Jordan Usher is a new player for JL Bourg, as announced by the French team.
The forward comes from a season in NBL with the Perth Wildcats, ended with 12.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and a steal in 25 minutes per game.
Usher previously stood out for his remarkable athletic skills with the Besiktas jersey.
Twist in the negotiation between Mario Hezonja and Barcelona, that yesterday seemed to be in the final stages.
It is Mundo Deportivo again that talks about it, in an article with a very effective title: “Barcelona closes doors to Hezonja and opens them to Punter.”
The Croatian forward had reached an agreement to play the next five seasons at the Palau Blaugrana, but he is unlikely to end up wearing the Barcelona jersey, which has reportedly backed down despite an offer already accepted and signed.
The reason? The words of affection and praise spent by the player on Real Madrid after winning the Endesa League title last Wednesday in Murcia.
Barcelona then reportedly decided to focus its efforts toward an old target, Kevin Punter.
Mundo Deportivo also guarantees the existence of the deal, specifically an offer signed by Hezonja and a Barça representative, with the club’s official seal. The deal was for five years with a salary of about 3 million net per year, as well as a 750,000-euro rescission clause. This is not an actual contract, but the offer that would later be presented to the ACB and then to the Blancos, who had the right to match.
Jake Layman has signed a new one-year contract with the Mikawa Seahorses, as announced by the Japanese club.
The 30-year-old forward with 6 NBA seasons under his belt last year made his B.League debut producing averages of 15.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 26 minutes per game.
【選手契約継続のお知らせ】
この度、#10 ジェイク・レイマン選手と2024-25シーズンの継続契約が決定したことをお知らせします。#ジェイク・レイマン 選手コメントhttps://t.co/UNvba3xE2d#シーホース三河 #Bリーグ pic.twitter.com/UrPyfpRBoX— シーホース三河 (@go_seahorses) June 13, 2024
According to Turkish reporter Yagiz Sabuncuoglu, Fenerbahce has already made an offer for Bonzie Colson, a forward coming off an excellent two-year stint with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Colson in the last Euroleague produced averages of 12.6 points and 5.3 rebounds, shooting 49 percent from the field and 38 percent from three.
Today Fenerbahce reached an agreement with Devon Hall.
Veteran US guard Isaiah Canaan is expected to leave Olympiacos after two successful seasons to land in Serbia and sign with Crvena Zveda Belgrade, as reported by Sotiris Vetakis and confirmed by Basketnews. Eurohoops reports that Canaan has agreed to a 2-year, $2.5M contract with ABA Liga champions.
Former Virginia guard Kyle Guy has opted out of his contract with Lenovo Tenerife, as announced by his agent Misko Raznatovic. Guy had a very proficient stint with CB Canarias after a tough start of the 2023/24 season with Panathinaikos.
News from Acb market:
Melvin Ejim extended his contract with Unicaja Malaga for one more season!
Kyle Guy opted out of his contract with CB Canarias! New destination will be known soon!#BeoBasket
— Misko4Raznatovic (@MiskoRaznatovic) June 15, 2024
Devon Hall towards Fenerbahce. The news, reported by Eurohoops, was also confirmed to Sportando.
Devon Hall is the first new addition of Fenerbahce as the three-time Italian champion is moving to Istanbul.
First report of the interest by @eurodevotion , more on @Eurohoopsnet and @EurohoopsTR
— Aris Barkas (@arbarkas) June 15, 2024
Devon Hall leaves the Red and White after three years and three championships. Last season, the Virginia product guaranteed an average of 8.2 points in the EuroLeague with 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 24.6 minutes of usage.
According to reports from Real Olimpia Milano, the red and white club had proposed a renewal to the player on at least two occasions, in the last case with a six-figure sum.
Olimpia Milano, what future for Nicolò Melli? The Real Olimpia Milano website talks about it this morning, analysing all the positions in the affair.
The red and white captain, three Scudetti in three seasons, signed a very important three-year contract in 2021. He will therefore be a free agent from 30 June 2024.
The desire of the parties is of course to arrive at a definitive position by next week, when Nicolò Melli will join Gianmarco Pozzecco’s Italbasket in view of the Pre-Olympic in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The gap between supply and demand would still be large, but an agreement is not ruled out. In the case of a farewell, the white and red club would turn to Zach LeDay and, from an Italian perspective, Awudu Abass.
According to Corriere dello Sport, however, Virtus Bologna could evaluate the confirmation of the former Cantù and Brescia.
Virtus Bologna’s market revolves around Toko Shengelia. What future for the Georgian forward? The Corriere dello Sport on newsstands today talks about it.
