South America
Courtney Nelson moves to Cucuta
Halcones de Cucuta (Colombia, DPB) has brought in American guard Courtney Nelson (186 cm, William Pater’09) to strengthen the roster. Going the other way is American forward Omar Sanders (200 cm, South Carolina State’12) after just seven games. Nelson is known as a strong scorer and last season he set a three point record while…
Read MoreTerrell Taylor signs with Aguilas
Terrell Taylor (203 cm, Virginia Tech’03) has been brought into the team at Aguilas de Tunja (Colombia, DPB) to replace the injured Curtis Williams (205 cm, Louisiana Tech’00). 32-year old Taylor is a well-travelled pro who has huge experience playing in South America, especially in Argentina. For the last month the American has been playing…
Read MoreBrandon Brown moves to Rio Claro
ACBD Rio Claro of the Brazilian Paulista league has signed American point guard Brandon Brown (178 cm, Montana West’12) until the end of the season. Brown is in his first season as a pro after leaving Montana West last summer. During last season in college the 23-year old played 35 games in the NAIA for…
Read MoreNBB Brazil All-Star Game review
This year proved to be an historic one for the Brazilian All-Star game that is played each year between a team comprised of home-grown Brazilian National Brazil Basketball players and a team with foreign imports. For the first time in the history of the annual celebration the game was decided in overtime after the game…
Read MoreAntonio Porta signs with Valladolid
Argentinian-Italian Antonio Porta (187 cm) has signed with Blancos De Rueda Valladolid (Spain, ACB) until the rest of the season from Givova Scafati (Italy, Lega 2). The 29-year old point guard has played 8 games with Givova 7.3ppg, 3.3rpg, and 1.2apg. Last season Porta also played in Italy’s Lega 2 with Tezenis Verona where he…
Read MoreSalim Stoudamire joins Guaros de Lara
Salim Stoudamire (186 cm, Arizona’05) has joined Guaros de Lara from Venezuela’s LPB. The former Atlanta Hawks guard had a quiet 2011-12 season. He worked out for Banca Tercas Teramo from Italy’s Serie A, but was not signed by the team. The 2010-11 season saw Stoudamire play in the NBA’s D-League. First, for the Idaho…
Read MoreSteffphon Pettigrew signs with Marinos
Steffphon Pettigrew (195 cm, Western Kentucky’11) has been signed by the Marinos De Anzoategui from Venezeula’s LPB. The WKU grad began the 2012-13 season playing in Mexico’s LNBP for the Abejas De Guanajuato. He played 44 games for them and averaged 20.9 ppg and 6.3 rpg. He is no stranger to Latin American basketball. In…
Read MoreJordan Crawford joins the Boston Celtics
Jordan Crawford (193 cm, Xavier’10) is on his way to join the injury-decimated Boston Celtics. The Celtics are sending Jason Collins (213 cm, Stanford’01) and Brazilian guard Leandro Barbosa (190 cm) to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Crawford. Crawford who has been averaging 13.2 ppg and 3.7 apg for the Wizards this season, will…
Read MoreOscar Schmidt inducted to Hall of Fame
Brazilian Basketball legend Oscar Schmidt has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame at the start of the
Read MoreDan Gadzuric signs with Anzoátegui
Dan Gadzuric (211 cm, UCLA’02) has signed with Marinos de Anzoátegui (Venezuela, LPB) after recently completing 12 games in the D-League with the Texas Legends where he averaged 12ppg and 11.3rpg. Gadzuric has been an NBA regular for much of his career, and this season he tried out with the Portland Trailblazers before leaving for…
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