Dario Saric to join NBA Draft

19-year-old Croatian basketball player Dario Saric (208 cm) has officially declared his entry into the 2013 NBA draft in June. Saric is purported to be one of the top small forward candidates in the draft. Knowledge that the draft class of 2013 is rumored to be “relatively weak” may have played a role in Saric’s…

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Ryan Richards departs Asseco Prokom

British player, Ryan Richards (212 cm) is now a free agent after parting ways with Asseco Prokom Gdynia from Poland’s TBL. Richards played nine games for Asseco Prokom in the TBL 0.9 ppg and 0.8 rpg in the 2012-13 season. In five games competing in the Euroleague, he averaged 4.4 ppg and 2.1 rpg. In…

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Justin Hamilton 5th player leaving Cibona

Former 2nd round draft pick Justin Hamilton (210 cm, LSU’12) has left Adriatic League team Cibona Zagreb from Croatia. After Ante Mašić, Dustin Ware, Smush Parker and Tomislav Zubčić he is the 5th player to leave the former European champion. In addition, Sports Director Nikola Prkačin recently also left the club and before him head…

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Tomislav Zubčić leaves Cibona for Lietuvos Rytas

Tomislav Zubčić is leaving Croatian and Adriatic League team KK Cibona. He will sign for Lietuvos Rytas from Lithuania. “There was an option for Zubčić to leave, due to the financial problems of the club. This way, both Zubčić and Cibona are satisfied” said Danijel Lutz, the coach of the team. Behind the scenes however,…

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Francisco Elson on try-out in Iran

Francisco Elson (211 cm, California’99) has left for Iran, where he will try out for ten days with Mahram Tehran. Coach of the Iranian team is Slovenian Mehmed Becirovic. He knows Elson very well, from the time that he played in the Spanish ACB and with the Dutch national team. Coach Becirovic is also coaching…

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Jermaine Taylor leaves Spain for Israel

Jermaine Taylor (193 cm, Central Florida’09) is leaving Spanish ACB team Lagun Aro. He is heading to Israel, where he will join Hapoel Tel Aviv. Jermaine Taylor played four years with Central Florida University, where he averaged 26.2ppg in his senior year. In the 2009 NBA Draft he was picked by the Washington Wizards in…

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Ronald Murray signs with Azovmash

Ronald Murray (193 cm, Shaw’02) has signed in Ukraine with Azovmash Mariupol. Last season Ronald Murray played in the D-League where he won the championship with the Austin Toros while averaging 14.6 ppg and 3 aspg. For a long time, it looked like he was going to play for the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA…

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Nikoloz Tskitishvili signs with Champville

Georgian player Nikoloz Tskitishvili (212 cm) has agreed terms with Lebanese team Champville. There, he will replace Dwayne Jones (211 cm, St.Joseph’s’05). Nikoloz Tskitishvili was just released from Iranian team Mahan. The 29 year old former NBA lottery pick (5th by Denver Nuggets) has had a very long career in both the NBA as well…

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Joe Alexander signs in China

Joe Alexander (203 cm, West Vriginia’08) has signed with Chinese CBA team Liaoning Jiebao Hunters. Joe Alexander is no stranger to China. He grew up there and went to school in Beijing for six years before returning back to the US. The reason why Alexander was in China was because his father had a job…

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