Player Movement
Ben Simons heads to Germany
Ben Simons (203 cm, Drake’13) has signed with Walter Tigers Tuebingen in the German Bundesliga straight from college. The 22-year old forward has just completed his final year with Drake and will head into professional Basketball boasting averages of 14.1ppg, 3.6rpg, and 1.8apg over 34 games in his final year. The American is the latest…
Read MoreJacob Burtschi returns to Frankfurt
Jacob Burtschi (198 cm, Air Force’07) has signed to play next season with the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany, BBL) for what will be his second stint with the club. Burtschi played the 2012-2013 season with Eisbaeren Bremerhaven also of the German Bundesliga. The 29-year old forward played 33 times for Bremerhaven and posted averages of…
Read MoreJohn Patrick stays with Ludwigsburg
John Patrick has extended his contract with Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg (Germany, BBL Bundesliga) and will remain the head coach of the team for another two seasons. The agreement means the American will now coach Ludwigsburg through the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons. The 45-year old joined the team in January of this year and could not…
Read MoreWalter Hodge to join Laboral Kutxa
Walter Hodge (183 cm, Florida’09) will be joining Laboral Kutxa from Spain’s ACB for the next two seasons. Hodge is coming off a good run with Stelmet Zielona Gora from Poland’s TBL. In 38 games this 2012-13 season in the Polish league he averaged 18.1 ppg and 4.7 apg. He was very impressive playing for…
Read MoreGivi Bakradze added by Lapuan Korikobrat
Givi Bakradze (185 cm) has been signed by Lapuan Korikobrat from Finland’s Korisliiga. The Georgian player is making his return to Finland after three seasons playing on home soil. He spent the 2012-13 season playing for TSU Tbilisi from Georgia’s Superleague. In 22 games there, Bakradze averaged 12.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg. He was a…
Read MoreMardy Collins joins Guaros de Lara
Former NBA guard Mardy Collins (198 cm, Temple’06) has joined Guraos de Lara from Venezuela’s LPB. Collins has already logged two games for his new team and has put up averages of 12.5 ppg and 5.0 rpg. Collins, who was selected by the New York Knicks in the first round of the 2006 draft (29th…
Read MoreRepesa not to be renewed by Unicaja
Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB will be in the market for a new head coach soon. The team will not be renewing the contract of Croatian head coach Jasmin Repesa. Unicaja finished the 2012-13 regular season with a not-too-impressive 18-16 record putting them ninth overall keeping them out of the ACB playoffs. ACB has strict…
Read MoreRasheed Wright to return to St. Quentin
Rasheed Wright (196 cm, ODU’03) is returning to St. Quentin Basket-Ball from France’s ProB for the 2013-14 season. Wright has played his entire professional basketball career in France and for the last five years has been playing in France’s ProB league. The 32-year-old Wright played six games for St. Quentin at the beginning of the…
Read MoreCalvin Cage with Guayana
American guard Calvin Cage (188 cm, Buffalo’06) has joined Gigantes de Guayana (Venezuela, LPB) after trying out with Al Gharafa in Qatari D1 league. Cage has already played his debut game for Guayana playing in the home victory over Gaiteros de Zulia on Friday night. Earlier this season the athletic guard features in three games…
Read MoreZoran Lukic extends with Novgorod
Zoran Lukic will be staying in Russia after PBL and VTB United League team BC Nizhny Novgorod extended his contract as head coach. The Serbian guided Novgorod to a lowly 8th in the Russian PBL this season with a record 8-10. The tactician will now stay at the helm of the club after extending his…
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