Player Movement
Benjamin Ortner agrees with Venezia
Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy-SerieA) has agreed to terms of contract with Austrian player Benjamin Ortner (206 cm, Metro State’05) for the 2014-15 season. Ortner played the 2013-14 season for another Italian Serie A team, Montepaschi Siena. He appeared in 10 Euroleague games and averaged 3.6 ppg and 2.4 rpg. He also played 47 games for…
Read MoreManuchar Markoishvili to CSKA Moscow
Russian powerhouse club CSKA Moscow has landed Georgian forward Manuchar Markoishvili (196 cm) for the 2014-15 season. The 27-year-old veteran played the 2013-14 season for Galatasaray Medical Park Istanbul (Turkey-TBL). Manuchar appeared in 10 Euroleague games for Galatasaray and averaged 7.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg. In the domestic Turkish TBL he logged 20 games and…
Read MoreCurtis Jerrells lands with Unics Kazan
Curtis Jerrells (185 cm, Baylor’09) will be taking his talents to BC Unics Kazan (Russia-VTB) this coming 2014-15 season. The guard played 2013-14 for the 2014 Italian Serie A champions EA7 Emporio Armani Milano. Jerrells also played in 28 games for Armani on its road to the Euroleague quarterfinals. He averaged 11.3 ppg and 2.5…
Read MoreLogan pens with Sassari
David Logan (185 cm, Indianapolis’05) will link up with Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Italy, Serie A) next season it has been announced. The hugely experienced American (he also has a Polish passport) is coming off a solid season with German BBL finalists ALBA Berlin. Logan featured in 42 league games throughout the 2013/2014 season with…
Read MoreLatavious Williams re-joins Santiago
Latavious Williams (202 cm) has agreed to play for Metros de Santiago (Dominican Republic, LNB) during the 2014/2015 season for what will be his second stint with the franchise. Last season the American played for Cajasol Sevilla in the Spanish Liga Endesa and from ten games he averaged 10.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per appearance.…
Read MoreCharles Jackson pens with Roanne
Charles Jackson (203 cm, Hawaii-Pacific’10) has locked in a move to Chorale de Roanne Basket in the French ProA after recently wrapping the season with ESSM Le Portel Cote d’Opale (ProB). The forward featured in 47 games for Cote d’Opale last season and collected averages of 13.0 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.1 steals…
Read MoreKevin Dillard links with VEF Riga
Kevin Dillard (183 cm, Dayton’13) has been added to the roster of VEF Riga (Latvia, LBL and Euroleague) for the 2014/2015 season. The Latvian team announced this week that it would enter the Euroleague qualifying round next season and Kevin Dillard will give the club options on the court during the European and domestic campaign.…
Read MoreElston Turner pens with Chalon-Sur-Saone
Elston Turner (198 cm, Texas A&M’13) has penned a deal with ES Chalon-sur-Saone of the French ProA that will see him play for the club during the upcoming season. The 2013/2014 season was the Guard’s first as a professional and the rookie spent it playing for Victoria Libertas Pesaro in the Italian Serie A. It…
Read MoreKeith Langford heads to Kazan
Fresh from winning the Italian Serie A with EA7 Milan, Keith Langford (193 cm, Kansas’05) has left the champs and signed for Unics Kazan (Russia, VTB League). The guard has probably been brought in to fill the void of Andrew Goudelock, who left Unics this week for Fenerbahce (Turkey, TBL). Langford is the kind of…
Read MoreLaurence Ekperigin joins Nanterre
British-American forward Laurence Ekperigin (201 cm, Le Moyne’10) is taking his game to another level by signing with JSF Nanterre (France-ProA) this 2014-15. Laurence will be a solid addition to the team’s frontcourt. He was a former member of the British National Team in 2010. In 2013-14 Ekperigin played in France’s Pro B league for…
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