Turkey
Jawad Williams joins Karsiyaka
Jawad Williams (204 cm, North Carolina’05) will continue his professional career in Turkey as he joins Pinar Karsiyaka SK Izmir (Turkey-TBL). Williams was recently released by French Pro A team Paris-Levallois this January after a three-month long suspension. Williams played 11 games in the top French league for Paris and averaged 12.9 ppg and 4.2…
Read MoreFIBA selects wildcards for 2014 World Cup
The four wildcards for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup have been named by FIBA´s Central Board after a meeting in host nation Spain. The teams chosen to be wildcards at FIBA´s most prestigious event include some of international Basketball´s powerhouse teams. The named teams were Brazil, Finland, Greece, and Turkey. Finland is ranked 39th…
Read MoreNicholas Covington to Pertevniyal
Nicholas Covington (189 cm, Oklahoma City´07) has been signed by Pertevniyal Istanbul (Turkey, TB2L) for the rest of the season. The guard was released by the Erie Bay Hawks (USA, D-League) in January after playing eight games with franchise. During those appearances he collected 7.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. The American…
Read MoreMadrid, CSKA, Milan and Olympiacos win
Round 5 of the Top 16 is underway in the Euroleague with four games held in Groups E and F on Thursday. There was only one road win on the night as three teams collected victories at home. Tomorrow there will be a further four games as Panathinaikos welcomes Barcelona to Greece and Laboral Kutxa…
Read MoreEurochallenge: Round 2 recap
Round 2 of the Eurochallenge Second Stage is almost complete after seven games were held around Europe on Tuesday night. We will turn our attention to Round 3 after Bakken welcome KTP to Denmark on Wednesday night. Three teams remain undefeated at this stage of the Second Stage as the groups begin to take shape.…
Read MoreEuroleague: Fener and CSKA lose
The Euroleague Last 16 Round 3 ended on Friday with four games. On Thursday all the road teams claimed victory but that trend was reversed tonight as it was a case of home comforts with all the hosts grabbing wins. Unicaja Malaga sunk Fenerbahce in an intriguing looking Group E, while EA7 Milan also tasted…
Read MoreEuroleague: Olympiacos’ struggles continue
Three games made up the schedule on Thursday in the Euroleague Last 16 as day two of Round 3 continued with more dramatic action around the continent. It was a night where all away teams claimed victory. Barcelona put a second consecutive defeat on current champions Olympiacos by claiming victory on the road in Group…
Read MoreReal Madrid outguns Galatasary in Round 2
Real Madrid remained perfect in the Euroleague this season by defeating Turkish giant Galatasaray in the Spanish capital on Friday Night. It was twelve in a row for Los Blancos as the team moved to 27 undefeated since the start of the season at home and on the continent by downing a solid Galatasaray team.…
Read MoreEuroleague: Fenerbahce and Olympiacos suffer defeats
Four games took place on Wednesday as the second round of the Euroleague Last 16 got underway. The pick of the action was in Group E where FC Barcelona picked up an important road win over Fenerbahce and Olympiacos fell to defeat away to Milan. There were also two games in Group F as Tel-Aviv…
Read MoreJerome Randle now with Trabzonspor
Jerome Randle (175 cm, California’10) has moved to Trabzonspor Basketbol to Aliaga Petkim, both teams are in Turkey’s TBL. Randle signed with Aliaga Petkim in October 2013 after starting off the 2013-14 season with the Delaware 87ers (D-League). Jerome managed to play in nine games for Aliaga and averaged 12.8 ppg and 4.1 apg. He…
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