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Kyle Gibson joins Giorgio Tesi PT
Kyle Gibson (196 cm, Louisiana Tech’11) will be getting his first taste of international basketball as he signs with Italian SerieA newcomer Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia for the 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old Gibson played the first couple of years of his pro career in the NBA D-League for the Canton Charge. In 2012-13 Gibson played…
Read MoreRyan Blankson transfers to Atenas
Ryan Blankson (201 cm, Loyola, Illinois’03) has been a long-time veteran of Uruguayan basketball. In 2013-14 Blankson has agreed to terms with Atletico Atenas Montevideo (Uruguay-LUB). Blankson is an American player who also holds a passport from Ghana. In 2012-13 the big man played for Union Atletica (Uruguay-LUB). He logged 37 games for them and…
Read MoreBrian Harper moves to Bremerhaven
Brian Harper (206 cm, Paine’07) will be playing for Eisbaeren Bremerhaven from Germany’s BBL this 2013-14 season. Harper is replacing Bill Amis, who did not make the cut in Bremerhaven’s try-outs. The 28-year-old Harper played for TBB Trier, another team from the German Bundesliga in 2012-13. He played in 33 games for TBB Trier and…
Read MoreAnthony Shavies makes return to Gussing
Anthony Shavies (191 cm, Missouri State’05) is returning to the team where he began his professional basketball career, Austria’s UBC Magnofit Gussing Knights. That was way back in 2005-06. Eight years later, eight years older and more experienced, Shavies is set to make his return this 2013-14 season. Anthony played the 2012-13 season in Ukraine’s…
Read MoreTarence Kinsey signs with Partizan
Tarence Kinsey (200 cm, South Carolina’06) is on his way to Serbia’s A League to play for BC Partizan MT:S Beograd this 2013-14 season. Kinsey is a veteran of Turkish basketball and has been called up to the NBA a couple of times as well. Kinsey began the 2012-13 season with the Golden State Warriors…
Read MoreRashad McCants added by Uberlandia
Former NBA swingman Rashad McCants (193 cm, North Carolina’05) is the latest import to be added by Brazilian team Unitri/Universo Uberlandia (NBB). He is coming in as a replacement for Robby Collum (185 cm, Western Michigan’03), who is now playing in Uruguay. McCants was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round, 14th overall,…
Read MoreHaralampos Giannopoulos to La Bruixa dOr
Spanish Liga Endesa team La Bruixa d’Or Manresa has added Greek player Haralampos Giannopoulos (200 cm) for the 2013-14 season. This will be Giannopoulos’ first foray outside of his home Greece. Haralampos spent 2012-13 playing for Panathinaikos Athens (Greece-A1). He played in five games for them in the Euroleague. Despite the team’s early exit in…
Read MoreDeonta Vaughn reunites with Polpharma
Deonta Vaughn (185 cm, Cincinnati’10) is returning to Polish club Polpharma Starogard Gdanski after three seasons. Deonta played his rookie season as a pro for Polpharma in the 2010-11 season and averaged 11.6 ppg and 3.5 apg. He is coming from playing in Georgia’s Superleague for the 2013 Champions, MIA Academy Tbilisi. He notched 30…
Read MoreKeyron Sheard to Juventus-LKSK Utenos
Keyron Sheard (188 cm, Chattanooga’09) is moving to Juventus-LKSK Utenos from Lithuania’s LKL this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old New Jersey native is transferring there after playing the last couple of seasons for two other Lithuanian clubs in lower leagues. Sheard is slowly climbing up the ranks and is busting out into the LKL for the…
Read MoreDerrick Tarver heads to Al Karkh
Veteran of Middle East basketball Derrick Tarver (192 cm, Akron’04) will get a taste of Iraqi basketball this 2013-14 as he signs with Al Karkh. In 2011-12 he played for Antranik Beirut from Lebanon’s Division A. He logged five games for them and averaged 21.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg. In March 2012 he moved to…
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