Kervin Bristol pens with Vytautas
Kervin Bristol (206 cm, Fordham’12) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Vytautas Prienu (Lithuania-LKL) this 2017-18 season. The big man will be joining his second team, after starting the season playing for Ukraine’s Budivelnyk Kiev (Ukraine-Superleague). He played two games in the Basketball Champions League where he was able to average…
Read MoreNCAA: Ohio State Upsets Top-ranked Michigan State 80-64
The Michigan State University Spartans got a stinging reminder that no team in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament should be taken for granted or underestimated. The top-ranked school as of Week 9 had to swallow the bitter pill of defeat as Ohio State stomped them to the ground 80-64. Over the last couple of weeks,…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague; Round 16 completed
Round 16 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season closed for business on Friday with five hot games completing the week’s action. At home, reigning champ Fenerbahce got its second half of the campaign off to a flyer with a win over Baskonia, while Crvena Zvezda overcame Zalgiris Kaunas in Belgrade. Elsewhere, Olympiacos moved up with…
Read MoreSiim-Sander Vene joins Openjobmetis Varese
Openjobemetis Varese (Italy-Serie A) has made some adjustments to start 2018. One of them is the recent addition of Siim-Sander Vene (201 cm). He is a 27-year-old Estonian international basketball player who has been a member of the Estonian National Team since 2009. Vene originally signed with Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (Italy-Serie A) at the…
Read MoreIvan Maras landed by Aris
Ivan Maras (207 cm) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Greek club, Aris Thessaloniki (Greece-A1) for the 2017-18 season. Maras is a 31-year-old Montenegrin player who has been a member of the Montenegrin national team since 2008. The big man started his 2017-18 season signing in France and played for Cholet…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: CSKA slips at Barca
The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague returned for the first action of 2018. We are now officially moving into the second half of the regular season with Round 16 tipping off on Thursday with three games. However, it is also good to look back on 2017, when Fenerbahce Istanbul claimed an historic first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title.…
Read MoreTony Easley parts with Walter Tigers
Tony Easley (206 cm, Murray State’10) has parted ways with German BBL team, Walter Tigers Tuebingen (Germany-BBL) to start 2018. The veteran forward appeared in 13 games for them before his departure and posted averages of 6.0 ppg and 4.0 rpg. His 2016-17 season was spent playing in Italy for Gas & Power Eurobasket Roma…
Read MoreCurtis Wither joins Comunicaciones
Curtis Withers (203 cm, Charlotte’06) has landed a deal to play for Comunicaciones Mercedes (Argentina-Liga A) this 2018. The 33-year-old veteran already played 23 games for Mexican LNBP team, Santos de San Luis Potosi. During his brief run, Withers registered averages of 14.3 ppg and 8.6 rpg. The big man is very experienced playing in…
Read MoreLanding Sane now playing for Andorra
Landing Sane (211 cm) will be reinforcing the frontcourt of MoraBanc Andorra (Spain-Liga Endesa) for the remainder of the 2017-18 season. He is a 27-year-old French international basketball player who played for the French National Team B in 2014. He’s played most of his pro career for teams from the French Pro A but started…
Read More7DAYS EuroCup: Top 16 Wednesday action
We’re at the business end of the 2017/2018 7DAYS EuroCup season and the Top 16 is now underway in the competition. There was a full schedule of games across Groups E through H on Tuesday on Wednesday. Through the second day of action there was plenty to talk about as the best remaining teams in…
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