VTB League
Kelly McCarty departs Kazan
Kelly McCarty (201 cm, South Mississippi’98) has left Unics Kazan (Russia, PBL, VTB League, and Euoleague) after coming to a mutual decision with the club. The 38-year old American-Russian has found court time hard to come by this season. He has played 3 games in the PBL and averaged 3.7ppg and 4.7rpg. McCarty also played…
Read MoreVTB United: Zalgiris downs CSKA at home
In a battle of the top two clubs in Group B of the VTB United League, Zalgiris Kaunas took to the road Sunday to face CSKA Moscow and came away with a 68:74 victory to move ahead of the Russian club in the standings based on winning percentage. Zalgiris is one game behind CSKA in…
Read MoreBC Khimki pays off its debts
BC Khimki Moscow (Russia, PBL, VTB League, and Euroleague) has announced that the club has finally paid all
Read MoreVTB League: Khimki drops BC Donetsk
BC Khimki Moscow Region moved into a tie for second place with Krasnye Krylia, both with 9-3 records, in the VTB League Group A with a solid road win over BC Donetsk on Monday, 84:66. The visitors used a 6:23 run in the second quarter to put the hosts on the ropes early and held on…
Read MoreJohnson-Odom joins St. Petersburg
Spartak Sankt Petersburg (Russia, PBL) are welcoming 24-year old American point guard Darius Johnson Odom (187 cm, Marquette’12) to their ranks. Johnson Odom is only in his first year as a pro player, but he is already clocking up the air miles while also posting some impressive averages. In 2012, he was drafted by the…
Read MoreJustin Hamilton moves to Riga, but…..
– VEF Riga (Latvia, LBL and VTB United League) have captured American center Justin Hamilton (210 cm, Louisiana State’2012), he had left Adriatic league team Cibona Zagreb from Croatia this week. Hamilton had joined Zagreb for the 2012-13 season, he played a total of 21 games for Zagreb in the Adriatic League, and the Eurocup.…
Read MoreNemanja Jaramaz moving to Kazakhstan
Nemanja Jaramaz (201 cm) will continue his career in Kazakshtan with BC Astana. The Serbian combo guard comes from Italian Serie A team Angelico Biella where he has started the season and averaged 7.1 ppg. Before that, the 22 year old player played for Serbian teams Mega Vizura (Serbian league) and Partizan Belgrade (Adriatic League).…
Read MoreMike Efevberha signs with Nymburk
Michael Efevberha (197 cm, California State Northridge’06) will continue his career in Czech Republic with VTB United League team CEZ Nymburk. The guard started the season in Russia with Spartak Primorye Vladivostok, where he averaged 12.8 ppg. The last couple of seasons Mike Efevberha played mainly in Switzerland with short breaks in the Dominican Republic…
Read MoreA.J Abrams released by Nymburk
A.J Abrams (180 cm, Texas’09) has been released by VTB United League team CEZ Basketball Nymburk from the Czech Republic. Initially, he had the permission to return back home to the US to deal with some personal issues but he did not return back to the Czech Republic and subsequently was fired by the Czech…
Read MoreMilos Teodosic named Dec. MVP of VTB United League
With the schedule completed for the 2012 portion of the 2012-13 VTB United League season, it was announced that Milos Teodosic of CSKA Moscow has been named December MVP. Teodosic’s VTB United League stats for December (two games) were: 18 points per game; 4.0 rebounds per game; 3.5 assists per game; 18.0 efficiency rating per…
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