Russia
Filip Videnov leaves Russia for Turkey
Filip Videnov (196 cm, W. Kentucky’03) leaves his Russian team BC Nizhny Novgorod and signs a deal with Turkish team Olin Edirne. He already played for Edirne last year and had averages of 14.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 3.1 apg in 23 games. As stated before, He started the season playing in Russia for Novgorod, where he…
Read MoreBC Khimki MR players strike
As they threatened, the players of BC Khimki Moscow Region (Russia-TBL) have gone on strike due to months of unpaid wages. As has been
Read MoreBC Khimki players threaten with strike
BC Khimki Moscow Region has received a warning from its players that they will start a strike on the 15th of January if nothing is done about the three months delay in the payments of their salaries. After Mr.Bodunkov stepped down as the president of the Russian club, and the arrival of the new management…
Read MoreIvan Strebkov joins Avtodor
Ivan Strebkov (192 cm) has been sent to Avtodor Saratov (Russia-Superleague) on loan for the remainder of the 2012-13 season according CSKA. The club has sent Strebkov to Avtodor to get playing time in a higher level league, while still playing for the CSKA Junior Team, where he is averaging 13.2 points, 5.1 assists and…
Read MoreValentin Yurchik joins Spartak
Valentin Yurchik (207 cm) has signed on to return to play for Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia-PBL) for the remainder of the season. He started the season with BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russia-PBL), where he’s been for the last two seasons. In 2010-11 he played eight games in the EuroChallenge, averaging 12.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per…
Read MoreYaroslav Korolev joins Spartak
Yaroslav Korolev (206 cm) has signed on with Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia-PBL) for the remainder of the 2012-13 season. Korolev was released in Nov. 2012 by Lagun Aro (Spain-ACB) after playing in nine games, averaging 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. Korolev started his professional career in 2002 with the Avtodor Saratov junior team,…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow to tryout Theo Papaloukas
35 year old free agent guard Teodoros Papaloukas from Greece will practice with Russian Euroleague team CSKA Moscow for a while, with a possibility of signing a contract for the rest of the season. Papaloukas was one of the star players of CSKA between 2002 and 2008, winning two Euroleague titles (2006, 2008), being named…
Read MoreACB threatens coaches Katsikaris and Repesa
The Spanish ACB (Endesa league) made some strong statements in an interview with the Spanish newspaper “El Mundo Deportivo”
Read MoreFotis Katsikaris named Russian coach
Fotis Katsikaris was officially named the new head coach of the Russian Men’s National Team on Monday. It was also stated that an agreement has been worked out that will allow Katsikaris to continue with his position as the head coach of Spainish club Bilbao Basket. His contract with the Russian Basketball Federation will run through…
Read MorePatrick Beverley leaves Spartak for the NBA
Patrick Beverley (185 cm, Arkansas’08) will leave his Russian team Spartak Sankt Petersburg and sign with NBA team Houston Rockets until the end of the 2014/2015 season. The head coach of Spartak Sankt Petersburg, Slovenian Jure Zdovc, confirmed this today and said: “Beverly received an offer from the Houston Rockets which he will accept. We…
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