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MIA Academy: Georgian League Champions!
In an 86-80 victory over Olimpi Tbilisi, MIA Academy Tbilisi has prevailed to win the 2013 Georgian Superleague…
Givi Bakradze added by Lapuan Korikobrat
Givi Bakradze (185 cm) has been signed by Lapuan Korikobrat from Finland’s Korisliiga. The Georgian player is making his return to Finland after three seasons playing on home soil. He…
Jovan Stefanov returns to Rustavi
Jovan Stefanov (205 cm, University of Illinois-Chicago’07) has returned to Energy Invest Rustavi from Georgia’s Superleague. The Serbian played his rookie season as a pro for them in the 2007-08…
Bosko Stojakovic added by Sokhumi Tbilisi
Serbian player Bosko Stojakovic (196 cm) is set to play for Sokhumi Tbilisi from Georgia’s Superleague. Stojakovic started the 2012-13 season playing for BC Timba Timisoara from Romania’s Liga Nationala.…
Manuchar Markoishvili headed to Turkey
Manuchar Markoishvili (196 cm) is headed to Turkey to play for Galatasaray Medical Park Istanbul (TBL). He is leaving Mapooro Cantu from Italy’s Serie A. Markoishvili’s contract is expiring next…
Tbilisi tie up Benjamin Raymond
MIA Academy Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleage) have signed 26-year old American Benjamin (B.J) Raymond (198 cm, Xavier’05) from Argentina Liga A team Boca Juniors. The swingman who in 2009 had pre-draft workouts…
Omar Wattad joins Rustavi
Omar Wattad (195cm, Chattanooga ’012) has joined Energy Invest Rustavi (Georgia-Superleague) as his first professional team. He finished his NCAA eligibility last season after playing for the University of Tennessee –…
Keyon Carter inks with Dinamo Tbilisi
Keyon Carter (203 cm, ODU’11) has inked a deal with Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleague) to finish the season. He started the 2012-13 campaign as part of the KAO Dramas (Greece-A1), but…
Nikoloz Tskitishvili signs with Champville
Georgian player Nikoloz Tskitishvili (212 cm) has agreed terms with Lebanese team Champville. There, he will replace Dwayne Jones (211 cm, St.Joseph’s’05). Nikoloz Tskitishvili was just released from Iranian team…
Ryan Richards agrees to terms with Prokom
Ryan Richards (212 cm) has accepted terms from Asseco Prokom Gdynia (Poland-TBL) to join their squad for the rest of the season. Richards, a 2010 draft pick of the San Antonio…
Ruslan Nazmiev inks deal with Sokhumi Tbilisi
Ruslan Nazmiev (2.00m) has agreed to terms with Sokhumi Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleague) for the 2012-13 season. Most recently Nazmiev played for Severstal (Russia-Superleague) where he averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds…
Lamar Karim signs contract with Dinamo Tbilisi
Lamar Karim (1.78m, college: Southern Polytechnic State University) signed a new deal with Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleague) for the 2012-13 season. He most recently suited up for Petrolina AEK Larnaca (Cyprus-Division…
EuroChallenge 2013 begins with Qualifying
EuroChallenge 2013 is set to begin today with the first Qualifying Round contests. Eight teams will battle for four spots in the regular season with home and away games to determine…
Lamayn Wilson signs with Armia Tbilisi
Lamayn Wilson (204 cm, Troy’02) has signed in Georgia with Armia Tbilisi. Last season he played in the Czech Republic where he won the championship and the cup with Nymburk.…
EuroBasket 2013: The Field is Set with 24 Teams
As the final games of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round were getting ready to start, there no doubt were pencils being sharpened, calculator batteries being checked, spreadsheets getting fired up…
EuroBasket 2013: 6 Spots, 10 Teams, Tip Time!
The EuroBasket 2013 Qualification round is about to be committed to the history books, but before they start planning for the Final Round, there’s a game or two left to…
EuroBasket 2013: Georgia qualifies, six left
Georgia took advantage of game eight of the EuroBasket 2013 Qualification Round to punch their tickets to the Finals with a 73-70 win over Latvia. Georgia was the only team…
EuroBasket 2013: Game Eight Scenarios
Today marks game eight in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications and with only nine teams assured of spots in the Finals next September in Slovenia, the possible scenarios for which teams…
EuroBasket 2013: Four more qualify, eight to go
Coming in to today’s EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers four teams had their chance to earn spots, unfortunately, only Germany was able to take advantage, but three more, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
EuroBasket 2013: Four Tickets on the Table
The EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers move to game eight with four teams already knowing that they will be playing in Slovenia next September. Montenegro, Italy, Croatia and Ukraine all locked up…
EuroBasket 2013: Four Down, Eight to Go…
Very seldom does it happen that when you play the “what if…” game, do all those, “what ifs…” actually happen. Today, in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifiers there were four teams…
EuroBasket 2013: Four could qualify today
As the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifications games continue today around Europe, the teams are mindful of the fact that the top two teams in each of the six divisions will qualify…
Budivelynk adds Giorgi Tsintsadze
Ukrainian team Budivelnyk Kyiv added to the roster for the upcoming season Giorgi Tsintsadze. The Georgian player comes from Olimpi Tbilisi where he averaged 15.8ppg, 4.8rpg adn 4.7apg.…
Dutch shock unbeaten Georgia in EuroBasket
Netherlands – Georgia 91-88 The Netherlands had lost their first three contests in the EuroBasket 2013 qualifiers, so when unbeaten Georgia showed up in Almere for their fourth game, it’s…
Eurobasket Qualifier Aug. 24 Schedule
Group A 18:00 Slovak Republic – Israel – Levice, SVK, City Sport Hall 20:30 Serbia – Estonia – Novi Sad, SRB, JP SPC Vojvodina 20:30 Montenegro – Iceland – Niksic,…
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