Adriatic League: Three Teams Still Unbeaten

Round 3 of the Adriatic league was completed last night after Mega Vizura (Serbia-KLS) upset 2014 defending league champions KK Cibona VIP Zagreb (Croatia-A1) 78-74.  Three teams managed to keep a pristine record so far in the competition. Montenegro’s Buducnost, Serbia’s Red Star (Crvena Zvezda), and Slovenia’s Krka Novo Mesto are now atop the league…

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Mark Lyons heads to KK Zadar

Mark Lyons (185 cm, Arizona’13) will continue his rookie season as a pro with KK Zadar from Croatia’s A1. The Arizona product began the 2013-14 season with Chorale de Roanne Basket from France’s Pro A league. He played 14 games for them during his stint in the French league. Mark posted averages of 10.1 ppg…

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Bennet Davis joins KK Zadar

Croatian club KK Zadar has added Bahamian player Bennet Davis (206 cm, Northeastern ’07) to their roster for the 2013-14 season. The 29-year-old Davis began the season with GreenTops Netanya from Israel’s Winner league. He left Netanya in early December last year after logging 10 games for them and posting averages of 5.9 ppg and…

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Andrew Lawrence to Zadar

British rookie Andrew Lawrence (185 cm, Charleston´13) will begin his professional career in Croatia after inking a deal to play for KK Zadar (A1) this season. Last season the point guard was in action in the NCAA for Charleston during his senior college season where he took part in 32 games and averaged 13.5 points,…

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Cibona wins 18th A1 title

Cibona Zagreb recorded a third straight win over Zadar in the Croatian A1 finals on Tuesday to win the title for the second consecutive year. The team secured the championship after another comfortable display against Zadar and the win meant the club has now won 18 Croatian league titles since 1991. Cibona and Zadar entered…

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Dwight Thorne signs with Zadar

Struggling Adriatic League team KK Zadar (Croatia, A1) has signed American point guard Dwight Thorne (190 cm, Colorado’10) until the end of the season. The team is struggling at the foot of the Adriatic League with a 7-15 record and will hope that Thorne can aid in a late season recovery. Thorne has signed from…

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Chaisson Allen will leave Zadar

American point guard Chaisson Allen (192 cm, Northeastern’10) is set to depart KK Zadar (Croatia, Adriatic League) after a turbulent season for the team. Allen inked with Zadar at the start of the 2012-2013 season, but the campaign has been blighted with financial issues and problems for the Croatian outfit. Before the season had even…

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Chester Mason signs with Bnei Hasharon

Chester Mason (192 cm, Miami, Ohio’05) has signed a short-term replacement contract in Israel with Bnei Eshet Tours Hasharon. Chester Mason played in Kuwait last season for Al Kuwait. Previously he also played in Croatia, Latvia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Turkey and the D-League. Mason was a big star in college where he ranked in the top…

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KK Zadar to keep Chaisson Allen and waive Jordan Burgason

KK Zadar sports director, Branko Skroce, in an interview with Zdnews, said that the club is talking with Chaisson Allen (192 cm, Northeastern’11) to extend the contract until the end of the season. The manager of the Adriatic league club from Croatian also added that Jordan Burgason (190 cm, Lipscomb’12) won’t be renewed. The American…

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Thriller in Zadar

Croatian team Zadar played against visiting Serbian team Partizan Belgrade tonight in the Adriatic league and it turned out to be a nail-biting thriller. In a packed gym, the 7000 spectators saw a game in which neither one of the teams ever had more than a five-point-lead. With only fourteen seconds to go Partizan was…

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