Spain
Zan Tabak out of Laboral Kutxa
Zan Tabak had a very short run as head coach of Laboral Kutxa from Spain’s ACB. He will not be coaching the team for the 2013-14 season. The Croatian joined the club in November 2012 as a replacement for Dusko Ivanovic. He got them as far as the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) Semifinals this…
Read MoreJoan Plaza leaves Zalgiris Kaunas
It was a tearful press conference for Joan Plaza when he announced his departure from B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas from Lithuania’s LKL after just one season with the team. The Spanish coach had a great run in 2012-13. He led the team to win the Lithuanian SuperCup, to be co-Champions of the regular season in the…
Read MoreJason Robinson leaves Valencia
American Jason Robinson (196 cm, Pikeville’03) has parted ways with Valencia Basket (Spain, ACB) after two months with the club. The forward signed with Valencia from Argentinian Liga A team Gimnasia Indalo Esgr Comodoro Rivadavia in early April but found minutes hard to come by with the Spanish team. The 32-year old averaged 14.9 minutes…
Read MoreArnette Hallman heads to France
American-Spanish forward Arnette Hallman (199 cm) has moved to Union Basket Chartres Metropole of the French ProA and will play for the club next season. Hallman played this season with Associacao Academica de Coimbra (Portugal, LPB) where he played 33 games and averaged 14.0ppg, 2.2apg, and a 3rd best in the league for rebounds with…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Madrid moves on, three go to G3
As was reported earlier, ACB play offs to continue…, the strike that the Liga Endesa was threatened with by the players and their union was called off and the playoffs resumed Sunday. It was a day of nail-biters as two contests went to overtime, one ended with a one-point margin and Real Madrid swept Blusens…
Read MoreACB play offs to continue without strike
Since last Friday it was unclear if there would be any play off games in the ACB this weekend, as the players and their union threatened with a strike. However, good news from Spain is the order of the day today, as ACB officials have announced that at least a temporary agreement is in place…
Read MoreWalter Hodge to join Laboral Kutxa
Walter Hodge (183 cm, Florida’09) will be joining Laboral Kutxa from Spain’s ACB for the next two seasons. Hodge is coming off a good run with Stelmet Zielona Gora from Poland’s TBL. In 38 games this 2012-13 season in the Polish league he averaged 18.1 ppg and 4.7 apg. He was very impressive playing for…
Read MoreRepesa not to be renewed by Unicaja
Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB will be in the market for a new head coach soon. The team will not be renewing the contract of Croatian head coach Jasmin Repesa. Unicaja finished the 2012-13 regular season with a not-too-impressive 18-16 record putting them ninth overall keeping them out of the ACB playoffs. ACB has strict…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Playoff matches are now set
The Spain Liga Endesa wrapped up their 34-week regular season on Sunday, locking in team positions and setting up the playoffs as well as determining which two clubs will be relegated to the Liga Española de Baloncesto for the 2013-14 season. The top eight clubs, that will participate in the post-season, are (in order from…
Read MoreMindaugas Kuzminskas headed to Spain
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (205 cm) will get to test his professional basketball skills outside of his home Lithuania soon. He will soon be headed to Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB. He’s been playing for BC Zalgiris Kaunas since 2010. This 2012-13 season he played 19 games for them in the Lithuanian league and averaged 13.6 ppg…
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