Player Movement
Raphael Desroses joins Antibes
Raphael Desroses (199 cm) has agreed to terms with the Antibes Sharks (France-ProB) on a medical freelance until February 28, 2013 for Shaun Fein. Desroses was most recently with Limoges (France-ProA), but was released due to serious misconduct. During a match, Desroses punched a billboard, slightly injuring his hand and rendering him unavailable for 10…
Read MoreJiri Hubalek heads to Umana Reyer
Jiri Hubalek (209 cm, Iowa St.’08) has agreed to terms with Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy-SerieA) for the rest of the 2012-13 campaign. Hubalek started the season with Nuovo Napoli Basket (Italy-Lega2), but the club ran into financial trouble and filed for bankruptcy in Oct., leaving Hubalek without a place to play. Last season he suited…
Read MoreMoncton Miracles change coaches
The Moncton Miracles of the NBL of Canada say goodbye to Head Coach/General Manager Ricky Benitez. Moncton native Serge Langis has been named as the Interim Head Coach for the time being. Langis has been an assistant coach with the organization since day one and has coached basketball in New Brunswick at the provincial level…
Read MorePrzemyslaw Zamojski returns to Prokom
Przemyslaw Zamojski (194 cm, Independence Community College’06) has agreed to return to Asseco Prokom Gdynia (Poland-TBL) for the remainder of the season. He’s leaving Trefl Sopot, where he averaged 6.8ppg in EuroCup competition (6 games) and 13.5ppg in 12 Polish TBL games. Zamojski has played for Prokom since turning professional in 2006, starting with Prokom…
Read MoreGroningen fires head coach Hakim Salem
The board of Dutch team GasTerra Flames Groningen has informed headcoach Hakim Salem that he has been fired. The results so far have simply been too inconsistent and overall disappointing. Groningen is currently ranked 4th in the Dutch league with a 10-6 score. No replacement has been announced yet.
Read MoreBraunschweig part ways with topscorer Casey Mitchell
German Bundesliga club The New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig announced today that Casey Mitchell (193 cm, West Virginia’11) will no longer be playing for the team. Both sides came to an agreement today to terminate the contract. Mitchell had been injured for a while and asked the club if he could return back to the US on account…
Read MorePanathinaikos sends Derwin Kitchen to Cedevita
Greek team Panathinaikos Athens has sent Derwin Kitchen (193 cm, Florida State’11) on loan to Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb. Kitchen will play for Cedevita for the rest of this season and then return to Panathinaikos where he is under contract for the 2013/2014 season as well.
Read MoreJames Gist unhappy with Unicaja, trade possible
According to Eurohoops, a trade is brewing the might send James Gist (205 cm, Maryland’08) to Panathinaikos (Greece-A1) and bring Andy Panko (205 cm, Lebanon Valley’99) to Unicaja Malaga (Spain-ACB) before the Euroleague trade deadline of Dec. 27th (before Top 16 play commences). Gist has publically (Facebook) commented that he wants out of the Unicaja…
Read MoreKaloyan Ivanov joins Sidigas
Kaloyan Ivanov (205 cm) has signed on with Sidigas Avellino (Italy-SerieA), leaving BC Donetsk (Ukraine-Superleague). At the time of the move to Sidigas, Ivanov held averages of 9.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in 12 Ukrainian Superleague games; and 5.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in four VTB United League games. Last season…
Read MoreNBA D-League Transaction Report
December 18, 2012 The following players have been added: Jerome Jordan (RGV) Vernon Macklin (RNO) Kyle Goldcamp (ERI) Ramone Moore (SPG) Garrett Green (RNO) Vance Cooksey (IWA) The following trade has been executed: The Rio Grande Valley Vipers have traded Jerome Jordan (A-level veteran) to the Reno Bighorns in exchange for Vernon Macklin (B-level veteran) and Reno’s original second round pick in the 2013 NBA…
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