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Valladolid signs Lithuanian youngster Vytenis Cizauskas
Spanish ACB team CB Valladolid announced the arrival of Vytenis Cizauskas for the upcoming season. The Lithuanian PG comes from Zalgiris Kaunas. Vytenis Cizauskas, 19 year old, averaged 12.6ppg, 6.2rpg and 4.6apg at Eurobasket Under 20 recently played.
Read MoreBrad Tinsley fails medical at Den Bosch. Replaced by Matt Bauscher
Rookie Brad Tinsley (190 cm, Vanderbilt’12), still bothered by an ankle injury, failed the medical test at Dutch champion Den Bosch and was immediately replaced by Matt Bauscher (188 cm, Boise State’08) who already played successfully in the Netherlands before (Leeuwarden and Groningen).
Read MoreBordeaux replaces departing John Ford with Nate Carter
French Pro B team JSA Bordeaux counted on John Ford (207 cm, Colorado State’00) for the 3rd season in a row but in a surprise move he decided to walk away from his contract, retire as an active player, and accept a job as an assistant coach in college. But Bordeaux quickly found a replacement,…
Read MoreShelden Williams joins Elan Chalon
Shelden Williams joins French squad Elan Chalon (2.06m US College: Duke University) as his first professional team outside the NBA. Chalon has spent the last six years in the NBA, playing for seven different teams, accumulating playing time in 361 regular season games. Last season he played for the New Jersey Nets, averaging 4.6 points…
Read MoreBC Donetsk signs Ivanov
Kaloyan Ivanov has inked a contract for the 2012-13 season with BC Donetsk (Ukraine). Ivanov spent last season in Spain with Lucentum Alicante, averaging 11.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in the ACB. Ivanov joins Donetsk after they announced the signings of Doron Perkins and D’or Fischer.
Read MoreMichael Schachtner signs for Leiden
American forward Michael Schachtner (206 cm, Wisconsin Green Bay’09) has signed for Dutch team Leiden. Schachtner played before in Austria, Romania and Hungary.
Read MoreJosé Costa and Jason Smith sign up with CAB Madeira
CAB Madeira, from Funchal, Portugal, is filling spaces in its roster. Last night, in fact, it finally confirmed two players for the 2012/13 season: José Costa and Jason Smith who are returning to the Amigos after some time away. José Costa, a National Team player for Portugal, is happy to be with the Amigos again…
Read MoreLee Nailon signs with Mexican Panteras
LNPB team Panteras de Aguascalientes from Mexico has signed veteran Lee Nailon (205 cm, TCU’99). Nailon played in Hungary last season and before that in the Dominican Republic. He also played several season in the NBA.
Read MoreNBA player Darko Milicic signs with Real Madrid
After several years in the NBA, Serbian player Darko Milicic will return to Europe where he has signed a contract with Real Madrid (reportedly for € 1.800.000 per season).
Read MorePeristeri sign Dwight Thorne
DASH Peristeri GS Athens from Greece has signed American guard Dwight Thorne (190 cm, Colorado’10). Thorne played last season in the German Pro A for BG Karlsruhel.
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