Player Movement
Stephen Brown to play for Denain
Stephen Brown (180 cm, G) will be leaving the London Lions after only one game and signing in the French Pro B with Denain AC Voltaire. Last season Brown played in the German BBL, where he averaged 12.9 ppg and 5 aspg while defending the colors of Giessen 46ers. Stephen Brown has also played in…
Read MoreGian Clavell signs with Avtodor
Puerto Rican player Gian Clavell (193 cm, G) has signed with the Russian team Avtodor Saratov. Clavell left a powerful impression last season in the Turkish league, where he averaged 18.7 ppg for Bursaspor Durmazlar. In college, Gian Clavell was the top scorer for Colorado State University, where he averaged 20.4 ppg and was the…
Read MoreNick King signs with Trigrillos de Antioquia
Nick King (201 cm, F) has signed with the Colombian team Trigrillos de Antioquia for the season’s remainder. Last season King played in the Philippines for Alab Pilipinas. That was his first team overseas. Since graduating from college in 2018, King had tried to make it to the NBA. He was invited to summer leagues…
Read MoreRotnei Clarke moves to Poland
Rotnei Clarke (183 cm, G) will be playing in Poland this season for Anvil Wloclawek. The 31-year old American veteran had a great college career at Butler University. There, he averaged 17 ppg and 2.8 aspg while also earning an All-Atlantic 10 first-team selection in 2013. Clarke then started his professional career in Australia and…
Read MoreBesiktas signs James Blackmon
Turkish team Besiktas has signed American guard James Blackmon (193 cm) for the rest of the 2020-21 season. Blackmon was successful last season in the Italian Serie A and the Eurocup, where he defended the colors of Dolomiti Energia Trento. Before Trento, he also played for another Italian team in the Serie A, Consultinvest VL…
Read MoreJahvaughn Powell inks with Alcobendas
Jahvaughn Powell (183 cm, G) has signed with NCS Alcobendas from Spain. That team moved up from the EBA to play in the LEB Silver this year (3rd tier in Spain). Powell himself is no newcomer to the LEB Silver. On the contrary. He has been playing in that league for two seasons in a…
Read MoreCarrington Love comes back to Leiden
Carrington Love (185 cm, G) is returning to his former team Zorg & Zekerheid Leiden. He will replace Desure Buie, who left the team because of health concerns as the CODIV-19 pandemic has hit the second wave in Europe, and some leagues have even been put on hold. The Dutch basketball league is one of…
Read MoreJoe Salerno appointed Syria national team coach
The Syrian Basketball Federation has hired American coach Joe Salerno to lead its men’s national team. The 39–year-old Salerno will begin his tenure in charge for Syria’s FIBA Asia Cup qualifying games next month, according to published reports. Syria faces Qatar and Iran on November 27 and 30 in Qatar, as FIBA Asia stages games…
Read MoreThe New Orleans Pelicans hire Stan Van Gundy as their new head coach.
Two years after stepping down as the Detroit Pistons’ head coach and president of basketball operations, Stan Van Gundy is back in the NBA. Van Gundy has agreed to become the next head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans, he confirmed Wednesday. As New Orleans’ front office navigated the coaching search, Van Gundy’s reputation as…
Read MoreBryce Smith signs with Tbilisi State University
Bryce Smith (206 cm, C) has signed with Tbilisi State University from Georgia. Initially, he was supposed to play in Austria for the Kapfenberg Bulls, but he changed plans. Bryce Smith is a rookie fresh out of college. He earned his marks at Valdosta State University, where he averaged 14.3 ppg and 6.4 rpg in…
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