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TBL: Galatasaray wins championship at home
The 2012-13 Turkish Basketball League (TBL) champions were crowned on Saturday night after Galatasaray Medical Park defeated Banvit, 76:58, in Istanbul. This marks the first TBL title that Galatasaray has…
Dejan Borovnjak heads to Turkey
Dejan Borovnjak (207 cm) has been signed by Royal Hali Gaziantep from Turkey’s TBL for the 2013-14 season. The Serbian started the 2012-13 season with KAO Dramas (Greece-A1), but only…
David Andersen parts with Fenerbahce
David Andersen (212 cm) is leaving Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul from Turkey’s TBL. The Australian big man and the team mutually agreed to terminate his contract. He originally signed a two-year…
TBL: Galatasaray goes up 3-0 on Banvit
Galatasaray Medical Park moved to one win away from their first title in the Turkish Basketball League (TBL) since 1990 with a come-from-behind, 71:72, road win against Banvit, on Monday.…
Gist wins arbitration vs Fenerbahce
James Gist (205 cm, Maryland ’08) and the agency Bill Duffy International Inc. had their claim partially upheld against…
Gerrod Henderson terminated by Erdemir
Gerrod Henderson (192 cm, Louisiana Tech’02) has been waived by Erdemirspor Eregli from Turkey’s TBL. Henderson has been with the team since the 2011-12 season. In his first season with…
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 …
Bernard King joins Selcuk Universitesi
Bernard King (196 cm, Texas A&M’03) has been signed by Tokru Selcuk Universitesi Konya from Turkey’s TB2L. King is coming off a 28-game stint playing for STB Le Havre from…
Kevinn Pinkney to join Trabzonspor
American forward Kevinn Pinkney (207 cm, Nevada-Reno’05) has opted to join Trabzonspor (Turkey, TBL2) from Angelico Biella in Italy’s Serie A. The big man joined with Biella in January and…
Smush Parker joins Selcuk Konya
Smush Parker (193 cm, Fordham’02) has inked a deal with Turkish TBL2 team Torku Selcuk Universitesi Konya until the end of the 2012-2013 season. The 32-year old guard has been…
Smush Parker joins Selcuk Universitesi
After a very brief stint playing for Peristeri GS Athens (Greece-A1), Smush Parker (193 cm, Fordham’02) is finding his way to Turkey. He has signed a deal to play for…
David Hawkins banned for 4 years
David Hawkins (194 cm, Temple’04) the guard for Galatasaray Medical Park Istanbul (Turkey, TBL, …
Vernon Goodridge to play in Turkey
Vernon Goodridge (206 cm, La Salle’09) is set to join Yesilgiresun Belediye from Turkey’s TB2L. Goodridge recently left Khimik-OPZ Yuzny from Ukraine’s Superleague in March 2013, where he spent most…
Laron Dendy joins Darussafaka
Laron Dendy (205 cm, Middle Tennessee State’12) has been signed by Darussafaka C. Tires Istanbul from Turkey’s TB2L. He has already logged his first game for Darussafaka and tallied 19…
Omar Sneed departs Mersin
Omar Sneed (198 cm, Memphis’99) has left Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi from Turkey’s TBL. He played 11 games for them this 2012-13 season and logged averages of 12.5 ppg and 6.1…
Justin Gray heads to Turkey
Justin Gray (188 cm, Wake Forest’06) has signed with Turkish TB2L side Pertevniyal Istanbul until the end of the current season. The 28-year old guard was a free agent after…
Vladimir Golubovic signs with Antalya
Montenegrin big man Vladimir Golubovic (213 cm) has signed a deal to play for Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye from Turkey’s TBL. Golubovic had a busy 2011-12 season, starting off with a…
Melvin Sanders signs with Karsiyaka
Not long after Melvin Sanders (196 cm, Oklahoma State’03) left Sigma Barcellona from Italy’s Lega2, he was quickly signed by Pinar Karsiyaka SK Izmir from Turkey’s TBL. Karsiyaka is currently fifth…
Anthony Grundy moves to Haceteppe
Hacettepe University of the TBL in Turkey has boosted its roster with the addition of American point guard Anthony Grundy (189 cm, North Carolina State’02). The 33-year old has had…
Rasheim Wright headed to Turkey
Rasheim Wright (192 cm, District of Columbia’05) has agreed to terms with Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi from Turkey’s TB2L. Wright, an American who gained Jordanian citizenship in 2007, is coming off…
Junior Hairston signs with Final Genclik
Final Spor Genclik Bursa (Turkey, TB2L) has bolstered its roster with the addition of American forward Junior Hairston (203 cm, Towson’09) until the end of the season. The 28-year old…
Jermareo Davidson to depart Antalya
The financial crisis at Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye of the Turkish Basketball League is deepening with players now starting to leave the troubled club. Jermareo Davidson (208 cm, Alabama´07) has revealed…
Daniel Ewing to miss 6 weeks with Besiktas
Besiktas Istanbul (Turkey, TBL and Euroleague) has announced that American guard Daniel Ewing (191 cm, Duke’05) will sit out the next 4-6 weeks of the season due to injury. 29-year…
Simone Pianigiani steps down, Erdogan to take over
Simone Pianigiani is no longer the head coach of Fenerbahce. The experienced Italian decided to leave the team because of personal reasons. He announced his decision via the official team…
Ricky Minard signs with Besiktas
Earlier today American small forward Ricky Minard (196 cm, Morehead State’04) announced via his Twitter account that he was leaving SAIE3 Virtus Bologna and Italy. It has been confirmed that…
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