News archive November 2009

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News archive November 2009

November 30, 2009 - Partizan fined Partizan was fined 15.000 euros by the Disciplinary Comitee of the Euroleague for events that took place in the Hala Pionir, before and during the game against Olympiacos last week. November 30, 2009 - Domen Lorbek - Cajasol, part ways Domen Lorbek came to Spain in the beginnings of October, signing a two-month contract with Cajasol Sevilla. At the 30th of November the contract expired and the two parts agreed not to continue their collaboration. November 30, 2009 - Aris close to Wilkinson According to Greek websire sportday.gr, Aris is taking advantage of the current situation in Galatasaray and is looking to bring back Mike Wilkinson after two and a half years. November 30, 2009 - 15 year old sets new Greek A1 record 15 year old Greek guard Alexandros Aggelakos of Kolossos Rhodes became the youngest player ever to have played in a Greek A1 game. November 30, 2009 - AEK wants Dragan Sakota After just five league games AEK is already thinking of replacing their coach, Kostas Flevarakis, due to the club's poor record which has left them trailing the league table with 1-4. The team wants Dragan Sakota to replace him. November 30, 2009 - Austrian League wants to develop Karl Schweitzer was elected President of the ÖBL (Austrian Basketball League) last September replacing Norbert Steger. The executive has a clear image of what he wants to achieve during his tenure. November 29, 2009 - German BBL playoff game manipulated? According to the website of German news magazine “Der Spiegel”, the investigations by German authorities regarding the international betting scandal not only concentrate on football, but also on a Tennis women double game in Morocco, and on a German BBL Playoff game from June 2009. November 28, 2009 - Game 5 co-MVPs: Keith Langford, Khimki, and Aleks Maric, Partizan Week 5 was so exciting that it generated two MVPs, both of them newcomers to the Euroleague this season! Aleks Maric of Partizan Belgrade and Keith Langford of Khimki Moscow Region posted performance index ratings of 38 each to share the Week 5 MVP honor while leading their teams to very big victories. November 27, 2009 - Kavala inks DeJuan Collins Kavala continues to sign players and this time they announced DeJuan Collins, a known figure to basketball fans in Greece since his time in Aris and in Euroleague with Zalgiris. November 25, 2009 - Cajasol interested in Erceg, Macijauskas Two players that are linked with Olympiacos are reported to be targeted by Cajasol according to Greek media. Zoran Erceg could not find a place in the roster of Olympiacos and has been looking for a team to be loaned out to since summer. November 25, 2009 - Josip Vrankovic, new coach of Croatia The Croatian Basketball Federation decided upon the succession of Yasmin Repesa and will apoint Josip Vrankovic as the new Head Coach of the Croatian National Team. November 25, 2009 - Slovenia wants to bid for Eurobasket 2013 According to exclusive information of TalkBasket.net the Slovenian Basketball Federation is extremely keen on making a bid to host Eurobasket 2013, as long as their candidateship is supported by the Slovenian government. November 24, 2009 - Cibona without Graves, Gordon doubtful Cibona traveled to Lyon at noon but they will have to face some absences. Their American Antonio Graves refused to travel with the rest of the team to France because he is unpaid for the past two months while their other American Jamont Gordon was involved in a car accident and is having neck pains and is doubtful for tomorrow's game. November 24, 2009 - Giannakis sends Von Wafer home Just days before crucial games such as against Partizan and Panathinaikos, Olympiacos' coach Panagiotis Giannakis told Von Wafer to leave the training of the team, according to sources of the Greek sports website Sport24. November 24, 2009 - Teodosic Greek A1 Week 4 MVP Milos Teodosic, the Serb Eurobasket 2009 sensation, won the MVP award for Week 4 of Greek A1. November 21, 2009 - Donetsk gets Askrabic Ognjen Askrabic will continue his career in BC Donetsk as the Ukrainian club announced that the Serbian player signed a contract until the end of the season. November 21, 2009 - Recalcati Italian NT coach no more According to Italian media Carlo Recalcati is after eight years and two medals officially no more the Head Coach of the Italian NT. Euroleague announces 2010 Nike International Junior Classification Tournaments Euroleague Basketball is proud to announce that as part of the eighth edition of the Nike International Junior Tournament. November 20, 2009 - Scavolini Pesaro announced Cvetkovic The Italian side of Scavolini Pesaro announced the signing of Serbian guard/forward Branko Cvetkovic via their official site. November 20, 2009 - Panionios tabs Travon Bryant Travor Bryant who had landed in Athens a couple of days was officially announced by Panionios. The American forward previously played for four different Greek