Turkey
Eurocup, six more in Eighthfinals
Plenty of things got settled during the penultimate round of action in the Eurocup Last 32 this week, but heading into the final round in seven days, there is still plenty of nail baiting hoops left. On Wednesday, the three teams that already qualified for the next round cemented their positions at the top of…
Read MoreFenerbahce Ulker, Anadolou Efes share TBL lead
Turkey TBL – A win by Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul on the road over Royal Hali Gaziantep 59-71, allowed them to keep pace with league leader Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Anadolu Efes came away with a road win as well a day earlier over Trabzonspor Basketbol, 71-97. Both Anadolu Efes and Fenerbahce Ulker have identical 13-4 records…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Unicaja Malaga loses again
After a really interesting opening to Round 5 of the Euroleague Top 16 on Thursday, there was plenty to live up to on Friday, with three games wrapping the week’s action. While not throwing up as many clear talking points as yesterday, Friday managed to keep the quality high as Barcelona got back on track…
Read MoreKamil Svrdlik leaves DSI Istanbul
Kamil Svrdlik (205 cm, Fair Dickinson’11) has parted ways with Turkish TB2L club DSI Istanbul after three months with the team. So far this season the Czech player has featured in seventeen games and took home numbers of 12.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. During the 2013/2014 season the power forward played…
Read MoreAli Karadeniz signs with Cholet
French Pro A club Cholet Basket has agreed to terms with veteran Turkish-American player Ali Karadeniz (203 cm, Arizona’01) this 2015. This will be the 35-year-old Karadeniz’ first team for the 2014/15 season. Cholet has 7-11 record in the French Pro A and currently sits way down in 15th place. In 2013/14 Ali played for…
Read MoreErnest Bremer welcomed by Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor Basketbol (Turkey-TBL) has a new player this 2015. They have signed veteran Ernest Bremer (194 cm, St. Bonaventure’02). Bremer is an American player who also holds a passport from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has been a member of the Bosnian national team in 2007-08 and again in 2011. He began the 2014/15 season playing…
Read MoreEuroleague, repeat of last season’s final
It’s true that there is never a dull moment in the Euroleague, especially through the Top 16 phase where every single game is a contest between two mammoth clubs. Take the opening day of Round 5 action for example, you had current champs Maccabi Tel-Aviv taking out Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow going big to find…
Read MoreEurocup, three clubs through to next round
The Eurocup Last 32 is now starting to take shape after Round 4 played out around the continent this week. Bayern Munich, Lokomotiv Kuban, and Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir stayed undefeated at this stage and moved to the next round, while Gran Canaria and current Eurocup champs Valencia bounced back from defeats last week. There was…
Read MoreIvan Marinkovic inks with Wilki Morskie
King Wilki Morskie Szczecin (Turkey-TBL) is shaking up its roster with yet another recent addition. This time they are adding young Serbian-Slovenian prospect Ivan Marinkovic (209 cm). He is coming from KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). Marinkovic played a dozen games for his former club in the Adriatic league and averaged 8.9 ppg…
Read MoreKaloyan Ivanov heads to Trabzonspor
Bulgarian international player Kaloyan Ivanov (205 cm) has joined forces with Turkish club Trabzonspor Basketbol (TBL) this 2015. Ivanov has been a member of the Bulgarian national team since 2001 up to 2013. At the start of the 2014/15 season Kaloyan penned a deal to play for MoraBanc Andorra (Spain-Liga Endesa) and he suited up…
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