Jaraun Burrows re-signs with LF Basket

LF Basket Lulea (Sweden-Basketligan) has signed Bahamian import Jaraun Burrows (203 cm, IPFW’08) to a one-year deal and will keep him for the 2015/16 season. Burrows has been a member of the Bahamian national team in 2007, 2011-12, and again in 2014. He played a total of 34 games for LF Basket in the 2014/15…

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Alexander Lindqvist to Trikalla

Alexander Lindqvist (205 cm) is heading to Greece to play for A1 outfit Aries Trikalla BC for the remainder of the 2014/2015 campaign. The Swedish international will play outside his native country for the first time as a professional Basketball player. This season the forward has been hitting the hardwood for Solna Vikings (Sweden, Basketbligan)…

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NBA Trade Deadline Roundup

There were many active teams during the NBA trade deadline this 2015. It came as no surprise that the most heavily traded commodity was guards. The Phoenix Suns were major players as they participated in several blockbuster deals. They sent Slovenian brothers Goran and Zoran Dragic to the Miami Heat. The Suns received Danny Granger…

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Will Neighbour inks with LF Basket

LF Basket Lulea from Sweden’s Basketligan recently added British forward Will Neighbour (208 cm, UALR’14) for the remainder of the season. The 24-year-old rookie has already played his first game for LF Basket and he tallied eight points and five rebounds. The team is currently in sixth place in the Basketligan standings. He began the…

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John Roberson returns to Sodertalje

John Roberson (180 cm, Texas Tech’11) is returning to Swedish club Sodertalje Kings (Basketligan) it has been announced. The American last wore the Kings jersey through the 2013/2014 campaign, and it was a successful stint as Roberson helped the club win the Swedish league title. On a personal level the small point guard played 53…

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Dwayne Mitchell close to Jamtland

Dwayne Mitchell (196 cm, La-Lafayette’06) has agreed a contract with KFUM Jamtland Basket (Sweden, Basketligan) and will usher in 2015 with the club. The American is coming off a brief stint with the Westchester Knicks (D-Leauge) where he was drafted last summer. Mitchell played a single game for the franchise and offered 2 points, 3…

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Damir Markota moves to Istanbul B.B.

Damir Markota (209 cm) is taking is his talents to Turkey, signing with Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi (TBL) this 2014-15. He is a 29-year-old Swedish-Croatian player who has been a long-time member of the Croatian national team from 2002-09 and 2011-14. Damir is coming from KK Cibona VIP Zagreb (Croatia-A1). He has logged a dozen games…

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Martin Schreiber switches to Pamplona

Martin Schreiber (206 cm, Pennsylvania’11) has been brought in by Spanish LEB Gold outfit Planasa Navarra de Pamplona to suit up for the team this season. The Swedish international is quite familiar with LEB Gold Basketball after already playing for Union Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo this season, while he also featured for Tarragona 2017 fresh from…

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2014/2015 Eurochallenge, Round 5

Round 5 of the 2014/2015 Eurochallenge is up and running after a busy schedule of games ushered in the fifth week of competition on Wednesday. There were twelve games played through Europe on the night, while more teams booked their place in the Last 16 when others slipped out of contention for the next phase.…

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Eurochallenge, three through to Last 16

After a week off the Eurochallenge is back as Round 4 of the competition followed from Tsmoki-Minsk’s victory over USAK to open the round last week. There were eleven games played around the continent on Tuesday while the round will be completed on Wednesday with a further four contests. Group B Lukoil Academic kept its…

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