Europe
Drew Viney and Asseco Prokom terminate contract
Drew Viney (203 cm, Loyola Marymount’12) and Asseco Prokom Gdynia (Poland-TBL) have decided to terminate the rookie’s contract after just two games. In the contests Viney suited up for Asseco he scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Viney last played collegiate ball for Loyola Marymount, where he averaged 16.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per…
Read MoreTarnobrzeg waives Rahshon Turner, signs Nicchaeus Doaks
Polish team Siarka Tarnobrzeg announced the departure of Rahshon Turner (201 cm, Fairleigh Dickinson’98) and the return of Nicchaeus Doaks (202 cm, Chattanooga’09). Turner was averaging 12.3ppg and 4.8rpg in six games in PLK. Doaks has played with Siarka last season averaging 12.8ppg and 7.3rpg in PLK. Actually he was playing with Soles de Mexicali.
Read MoreFirst loss for Igokea
The surprise team of the Adriatic league this season, Igokea Aleksandrovac from Bosnia (Republika Srpska) lost its first game last night in Zagreb against Cedevita 76-78. Nopw, there are no more undefeated teams in the Adriatic league. The team from Aleksandrovac, a suburb of Banja Luka (capital of the Serb part of Bosnia) had surprised…
Read MoreDarrick Leonard named Baltic League Player of the Month
UTENA – Darrick Leonard (190 cm, Aurora University’07) became the first player of the new season to clinch the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) Player of the Month honors after being chosen as the league’s best player in October. The 28-year-old American guard has emerged as the key player for Juventus, maintaining consistency throughout the whole…
Read MoreEric Hicks signs with Bordeaux
Eric Hicks (198 cm, Cincinnati’06) has signed in France with Pro B team JSA Bordeaux Basket. He recently played in Mexico and last year he was active in Israel. In the past he played in China, Ukraine, Belgium. Russia, Poland and Spain.
Read MoreLaMarr Greer signs with Kouvot
LaMarr Greer (196 cm, Florida State’98) has signed in Finland with Kouvot, where he will replace Vernon Taylor (190 cm, Troy’11). The 36-year old LaMarr Grier played in the German Bundesliga last season for Braunschweig where he averaged 9.1 ppg. Before that, he had played in various leagues and countries such as Italy, Cyprus, Greece,…
Read MoreRatko Varda signs with Radnicki Kragujevac
Serbian team Radnicki Kragujevac announced the signing of veteran big man Ratko Varda for the rest of the season. The big man started the season in Iran with Mahram averaging 15.6ppg and 5.6rpg in five games of Asian Club Championships. Last season Varda played with Union Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia and Azovmash Mariupol from the…
Read MoreZoran Vrkic inks deal with Ikaros Kallitheas
Zoran Vrkic (200 cm) inked a new contract with Ikaros Kallitheas (Croatia-A1) for the 2012-13 season. His last club was KK Zadar (Croatia-A1), where he averaged 3.1 points per game over 17 games.
Read MoreJohn Boyer signs with BK Iskra Svit
John Boyer (185 cm, Buffalo’10) has signed with Slovakian team BK Iskra Svit. Boyer played in the Czech Republic last season for Decin, where he averaged 4.5 ppg and 2.6 aspg. John Boyer has a Czech passport next to his American one.
Read MoreAudrius Prakuraitis new coach of DniproAzot
Ukrainian team DniproAzot has fired Greek head coach Vasilis Fragias and replaced him with Lithuanian coach Audrius Prakuraitis. Prakuraitis is an experienced coach who last season was the assistant at Trefl Sopot in Poland and before that he was the head coach in Romania and an assistant with the Lithuanian National Cadet Team. Audrius Prakuraitis…
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