10 College basketball sleepers

Just a few days into the fresh college basketball season, Courtside examines some of the most slept on teams going in the 2018-2019 Men’s NCAA Basketball season. Indiana Hoosiers It’s hard not to get excited about this Indiana Hoosiers basketball team going into this college basketball season. The amount of potential they have provided with…

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Darrell Bowie and Joseph McClain stabbed

Darrell Bowie and Joseph McClain have been stabbed in a nightclub in eastern Romania. Police said Darrell Bowie (Iowa State’17), and Joseph McClain (Bluefield’16), who play for local club ACS Cuza Braila, were attacked Saturday night in the city after a fight broke out with locals. Joseph McClain sustained stab wounds to his chest and…

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Jameel McKay pens with Neptunas

 Jameel McKay (206 cm, Iowa State’16) is a recent addition to the roster of Lithuanian club Neptunas Klaipeda (Lithuania-LKL) this 2018. He played the preseason with Retabet Bilbao Basket (Spain-Liga Endesa), then later moved to Asia and signed with the Shimane Susanoo Magic (Japan-B1 League). McKay played just 10 games for the Magic and averaged…

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DeAndre Kane heads to Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv

DeAndre Kane (193 cm, Iowa State ’14) is the newest member of Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League). The addition of Kane should bring another back court player who knows how to put the ball in the hole. The majority of his 2016/2017 campaign came with BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russia-VTB) where he played 31.9 mpg. His major…

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Will Clyburn added by CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow (Russia-VTB) are not resting on their laurels, post-VTB League championship and have already made moves to strengthen their roster for the upcoming season. The Russian club has added Will Clyburn (201 cm, Iowa State’13). The 27-year-old Clyburn is coming off a stint playing for Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul (Turkey-BSL) this 2016-17 season. He played…

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DeAndre Kane lands with Sevilla

DeAndre Kane (193 cm, Iowa State’14) is a new face on the roster of Betis Energia Plus Sevilla (Spain-Liga Endesa) this 2017. Kane recently departed Russian club BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russia-VTB). He played 17 games for them in the VTB United League and was able to produce averages of 15.9 ppg and 3.6 apg. He…

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Diante Garrett signs with Toyota Alvark

Diante Garrett (196 cm, Iowa State’11) is taking his game to the Far East this 2016-17 via a deal with Toyota Alvark Tokyo (Japan-BJ League). The 27-year-old former NBA guard spent his 2015-16 season on the roster of Maccabi Ashdod (Israel-Winner League). He appeared in a total of 33 games for his former team and…

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DeAndre Kane to Nizhny Novgorod

DeAndre Kane (193 cm, Iowa State’14) is taking his game to Russian club BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russia-VTB) for the upcoming 2016-17 season. Kane had a busy 2015-16 season, lending his talents to two teams. He began the season on the roster of Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany-BBL). DeAndre played eight games for them during their run in…

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Pelicans’ Bryce Dejean-Jones Shot Dead at Age 23

A tragic mistake has ended the life of New Orleans Pelicans rookie Bryce Dejean-Jones. The 23-year-old died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen which he sustained breaking into an apartment in Dallas, Texas over the weekend. The resident of the apartment called out to him after he broke down the door and entered the…

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Melvin Ejim added by Umana Venezia

Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy-Serie A) has acquired the services of Melvin Ejim (198 cm, Iowa State’14) for the remainder of the 2015-16 season. Ejim is a 24-year-old Canadian-Nigerian player was a former member of the Canadian national team in 2014 and 2015. He heads back to Europe after spending most of the 2015-16 season playing…

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