. Taylor played four years with Central Florida University, were he finished his career with a scoring average of 16.2 points per game. As a junior he finished with an average of 20.2ppg and as a senior he…
Read MoreGlasgow Rocks Confirm arrival of Mike Ringgold
The Glasgow Rocks are proud to announce the signing of big man Mike Ringgold to fill the current void down in the paint. The 25-year-old American will be looking to make his mark in the BBL after a successful start to his career in Iceland where he averaged a double double of 15.2 points per…
Read MoreEuroleague: Barcelona thrashes CSKA in Moscow
Week five of the Euroleague 2012-13 season has started out leaving one wondering what’s in store on Friday as five of six games went to the road teams, the battle in Group D between two of the four remaining undefeated teams in the league was over in the first quarter and the one home squad…
Read MoreRogier Jansen returns to Groningen
Dutch guard Rogier Jansen will return to GasTerra Flames Groningen after he left there in 2009. The versatile backcourt performer, who signed with Groningen until the end of the current 2012/2013 season, played the past 3 seasons for Eiffel Towers/Den Bosch and won the Dutch league title this past May. He was voted MVP of…
Read MoreAndrei Trushkin agrees to terms with Unics Kazan
Andrei Trushkin (205 cm) has signed a 2012-13 season deal with Unics Kazan (Russia-TBL). His most recent team was Enisey Krasnoyarsk (Russia-PBL) where he averaged 7.9ppg and 4.2rpg in 17 VTB United League contests, 4.7ppg in seven EuroChallenge games, and 5.6ppg in 18 Russian TBL games.
Read MoreEurosport 2 moves to twice-per-week Eurocup Coverage
To celebrate opening week of the Eurocup’s 11th season, broadcasting partner Eurosport 2 marks the continuation of its long-term collaboration with the competition by debuting its new, two-night-per-week schedule of live, multi-language game broadcasts. Throughout the season, Eurosport 2 will broadcast Eurocup games in prime time on both Tuesdays and Wednesday each week. Its live…
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