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German BBL announces contest to design All-Star Jersey
The German BBL has launched an enterprise so that the fans design the jerseys that the players will wear during the 2012-2013 Beko All-Star Game, which will be held on Saturday, January 19, in Nürnberg, facing the National and the International teams. The fans whose design is chosen will have the opportunity to feel like…
Read MoreTaquan Dean released by Aliaga Petkim
Taquan Dean (1.93m, college: Louisville) has been released by Aliaga Petkim (Turkey-TBL) after only one game due to an injury to his wrist. Dean scored 9 points and snagged seven rebounds in that one court appearance and now says via Twitter that he’s heading back to his native New Jersey to rehab. Dean’s career has…
Read MoreTour the CSKA Moscow new Team Plane
The boys from CSKA Moscow got their first ride in their new ‘ride’, a decked out Boeing 737, complete with team colors and logo on everything. Sonny Weems seems to like it… Video courtesy of CSKA Moscow
Read MoreRomain Sato released by prosecutor, returning to Istanbul
Romain Sato has been released by the Kranj, Slovenia prosecutors office after being questioned about irregularities on his passport. The police stated that the numbers didn’t match up and that there were stamps on the passport from countries he’s never been to. At this time there’s been no statement as to the proof/evidence that the…
Read MoreSead Sehovic signs with Szolnoki Olaj
Sead Sehovic (1.96m) will be wearing the uniform of Szolnoki Olaj (Europe-Adriatic League) for the remainder of the 2012-13 season replacing the recently released Calvin Watson (1.96m, college: N. Texas). Sehovic most recently played for Ewe Baskets Oldenburg (German-BBL) and was also a member of the Montenegro National Team that recently qualified for the EuroBasket…
Read MoreBobby Brown, Montepaschi, buzzer-beater
At the end of the first quarter Montepaschi Siena’s Bobby Brown took an inbounds pass and fired up a long range jumper against Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv in their Oct. 18th Euroleague contest… [embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/viMKoPtAEKo?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=viMKoPtAEKo&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep6994″ /] Video courtesy: Euroleague
Read MoreSlovenian Police release statement regarding Romain Sato
The Police Department in Kranj, Slovenia has released a statement regarding Romain Sato. Police of Kranj has confirmed today that they arrested a foreign citizen, who didn’t have valid traveling documents to enter the country. On 18.10.2012. around 14.30 the officers at the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik airport’s passport check discovered that the 31 years old…
Read MoreRomain Sato arrested, Fenerbahce Ulker cries scandal
Romain Sato, member of the Fenerbahce Ulker basketball squad, has been arrested and detained by Slovenian police under suspicion of traveling with a fake passport. As the Fenerbahce Ulker squad went through normal credential checks upon arriving in Slovenia yesterday for today’s Euroleague match-up with Union Olimpija, Sato was detained while his papers were further…
Read MoreClose games in Euroleague Round 2
The theme for Game 2 in the Euroleague schedule seems to be how close can they finish the games as five of the seven contests currently played have ended in score differentials at the end of regulation of a total of nine points. Last year’s Final Four Runner-Up CSKA Moscow slid past Partizan mt:s Belgrade…
Read MoreRovinari stuns Timisoara in OT – Romania A
In an early season stunner, Energia Rovinari gave Elba Timisoara their first loss of the Romanian Division A season, outlasting last year’s league runner-up in a 90-89 overtime win at home. Rovinari finished the 2011-12 campaign in the middle of the league at 16-12, while Timisoara was second in the regular season at 21-7. In…
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