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Leiden Dutch champion
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden have won their a fourth victory in a row over Aris Leeuwarden to win the Dutch title. Before sweeping Leeuwarden 4-0 in the finals, Leiden had…
Vorenhout to coach Stepco BS Weert
Stepco BS Weert from the Netherlands’ Eredevisie will get a new head coach. They are hiring current assistant coach and former player, Niels Vorenhout to take over the reigns from…
Smeulders extends with EWE Baskets
EWE Baskets Oldenburg from Germany’s BBL has given Robin Smeulders (207 cm, Portland’10) a two-year contract extension. The Dutch-German player has been with EWE Baskets since graduating college in 2010…
Coach Marco van den Berg fired by BBC Bayreuth
Dutch coach Marco van den Berg has been fired by German Bundesliga team BBC Bayreuth. As the ex-coach of the Dutch national team Marco Van den Berg moved to Germany…
Dan Gadzuric signs with Anzoátegui
Dan Gadzuric (211 cm, UCLA’02) has signed with Marinos de Anzoátegui (Venezuela, LPB) after recently completing 12 games in the D-League with the Texas Legends where he averaged 12ppg and…
Gerald Robinson joins Stepco BS Weert
Gerald Robinson (202 cm, Tennessee-Martin’08) has signed with Stepco BS Weert from the Netherlands’ Eredivisie. The Dutch player started the 2012-13 season playing for Forex Time Apollon from Cyprus’ Division…
Shane Walker signed by Matrixx Magixx
Shane Walker (208 cm, Loyola, Maryland’12) has been signed by Matrixx Magixx Wijchen from the Netherlands’ Eredivisie. The 26-year-old British import is moving to the Netherlands after playing for Forex…
Kyle Spain and Matrixx Magixx part ways
Kyle Spain (196 cm, San Diego State’09) and Dutch team Matrixx Magixx from Wijchen have decided to part ways. Spain struggled with injuries and felt it was best for him…
Roman Nardi signs with Matrixx Magixx Wijchen
Roman Nardi (186 cm, Villanova’07) has signed in the Netherlands with the Matrixx Magixx Wijchen for the remainder of the current season. The Magixx are currently struggling with many injuries…
Antoine Young signs with Leiden
Antoine Young (182 cm, Creighton’12) has signed in the Netherlands with ZZ Leiden. He replaces Tony Gallo (180 cm, Coppin State’12). Gallo played 21 games for Leiden and averaged 8.5…
Francisco Elson on try-out in Iran
Francisco Elson (211 cm, California’99) has left for Iran, where he will try out for ten days with Mahram Tehran. Coach of the Iranian team is Slovenian Mehmed Becirovic. He…
Pascal Balm joins BC Apollo
Pascal Balm (200 cm) has joined BC Apollo Amsterdam (Holland-Eredivisie) for the remainder of the season. Balm has been playing with De Hoppers of Hoorn (Holland-Promotie Divisie) for the last two…
Jean-Marc Jaumin earns contract extension
Jean-Marc Jaumin, head coach of the Den Helder Kings (Netherlands-Eredivisie), has been given a four-year extension to his contract according the club’s website. Owner/sponsor Paul Mijnen stated (translated), “I have…
Ivica Skelin new headcoach of Groningen
The 39 year old Croat Skelin started his coaching career in his homeland with KK Split and after that moved to Belgium where he coached Pepinster, Leuven and Charleroi (assistant…
Groningen fires head coach Hakim Salem
The board of Dutch team GasTerra Flames Groningen has informed headcoach Hakim Salem that he has been fired. The results so far have simply been too inconsistent and overall disappointing.…
Rogier Jansen returns to Groningen
Dutch guard Rogier Jansen will return to GasTerra Flames Groningen after he left there in 2009. The versatile backcourt performer, who signed with Groningen until the end of the current…
Dutch Federation partially cancels men’s program
The Dutch Basketball Federation (NBB) has decided to not field a men’s U20 and senior national team until 2014. The NBB depends for a large part on financial support from…
Weert will miss Kenneth van Kempen for the rest of the season
Kenneth van Kempen won’t play for Dutch team Stepco Weert due to a nagging knee injury. It is even doubtful whether the young center ever comes into action in the…
Anthony Miles and Cameron Echols sign with Rotterdam
Anthony Miles (1.72m, college: Lamar University) and Cameron Echols (2.03m, college: Ball St.) have agreed to terms with Rotterdam Basketbal College (Holland-Eredivisie). Miles just graduated from Lamar, where he averaged…
Ewoud Kloos inks short-term deal with Den Helder
Ewoud Kloos (1.85m) has signed a short-term deal with the Den Helder Kings (Holland-Eredivisie), their first season in the premier Holland competition. Kloos suited up for U.B. La Palma (LEB…
Den Helder Kings will get its own sportcenter
Den Helder Kings will get its own sportcenter. The owners of Dante Real Estate Ltd. are Paul Mijnen and Rob Waardenburg. ,,That we have purchased this property is purely born…
Kelvin Martin inks with Matrixx Magixx
Kelvin Martin (195 cm, Charleston Southern’12) has signed in the Netherlands with Matrixx Magixx from Nijmegen. He will be replacing Rashanti Harris. Kelvin Martin played college basketball last season with…
Niels Vorenhout calls it quits
Niels Vorenhout (202 cm) has decided to end his career as a professional basketball player. The 32 year old Dutchman last played for Weert in the Dutch league.…
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…
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