Player Movement
Julian Wright signs with Maccabi Rishon Le Zion
Julian Wright (203 cm, Kansas´07) has signed in Israel with Maccabi Rishon Le Zion. The former NBA 1st round lottery pick spent last season in the D-League averaging 16.8 ppg and 7.9 rpg for the Austin Toros. Before that he played four seasons in the NBA.
Read MoreSani Becirovic signs in Iran
Sani Becirovic signs in Iran with Petrochimi Bandar Imam Harbour. Sani Becirovic belongs to the increasing number of star players who choses Asia over Europe. While countries like Japan, Korea and China are exclusively interested in Americans, the Middle East has also shown interest for European players.
Read MoreTravele Jones signs on with Verviers
Travele Jones (2.03m, college: Texas Southern) has joined VOO Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium-Ethias League) for the upcoming season. Jones last played for SAM Massagno (Switzerland-LNA), averaging 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds a game over 26 league contests. Jones played his collegiate basketball at Texas Southern where he averaged 16.0 points per game his last season.
Read MoreThomas Larrouquis signs at ASVEL
Thomas Larrouquis (1.97m) has inked a contract to join ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket (France-ProA). Last season Larrouquis wore the colors of France ProA squad Chorale de Roanne Basket and helped the club to the quarter-finals of the EuroChallenge. He averaged 4.4 points per game over 17 ProA contests and 3.3 points per game in seven EuroChallenge…
Read MoreKarlo Vragovic inks two-year deal with Siroki WWin
Karlo Vragovic (1.92m) has inked a two-year deal to join HHK Siroki WWin (Bosnia-Division I) as a replacement to recently departed Vedran Morovic. While a member of the KK Zadar (Croatia-A1) squad in 2011-12, Vragovic averaged 9.2 points and 2.0 assists per game.
Read MoreEwoud Kloos inks short-term deal with Den Helder
Ewoud Kloos (1.85m) has signed a short-term deal with the Den Helder Kings (Holland-Eredivisie), their first season in the premier Holland competition. Kloos suited up for U.B. La Palma (LEB Gold) last season and saw court-time in 35 contests. He had played in Spain for three years prior to joining La Palma.
Read MoreDejan Milojevic new Mega Vizura head coach
Dejan Milojevic has been named the new head coach of Mega Vizura (Serbia-A), he was the team’s manager until the announcement. This will be Milojevic’s first coaching job, as he was an active player through the 2008-09 season when he was with Galatasaray. During the years 2005 and 2006 he was named All-Adriatic Player of…
Read MoreTadas Klimavicius out six months with Torn ACL
Zalgiris Kaunas’s (Lithuania-LKL) frontline suffered another blow Tuesday night when Tadas Klimavicius (2.04m) left a Lithuanian league game with a knee injury. On Wednesday the worst was confirmed when team doctors found a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the player’s right leg. He is expected to undergo surgery in the coming days. The anticipated recovery…
Read MoreRobert Hornsby inks deal with 9 de Julio
Robert Hornsby (2.01m, college: Troy) has signed with 9 de Julio Rio Tercero (Argentina-LigaA). Last season he was with Atenas (Argentina-LigaA) and averaged 11.0 points per game. Prior to that he suited up for the Tijuana Zonkeys (Mexico-CIBACOPA) where he tallied 20.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.
Read MoreTyler Hughes signs on with Elefsina
Tyler Hughes (2.13m, college: Kansas St.) has signed an agreement to play for Elefsina (Greece-A1) during the 2012-13 season. Hughes played 52 games for the Shinshu Brave Warriors (Japan-BJ League) and averaged 9.1 points and 9.5 rebounds.
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