Slovenia
Vlado Ilievski joins CEZ Nymburk
Czech Republic team CEZ Nymburk has agreed to terms with veteran international player Vlado Ilievski (190 cm) and will be bringing him in for the 2013-14 season. The 33-year-old is from F.Y.R. Macedonia and also has Slovenian citizenship. Vlado has been a long time member of the F.Y.R. Macedonian National Team in 1998 to 2003,…
Read MoreUros Slokar signs for Berlin
Uros Slokar (210 cm) has been signed by German team ALBA Berlin (BBL and Eurocup) for the remainder of the season. The power forward is coming off a season playing for Herbalife Gran Canaria 2014 (Spain, ACB) where he played 31 games and averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. The Slovenian international 2011/2012…
Read MoreAlexis Wangmene added by Polzela
Hopsi Polzela from Slovenia’s Telemach League has added Cameroonian international player Alexis Wangmene (203 cm, Texas’12) to bolster their frontcourt. The 24-year-old Wangmene has been a member of the Cameroonian National Team in 2008-09, 2011 and 2013. He represented his home country in the Afrobasket held in the Ivory Coast this 2013. Alexis spent the…
Read MoreEmir Zimic stays with Tajfun
KK Tajfun Sentjur from Slovenia’s Telemach League has opted to keep Emir Zimic (215 cm) for the 2013-14 season. The Bosnian big man started at center for Tajfun in 2012-13 and in 28 games averaged 7.8 ppg and 7.2 rpg. He also helped the team reach the Slovenian Cup semifinals in 2013. In 2011-12 the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Spain rolls, France downs hosts
Looking at the final standings of the EuroBasket 2013 Round 2 would leave one thinking that 2013 might be some other club’s turn to stand on top of the podium, where a team from Spain has stood at the end of the last two EuroBasket competitions. As the dust had settled on Round 2, including…
Read MoreEurobasket 2013: Quarterfinals previews
The Eurobasket 2013 Quarterfinals are set and ready to kick off. Teams have finally reached the key part in the competition where everything is on the line. It’s now win or go home. Which team will come out on top? Who will advance? Whose hearts will get broken on the hardwood? Spain vs. Serbia Serbia…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Spain, Slovenia fall, QFs set
Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013 is now complete and the quarterfinals are set, but not before some last minute drama as Finland upset host club Slovenia by 16, Italy put Spain on the edge of not qualifying with a 5-point win that went to overtime and last place Greece took first place Croatia to double…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Slovenia, Croatia grab seats in QFs
With one day remaining in Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, five of eight spots in the quarterfinals are now firm. On Friday, Lithuania, France and Serbia picked up their advancement papers, with Ukraine and Latvia set to battle for the fourth and final spot. The Ukrainians will square off against 3-1 Lithuania, while Latvia will…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 1 of Round 2 full of upsets
EuroBasket 2013 has put it’s first full day of the Round 2 in the books and to say it was an interesting day would be a gross understatement. With the quality of competition that the remaining 12 teams are capable of bringing on any given day it’s no surprise that there were surprises, but the…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Round 2 set to tip off Wednesday
Wednesday will mark the opening contests of Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, with the top three teams coming out of each of the four groups that competed in Round 1 coming together to form two new groups. At the end of the Round 2 the top four teams in each of the two groups will…
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