Derreck Brooks to Boras

Derreck Brooks (198 cm, G/F) is on the move to Sweden. Brooks has signed with Boras Basket and will play for coach Henrik Svensson in the Basketligan. Brooks played the past four seasons in Portugal. This past season he averaged 15.4 ppg and 6.6 rebounds for Galitos. Derreck Brooks played college basketball at Central Arkansas…

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Jyles Smith inks with Boras Basket

 Jyles Smith (209 cm, Savannah State’14) has signed with Boras Basket (Sweden-Basketligan) and will bolster their roster for the 2017-18 season. Smith lent his talents to the Horsholm 79ers (Denmark-Ligaen) in 2017-18 after initially spending the preseason with Wolfpack/BMS (Denmark-1st Division). He would go on to appear in a total of 32 games for Horsholm…

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Trayvonn Wright inks with Boras

Trayvonn Wright (201 cm, North Dakota State’14) will continue his professional career this 2016-17 as a member of Boras Basket (Sweden-Basketligan). He is coming off a 2015-16 season playing in the United Kingdom for the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders (United Kingdom-BBL). Wright managed to log a total of 34 games for his former club…

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Samuel Haanpaa added by Boras

Boras Basket from Sweden’s Basketligan has added Samuel Haanpaa (203 cm) to their roster for the upcoming 2014-15 season. Samuel is a 27-year-old Finnish player who has been a member the Finnish National Team in 2005 and again in 2008 to 2014. In 2013-14 Haanpaa played for Leyma Basquet Coruna from Spain’s LEB Gold league.…

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Michael Palm stays with Boras

Michael Palm (209 cm, West Washington’03) will continue his stay in Swedish Basketball after re-signing with Boras Basket (Basketligan). The contract extension means it will be the centers fifth consecutive season with Boras Basket and in that time he has become one of the most prolific players in Sweden. The American born player also holds…

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Roope Ahonen to stay in Sweden

Roope Ahonen (186 cm) will continue his career in Sweden. The Finnish player played for the Solna Vikings from Sweden’s Basketligan in 2012-13. The Solna Vikings are no more however, and so Ahonen has a one-season deal to play for Boras Basket for the 2013-14 season. In 2012-13 he averaged 10.3 ppg and 4.0 apg…

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