Europe
Bobby Brown named Euroleague bwin week 4 MVP
Bobby Brown (1.88 cm, Cal State Fullerton) has been named the Euroleague bwin week 4 MVP on the heals of his 34 points in Montepaschi Siena’s come-from-behind win over Elan Chalon-sur-Saone. Brown’s MVP award was based on a performance index rating of 43 on the night, the highest in the Euroleague in nearly three years.…
Read MoreAndrew Drevo released by Artland Dragons
Andrew Drevo (202 cm, Nebraska’04) has been released by the Artland Dragons (Germany-BBL) after just six games into the 2012-13 season. Drevo was under a two month contract with the Dragons with the option to extend to the end of the season, which the team has decided not to exercise. He was averaging 8.8 points…
Read MoreRomain Duport parts ways with Cholet
Romain Duport (215 cm) has agreed to a contract termination with Cholet Basket (France-ProA) due to a knee injury sustained this summer. The injury has kept Duport off the court this season and the team had already hired a replacement player in Karim Souchu (1.98, college: Furman University).
Read MoreTuebingen replaces Douglas Davis with Cameron Wells
German Bundesliga team Walter Tuebingen has decided to terminate the contract with rookie Douglas Davis (180 cm, Princeton’12) who only averaged 3.2 ppg so far in five Beko BBL games. His replacement will be Cameron Wells (185 cm, Citadel’11) who played in the Netherlands last season where he averaged 14 ppg and 3.6 aspg for…
Read MoreValencia signs Chris Quinn
Chris Quinn (188 cm, Notre Dame’06) is officially a new player of Spanish ACB team Valencia Basket. The American guard returns to Western Europe after a season in Russia with Khimki where he won Eurocup title.Quinn was recently cut by the Utah Jazz. Before coming to Europe last season Quinn spent five seasons in the…
Read MoreHidayet Turkoglu breaks hand. Out for weeks.
Turkish forward Hidayet Turkoglu has broken his hand in yesterday’s game against Denver. He has already been operated and is expected to be out from 4 to 6 weeks.
Read MoreBudivelnyk releases Matt Witt
Ukrainian team Budivelnyk Kiev has released American point guard Matthew Witt (183 cm, Eastern Kentucky’06) after he averaged only 7.6 ppg and 2.8 aspg in the 9 games he played so far.
Read MoreKimani Ffriend jailed and charged with manslaughter
Kimani Ffriend (211 cm, Nebraska, born 1977 in Jamaica) has been charged with manslaughter in Serbia and is held in custody in Belgrade. Around 04.30 in the morning Ffriend was driving a vehicle that struck a woman. The woman died immediately and her twin sister was taken to the hospital in shock. The accident happened…
Read MoreDutch Federation partially cancels men’s program
The Dutch Basketball Federation (NBB) has decided to not field a men’s U20 and senior national team until 2014. The NBB depends for a large part on financial support from the government and that is less and less each year. It has resulted in a very weak financial position and a debt of € 400.000.…
Read MoreEuroleague round 4: CSKA gives Besiktas a whooping in Istanbul
Russian champion CSKA Moscow gave Turkish team Besiktas JK a real whooping in Istanbul tonight and cruise controlled to an impressive 85-58 votory. It was just another confirmation of what the insiders already knew, CSKA is a serious contender for the Euroleague title this year and is still unbeaten after 4 rounds. Reigning Euroleague champion…
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