Russia
Evgeny Pashutin appointed Russia NT coach
The Russian Basketball Federation has made a decision to shake things up in the national team. They are bringing in Evgeny Pashutin as the new head coach. The 44-year-old Pashutin has been coaching Lokomotiv Kuban for the last two seasons. He led the team to a VTB United League finals appearance and a Eurocup Championship…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 7, recap
More Last 16 positions were claimed as Round 7 of the Euroleague drew to a close on Friday night, while other clubs got closer and others survived to fight another day. With Thursday night’s games already recorded and the competition moving into its eighth week of the Regular Season, we are starting to see more…
Read MoreEuroleague: Lokomotiv books place in last 16
Euroleague Round 7 kicked off on Thursday with six games around Europe and now that we are deep into the Regular Season the clubs to take part in the Last 16 are booking their places. Last week Real Madrid, Fenerbahce, and reigning champs Olympiacos secured their places in the next round and this week Russian…
Read MoreAnatoly Kashirov back with Walter Tigers
The Walter Tigers Tuebingen from Germany’s Bundesliga are bringing back Russian big man, Anatoly Kashirov (215 cm) after two seasons apart from the team. Kashirov began the 2013-14 season playing in for BK Ventspils from Latvia. He played three games for them in the Baltic League where he posted averages of 3.3 ppg and 2.0…
Read MoreEurocup: Cantu and Unics progress
It was a busy evening of Eurocup action on Wednesday as Round 7 was completed and the competition began to take shape. On the night four teams booked their places in the Last 32, including Ratiopharm Ulm and Khimki who both played last night. Unics Kazan will join them in the Last 32 after seeing off…
Read MoreMarcus Cousin signs with Krasny Oktyabr
Marcus Cousin (211 cm, Houston’09) has signed a deal to play for Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd from Russia’s VTB this 2013-14 season. The former San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets big man played the 2012-13 season in Japan’s BJ League for the Kyoto Hannaryz. Cousin logged a total of 57 games for them and racked up…
Read MoreJosh Bostic joins Spartak St. Petersburg
Josh Bostic (196 cm, Findlay, Ohio’09) is moving to Spartak St. Petersburg from Russia’s VTB league. He started off the 2013-14 season with ES Chalon-Sur-Saone from France’s ProA. Bostic represented Chalon in four Eurocup games and averaged 5.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg. He also managed to play in six games in the French ProA and…
Read MoreEuroleague: euro giants qualify for Last 16
Six games held around the continent brought Round 6 of the Euroleague to a close on Friday night in what proved to be another night of exciting action. It was a night of home comforts as five of the games went in favour of host teams, with only one road victory on the night. The…
Read MoreEuroleague: FCB and CSKA win in Group A
Round 6 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague is underway after six games were held in the competition with the remaining six to be played on Friday. The big news came from Group A, where FC Barcelona and CSKA Moscow continue to put pressure on form team Fenerbahce at the top of the table. Barcelona is now…
Read More2013/2014 Euroleague: Round 5, Friday
Round 5 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague season is done and dusted after Friday´s games. It proved to be a good night for home teams as no club recorded a road win as the night threw up several key contests. CSKA Moscow demolished Partizan in Russia to keep in touch in Group A, while Olympiacos came…
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