Romania
Vasil Kyosev heads to Cluj
Vasil Kyosev (196) will play club Basketball outside of Bulgaria for the first time after signing with CS Universitatea Cluj in the Romanian Liga Nationala. The guard has spent last season playing for Tundja Yambol after signing from Cherno More Port Varna (Bulgaria, NBL). With Yambol he played 25 games and offered numbers of 5.4…
Read MoreLarry Turner joins Rovinari
Larry Turner (210 cm, Tennessee St’07) has penned a deal to play for CS Energia Rovinari Targu Jiu (Romania, Liga Nationala) during the 2014/2015 season. The American/Dominican Republican recently spent time with Al Naser Dubai (United Arab Emirates, D1) but left the Middle Eastern team to link up with Rovinari. Last season the power forward…
Read MoreBrian Burrell moves to Universitatea Cluj
Brian Burrell (192 cm, UTPA’08) will be continuing his career with a different team from Romania’s Liga Nationala this 2014-15 season. He will be moving to CS Universitatea Cluj (Romania-Liga Nationala) after spending the 2012-13 season with CSS Giurgiu and three seasons with CS Otopeni. During his stint with Giurgiu Brian was able to produce…
Read MorePloiesti wins Romanian Supercup
Reigning Romanian Liga Nationale champions CSU Asesoft Ploiesti demonstrated their dominance of Basketball in the country by winning the Supercup. The club will start the new league season on October 4th and will be on a high after defeating Energia Rovinari Targu Jiu 73-57. Ploiesti will start the 2014/2015 season looking for its 4rd title…
Read MoreGary McGhee released by Oradea
Unfortunately, things did not work out between Gary McGhee (210 cm, Pittsburgh’11) and Romanian club CSM Oradea (Liga Nationala). The big man has been released by the team. In 2013-14 McGhee spent some time with BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral (France-ProA). He appeared in seven games in the French league and averaged just 0.9 ppg.…
Read MoreIvan Ivanovic wins Arbitration vs. Gaz Metan
Ivan Ivanovic (205 cm) filed a claim against his former team, Romanian club BC Gaz Metan Medias, at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT). Ivan Ivanovic is a basketball player with dual citizenship from Serbia and Montenegro. He played for Gaz Metan during the 2012-13 season. He is demanding for outstanding salaries, bonuses and interest. According…
Read MoreFIBA 2015 Eurobasket teams decided
After a frenetic night of Basketball action around Europe, we now know the participant nations for next year’s FIBA 2015 Eurobasket tournament. There was plenty of drama along the way as teams fought it out on the court, while others cruised through to the tournament. Group A Iceland will play in a European Championships for…
Read MoreGoran Ikonic now with Steaua CSM
Steaua CSM Eximbank Bucuresti from Romania’s Liga Nationala has added veteran Bosnian guard Goran Ikonic (196 cm) for the 2014-15 season. Ikonic is a two-time member of the Bosnian national team, representing his country in 2004 and again in 2008. In the 2013-14 season, Ikonic played KK Rabotnicki AD Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). He joined…
Read MoreEurobasket 2015 2nd Qualifying Round Day 4
Latvia is the only team in the Eurobasket 2015 2nd qualifying round that has played in all four days and has come out with as many wins. Only Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina can lay claim to being undefeated as well, but both countries are in three-team groups and have only played twice putting them…
Read More2015 EuroBasket qualifiers day 2
Day 2 of the 2015 Eurobasket qualifiers took place last night and the groups are now starting to take shape after twelve games took place. Group A The United Kingdom continued to struggle as they fell to defeat against Bosnia 67-80 to slip to the bottom of Group A after also losing to Iceland in…
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