Turkey
Jarred Shaw goes pro with Mamak Belediye
Jarred Shaw (208 cm, Utah State’ 14) has signed on the dotted line for Mamak Belediye in the Turkish Division 2 (TB2L). It is his first post in professional Basketball. The American will play in Turkey this 2014/2015 season after graduating from Utah State (NCAA) earlier in the year. The forward took to the court 27…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 2 recap
The Euroleague Round 2 has come to a close on Friday evening as the best teams on the continent go back to domestic competition for a week. The round saw all the fancied teams for the Final Four this season register wins, although reigning champions Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to title rival CSKA Moscow. Elsewhere…
Read MoreEuroleague, CSKA Moscow downs Tel Aviv
Six games tipped off Round 2 of the 2014/2015 Euroleague Regular Season and there were some massive clashes taking place on the night. The biggest game of the evening saw CSKA Moscow demolish the current champs, while other highlights of Thursday included Neptunas Klaipeda winning its first ever Euroleague game, while Barcelona and Fenerbahce both…
Read MoreDee Bost pens with Trabzonspor
Dee Bost (188 cm, Mississippi State’12) has penned a one-year deal to play for Trabzonspor Basketbol from Turkey’s TBL this 2014/15 season. He was under a training camp contract with the Utah Jazz, but was recently waived by the team. Dee played in both the Orlando and Vegas NBA Summer leagues with the hope of…
Read MoreEurocup Round 2 Regular Season
It was an exciting week of Eurocup Round 2 action as sixteen games took place around the continent on Wednesday to wrap the second week of play. It was a round defined by plenty of close encounters, including two overtime victories and five games decided by three points or less. Group A French club Strasbourg…
Read MoreFenerbahce slips to Gaziantep 66-70
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul welcomed Royal Hali Gaziantep to the Ulker Sports Hall in the game that closed Round 2 of the new Turkish TBL season. It also proved to be the shock of the round as Gaziantep went into the lion’s den and defeated the Fenerbahce star studded roster to claim a big 66-70 road…
Read MoreDonnie McGrath switches to Efes
Donnie McGrath (193 cm, Providence’06) will join Turkish team Anadolu Efes from Istanbul. Initially, he had signed a short term “open contract” in Spain with La Bruixa d’Or Manresa but playing with Efes in the Euroleague probably sounded more appealing in the end. The American-Irish guard is a veteran of the European fields. In the…
Read MoreEuroleague, round 1 wrapped
It’s certainly good to have the Euroleague back as that blend of high octane action, excitement, and massive competitions around Europe has been missed in the off season. It is true that no competition does it quite like the Euroleague and Round 1 proved why with plenty of thrills and spills. The teams clashed with…
Read MoreEuroleague, 2014/2015 season tips off
The 2014/2015 Euroleague season tipped off in style with six games across three groups on Thursday night, with the remaining six games taking place on Friday evening. During the start of Round 1, four of the host teams picked up victories to get their Euroleague campaigns off to a good start, while two road successes…
Read MoreIsaiah Swann to Istanbul Buyuksehir
Isaiah Swann (188 cm, Florida State’08) has decided to play for Turkish TBL outfit Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi during the 2014/2015 season. The point guard is coming off a season in the German BBL with New Yorker Phantoms BraunSchweig. During the term the American played in 34 games and finished as the second best scorer in…
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