Katin Reinhardt agrees with Ratiopharm Ulm
Katin Reinhardt (198 cm, Marquette’17) is a recent addition to the roster of German club Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany-BBL) this 2018. Reinhardt had already lent his talents to two different teams this 2017-18 season and his role with Ratiopharm will be important as it will be to bolster their roster of a playoff push. Reinhardt originally…
Read More2019 Basketball World Cup: missing players don’t affect big basketball nations
The big news over the basketball weekend was, of course, the 2019 Basketball World Cup qualifiers where international hoops came together to continue the path to next year’s tournament. As we already know, the EuroLeague and NBA have not cooperated with FIBA to deliver players to their nations. That means the best players, the cream…
Read More2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: Euro Standings Update
We’re officially four games into the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers for Europe. Several teams have risen to the top of their respective groups with perfect 4-0 records, giving them a distinct edge. So far, there have been few surprises in the competition. Some favorites got to sweep their initial games, while a few stumbled…
Read MoreNBA Agent Dan Fegan Dies in Car Crash
56-year-old NBA agent, Dan Fegan was killed in a two-vehicle collision near Aspen, Colorado. Fegan’s 5-year-old son was injured in the crash. According to the Colorado Police, Fegan was driving an SUV and was merging onto a highway and was hit by a commuter bus. “Today we lost a great man, father, son and brother…
Read MoreJermont Horton now with Inter Bratislava
Jermont Horton (198 cm, Rutgers-Newark’07) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for BK Inter Bratislava (Slovakia-SBL) this 2017-18 season. Horton is coming over to the Slovakian team after starting off the season with the Mitteldeustscher BC Weissenfels (Germany-BBL), then later moved to be on the roster of KTP Basket Kotka (Finland-Korisliiga). Horton…
Read MorePerry Ellis newcomer to Cantu
Perry Ellis (203 cm, Kansas’16) is making his way to Europe this 2018 by way of a contract to play for Pallacanestro Cantu (Italy-Serie A). He began the 2017-18 season playing in Australia for the Sydney Kings (Australia-NBL). He played 27 games for the Australian club and was able to put together averages of 14.8…
Read More2019 World Cup Qualifying Round: Europe Roundup
The latest round of 2019 World Cup Qualifying Round games took place in Europe on Sunday, with eight explosive international basketball clashes around the continent. There are two rounds of action remaining as groups E through H took to the floor on Sunday. On Monday, the remaining four groups (A-D) will complete the action this…
Read MoreCollege corruption scandal gets uglier by the day
Yahoo Sports published FBI documents yesterday on the ongoing college corruption scandal. In those documents players from more than 20 NCAA Division I programs have been identified as possibly breaking NCAA rules. These are the schools identified as having players who possibly violated NCAA rules: Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC, and Kansas.…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: revenge for Real Madrid in El Clasico
Real Madrid traveled to Barcelona in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Friday and took revenge for last Sunday’s cup final defeat in a demolition job. Elsewhere in round 23, Khimki took out Panathinaikos at home, while Zalgiris smashed Efes on the road. Finally, Brose Bamberg took out Crvena Zvezda in style. Like yesterday, the…
Read MoreBrandon Thomas agrees with Regatas Corrientes
Brandon Thomas (198 cm, Massachusetts’07) is a fresh addition to the roster of Regatas Corrientes (Argentina-Liga A) this 2018. This will be his first signing for the 2017-18 season. Thomas’ 2016-17 season was spent in Asia, lending his talents to Champville (Lebanon-LBL). In 24 games the forward recorded averages of 18.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg.
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