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Shasta Scott signs in Brazil
Shasta Scott (183 cm, Point’12) has signed in Brazil with Associacao de Basquetebol de Anapolis that will participate in the regional Copa Brazil. Shasta Scott comes from NAIA school Point…
Brandon Brown moves to Rio Claro
ACBD Rio Claro of the Brazilian Paulista league has signed American point guard Brandon Brown (178 cm, Montana West’12) until the end of the season. Brown is in his first…
NBB Brazil All-Star Game review
This year proved to be an historic one for the Brazilian All-Star game that is played each year between a team comprised of home-grown Brazilian National Brazil Basketball players and…
Jordan Crawford joins the Boston Celtics
Jordan Crawford (193 cm, Xavier’10) is on his way to join the injury-decimated Boston Celtics. The Celtics are sending Jason Collins (213 cm, Stanford’01) and Brazilian guard Leandro Barbosa (190…
Schmidt inducted to Hall of Fame
Brazilian Basketball legend Oscar Schmidt has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame at the start of the…
Leonardo Barbosa latest Celtics player out for the season
Leonardo Barbosa, the Boston Celtics Brazilian Guard will sit out the remainder of the season after an ACL tear in his left knee. The Celtics announced the injury on Tuesday…
Paulo Prestes signs with UniCEUB
Paulo Prestes (210 cm) has signed with UniCEUB/BRB/Brasillia (Brazil-NBB) for the remainder of the 2012-13 season. He started the year with Herbalife Gran Canaria 2014 (Spain-ACB), where he saw the…
Jason Detrick signs on with Paschoalotto/Bauru in Brazil
Jason Detrick (195 cm, Oklahoma’03) has signed on to play with Paschoalotto/Bauru (Brazil-Paulista) for the remainder of the season. Detrick most recently played for Apollon (Cyprus-Division A), where he put…
Rafa Hettsheimeir moves to Real Madrid
CAI Zaragoza announced that they have agreed with Real Madrid to shop Brazilian big man Rafael Hettsheimer(208 cm, 26 years old). The Brazilian big man moves to the Spanish capital…
Benzor Simmons pens contract with Vila Velha
Benzor Simmons (1.96m, college: Tenn-Martin) agreed to terms with Vila Velha (Brazil-NBB) for the 2012-13 season. Last year Simmons played for Porvoon Tarmo (Finland-1st Division) and averaged 24.0 points and…
James Parker pens contract with Vila Velha
James Parker (1.88m, college: Robert Morris) inked a new deal with Vila Velha/Garoto/MBG (Brazil-NBB) for the 2012-13 campaign. Parker was last with Gaiteros (Venezuela-LPB), where he averaged 11.0 points per…
Jefferson Sobral another Brazilian in the NBA?
Jefferson Sobral, another Brazilian, might be making his mark in the NBA. Forward Jefferson Sobral (203 cm, 1980), who plays with Mackenzie, a team from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has traveled…
Basketball popularity increasing in Brazil
In years past, basketball has been most popular in Southern Brazil, specifically in the South East in the Sao Paulo, the country’s most populous state. With Brazil’s economy growing, new…
Tijuca making sure this season counts
Preparation for the next season of the NBB (Brazilian National Basketball League)has already started for Tijuca. The team from Rio de Janeiro made it to the playoffs last year in…
The Brazilian Basketball League to begin at the end of November
The Brazilian Basketball League will start at the end of November. There will be a record 18 teams participating in the league. The historic news was recently announced by the…
Lins adds another victory in the Paulista Championship
Lins has won for the second time in the Paulista Championship of Sao Paulo Province, Brazil, beating Raizen 84-81 in a really tight game The best players of the game…
Jermaine Beal and Anthony Walton sign in Brazil
The Brazilian team Minas has signed two import players. Americans Jermaine Beal(191 cm, Vanderbilt’10) and Anthony Walton (201 cm, South Eastern Oklahoma State’02).…
Basquete Ceara vie for the NBB of Brazil
The Basquete Cearense, a team from northern Brazil led by coach Alberto Bial, is attempting to gain its spot in NBB (the National Basketball League of Brazil) and so far…
U17 World Championships for Women Quarters Today
The quarter-finals of the U17 World Championships for Women will be played today with the winners moving on to Friday’s semi-finals. The preliminary games will feature match-ups for 9th-12th place…
US – Japan Unbeaten in U17 World Championships
The USA and Japan have taken care of business at the U17 Women’s World Championships so far, entering the last day of the qualification round with perfect 4-0 records. USA…
Mogi das Cruzes beat the São Paolo state champion
Mogi das Cruzes/Sanifill made a recovery in the initial round of the Men’s Championship of the state of São Paulo, Brazil by beating the Pinheiros/Sky, the current state champion this…
U17 Women’s World Championship – Day 3
Group A Korea – Mali 76-61 Korea: H.Kim 19, Park 19, Shin 9 Mali: Dakouo 13, Maiga 11, Diallo 11, Fomba 10, Keita 9 USA – Italy 83-43 USA: Greenwell…
US wins U18 FIBA Americans Championship over Brazil
The United States won the U18 FIBA Americas Women Championships on Sunday with a sound victory over Brazil 71-47. Brazil jumped out to a 16-7 advantage during the first quarter,…
FIBA U17 World Championships tips off in Amsterdam
The first day of the women’s FIBA U17 Worlds is in the books with the following games being played Fri., Aug 17th. Group A Mali – Belgium 45-81 Mali: Maiga…
FIBA Americas U18 Women’s Championships – Day 2
The FIBA Americas U18 Women’s Championships completed their second day of competition in Gurabo, Puerto Rico with the US and Brazil getting off to quick 2-0 in pool play in…
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