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Devan Downey added by BC Timisoara
BC Timisoara of Romania’s Liga Nationala has added Devan Downey (175 cm, South Carolina’10) to bolster its roster. In the 2011-12 season Downey played for VOO Verviers-Pepinster from Belgium’s Ethias League. He played five games for them before departing in November 2011. During that stint Downey averaged 7.4 ppg and 1.8 apg. He then moved…
Read MoreRasheem Barrett joins Naglis Palangos
Rasheem Barrett (196 cm, Auburn’09) has signed with Naglis Palangos from Lithuania’s LKL. He has already played his first game for the team and tallied 11 points and five rebounds in 24 minutes of action. Barrett began the 2012-13 season playing in Japan for the Tokyo Cinq Reves. He played 28 games in Japan’s BJ…
Read MoreSteven Burtt to Avtodor Saratov
Steven Burtt (185 cm, Iona’06) has been signed by Avtodor Saratov from Russia’s Superleague. Burtt, a holder of both an American and a Ukranian passport, is the son of Steve Burtt Sr.; a basketball player in the Italian league in the nineties. His 2012-13 season began with him playing in Turkey’s TBL for Tofas Bursa.…
Read MoreCoach Aco Petrović resigns from Cedevita
Tonight Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb and Serbian team Partizan Belgrade played a crucial game in the Adriatic League. The winner would have good chances to qualify for the Final Four and keep the hopes alive for Euroleague participation next season. In a very tight game Partizan pulled away with a 77-76 victory. Coach Aco Petrović…
Read MoreLamayn Wilson signs with Samara
32-year old American Lamayn Wilson (204 cm, Troy State’02) has penned a deal with Russian team Krasnye Krylya Samara (PBL, VYB United, and EuroChallenge). The hugely experienced forward has been in Puerto Rico since January with BSN team Capitanes de Arecibo but did not play any games. He started the season with BC Armia Tbilisi…
Read MoreDaniel Kickert signs with Kyiv
Australian power forward Daniel Kickert (208 cm, St. Marys’06) has signed with Ukrainian outfit Budivelnyk Kyiv (Superleague, Eurocup) until the end of the season. Kickert started this season in the Ukraine with Superleague team Dnipro where he played 28 games and recorded impressive averages of 17.6ppg, 5.7rpg and 1.5apg. Daniel Kickert will join up with…
Read MoreAntonio Porta signs with Valladolid
Argentinian-Italian Antonio Porta (187 cm) has signed with Blancos De Rueda Valladolid (Spain, ACB) until the rest of the season from Givova Scafati (Italy, Lega 2). The 29-year old point guard has played 8 games with Givova 7.3ppg, 3.3rpg, and 1.2apg. Last season Porta also played in Italy’s Lega 2 with Tezenis Verona where he…
Read MoreAndrew Drevo returns to Bremerhaven
Andrew Drevo (202 cm, Nebraska’04) is joining his former team, the Eisbaeren Bremerhaven from Germany’s BBL. Drevo played there in 2010-11 and averaged 9.7 ppg and 4.5 rpg in 37 games. The 32-year-old is moving to Bremerhaven from Le Mans Sarthe Basket from France’s Pro A. In five games for Le Mans Drevo managed to…
Read MoreRasheim Wright headed to Turkey
Rasheim Wright (192 cm, District of Columbia’05) has agreed to terms with Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi from Turkey’s TB2L. Wright, an American who gained Jordanian citizenship in 2007, is coming off a brief stint playing eight games for Al Gharafa Doha from Qatar’s D1. During that span, Wright averaged 18.0 ppg and 5.5 apg. He transferred…
Read MoreRickey Gibson inks with MBC
Rickey Gibson (191 cm, Stillman’06) has signed with Mitteldeutscher BC Weissenfels (Germany, BBL) until the end of the season. The 28-year old guard has recently departed Switzerland based team SAV Vacallo (Premier League) after the team was forced to fold due to financial difficulties. The American had played 16 times with Vacallo this season and…
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