Damian Saunders signs with Aomori Watts
Damian Saunders (203 cm, Duquesne’11) has signed with Aomori Watts (Japan-BJ League). The American Forward spent the last season with the Delaware 87ers (D-League) where he averaged 11.0 ppg and 7.3 rpg in 43 games. Before that the 26-year old American played for Sioux Falls Skyforce (D-League) and recorded 10.1 ppg in 2012-13 season. Damian Saunders…
Read MoreAnthony Cousin pens deal with Jedinstvo
Anthony Cousin (180 cm, Illinois State’ 13) pens a deal with Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (Montenegro-Erste Liga) for the upcoming season. The American Point Guard will make his debut in Europe. Anthony Cousin, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, reached the NIT Sweet 16 with Illinois State in 2012.
Read More2014/2015 season starts across Europe
The trickle of leagues starting for the 2014/2015 season is turning into a torrent this weekend as numerous other leagues get underway. On Saturday and Sunday the following leagues will tip off: Croatian A1 Four games opened the 2014/2015 season in Croatia with a final fifth game to take place on Sunday. Kvarner 2010 Rijeka…
Read MoreDraelon Burns back to Okinawa
Draelon Burns (194 cm, De Paul’08) is back at Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa (Japan-BJ League) after extending his contract with the franchise. The guard represented the team during the 2013/2014 season and impressed with averages of 17.5 points, 5.6 boards, and 3.3 assists per game from his 46 appearances through the season. The American has…
Read MoreNikola Lepojevic pens with Surgut
Nikola Lepojevic (195 cm) is making a return to Universitet Surgut (Russia-SuperLeague) for the 2014/2015 season it has been announced. The Serbian has previously played with the club during the 2008/2009, 2010/2011, and the 2013/2014 seasons. During his last stint with Surgut through the 2013/2014 campaign the shooting guard played in 35 games and was…
Read MoreBelgian league tips off
The Belgium league season opened for business on Friday evening with two encounters serving as the regular season curtain raiser. Both host teams came away with victories to get their season off to a good start, while both visitors go home empty handed. The rest of the Belgium league round 1 will be completed on…
Read MoreAdriatic League gets underway
The 2014/2015 Adriatic League tipped off today with two games making up the first day of Round 1 at the start of the Regular Season. The rest of Round 1 will be completed on Saturday, October 4th with the remainder of the teams getting their campaigns underway. Tonight Crvena Zvezda Belgrade crushed Adriatic League newcomers…
Read MoreLokomotiv wins VTB League opener
Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and Czech team CEZ Nymburk had the honour of opening the 2014/2015 VTB League regular season tonight. The two teams clashed in Nymburk’s Sportovni Hala Arena but it was Lokomotiv who came away with the win, picking up a 67-82 victory to top the VTB standings at this meaningless point…
Read MoreSigurdur Thorsteinsson pens with Solna
Sigurdur Thorsteinsson (204 cm) has put pen to paper on a contract with Solna Vikings in the Swedish Basketligan that will see him wear the team jersey for the 2014/2015 season. The Iceland native has spent this last three seasons playing for U.M.F Grindavik (Iceland, Dominos League). During the 2013/2014 season the centre featured in…
Read MoreLithuanian LKL Round 4 recap
Many of the leagues around Europe are getting underway, but the action in the Lithuanian LKL is already in its fourth round of play. During this round reigning champions Zalgiris Kaunas bounced back from defeat in Game 3, while Neptunas Klaipeda continued their unbeaten start to the campaign to top the league. Elsewhere Juventus and…
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