Archive for September 2012
Aaron Johnson signs with Montegranaro
Aaron Johnson (203 cm, New Mexico’07) has signed with Italian Serie A team Sutor Montegranaro. He is (temporarily) replacing the injured Zach Andrews. Last season Aaron Johnson split time between the Italian Lega Due and the Spanish LEB Gold.
Read MoreDarko Milicic signs with the Boston Celtics
Darko Milicic signs with the Boston Celtics. Not with Real Madrid, as earlier reported. For a long time the Serb big man and the team from Spain were flirting with each other and at one point the news leaked out that a € 1.800.000 contract had been signed. In the last week however, Darko Milicic…
Read MoreBBL Groupings released for 2012-13
The Baltic Basketball League (BBL) has released the league groupings for the upcoming season. The league will consist of 23 teams, broken up into four groups. The first day of competition has been set for October 2nd. The competition format will be set into the follow separate sessions: • The Regular Season • Top 16…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Qatar stuns in Quarter-Finals
On a day that the Lebanese Basketball contingent was earlier celebrating their good fortunes after being awarded the 2013 FIBA Asia Championships for Men, they seem to have forgotten that they were in Tokyo to play some basketball. The top-ranked team in Group A squared off with Qatar, the fourth-ranked team in Group B, and…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Championship 2013 awarded to Lebanon
It was announced yesterday that Lebanon will host the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Men. The vote by FIBA Asia’s Executive Committee was held to determine which of the applications they would accept between Lebanon, Iran and the Philippines. The FIBA Asia Championships have never been hosted by Lebanon and with the quality of their…
Read MoreVlad Corpodean on Loan to PH Miercurea Ciuc
Vlad Corpodean (1.94m) has been loaned to PH Miercurea Ciuc (Romania-Division A) from CS U-Mobitelco Cluj Napoca (Romania-Division A) for the 2012-13 season. He saw limited action for CS U-Mobitelco last season, but while playing for their second team in Division B he averaged 13.0 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds per game. He played…
Read MoreGerald Fitch joins French squad Strasbourg IG
Gerald Fitch has signed a deal with Strasbourg IG (France-ProA) for the upcoming season. Fitch (1.91m, college: Kentucky). He arrives with Strasbourg from Unicaja (Spain-ACB) where he averaged 10.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in 21 contests in Liga Endesa. Over 13 Euroleague games he contributed 10.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest.
Read MoreRicky Harris signs with Bologna
Ricky Harris (188 cm, UMASS’10) has signed with Italian Legadue team Biancoblu Bologna. Last season Ricky Harris played in the German Bundesliga for Wurzburg where he averaged 9.8 ppg. He also gained professional experience in the Philippines, Ukraine and Lithuania.
Read MoreBrian Chase replaces Nic Wise at Caserta
Brian Chase (178 cm, Virginia Tech’03) will replace Nic Wise (178 cm, Arizona’10) at Italian Serie A team Juve Caserta. It was Nic Wise himself who announced to the world via Twitter that his love story with the Italians was over and that he was leaving. Brian Chase is a very experienced veteran who split…
Read MoreDJ Strawberry signs with Cibona Zagreb
DJ Strawberry has officially signed a deal to play for Cibona Zagreb (Croatia-A1) during the 2012-13 season. Strawberry (1.98m, college: Maryland) had been previously rumored to be in talks with Cibona and those talks have finally come to fruition in an agreement. As was previously reported, he had signed with Hapoel Holon, but backed out…
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