September 30, 2015 - Panathinaikos dominates to wrap Asia Tour with victory Panathinaikos
Athens wrapped up its trip on the Euroleague Basketball Asia Tour on
Wednesday, with a dominating performance and a resounding 63-85 win
over Guangdong Tigers at the Macau Tap Seac Multisport Pavillion in
Macau, China. Read more here.
September 30, 2015 - ABA league 2014-15 preview A
long waited start of new season in ABA league is right here. Tomorrow,
Game 1 will be played, and Basketball fans from this part of Europe
will enjoy in great Basketball in upcoming months. Teams from six
countries will take a part in this season in ABA league. Read more here.
September 30, 2015 - Limoges inks Schaffartzik short term Just
couple weeks ahead of the start of the 2015-16 Turkish Airlines
Euroleague season, French champion Limoges CSP added an experienced
point guard to its backcourt, signing Heiko Schaffartzik (1.88 meters,
31 years old) to a short-term deal. Read more here.
September 29, 2015 - Tejic injured his ankle The
head coach of the reigning ABA League champion Dejan Radonjic has lots
of reasons to worry about due to injuries and illnesses of his players.
Marko Tejic injured his ankle in the preparation game against
Fenernbahce and joined the long red and white injury list. Read more here.
September 28, 2015 - Panathinaikos Athens opens Euroleague Basketball Asia Tour with victory Panathinaikos
Athens got itself a winning start of the Euroleague Basketball Asia
Tour, after taking control early and cruising to 64-83 win over
Zhejiang Lions on Monday at the Hangzhou Stadium in Hangzhou, China.
Read more here.
September 28, 2015 - Eurocup, Group E analysis Group
E is centered in Russia, from where two of its teams hail: Avtodor
Saratov and Zenit St Petersburg. Turkey’s Besiktas JK Istanbul is a
tradition Eurocup force as it heads into its ninth season in the
competition. Read more here.
September 28, 2015 - Real Madrid wins FIBA Euroleague Intercontinental Cup Real
Madrid won the FIBA Euroleague Intercontinental Cup for the fifth time
in club history on Sunday by beating 2015 FIBA Liga de las Americas
champion Bauru of Brazil 91-79 on Sunday at Ginasio Iberapuera in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Read more here.
September 28, 2015 - Laboral Kutxa gets bigger with Euroleague champ Bourousis Laboral
Kutxa Vitoria bolstered its frontcourt just weeks before the start of
2015-16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague campaign by signing veteran center
Ioannis Bourousis to a one-year deal, the club announced on Sunday.
Bourousis (2.10 meters, 32 years old) arrives from Real Madrid. Read
more here.
September 26, 2015 - ALBA adds depth with swingman Liyanage, splits with Aska ALBA
Berlin added depth to its roster ahead of the upcoming Eurocup season
by signing a one- year deal with swingman Marc Liyanage, club announced
on Saturday. Liyanage (1.98 meters, 25 years old) arrives from fellow
German side Mitteldeutscher BC. Read more here.
September 26, 2015 - Bauru edges Real Madrid in Game 1 of FIBA Euroleague Intercontinental Cup In
the exciting Game 1 of the 2015 FIBA Euroleague Intercontinental Cup,
the reigning FIBA Liga de las Americas champion Bauru of Brazil hit 16
three-pointers and edged the Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion Real
Madrid 91-90 at the Ginasio Iberapuera in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Read more here.
September 26, 2015 - Eurocup, Group D analysis With
two of last season’s semifinalists, Banvit Bandirma of Turkey and Unics
Kazan of Russia, Group D will surely be competitive. Greek side Aris
Thessaloniki will mark a decade since its Eurocup Finals appearance and
hope for another big run. Read more here.
September 25, 2015 - Lomokotiv adds punch with Singleton Lokomotiv
Kuban has put some punch in its frontcourt by signing forward Chris
Singleton in time for the new Turkish Airlines Euroleague season.
Singleton split last season between the Jiangsu Dragons of China and
the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League. Read more here.
September 25, 2015 - Eurocup, Group C analysis Group
C is headlined by the winningest team in Eurocup history, Spain’s
Valencia Basket. Another Spanish side, CAI Zaragoza, returns for a
third straight Eurocup campaign, while Proximus Spirou Charleroi of
Belgium enters its 11th Eurocup season. Read more here.
September 23, 2015 - Euroleague Basketball World Tour 2015 hits the road this week Over
a span of 15 days starting this week, the Euroleague Basketball World
Tour 2015 will see five of Europe's signature clubs travel the globe to
compete in 10 games on four continents. This season's edition of the
World Tour will have many of the components of recent years. Read more here.
