Tsmoki Minsk wins the Belorussian title for the thirteenth time in a row

In the fourth match of the final series of the Belorussian national basketball championship, Tsmoki Minsk defeated Borysfen Mogilev with 85:52. The first two games of the series were held in Minsk. At first, Tsmoki Minsk unexpectedly lost (68:85) but then restored the balance by winning the second game convincingly (90:74). Then the series moved to Mogilev, where…

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Derek Cooke Jr. brought in by Tsmoki-Minsk

Derek Cooke Jr. (206 cm, F/C) inked a deal in Belarus. Cooke is a 29-year-old American forward/center who has played previously in the G-League, Greece, and Australia. Lasts season Cooke played in the Italian SerieA, where he contributed 5.5 ppg and 6 rebounds for Trieste. Derek Cooke played his college basketball at Wyoming. During his…

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Zsis Sarikopoulos to play for Tsmoki-Minsk

 Zsis Sarikopoulos (212 cm, Ohio State’10) will be bolstering the frontcourt of Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus-Premier League) this 2018-19. He is a Greek international player who played for the Greek National Team in 2012. Sarikopoulos spent the 2017-18 season on the roster of Panionios ON Telecoms (Greece-A1). He appeared in a total of 24 games for his…

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Devon Saddler to suit up for Tsmoki-Minsk

 Devon Saddler (183 cm, Delaware’14) has put pen to paper and inked a deal with Belarusian powerhouse, Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus-Premier League) for the 2017-18 season. Saddler projects to be a valuable part of the team’s backcourt rotation. He began the 2016-17 season playing for Egis Kormend (Hungary-A Division). Saddler played six games for them in the FIBA…

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Chris Czerapowicz embraces Tsmoki Minsk

Chris Czerapowicz (201 cm, Davidson’14) is a newcomer at Tsmoki Minsk (VTB League and Premier League) and will suit up for the Belarus champions this coming season. The Swedish international last played for MoraBanc Andorra (Spain, ACB Liga Endesa) through the 2016/2017 campaign. During the term, Chis Czerapowicz helped Andorra to a surprise domestic run…

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Tsmoki-Minsk defends Belarusian League title

Tsmoki-Minsk has, once again, flexed its muscles and asserted its dominance over the Belarusian Premier League by taking the 2017 league championship. Not only did the team defend as reigning champions but this is a dynasty like no other, being their ninth straight league championship. One more and that’s a full decade that the organization…

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Anthony Hilliard inks with Tsmoki-Minsk

Anthony Hilliard (193 cm, Elizabeth City’09) will be donning the colors of Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus-Premier League) this coming 2015/16 season. Anthony suited up for the Nilan Bisons Loimaa (Finland-Korisliiga) in the 2014/15 season. He signed with the team in November 2014. Hilliard appeared in 25 VTB United League games for his former club and produced averages…

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Garrett Stutz decides on Minsk

Garrett Stutz (212 cm, Wichita State’12) has opted to join Belarussian giant Tsmoki-Minsk (Premier League and VTB United League) next season. He is coming off the 2014/2015 season where he played for Czech Republic heavyweight CEZ Nymburk, helping them to a 12th consecutive NBL title. The American played 24 games in the NBL and recorded…

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Justin Gray returns to Tsmoki-Minsk

Justin Gray (188 cm, Wake Forest’06) has penned a deal to play for Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus, Premier League and VTB) through the 2015/2016 season. The American will actually be making his return to the club as he finished this season there. He joined Tsmoki-Minsk in March and over eleven games in the VTB League he impressed…

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Tsmoki Minsk retains Premier League

Tsmoki Minsk cruised past arch rival Grodno-93 to win the Belarus Premier League with a clean 4-0 sweep of the finals series. The two clubs are the two biggest in the country, but Tsmoki Minsk has been in control of the Premier League and this was the club’s seventh consecutive title, four of them coming…

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