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Euroleague Regular Season, week 5
The fifth round of the Euroleague Regular Season tipped off with seven games on Thursday, including an all-Russian clash and plenty of other mouth-watering match ups. The group campaign is now in full swing as we reach the midway point and the tables are starting to reveal the teams in the mix for qualification, as…
Read MoreJanis Blums extended by Panathinaikos
Greek club Panathinaikos Athens (Greece-A1) has locked in Latvian guard Janis Blums (191 cm) and will be keeping him through 2016. The 32-year-old guard has been a member of the Latvian national team from 2002-09, 2011-12, and again this 2014.He joined the team this 2014-15 and they seem to be happy with his performance thus…
Read MoreEurocup, close games aplenty in Round 5
Round 5 of the Eurocup regular season saw perhaps the closest hoops of the 2014/2015 campaign so far, with a number of games going right to the wire. The groups are now taking shape and the fight for the Last 32 is officially heating up, with all tables having runaway leaders and a chasing pack…
Read MoreWilliam Coleman added by Panionios
Panionios ON Telecoms Athens (Greece-A1) are searching for answers as they seek climb out of the league cellar with their 0-5 record. The team has decided to add William Coleman (206 cm, Memphis’11) this 2014-15. He was recently waived by Hapoel Holon (Israel-Winner League). Coleman played five games for Hapoel Holon and averaged 5.8 ppg and…
Read MoreDragan Sakota to coach AEK Athens
AEK Athens (Greece-A1) has found a new head coach. They have agreed to terms with Serbian strategist Dragan Sakota and have signed him through 2016. The 62-year-old veteran and former head coach of the Yugoslavian national team has had previously coached in Greece in the early 2000s. Sakota coached AEK Athens from 2001-03. His last…
Read MoreNemanja Miljkovic pens deal with Trikalla
Greek Aries Trikalla BC (A1) announced the addition of Nemanja Miljkovic (204 cm) to the team roster. The Serbian 24-year old player started the 2014/15 season with KK Vrsac Swisslion (KLS) where he averaged 7.3 ppg and 3.0 rpg in four games. His stint at the Serbian club did not last long as he left…
Read MoreEuroleague, ALBA and Valencia win
Four rounds of Euroleague Regular Season action have now been taken care of and this week’s Basketball proved to be another spectacle of elite sport. The usual suspects are starting to control their groups, but as we have become accustomed to in Europe’s premier tournament, there are always plenty of shocks in the Euroleague. Who…
Read MoreEnglish added by AEK Athens
AEK Athens (A1) enticed Carl English (192 cm, Hawaii’03) to Greece for the first time to wear the club jersey through the 2014/2015 season. The Canadian hasn’t had a station so far this campaign, but last term he spent the 2013/2014 season with CB Canarias Tenerife (Spain, Liga Endesa) and over ten games he averaged…
Read MoreFahro Alihodzic now with A.G.O Rethymno
Fahro Alihodzic (208 cm, UAB’14) will be taking his talents to A.G.O Rethymno Aegean (Greece-A1) this 2014-15 season. Alihodzic is a Bosnian player who is also a naturalized British citizen. During his senior year at UAB (NCAA) he averaged 8.8 ppg and 6.3 rpg in 30 games. Fahro Alihodzic went pro this 2014-15 season with Bilbao…
Read MoreCashmere Wright departs AEK Athens
Cincinnati alum Cashmere Wright (183 cm, Cincinnati’13) departs Greek AEK Athens (A1). The 24-year-old Wright played four games for AEK and averaged 5.0 ppg and 2.3 rpg. During the 2013-14 season Cashmere Wright played for GasTerra Flames Groningen (The Netherlands-Eredivisie) and logged averages of 13.9 ppg and 3.2rpg. He also logged five games in EuroChallenge…
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