September 23, 2015 - Eurocup, Group B analysis Group
B will have some familiar faces with both Germany and Italy each
featuring two clubs. The German representatives are ALBA Berlin and MHP
RIESEN Ludwigsburg, which returns to the competition for the first time
since the 2007-08 campaign. Read more here.
September 23, 2015 - Eurocup, Group A analysis Regular
Season Group A features six teams from five countries; Germany is the
sole nation with two representatives in EWE Baskets Oldenburg and
Telekom Baskets Bonn. Italy’s Dolomiti Energia Trento is the sole
newcomer in the group. Read more here.
September 23, 2015 - Ramljak stays in Zadar After
he had to miss EuroBasket 2015 due to hand injury, Marko Ramljak joined
practices of Zadar ahead of the forthcoming season and formalized the
cooperation with signing a contract extension with the club from
Visnjik. Read more here.
September 21, 2015 - Dinamo Sassari pens center Pellegrino to two-year deal Dinamo
Banco di Sardegna Sassari signed center Francesco Pellegrino to a
two-year deal over the weekend. Pellegrino (2.11 meters, 24 years old)
had already been training with the club and wore uniform number 7 in
preseason games. He was sidelined last season due to injury. Read more here.
September 21, 2015 - Gasol headlines EuroBasket 2015 All-Star five It
was never in any doubt, but the EuroBasket 2015 MVP Award was
officially handed over to Pau Gasol after he lifted Spain to the gold
medal against Lithuania on Sunday. The 35-year-old Chicago Bulls star
had produced one of the great tournament performances in Berlin and
then Lille. Read more here.
September 21, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, gold medal game: Spain conquers gold! Spain
is the EuroBasket 2015 champion! Spain claimed its third gold medal in
four editions - and its eighth medal since 1999 - by downing Lithuania
80-63 in the title game in Lille, France on Sunday. As many as 20
Turkish Airlines Euroleague and Eurocup players were on the two
rosters. Read more here.
September 20, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, bronze medal game: France gets another medal! France
conquered the bronze medal at EuroBasket 2015 by downing Serbia 81-68
in Lille on Sunday. France got its third consecutive EuroBasket medal -
it won silver in 2011 and gold in 2013. Serbia missed the chance to get
a EuroBasket medal for the first time since 2009. Read more here.
September 19, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Semifinals Day 2: Lithuania wins thriller to reach title game Lithuania
outlasted Serbia 64-67 in another EuroBasket 2015 semifinal thriller to
reach the championship game, where Spain awaits in a rematch of the
2003 title game. Lithuania also clinched a ticket to next year’s
Olympic Games. Read more here.
September 19, 2015 - Nikola Jankovic signed with Mega Leks Mega
Leks has officially gained a huge reinforcement in the paint, since the
winner of 4 medals with youth selections of Serbia national team Nikola
Jankovic signed with the club. He underwent the major part of preseason
with Mega. Read more here.
September 18, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Semifinals Day 1: Spain beats France in OT thriller! Spain
will play for its third EuroBasket crown in four tournaments after
ousting France 80-75 in an overtime thriller Thursday in Lille, France.
Pau Gasol turned in a masterful performance with 40 points, 11 rebounds
and 3 blocks to carry Spain. Read more here.
September 18, 2015 - Panathinaikos gets ready to repeat great China experience Panathinaikos
Athens is quickly finding a second home in China. The Greens will
travel to The Celestial Empire at the end of the month to play
exhibition games there for the second time in three years.
Panathinaikos will face Zhejiang Lions on Monday, September 28 in
Hangzhou. Read more here.
September 18, 2015 - Samardziski signed with Mega Leks Macedonian
center Predrag Samardziski signed a short term contract with Mega Leks.
Macedonia national team member will join the practices of his team
after returning from Switzerland where Mega will play two test games.
Read more here.
September 17, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Quarterfinals Day 2: Serbia, Lithuania claim semifinal berths Serbia
pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat the Czech Republic 89-75
and clinch a berth in the semifinals at EuroBasket 2015. Serbia will
face Lithuania in semifinal. Zoran Erceg paced the winners with 20
points and Panathinaikos Athens center Miroslav Raduljica added 16.
Read more here.
