Ryan Reid heads to Sluc Nancy

Ryan Reid (203 cm, Florida State’10) has signed with French team Sluc Nancy Basket Pro (ProA) for the rest of the 2014/15 season. The American player, who has roots in Jamaica, plaed for another French team last seaszon Chorale de Roanne Basket (France-ProA) where he averaged 7.2 ppg and 3.3 rpg in 29 games. During 2012-13…

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Akeem Scott signs with Brampton A’s

Canadian NBL team Brampton A’s announced the signing of Akeem Scott (185 cm, High Point ’06). The Jamaican player who also holds an American passport started the 2014 season with Guaiqueries de Margarita (Venezuela-LPB). He averaged 10.3 ppg and 3.8 rpg in 33 games for the team. The 2013-14 season Akeem Scott played for Bakersfield…

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Justin Rutty agrees with Bordeaux

Justin Rutty (200 cm, Quinnipiac’ 11) has agreed terms with JSA Bordeaux Basket (NM1-France) for the rest of the season. The 25-year old American, who also has a Jamaican passport,  heads to France from Maratonistas de Coamo (BSN-Puerto Rico). Rutty averaged 10.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg in 10 games for  Maratonistas. Most of last season he…

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Adrian Uter signs with Rouen

Veteran forward Adrian Uter (200 cm, Hofstra’06) has signed a deal to play for SPO Rouen Basket (France-ProA) this 2014-15 season. Adrian is a 29-year-old Jamaican-American player who was a one-time member of the Jamaican national team in 2013. The big man took his talents to the Italian Serie A for the 2013-14 season, suiting…

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Patrick Ewing Jr. moves to Nea Kifisia

Jamaican-American Patrick Ewing Jr. (203 cm, Georgetown’08) has been acquired by AE Nea Kifisia Athens (Greece-A1) to strengthen their frontcourt this 2014-15. Ewing is the son of NBA Hall of Fame inductee Patrick Ewing Sr. of the New York Knicks. This will be the 30-year-old Ewing’s second straight season playing in the Greek A1 league. In  2013-14…

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2014 Centrobasket semis decided

Group A and Group B in the 2014 Centrobasket have wrapped and the semi-final stage of the competition has been set. The teams progressing to the final four are Mexico and Puerto Rico from the first group and Dominican Republic and Cuba from the second. Day 5 Group A El Salvador vs. U.S. Virgin Islands,…

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Centrobasket: Four teams remain unbeaten

After four days of preliminary round action four teams have initially distanced themselves from the rest of the pack at the 2014 Centrobasket tournament. Four teams remain undefeated so far in the competition with pristine 3-0 records. As expected 2013 FIBA Americas gold medalists Mexico have taken the lead in Group A. They are joined…

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Durand Scott added by Maccabi Tel-Aviv

2014 Turkish Airlines Euroleague champions Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League) are bringing in Durand Scott (196 cm, Miami, Florida’13) this 2014-15. The 24-year-old Scott is a Jamaican-American who was recently added to the Jamaican National Team in 2013. Durand played his rookie season as a pro for Blusens Monbus Obradorio CAB (Spain-Liga Endesa) in 2013-14.…

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Uter pens with Ponce

Adrian Uter (200 cm, Hofstra’06) will return to Puerto Rico this summer to play for BSN franchise Leones de Ponce. It will be the power forwards second stint in the country after he played for Caciques de Humacao during the summer of 2013. During his time with the franchise he played fourteen games and logged…

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Anderson wins arbitration vs. Buducnost

Jermaine Anderson (188 cm, Fordham’06) has sought arbitration from the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) versus his former team, KK Buducnost Voli. Anderson is a Canadian-Jamaican guard who currently plays for TBB Trier in the German Bundesliga. He was a player for the Montenegrin team KK Buducnost in the 2011-12 season. The player was seeking abitration…

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