clubs. November 17, 2009 - PAOK gets Lazaros Papadopoulos! In a shock move PAOK Thessaloniki landed Greek international center Lazaros Papadopoulos who was recently released by Real Madrid and was a free agent. November 17, 2009 - Zvika sherf new Spartak coach Spartak St. Petersburg announced the hiring of Israeli coach Zvika sherf as their new head coach, after the resignation of Aleksandar Trifunovic, some days ago. November 17, 2009 - Asseco Prokom releases guard Tyrone Brazelton Asseco Prokom Gdynia announced Monday that it has released guard Tyrone Brazelton. The sides terminated their deal by mutual consent. November 17, 2009 - Adriatic games in Serbia postponed due to death of Patriarch All NLB Adriatic League games which were scheduled to played on Tuesday in Serbia have been postponed due to the death of Patriarch Pavel of Serbia. November 17, 2009 - Croatia to host U20 European Championship 2010 The host of next year's U20 European Championship has been officially made known. Croatia and the national federation now have the mission of organising the competition. November 16, 2009 - Oldenburg adds Bailey at point With the knowledge that its starter will be sidelined four more weeks, EWE Baskets Oldenburg has signed a replacement point guard, Bryan Bailey, for the same length of time. November 15, 2009 - Maroussi signs forward Stevan Nadjfeji After losing big man Levon Kendall long term on Wednesday with an ankle injury, Maroussi turned around and signed forward Stevan Nadjfeji to a two-month contract. November 15, 2009 - Lietuvos Rytas invites Macijauskas Just a day after Arvydas Macijauskas officially became a free agent, already one Euroleague club has shown interest in him, Lietuvos Rytas. November 15, 2009 - Mensah-Bonsu released by Rockets British international power forward/center Pops Mensah-Bonsu has been released by the Houston Rockets, just less than a month since the NBA season tipped off. November 13, 2009 - Bourousis Round 4 MVP (in 12 minutes!) Ioannis Bourousis, has won the MVP award of Euroleague Round 4, with a ranking of 32, which may not have been his best ever but it was certainly his fastert ever. November 12, 2009 - 2010 Paris Final Four logo unveiled 2010 Final Four in Paris now has its own logo to show artistically how the world-famous French capital is embracing a signature event on the global sports calendar. November 12, 2009 - Cibona players threaten with strike The players of Cibona Zagreb decided to go on a strike and stop training on the 22nd of November if they haven't received any guarantees of payment by the 21st . November 11, 2009 - Spartak signs James "Flight" White Spartak St. Petersburg added an athletic force to its lineup with the signing of James "Flight" White. November 11, 2009 - Euroleague Basketball announces Special Olympics games Euroleague Basketball is proud to announce that during 24 games over the next two weeks, its clubs, players, coaches and referees will join the Special Olympics campaign. November 10, 2009 - Telekom Baskets ink Dupree In order to replace long-term injured Vincent Yarbrough, Telekom Baskets Bonn agreed terms with Ronald Dupree on a contract until the end of the season. November 8, 2009 - Azovmash gets Freddy House According to the Ukrainian basketball website http://www.basket.com.ua Azovmahs Mariupol has agreed terms with the American guard/forward Freddy House. November 8, 2009 - Unicaja gets Shammond Williams Unicaja Malaga announced the signing of Shammond Williams today, via its official website. November 7, 2009 - Kemzura to coach Lithuania till 2012 Kestutis Kemzura officially signed 3-year contract with Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) to become a head coach of Lithuanian national team. November 5, 2009 - Avellino adds Diarra Lega A team AIR Avellino added French international guard/forward Mamoutou Diarra, in order to temporarily replace Cenk Akyol, who was seriously injured some days ago. November 3, 2009 - Euroleague October MVP: Bojan Popovic Bojan Popovic has been declared as the October MVP by Euroleague. The Serb point guard has been nothing but impressive playing for Lietuvos Rytas. November 2, 2009 - Aris signs Juan Dixon After the heavy defeat against their arch-rivals of PAOK, Aris rushed to strengthen their squad with the addition of NBA veteran Juan Dixon, who has already arrived to Thessaloniki. November 1, 2009 - EuroCup 2009/10 Draw EuroCup 2009/10 regular season groups draw took place on Friday and we present you all eight groups, each consisting of four clubs. November 1, 2009 - Toni Kukoc wants to compete in 2016 Olympics Three years after his retirement from basketball and at the age of 40, Toni Kukoc has new ambitions and wants to compete in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro summer Olympics. November 1, 2009 - ASVEL: Victor Samnick shores up frontline With star center Curtis Borchardt sidelined with a hand injury, Asvel Basket moved quickly to sign forward Victor Samnick to shore up its frontline.

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