Justin Tubbs signed by Rouen
Justin Tubbs (190 cm, Eastern Tennessee State’11) has been added by French Pro B team SPO Rouen Basket this 2013-14. Rouen is currently 15th in the Pro B standings with a record of 11-21. The 26-year-old guard began the season with the Ottawa SkyHawks from Canada’s NBL. Tubbs played 39 games for them and produced…
Read MoreEurocup Eighthfinals: Kiev opens round with win
The Eurocup Eighthfinals started on Tuesday with two clashes as the path to the Final Four opened for business. The best teams from the Top 32 have gathered together for the first knock out stage of the competition; Budivelnik Kiev and JSF Nanterre opened the round, followed by Besiktas grabbing a win against Novgorod. The…
Read MoreMustafa Abdul-Hamid to Artland Dragons
German Bundesliga team Artland Dragons have landed Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (188 cm, UCLA’10) this 2013-14 season. Mustafa is coming off a two-game stint for Hoops Club from Lebanon’s Divison A. In those two games he put up averages of 21.5 ppg and 7.0 apg. This is a comeback for Abdul-Hamid to the German league. In 2012-13…
Read MoreBernard King moves to Krasny Oktyabr
Bernard King (196 cm, Texas A&M’03) has moved to Russian ball club Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd for the remainder of the season. King began 2013-14 playing for BC Donetsk (Ukraine-Superleague). Bernard managed to appear in 15 VTB United League games for them and posted averages of 15.2 ppg and 7.8 apg. The guard also played in…
Read MorePartizan gets key win vs. Radnicki
Adriatic League – After faltering with some recent losses, BC Partizan NiS Beograd (Serbia) finally turned things around with a critical 82-70 win over Radnicki Kragjevac (Serbia). The win gives Partizan a 15-7 record which currently secures their third-place position in the league standings and virtually locking in their ticket to the playoffs. They are still…
Read MoreRay Willis added by Kauhajoki
Ray Willis (198 cm, North Carolina Central’13) will continue his professional career with Karhu Kauhajoki (Finland-Korisliiga) this season. Willis began 2013-14 with BC Prievidza from Slovakia’s Extraliga, but was with them only until the pre-season. He kicked things off with Maccabi Beer Yaakov (Israel-National League). Before the move Willis managed to put up averages of…
Read MoreRenado Parker moves to Salon Vilpas
Renado Parker (198 cm, Portland State’13) is moving up in the world of Finnish hoops as he joins the Salon Vilpas Vikings (Finland-Korisliiga). Parker is jumping up from Finland’s 1st Division team Pernion Urheilijiat Basket, where he began his rookie season as a pro. In 17 games Parker managed to produce averages of 20.2 ppg…
Read MoreOleksandr Lypovvy joins Red Star
Serbian KLS team Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) Telekom Beograd has acquired Ukrainian Oleksandr Lypovvy (200 cm) for the season. Lypovvy has been a member of the Ukrainian National Team from 2011 up to the present. Red Star will be Oleksandr’s first pro team outside of the Ukraine. He began 2013-14 playing for Ukrainian Superleague team…
Read MoreAllen Iverson’s jersey retired by Sixers
The Philadelphia 76ers have retired Allen Iverson’s N0. 3 jersey during halftime in their game against the Washington Wizards on Saturday. His banner was raised between Maurice Cheeks’ No.10 and Charles Barkley’s No. 34. The emotional Iverson cupped his hand to his ear in the likeness of his iconic image one more time in front…
Read MoreNCAA: Arizona secures PAC-12 title
NCAA – The number three ranked Arizona Wildcats have clinched the PAC-12 division title after dispatching Stanford at home in a convincing 79-66 win. They are now 27-2 overall and 14-2 in the division. Despite injuries to key players, which accounted for their notches in the loss column, the former number one ranked team managed…
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