September 17, 2015 - Lietuvos Rytas inks teenage guard Pilauskas to long-term deal Lietuvos
Rytas Vilnius made a move with an eye on the future by signing teenage
playmaker Aistis Pilauskas to a long-term contract. Pilauskas (1.88
meters, 17 years old) is a product of the Sarunas Marciulionis
Basketball Academy. Read more here.
September 17, 2015 - Besiktas bolsters frontcourt with Radosevic Besiktas
JK Istanbul fortified its frontcourt by signing Leon Radosevic. The
move comes after Lamont Hamilton suffered an injury that will sideline
him for the preseason. Radosevic (2.08 meters, 25 years old) arrives
from ALBA Berlin, with whom he averaged 9 points. Read more here.
September 17, 2015 - Vitkovac again with Partizan NIS Cedomir
Vitkovac is back in the ranks of the black and white and he agreed on a
one year contract with the club from Humska. He will help the young
team of Partizan NIS to achieve as good result as possible in the
forthcoming season. Read more here.
September 17, 2015 - Petar Bozic new Partizan NIS head coach Long
time captain of Partizan NIS Petar Bozic is the new head coach of
Partizan NIS. Over the past two seasons, Bozic has been an assistant
coach in the coaching staff led by Dusko Vujosevic and before the
forthcoming season he was named the head coach of the team from Humska.
Read more here.
September 16, 2015 - Steaua adds size with Lee Steaua
CSM EximBank Bucharest bolstered its frontcourt by inking big man
Gerald Lee to a one-year deal on Wednesday. Lee (2.08 meters, 27 years
old) arrives from UCAM Murcia, where he averaged 3.7 points and 3.6
rebounds in 13 Spanish League games last season. Read more here.
September 16, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Quarterfinals Day 1: Spain, France set semifinal showdown Spain
is the first semifinalist of the EuroBasket 2015 after a hard-fought
73-71 quarterfinals win over Greece on Tuesday in Lille. Spain will
play host nation France in the semis. Against the Greeks, Spain jumped
ahead early on behind Pau Gasol and Sergio Llull. Read more here.
September 15, 2015 - Laboral Kutxa lands swingman Blazic Laboral
Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz reached an agreement with swingman Jaka Blazic to
work together for the next three seasons, the club announced Tuesday.
Blazic arrives from Crvena Zvezda Telekom, where he averaged 9.1 points
in 24 Turkish Airlines Euroleague games last season. Read more here.
September 15, 2015 - Jaramaz one year in Buducnost VOLI Buducnost
VOLI got another huge reinforcement for new season. A one year
cooperation with Nemanja Jaramaz, who played for Polish side Turow last
season is agreed between the two sides. He started playing basketball
in Krusevac and afterwards played for Partizan NIS junior team. Read
more here.
September 15, 2015 - EWE Baskets adds Prepelic to its backcourt EWE
Baskets Oldenburg added another piece to its backcourt, signing
combo-guard Klemen Prepelic to a short-term deal, club announced on
Monday. Prepelic (1.91 meters, 22 years old) arrives from Union
Olimpija, were he averaged 7.2 points in Eurocup. Read more here.
September 15, 2015 - Jaka Blazic no longer at Crvena zvezda Telekom Jaka
Blazic, who has arrived to Crvena zvezda Telekom in the autumn of 2013
and has since then become one of the fans' favourites of the Belgrade
team, leaves the ranks of the red and white after the two sides have
mutually agreed to terminate their cooperation. Read more here.
September 14, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Eighthfinals Day 2: Serbia, Italy, Lithuania and Czech Rep. advance Tomas
Satoransky of FC Barcelona Lassa had a great all-round performance for
Czech Republic, and Miroslav Raduljica paced Serbian attack against
Finland. Alessandro Gentile of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan netted 27
points, leading Italy to a big win over Israel. Read more here.
September 14, 2015 - Venezuela wins first FIBA Americas Championship gold In
a comeback as unexpected as it was successful, Venezuela shocked
Argentina to win the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal with a
76-71 victory on Sunday in Mexico City. It was the first continental
title ever for Venezuela. Read more here.
September 13, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Eighthfinals Day 1: Latvia, Greece, Spain, France advance! Day
1 of the eighthfinals saw Latvia, France, Spain and Greece qualify to
the EuroBasket 2015 quarterfinals in Lille. On Tuesday, France will
face Latvia while Greece will go against Spain. France beat Turkey
76-53 behind 15 points from Nando De Colo of CSKA Moscow. Read more here.
