Obras Sanitarias fires Dan Fitzgerald

Argentinian team Obras Sanitarias has fired Dan Fitzgerald (206 cm, Marquette’08) due to a disappointing performances in the 8 games he played so far (6.4 ppg and 2.6 rpg). Globetrotter Fitzgerald played in the Japanese BJ League last season and played in various other leagues around the world before that.

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Red Star and Partizan take battle to FIBA arbitration

Serbian rivals Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade have been in a heated verbal fight all summer and now it continues into the court rooms. The fight is about talented youngster Nenad Miljenović and a transfer fee that Red Star claims from Partizan. Nenad Miljenović originally played for FMP but when he turned 18, he…

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Dominique Coleman signs with Lapua

Dominique Coleman (190 cm, Colorado’07) has signed in Finland with Korisliiga newcomer Korikobrat Lapua. He is the fourth American on the team (only three can play at the same time).Dominique Coleman already played in Finland during the 2007/2008 season and last season he played in the D-League.

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Dallas stuns loaded Lakers in opener, 99-91

Dwight Howard missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot, and the night never got much better for the Los Angeles Lakers. When Howard and Steve Nash took their places alongside Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol under the Hollywood spotlight, the Lakers opened a season of enormous expectations with an equally big dud of a…

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Record-tying 84 foreign players on NBA rosters

Opening-night rosters for the 2012-13 NBA season feature a record-tying 84 international players, previously set in 2010-11, from 37 countries and territories. The opening-night record for countries and territories is 38, and was also set in the 2010-11 season. Twenty-nine of the 30 teams feature at least one international player. The San Antonio Spurs have…

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Olin Edirne and Nemanja Protic part ways

Turkish team Olin Edirne and Serbian player Nemanja Protic have parted ways. Protic played 3 games with Olin Edirne in the TBL and averaged 4.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2 assists. Olin Edirne is active on the market for PG spot. Coach Gokhan Tastimur also parted ways with Croatian Sasha Cuic. Olin Edirne hosted Hacettepe…

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Civil rights activists question Minnesota Timberwolves’ white roster

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the skin color of many of their players has some questioning the front-office’s true motives when it comes to constructing the roster. Reports the Star Tribune: “Dante Cunningham noticed when he reported for work in Minnesota this fall that his new Timberwolves team is unlike any for which he has ever…

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Belgian National Team player Lionel Bosco in jail

Belgian National Team player Lionel Bosco is in jail after causing a traffic accident while being drunk and without a driver’s license. After Friday’s victory against local rival Pepinster, The 31 year old guard of the Belgian National Team the club team of Liege, went to the birthday party of team mate Olivier Troisfontaines. On…

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