Nate Grimes joins Lapuan Koripojat

Nate Grimes (203 cm, F) has accepted an offer from Finland to play for Lapuan Kirpojat. For Grimes, it will be his rookie season as a pro. Last season played for Fresno State, where he crashed the boards and was the leading rebounder of his team with 10.2 rpg. He also scored 11.5 ppg and…

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Lamont Jones inks with Lapua

Lamont Jones (183 cm, Iona’13) is making his way to Europe for the first time in his career this 2015/16 after agreeing to a deal with Lapuan Korikobrat (Finland-Korisliiga). Jones spent the 2014/15 season playing in the Middle East, initially with Al Ittihad Jedah (Saudi Arabia-Premier League) and then later on with Al Nasr Riyadh…

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Chris Braswell inks with Lapua

Chris Braswell (206 cm, Charlotte’13) has penned a deal to play for Lapuan Korikobrat (Finland-Korisliiga) this 2015. He has already played his first game for his new team and he narrowly missed a double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine rebounds. Braswell came from a stint in Latin America, playing for Club Atletico Montevideo (Uruguay-LUB).…

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Cole Dickerson joins Korikobrat

Cole Dickerson (201 cm, University of San Francisco’14) has penned with Finnish Korisliiga outfit Lapuan Korikobrat for the remainder of the campaign. He is in his rookie season as a pro and has already picked up court time while playing for Bright Kings Den Helder in the Dutch Eredivisie. The American played ten games and…

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Trae Golden goes pro with Lapua

Lapuan Korikobrat of the Finish Korisliiga are strengthening their roster this 2014-15 season with the addition of rookie Trae Golden (188 cm, Georgia Tech ’14). Lapuan is looking to improve on their seventh place standing in the Finish League and an infusion of some young blood might just do the trick. In his senior year…

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Finnish Korisliiga opens with five games

The Finnish Korisliiga is underway for the 2014/2015 campaign with five games tipping off the season on Wednesday. Eleven teams make up the top flight of Basketball in Finland so the action is rapid and the season is always packed full of drama, with a healthy helping of twists and turns along the way. A…

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Marcus Kitts added by Lapua

Marcus Kitts (205 cm, William & Mary’11) has been added by Lapuan Korikobrat from Finland’s Korisliiga this 2013-14. The big man began the season playing in France’s NM1 league for Cognac BB. Before being released by Cognac this February 2014 Kitts was able to log 18 games for the French club. He managed to post…

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Jesse Perry moves to Lapua

Jesse Perry (200 cm, Arizona’12) is moving to Finland’s Korisliiga to play for Lapuan Korikobrat for the remainder of the 2013-14 season. Lapua is in dire straits at the moment, languishing close to the very bottom of the Finnish league standings with a disappointing record of 1-8. Perry began the 2013-14 season playing in Lithuania’s…

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Brandon Gary to suit up for Lapua

Brandon Gary (202 cm, Hutchinson CC’04) a veteran international player will be testing his skills in Finland this 2013-14 as he signs with Lapuan Korikobrat (Korisliiga). Gary has spent the last five seasons of his career playing in Luxembourg’s Diekirch league. Brandon played for Musel Pikes (Luxembourg-Diekirch) from 2011 to 2013. He logged 25 games…

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Givi Bakradze added by Lapuan Korikobrat

Givi Bakradze (185 cm) has been signed by Lapuan Korikobrat from Finland’s Korisliiga. The Georgian player is making his return to Finland after three seasons playing on home soil. He spent the 2012-13 season playing for TSU Tbilisi from Georgia’s Superleague. In 22 games there, Bakradze averaged 12.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg. He was a…

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