Ivica Radic to Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù

Ivica Radic (208 cm, F/C) is trading his home in Poland for a spot in the north of Italy. Radic has signed with Cantu in the Italian SerieA. He started the season with Anwil in the Polish EBL and the EuropeCup. In 29 Polish EBL games, he averaged 12.3 ppg and 9.1 rebounds. Radic plays…

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Frank Gaines moves to Italy, Cantu

Frank Gaines (192 cm, G) is leaving Bnei Hertzeliya, the Winner League, and Israel. Gaines will trade up to play for coach Cesare Pancotto and his Acqua S.Bernardo Cantu. Cantu is currently a disappointing 4-9 in the Italian SerieA and is second to last in 14th position in the standings. Frank Gaines is an experienced…

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Gerry Blakes signs with Cantu

 Gerry Blakes (193 cm, Arizona State’16) will continue his professional basketball career this 2018-19 season with MIA Red October Cantu (Italy-Serie A). The 24-year-old Blakes spent the 2017-18 season playing for the Norrkoping Dolphins (Sweden-Basketligan). He logged a total of 40 games for his former team and produced averages of 16.1 ppg and 7.5 rpg.

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Perry Ellis newcomer to Cantu

Perry Ellis (203 cm, Kansas’16) is making his way to Europe this 2018 by way of a contract to play for Pallacanestro Cantu (Italy-Serie A). He began the 2017-18 season playing in Australia for the Sydney Kings (Australia-NBL). He played 27 games for the Australian club and was able to put together averages of 14.8…

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Randy Culpepper joins AV Cantu

Randy Culpepper (183 cm, UTEP’11) will be donning the colors of Acqua Vitasnella Cantu (Italy-Serie A) for the upcoming 2017-18 season. Culpepper spent 2016-17 on the roster of Best Baliksehir Basketbol Kulubu (Turkey-BSL).He was able to play 14 games for them this 2016-17. Culpepper recorded averages of 14.6 ppg and 2.9 apg. In 2015-16 he…

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Jaime Smith, newcomer to Cantu

Jaime Smith (190 cm, University of Alabama-Huntsville’13) is a fresh face on the roster of Acqua Vitasnella Cantu (Italy-Serie A) for the 2017-18 season. This will be Jaime’s first signing with an Italian team. In 2016-17 the 27-year-old Smith lent his talents to BK Khimik-OPZ Yuhzny (Ukraine-Superleague). Jaime played 14 games for them in the…

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NAIA Division 2 All-America

Court Side Newspaper is proud to bring you the 2016/2017 season NAIA Division 2 All-America Team. We base our selection process only on the advanced statistic of Player Efficiency Rating (PER). This is a one-number measure of a player’s per-minute (and per possession) productivity. It is an overall efficiency statistic that sums up a player’s…

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Patrick Calathes newcomer to AV Cantu

Acqua Vitasnella Cantu (Italy-Serie A) has recently strengthened its roster with the addition of Patrick Calathes (207 cm, St. Joseph’s’08). Pat is a 31-year-old American international player who also holds a Greek passport. He started 2016-17 playing for Panathinaikos Athens (Greece-A1). In nine games he produced averages of 2.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg. In 2015-16…

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Uros Slokar joins Acqua Vitasnella Cantu

Uros Slokar (210 cm) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Acqua Vitasnella Cantu (Italy-Serie A) this 2016-17 season. Uros is a 33-year-old Slovenian player who was a long-time member of the Slovenian national team. He was with them from 2004 to 2015. This will be his first team this season. In…

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Dominic Waters heads to Olympiacos

Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus (Greece-A1) has signed Dominic Waters (185 cm, Portland State ’10) for the upcoming season. Waters is moving from Pallacanestro Cantù (Italy-LBA), where he scored 14.6 points ppg and 7.6 apg which are both career highs. This will be the third team in the Greek A1 league that Waters played within four years. In…

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