Earvin Morris signed by Aris

 Greek club Aris Thessaloniki (Greece-A1) has signed Earvin Morris (196 cm, UTEP’16) to a deal for the remainder of the 2017-18 season. This will be Morris’ second team this season. He started off with Avtodor Saratov (Russia-VTB). Morris played six games for them in the Basketball Champions League where he posted averages of 5.5 ppg…

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Vincent Hunter signed by AEK Athens

Vincent Hunter (203 cm, UTEP’15) is taking his game to Europe in 2018 after agreeing to terms on a deal with AEK Athens (Greece-A1). The 23-year-old forward initially spent the earlier part of the 2017-18 season playing in the USA. He logged three games with the Memphis Grizzlies where he averaged 2.0 ppg and 1.0…

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Derrick Caracter inks with Uhud

 Derrick Caracter (206 cm, UTEP’10) will continue his professional basketbal career this 2017-18 on the roster of Uhud Medina (Saudi Arabia-SBL).  This will be his first team this season. Caracter had a busy 2016-17 season, seeing action for three teams. The big man appeared in two games for BC Prievidza (Slovakia-SBL) in the Basketball Champions League…

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10 Best basketball movies of all time

Court Side Newspaper has crunched the numbers and produced a list of the 10 best basketball movies and basketball documentaries of all time. We combined the following criteria: Gross Box office revenue Rating by professional critics Rating by regular viewers Nominations and Awards Google search volume YouTube volume However, using the above criteria was sometimes…

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Julyan Stone granted release by Venezia

 Julyan Stone (198 cm, UTEP’11) was originally set to reinforce the roster of Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy-Serie A) this 2017-18. That was the plan. However, plans changed and the guard was offered a two-year deal by the Charlotte Hornets. Stone was able to secure a release from Venezia and will be headed back to the…

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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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Omar Thomas now playing for Mazatlan

Omar Thomas (196 cm, UTEP’05) has taken up the colors of Mexican club Nauticos of Mazatlan (Mexico-CIBACOPA) this 2017. The 35-year-old Thomas has already two games under his belt with his new team. He is currently averaging 11 points and four rebounds per game. His 2016-17 season began playing in Italy for Vanoli Cremona (Italy-Serie…

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Randy Culpepper depart Best Baliksehir

 Randy Culpepper (183 cm, UTEP’11) has parted ways with Turkish club Best Baliksehir Basketbol Kulubu (Turkey-BSL) this 2017. 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 lent his talents to Limoges CSP Elite (France-Pro A). He appeared in four Euroleague games…

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Julyan Stone back with Umana Venezia

Julyan Stone (198 cm, UTEP’11) is reuniting with former team, Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy-Serie A) this 2017. The 28-year-old stone saw action for them back in 2014-15. After being released by the Indiana Pacers at the start of the season, Julyan headed to the NBA D-League, where he signed with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.…

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Derrick Caracter signed by Echague

Derrick Caracter (206 cm, UTEP’10) is a newcomer to the roster of Atletico Echague Parana (Argentina-Liga A) and will marking the new year with third team this season. The 28-year-old big man appeared in two games for BC Prievidza (Slovakia-SBL) in the Basketball Champions League and averaged 9.0 ppg and 3.0 rpg. He left them…

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