September 13, 2015 - Valencia brings back Stefansson Valencia
Basket reached an agreement with combo guard Jon Stefansson to work
together for three months, the club announced Saturday. Stefansson
arrives from Unicaja Malaga, where he averaged 5.1 points in 20 Turkish
Airlines Euroleague games last season. Read more here.
September 13, 2015 - Todorovic two seasons with Igokea Nemanja
Todorovic signed a two year contract on cooperation with Igokea in the
club's offices of the team from Aleksandrovac. Nemanja Todorovic is a
206 cm tall power forward born in Cacak, who proved himself playing for
Borac. Read more here.
September 12, 2015 - Barcelona center Samuels could miss start of season Off-season
signing Samardo Samuels might not be able to start the season with FC
Barcelona Lassa, his new Turkish Airlines Euroleague team. Barcelona
announced Friday that Samuels (2.06 meters, 26 years old) had suffered
a broken finger on his right, shooting hand. Read more here.
September 12, 2015 - Ludwigsburg re-signs big Waleskowski MHP
RIESEN Ludwigsburg ensured that Adam Waleskowski will fortify its
frontcourt for a third straight season when it signed the big man to a
new contract. Waleskowski (2.03 meters, 32 years old) averaged 7.1
points and 3.4 rebounds in a straying role last season. Read more here.
September 11, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Day 6 roundup The
sixth and final day of group stage action at EuroBasket 2015 finished
with sixteen teams heading to Lille, France, for the second round games
over the weekend. France, Serbia and Greece advance with unblemished
records and Lithuania was the winner of the other group. Read more here.
September 11, 2015 - FIBA Americas, Day 9: Ayon leads Mexico past Argentina Gustavo
Ayon had 38 points and 14 rebounds for the host nation Mexico which
rallied from a double-digit deficit and bested the last unbeaten side
Argentina, while Canada claimed the first place on the last day of the
second stage of Fiba Americas 2015. Read more here.
September 11, 2015 - Sutjeska and Union Olimpija confirmed as ABA league members KK
Sutjeska and KK Union Olimpija are officially confirmed as the 13th and
14th participants in the 2015-16 season of the ABA League. Both
mentioned clubs have fulfilled all required obligations for
participation towards the league by the set deadline of 9 September.
Read more here.
September 11, 2015 - Galatasaray lands standout scorer McCollum Galatasaray
added an elite scorer by signing Errick McCollum for the
coming season. McCollum (1.88 meters, 27 years old), who led the
2013-14 Eurocup in scoring, set a Chinese Basketball Association record
last season with an 82-point performance for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls.
Read more here.
September 10, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Day 5 roundup Serbia,
France and Greece remained perfect at EuroBasket 2015 after Day 5 wins
on Wednesday, but only Greece clinched first place in its group. In the
remaining three groups, there will be direct head-to-head clashes for
first place on Thursday, the final day of group stage action. Read more
here.
September 10, 2015 - FIBA Americas, Day 8: Argentina stays perfect, Canada advances Canada
booked a place in the semifinals of FIBA Americas 2015 by downing
previously undefeated Mexico 73-94 behind 17 points from Andrew
Wiggins. Andrew Nicholson had 15 for Canada, which led 30-52 at
halftime and never looked back. Read more here.
September 10, 2015 - Stefan Sinovec last Krka's reinforcement Before
the beginning of new season Krka strengthened its ranks with a new
guard. New member of the team from Novo mesto is 27-year old and 195 cm
tall Stefan Sinovec, who played ABA League with two clubs last season –
Szolnoki Olaj and MZT Skopje Aerodrom. Read more here.
September 9, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Day 4 roundup The
Tuesday action at EuroBasket 2015 featured a total of six games, half
of which were from Group B in Berlin, and the other half in Group C in
Zagreb. The 12 teams competing in either Group A or Group D had rest
days. All 24 teams will be in action once again on Wednesday. Read more
here.
September 9, 2015 - FIBA Americas, Day 7: Mexico and Argentina advance Host
nation Mexico and Argentina each booked a place in the semifinals of
FIBA Americas 2015. Mexico rallied late to edge Venezuela 70-73 and
stay perfect in front of the home crowd. Venezuela had upset in the
making, leading 48-37 midway through the third quarter. Read more here.
September 9, 2015 - Valencia's Diot to miss start of season with muscle tear Valencia
Basket guard Antione Diot will miss the start of the Eurocup season
after suffering a leg injury with the French national team. Diot was
ruled out of EuroBasket 2015 last week and travelled to Valencia to be
further evaluated by club doctors. Read more here.
