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DeJuan Collins leaves Samara
DeJuan Collins (188 cm, Tuskegee’99) has not been picked up by Krasnie Krilya Samara (Russia, PBL, VTB United League, EuroChallenge) for next season. The American joined Samara in March of…
Aaron Jackson to stay with CSKA Moscow
Aaron Jackson (190 cm, Duquesne’09) will be with CSKA Moscow from Russia’s PBL once again for the 2013-14 season. CSKA had the option to terminate his services after the 2012-13…
Chuck Eidson stays with Unics until 2015
American forward Chuck Eidson (203 cm, South Carolina’03) has extended his contract with Russian PBL team Unics Kazan and will now be with the club until 2015. The 32-year old…
Vladimir Micov stays with CSKA Moscow
Vladimir Micov (201 cm) got his contract renewed by CSKA Moscow from Russia’s PBL. This brings the Serbian back with the team for the 2013-14 season. It was a busy…
Zoran Planinic parts ways with Khimky
Zoran Planinic (192 cm) will not be playing for BC Khimky Moscow Region (Russia-PBL) this upcoming 2013-14 season. Planinic, who is Croatian-Bosnian, joined Khimky in 2010. In 2012-13 he averaged…
VTB United: CSKA wins title over Kuban in 4
CSKA Moscow continued their dominance of the VTB United League with four-game victory in the 2012-13 finals over Lokomotiv-Kuban. On Friday, CSKA put the finishing touches on their fourth title…
Jeremy Pargo heads to CSKA
Jeremy Pargo (188 cm, Gonzaga’09) has been tabbed by CSKA Moscow (Russia, PBL, VTB United League, and Euroleague) to play with the team during the 2013/2014 season. The point guard…
VTB United: CSKA takes G5, advances to Finals
They took their VTB United League semifinal series to Game 5 on Friday, and in the battle of the two Moscow clubs, CSKA Moscow came out on top of Khimki…
Teodosic could be done for season
Serbian guard Milos Teodosic (195 cm), playing for CSKA Moscow, suffered a shin injury in a VTB United semifinal game against BC…
Zoran Lukic extends with Novgorod
Zoran Lukic will be staying in Russia after PBL and VTB United League team BC Nizhny Novgorod extended his contract as head coach. The Serbian guided Novgorod to a lowly…
EuroChallenge: Krasnye defeats Pinar in Finals
Krasnye Krylia Samara from Russia defeated Pinar Karsiyaka SK Izmir from Turkey in an epic-comeback 77-76 to …
BC Krasnye Krylia loses arbitration cases
BC Krasnye Krylia from Samara, Russia, has lost two BAT cases. One against the player Gerald Green and…
CSKA Moscow claims Russian title
A last gasp score from American swingman Sonny Weems was enough to give CSKA Moscow a narrow 68-66 victory over …
Krasnye Krylia wins Russian Cup
Krasnye Krylia has claimed victory in the Russian Cup for the second year in succession with an 86-80 triumph over Spartak St. Petersburg. Wednesday’s final in Vladivostok was a close…
Lokomotiv Kuban wins Eurocup
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar is the 2012/13 Eurocup champion! Lokomotiv conquered its first-ever continental trophy by downing Uxue Bilbao Basket from Spain with 64-75 in the Eurocup Final at the…
Jurij Zdovc fired by St Petersburg
Jurij Zdovc is no longer the head coach at Spartak Saint Petersburg (Russia, VTB United Leage and PBL) after the club officially announced that it has relieved the Slovenian of…
DeJuan Collins to Krasnie Krilya Samara
DeJuan Collins (188 cm, Tuskegee’99) is headed to Russia to join Krasnie Krilya Samara. The 37-year-old Collins has been around the block, playing all over Europe across his career. He…
Steven Burtt to Avtodor Saratov
Steven Burtt (185 cm, Iona’06) has been signed by Avtodor Saratov from Russia’s Superleague. Burtt, a holder of both an American and a Ukranian passport, is the son of Steve…
Lamayn Wilson signs with Samara
32-year old American Lamayn Wilson (204 cm, Troy State’02) has penned a deal with Russian team Krasnye Krylya Samara (PBL, VYB United, and EuroChallenge). The hugely experienced forward has been…
Andrei Kirilenko retires from Russian national team
Russian superstar Andrei Kirilenko has made the decision to retire from the Russian national team with immediate effect, meaning he will miss the upcoming Eurobasket 2013 tournament. Kirilenko has cited…
Theodoros Papaloukas stays with CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (Russia-PBL) is signing Greek player, Theodoros Papaloukas (200 cm) for the remainder of the season. He signed with the club in December 2012. He played two games for…
Dionte Christmas waived by CSKA Moscow
Dionte Christmas (196 cm, Temple’06) has been waived by CSKA Moscow from Russia’s PBL. He joined the team in October 2012. Christmas played eight games for CSKA in the VTB…
Alexandr Fomin leaves Tsmoki-Minsk
Russian player Alexandr Fomin (206 cm) is leaving Tsmoki-Minsk from Belarus’ Premier League for personal reasons. He played 13 games for them in the VTB League and averaged 14.4 ppg…
Kelly McCarty departs Kazan
Kelly McCarty (201 cm, South Mississippi’98) has left Unics Kazan (Russia, PBL, VTB League, and Euoleague) after coming to a mutual decision with the club. The 38-year old American-Russian has…
Euroleague: Sasha Kaun named Top 16 Week 7 MVP
On CSKA Moscow’s star-studded team, it was an unheralded blue-collar ace in the paint that made the big…
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