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Vuk Radivojevic inks with Turk Telekom
Turkish TBL team Turk Telekom Ankara has brought in Serbian Vuk Radivojevic (196 cm) to reinforce their backcourt for the 2013-14 season. He was a one-time member of the Serbian National Team in 2007. Vuk began the 2013-14 season with FMP Beograd (Serbia-KML), but has since opted to make the move to Turk Telekom. In…
Read More2013/2014 Euroleague: Round 5, Friday
Round 5 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague season is done and dusted after Friday´s games. It proved to be a good night for home teams as no club recorded a road win as the night threw up several key contests. CSKA Moscow demolished Partizan in Russia to keep in touch in Group A, while Olympiacos came…
Read MoreDelininkaitis to Selcuk Universitesi
Turkish TBL team Torku Selcuk Univeritesi Konya has acquired the services of Lithuanian player Tomas Delininkaitis (190 cm) for the 2013-14 season. He has been a long-time member of the Lithuanian National Team, logging stints in 2005-06, 2008-09 and most recently in 2013. He helped his team bag the silver medal in the 2013 Eurobasket…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 5: roundup
The second night of Euroleague Round 5 action in the has finished and it was a night in which Maccabi Tel Aviv downed old rivals Panathinaikos at home. Thursday featured some of the closest matches in recent weeks as Barcelona continued to find consistency with a road win over Kiev and Kuban narrowly defeated Kutxa…
Read MoreEuroleague: Madrid puts Efes to the sword
Real Madrid put on a Euroleague masterclass on Wednesday night as the Spanish giants destroyed Anadolu Efes in the opening game of the 5th round. The Efes players would have been on a high after seeing off Zalgiris last week to go second in Group B, but Madrid was in unforgiving mood and swept the…
Read MoreMalik Hairston joins Galatasarary
Malik Hairston (198 cm, Oregon’08) has been unveiled as the new signing for Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul (Turkey, TBL and Euroleague). The swingman is signing on a deal that will keep at the club until the end of the 2013/2014 season. Hairston played last season in Italy for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (Serie A and…
Read MoreTerrico White signed by Gaziantep
Terrico White (196 cm, Mississippi’10) is headed to Turkey’s TBL to play for Royal Hali Gaziantep. The 23-year-old former Detroit Piston played the 2012-13 season in Serbia’s A League for Radnicki Kragujevac. He helped them reach the Adriatic League semifinals in 2013, thanks to him averaging 14.4 ppg and 5.0 rpg. White logged a dozen…
Read MorePaul Stoll heads to Trabzonspor Basketbol
Turkish TBL team Trabzonspor Basketbol has added Paul Stoll (180 cm) for the 2013-14 season. Stoll is a Mexican-American international player who has been a member of the Mexican National team from 2010 up to the 2013. He appeared in 10 games for the Gold-medal winning Mexican team in the 2013 FIBA Americas tournament held…
Read MorePops Mensah-Bonsu added by Galatasaray
British veteran Pops Mensah-Bonsu (206 cm, George Washington’06) has been picked up by Turkish club Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul not too long after he was released by the Washington Wizards earlier this month. Pops is no stranger to European hoops and in fact played for a couple of European teams in the 2012-13 season. He…
Read MoreEuroleague: Home comforts on Friday night
It was a case of home comforts in the Euroleague on Friday as only Anadolu Efes collected a win on the road with a 66-76 victory over Strasbourg. The rest of the round 2 games proved one sided for the home teams, with the close 72-67 win for CSKA Moscow over Budivelnyk Kiev being the…
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