September 9, 2015 - Vujosević no longer Partizan NIS head coach Partizan
NIS announced that the decision of club's board was to terminate
cooperation with head coach Dusko Vujosević and to give an opportunity
to a new coach to test himself in the role of the senior team's
tactician. Read more here.
September 8, 2015 - Bayern Munich lands Euroleague champ Rivers FC
Bayern Munich reached an agreement with swingman K.C. Rivers to work
together until the end of the year, the club announced Tuesday. Rivers
(1.96 meters, 28 years old) arrives from Real Madrid, to which he
helped win the Turkish Airlines Euroleague title last season. Read more
here.
September 8, 2015 - Zalgiris adds size with Vougioukas Zalgiris
Kaunas reached an agreement with center Ian Vougioukas to work together
next season, the club announced Tuesday. Vougioukas (2.12 meters, 30
years old) arrives from ratiopharm Ulm, where he averaged 13.2 points
and 3.6 rebounds in 18 German League games last season. Read more here.
September 8, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Day 3 roundup Day
three of EuroBasket 2015 will go down as a day to remember for some and
a day to forget for others. There were only six games scheduled on
Monday; it was a rest day for the six teams each in Group B in Berlin
and Group C in Zagreb. Read more here.
September 8, 2015 - FIBA Americas, Day 6: Unbeaten Mexico and Argentina leave it late Argentina,
Canada, Venezuela and the host nation Mexico claimed victories to open
the second round of FIBA Americas 2015. Argentina pulled out 90-87 win
over Uruguay to improve to 5-0 on the tournament. Uruguay led 37-48
early in the third quarter. Read more here.
September 8, 2015 - Lokomotiv signs Broekhoff away from Besiktas Lokomotiv
Kuban Krasnodar penned forward Ryan Broekhoff to a multi-year deal over
the weekend. The Australian arrives from Besiktas JK Istanbul, where he
spent the past two seasons. Broekhoff averaged 10.9 points, 5.4
rebounds and 1.3 steals in 16 Eurocup games last season. Read more here.
September 7, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Day 2 roundup The
second day of action at EuroBasket 2015 action in four European cities
saw seven teams stay unbeaten: France, Israel and Poland in Group A,
Serbia in Group B, Greece in Group C, and Lithuania and the Czech
Republic in Group D. Read more here.
September 7, 2015 - Darussafaka Dogus adds a champ in Slaughter A
reigning Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion is joining a competition
newcomer following the announcement that Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul has
signed big man Marcus Slaughter for the next two seasons. Slaughter
(2.04 meters, 30 years old) arrives from Real Madrid. Read more here.
September 7, 2015 - Strasbourg puts Golubovic in the paint Strasbourg
put extra size and skill in its frontcourt on Sunday by signing
experienced center Vladimir Golubovic to a short-term contract until
the end of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season. Golubovic
arrives from Unicaja Malaga, where he averaged 6.6 points. Read more here.
September 7, 2015 - Valencia Basket adds veteran Trias Valencia
Basket will have added experience in its frontcourt after announcing on
Sunday the arrival of veteran power forward Jordi Trias, a former
Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion. Trias (2.06 meters, 34 years old)
won the Euroleague title in 2010 with FC Barcelona. Read more here.
September 6, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015, Day 1 roundup EuroBasket
2015 got off to a thrilling start on Saturday as the action started in
all four host cities - Berlin, Germany; Montpellier, France; Riga,
Latvia; and Zagreb, Croatia. Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce Istanbul paced
Czech Republic to a big win over Estonia. Read more here.
September 6, 2015 - FIBA Americas, Day 5: Ayon stars as Mexico stays unbeaten Mexico
and Argentina each improved to 4-0 records at the 2015 FIBA Americas
Championship, remaining undefeated while moving to the second round of
the Group Phase. In Friday action, Andres Nocioni and Facundo Campazzo
helped lead Argentina to 68-77 win over Venezuela. Read more here.
September 4, 2015 - Eurobasket 2015 preview Turkish
Airlines Euroleague and Eurocup stars will be front and center when
EuroBasket 2015 tips off Saturday in four countries, with more than 137
of them competing in the signature tournament of the off-season.
Twenty-four teams will go for glory in the 15-day tourney. Read more here.
September 4, 2015 - EuroBasket 2015 Officially Opened in Zagreb President
of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and FIBA Europe
President Turgay Demirel jointly declared EuroBasket 2015 open during a
Ceremony in the Croatian capital Zagreb on Thursday evening. Read more here.
