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Chamberlain Oguchi moves to Spain

Chamberlain Oguchi moves to Spain

Chamberlain Oguchi (198 cm, Illinois State’09) has signed a deal to play with Gran Canaria of the Spanish ACB. The Nigerian started this season with the Maine Red Claws in…

Ike Diogu to play for Leones de Ponce

Ike Diogu to play for Leones de Ponce

Former NBA player Ike Diogu (204 cm, Arizona State’05) is slated to make his debut for Leone de Ponce from Puerto Rico’s BSN this week. The Nigerian-American forward is coming…

Brian Egwuatu joins Aguilas de Tunja

Brian Egwuatu joins Aguilas de Tunja

Brian Egwuatu (199 cm, USC-Aiken’09) has been signed by the Aguilas de Tunja from Colombia’s DPB. The 27-year-old Nigerian is set to replace injured Tyrone Rayson. He is expected to bring…

Faisal Aden leaves Virtus Roma

Faisal Aden leaves Virtus Roma

Somalia-American point guard Faisal Aden (193 cm, Washington State’12) has parted ways with his club ACEA Virtus Roma (Italy, Serie A). Aden joined with Roma on February 26th but the…

Papa Dia to leave Siauliai

Papa Dia to leave Siauliai

Papa Dia (208 cm, SMU’11) has reached a mutual agreement with BC Siauliai (Lithuania, LKL and Baltic League) to leave the team with immediate effect. The agreement has been reached…

Jeleel Akindele joins Champville

Jeleel Akindele joins Champville

Nigerian big man Jeleel Akindele (216 cm, Chicago State’05), also known as “Deji,”  is headed to Lebanon to play in its Division A for Champville. He is coming off a…

Ilunga Mbenga to join Barako Bull Energy

Ilunga Mbenga to join Barako Bull Energy

Former NBA big man, Ilunga Mbenga (214 cm) is going to be the import of Barako Bull Energy from the Philippines’ PBA for the upcoming Commissioner’s Cup. Mbenga, also known…

Solomon Alabi joins Ikaros Kallitheas

Solomon Alabi joins Ikaros Kallitheas

Solomon Alabi (216 cm, Flordia St.’10) has found a new team. He has signed with Ikaros Kallitheas from Greece’s A1 League. He started the 2012-13 season playing for the Qingdao…

Thailand Slammers add Darrius Brannon

Thailand Slammers add Darrius Brannon

The Chang Thailand Slammers of the ASEAN have added Darrius Brannon (206 cm, Houston’09). The 30-year-old Brannon, who holds a passport from Rwanda and the USA, played the 2011-12 season…

Mamadi Diane signs with Boulogne after passing test

Mamadi Diane signs with Boulogne after passing test

Mamadi Diane (196 cm, Virginia’09) has signed with SO Maritime Boulogne (French ProB) for the rest of the season. Boulogne tested Diane first and afterwards found him good enough to…

Francis Koffi leaves Palencia Baloncesto

Francis Koffi leaves Palencia Baloncesto

Francis Koffi (202 cm, Fresno State’04) has parted ways with Palencia Baloncesto from Spain’s LEB Gold. Koffi, who carries a passport from both France and the Ivory Coast, is now…

Omar Samhan signs with Ratiopharm Ulm

Omar Samhan signs with Ratiopharm Ulm

Omar Samhan (211 cm, St. Mary’s’10) is heading to Ratiopharm ULM (Germany, BBL) to replace the outgoing American Brian Cusworth (213 cm, Harvard’07). Cusworth joined Ulm in January but his…

Faisal Aden heads to Virtus Roma

Faisal Aden heads to Virtus Roma

ACEA Virtus Roma (Italy, Serie A) has added American rookie Faisal Aden (193 cm, Washington State’12) to its playing staff. Aden is in his first year as a pro, and…

Pele Paelay joins Vestelspor Manisa

Pele Paelay joins Vestelspor Manisa

Vestelspor Manisa from Turkey’s TB2L has signed Pele Paelay (193 cm, Coastal Carolina’06) and he will soon play his first game for them. He is being brought in to replace…

Alhaji Mohammed joins Ploiesti

Alhaji Mohammed joins Ploiesti

Alhaji Mohammed (192 cm, Louisville’04) has departed Blancos de Rueda Valladolid (Spain, ACB) and will now play with CSU Asesoft Ploiesti (Romania, Liga Nationala). The 32-year old guard had started…

Marko Kolaric signs with Stade Nabeulien

Marko Kolaric signs with Stade Nabeulien

Marko Kolaric (213 cm, Charminade’09) has signed with Stade Nabeulien from Tunisia’s Division 1. The Serbian player started the 2012-13 season playing for Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi from Turkey’s TB2L. In…

Michael Efevberha returns to Russia

Michael Efevberha returns to Russia

Michael Efevberha (197 cm, California State-Northridge’06) is set to return to Spartak Primorie Vladivostok from Russia’s PBL. The Nigerian-American actually started the 2012-13 season with Spartak and played six games for…

Chamberlain Oguchi joins Vladivostok

Chamberlain Oguchi joins Vladivostok

Chamberlain Oguchi (196 cm, Illinois State’09) has signed in Russia with Spartak Primorie Vladivostok (PBL League). Oguchi arrives from the D-League where he played 24 games with the Maine Red…

Russell Robinson to play in Poland

Russell Robinson to play in Poland

Russell Robinson (185 cm, Kansas’08) is set to play in Poland for PGE Turow Zgorzelec (TBL). Robinson, an American-Guinean, played for Angelico Biella from Italy’s Serie A at the beginning of…

Ryan Gomes leaves Artland Dragons

Ryan Gomes leaves Artland Dragons

Former NBA player Ryan Gomes (201 cm, Providence’05) has parted ways with the German team Artland Dragons of Bundesliga, and has already returned to the United States. He played eight…

Bambale Osby signed by Kolossos

Bambale Osby signed by Kolossos

Bambale Osby (203 cm, Maryland’08) has been signed by VAP Kolossos Rodou from Greece (A1). Osby has dual citizenship in The Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States. He…

Pape Sow to play for Al Manama

Pape Sow to play for Al Manama

Al Manama basketball team from Bahrain’s Premier League has brought in Senegalese forward Pape Sow (207 cm, Fullerton’02) to replace injured Patrick Simpson. Sow most recently played for Amchit Club…

La’Shard Anderson is added by Club Africain

La’Shard Anderson is added by Club Africain

La’Shard Anderson (185 cm, Boise State’11) has been signed by Club Africain Tunis of Tunisia’s Division I. He previously played for Belgium’s Gent Dragons in Division II. There Anderson averaged…

Steve Tchiengang signs with Al Jaysh

Steve Tchiengang signs with Al Jaysh

Steve Tchiengang (205 cm, Venderbilt’12) has signed to play for Al Jaysh Army SC Doha basketball team from Qatar. Tchiengang was recently waived by the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA…

Rodrigo Mascarenhas postpones retirement

Rodrigo Mascarenhas postpones retirement

SAO VICENTE (Afrobasket/FIBA Basketball World Cup) – Cape Verde forward Rodrigo Mascarenhas is delaying his retirement from the national team until after the 2013 Afrobasket. For months, even after the…

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