Serbia
FIBA Men’s U19 Worlds advance to next round
The FIBA Men’s U19 World Championships finished the Preliminary Round on Saturday in Prague, Czech Republic, setting up the 12 clubs that will move on to the Eight-Final Round. In the Preliminary Rounds, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams and played each other once. With those results the 12 that…
Read MoreVaidotas Pridotkas moves to Rueil
Vaidotas Pridotkas (200 cm) will stay in French Basketball after being picked up by Rueil Athletic Club (NM1) for the upcoming season. During this campaign the Serbian has been playing with Charleville in the French ProB where he played 34 times and averaged 13.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. The forward has…
Read MoreAnthony Bennett, picked #1 at NBA draft
The Cleveland Cavaliers surprised pretty much everyone with who their selectio as the number one pick in the 2013 NBA draft. Canada’s Anthony Bennett (203 cm, UNLV’13) did not register on most experts’ radars as contender for the top honor. The general consensus before the draft was that Cleveland would likely select Kentucky’s defensive specialist…
Read MoreTurkey takes 2013 Mediterranean Games Gold
The host country Turkey earned themselves 2013 Mediterranean Games Gold medals on the hardwood on Tuesday with a 17-point win over Serbia, 79:62. Turkey went undefeated in the competition with their closest contest coming in the Semi-Finals over Tunisia in an eight-point contest, 77:69, that was just had Turkey up by just two points going…
Read MoreZarko Comagic extends with Oradea
Serbian forward Zarko Comagic (201 cm, North Arizona’09) will continue playing with CSM Oradea (Romania, Liga Nationala) next season after extending his contract with the club. Comagic joined Oradea at the start of this season and has been a major part of the team’s success this campaign, finishing second in the regular season and reaching…
Read MoreUros Duvnjak joins Panionios
Uros Duvnjak (190 cm) has been revealed as the new signing of Panionios ON Telecoms Athens (Greece, A1) for the 2013/2014 season. The Serbian joins Panionios after spending this season with A.G.O Rethymno Aegean where he played 34 games in the Greek A1. During those games the guard logged averages of 10.8 points, 2.4 rebounds,…
Read MorePetar Popovic inks with Petkim
Petar Popovic (211 cm) has left Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck (Germany, BBL) and will now join Aliaga Petkim (Turkey, TBL) for the 2013/2014 season. The center was a part of the Artland Dragons team that reached the semi-finals of the Bundesliga Cup and also the quarter finals of the BBL play-offs this season. Over 35 games…
Read More2013 Mediterranean Games moves to semis
The 2013 Mediterranean Games got underway on Tuesday in Mersin, Turkey, with over 3,000 athletes from 24 countries competing in 27 sports. In Servet Tazegül Sports Hall, the basketball competition tipped off on Tuesday with seven National Teams competing in two groups. In Group A – Turkey, FYR Macedonia, Egypt, and Algeria were scheduled to…
Read MoreRadoslav Rancik remains with CEZ Nymburk
Radoslav Rancik (207 cm, St. Cloud’02) is a getting a new two-year deal from CEZ Basketball Nymburk from the Czech Republic (NBL). The Serbian moved to the club in October 2012 after a brief run with BK Inter Bratislava from Slovakia’s Extraliga. He played two games for them and averaged 23.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg.…
Read MoreAleksandar Dzikic returns to Krka
Experienced Serbian coach Aleksandar Dzikic has returned to Slovenia and will be the new head coach of current Telemach League champions Krka. Fans of the club will already be very familiar with Dzikic after he coached the team between 2009 and 2011, including two championship winning seasons in 2010 and 2011. The coach has also…
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