September 4, 2015 - Renaldas Seibutis joins Zalgiris Lithuanian
champ Zalgiris Kaunas announced on Friday the addition of guard
Renaldas Seibutis for the next season with an option for another.
Seibutis (1.98 meters, 30 years old) arrives from Darussafaka Dogus
Istanbul, where last season he averaged 11.8 points. Read more here.
September 3, 2015 - Krasny Oktyabr signs Italian League MVP Mitchell Krasny
Oktyabr Volgograd bolstered its attack by signing small forward Tony
Mitchell. In a corresponding move, the club also announced that the
contract with small forward Quinton Hosley has been terminated by
mutual consent. Mitchell was named the Italian league MVP last season.
Read more here.
September 3, 2015 - Tepic left Partizan NIS for PAOK Partizan
NIS parted ways with Milenko Tepic, who decided to move to PAOK from
Thessaloniki before the beginning of next season. Tepic, was one of the
key players of the black and white squad last season and averaged 6.9
points. Read more here.
September 3, 2015 - Protic moved to MZT MZT
Skopje Aerodrom is stronger for a new point guard – Nemanja Protic. The
player arrived to Jane Sandanski arena from Valjevo, where he played
for Metalac Farmakom last season. Protic arrived to Metalac midway
through the 2014-15 season and appeared in 9 ABA League games. Read
more here.
September 3, 2015 - Maric back in ABA with Buducnost VOLI Buducnost
VOLI gained a huge reinforcement for the forthcoming season for their
frontcourt. A new member of the Podgorica side is Australia senior
national team center Aleksandar Maric, who arrives to Moraca from
Spain, where he previously played for Herbalife Gran Canaria. Read more
here.
September 2, 2015 - Steaua signs veteran guard Rasic Steaua
CSM EximBank Bucharest signed veteran guard Aleksandar Rasic for the
2015-16 season, the club announced Wednesday. Rasic (1.95 meters, 31
years old) arrives from Turkish side Torku Konyaspor, for whom he
averaged 9.1 points and 3.3 assists per game last season. Read more here.
September 2, 2015 - Ludwigsburg brings rookie guard Cotton aboard MHP
RIESEN Ludwigsburg signed rookie guard Tekele Cotton for the coming
season. Cotton (1.88 meters, 22 years old) will make his professional
basketball debut with Ludwigsburg after playing four seasons of college
basketball at Wichita State University. Read more here.
September 2, 2015 - Lokomotiv Kuban gets bigger with Claver Lokomotiv
Kuban bolstered its frontline for the coming season by signing forward
Victor Claver, the club announced Wednesday. Claver (2.06 meters, 27
years old) started last season playing with Portland in the NBA, before
joining Khimki Moscow Region, where he finished the season. Read more here.
September 1, 2015 - Gran Canaria inks center Galdikas Herbalife
Gran Canaria Las Palmas picked up a true interior force by signing
Ovidijus Galdikas over the weekend. Galdikas (2.18 meters, 26 years
old) arrives from Polish side Asseco Gdynia. He averaged 11.2 points on
73.9% shooting and led the Polish League with 10.5 rebounds. Read more here.
September 1, 2015 - Galatasaray completes signing of former Euroleague champ Dorsey Galatasaray
Istanbul completed the signing of former Euroleague champion Joey
Dorsey on Monday when the player took his physical in Istanbul. Dorsey
(2.03 meters, 31 years old) won the 2012 Turkish Airlines Euroleague
crown in the same city with Olympiacos Piraeus. Read more here.
September 1, 2015 - AEK Athens pens scoring prodigy Atic to six-year deal AEK
Athens penned scoring prodigy Edin Atic to a six year contract on
Monday. Atic (2.01 meters, 18 year old) arrives from Spars Sarajevo
with whom he was named to the all-tournament team at the ADIDAS NEXT
GENERATION TOURNAMENT in May in Madrid. Read more here.
September 1, 2015 - ALBA Berlin brings on Cherry at guard ALBA
Berlin has strengthened its backcourt by adding point guard Will Cherry
for next season. Cherry (1.85 meters, 25 years old) comes off a solid
debut in Europe last season, when he played with Zalgiris Kaunas. In
the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Cherry was a part-time starter. Read
more here.
September 1, 2015 - Maccabi and power forward Randle reconnect After
just two months apart, Maccabi Tel Aviv and power forward Brian Randle
are reunited. Randle passed a physical on Tuesday in Tel Aviv and
signed a new contract with the club for whom he starred last season. In
between, Randle had joined another Turkish Airlines Euroleague club.
Read more here.