Toko Shengelia signed a two-year contract in 2022 with a renewal option for the 2024-2025 season. The salary is two million euros net.
The club, according to the newspaper, ‘would gladly extend and spread it out, or a farewell that would open up new scenarios by making more money and space available in which to insert new, important players’.
Iffe Lundberg will leave Virtus Bologna at the end of the season. This was reported by Luca Muleo on il Corriere dello Sport.
Gabriel Iffe Lundberg will be a free agent on 30 June, when the two-year contract signed in the summer of 2022 expires. After a complex first year, he is back from a 10.9 point average season in LBA, 9.4 in EuroLeague.
Official FC Barcelona sources have assured that there is ‘no agreement of any kind’ with Mario Hezonja, currently at Real Madrid. However, according to Mundo Deportivo, the Croatian winger has already signed the document proposed by the Blaugrana club.
Contacts between Barça and Hezonja began some time ago, but the operation has accelerated in recent days. Real Madrid’s renewal proposal did not convince Hezonja, who felt more valued by Barça and decided to accept their offer.
Real Madrid has the right to match the offer when the relevant period opens, but sources close to the deal believe that the white club will not exercise this right.
The news had a strong impact in Spanish basketball, provoking different reactions among Barça fans. One of the main entertainment groups at the Palau Blaugrana, the Dracs, expressed their disappointment on social media, saying: ‘After all the statements and gestures of mockery by Hezonja, we say: Mario? No, thanks.”
Joventut Badalona will sign Devon Dotson as Andres Feliz’s replacement.
The playmaker played nine games in the ACB with Obradoiro, averaging 13 points with 2.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
ÚLTIMA HORA: Devon Dotson (1,85 m.; 24 a.) es el base que cubrirá el hueco de Andrés Feliz en el Joventut. Se ha estrenado en #LigaEndesa en el Obradoiro.
Devon Dotson (1,85 m.; 24 y.o.) will be Joventut’s new PG.
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) June 14, 2024
The decision has been made: Joan Peñarroya will be Barcelona’s new coach, replacing Roger Grimau. Negotiations with the Terrassa-born coach are at an advanced stage and the Catalan club expects to officially announce his appointment within this week.
Peñarroya, 55, was not Barça’s first choice, who had initially considered Xavi Pascual and Jaka Lakovic. However, the combination of decades of experience in the ACB, a European title (Champions League 2021 with Burgos), and recent Euroleague knowledge tipped the scales in his favour. In addition, the fact that he is Catalan further strengthened his candidature.
Peñarroya will sign a two-year contract with Barça. His salary will be lower than that of his predecessors, allowing the club to allocate more of its budget to necessary team adjustments.
According to ElCorreo, Baskonia is eyeing Alen Smailagic to improve the frontcourt, and has reportedly already submitted an offer to the 23-year-old Serbian center.
Smailagic is coming from a three-year stint with Partizan (5.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game between Euroleague and Aba Liga this year), and the Serbian team would not be willing to confirm him.
Baskonia in recent days announced the arrivals of Luwawu-Cabarrot and Baldwin.
Fletcher Magee remains at Buducnost on a contract until 2026, as announced by the Montenegrin club.
The sharpshooter this year scored 8.4 points with 41% from long distance in 18 minutes per game between ABA Liga and Eurocup.
Bullseye 🎯https://t.co/Hgz46ailfm#kkb #hukmorače pic.twitter.com/mCxlFry3nZ
— KK Budućnost VOLI (@KKBuducnostVOLI) June 12, 2024
Crvena Zvedza has announced that Milos Teodosic will continue to defend the team’s colors in the 2024/25 season.
The Serbian ace this year in Euroleague scored 9.4 points and dished out 5.8 assists (4th in the competition) in 21 minutes per game.
Teodosic helped the Serbian team to win Cup and Championship of Serbia and the ABA Liga.
Adding these victories to his palmares, the former Virtus Bologna star jumps to 19 trophies won throughout his career.
Osvajač triple krune sa Crvenom zvezdom i jedan od najboljih košarkaša koje je ova zemlja imala, Miloš Teodosić produžio je ugovor sa voljenim Klubom i nosiće crveno beli dres i u sezoni 2024/25! 🔴⚪️#kkcz #WeAreTheTeam pic.twitter.com/y0g4fd7XcI
— KK Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (@kkcrvenazvezda) June 13, 2024
Chus Mateo will remain on the Real Madrid bench for another two seasons. This was reported by AS, which thus ends a 12-month long telenovela, given that the Spanish coach had started the season as a EuroLeague winner, but expires at the end of June.
Agreement until 2026 then. Chus Mateo, who became head coach in 2022, won his second ACB, the first permanently in the role. In this year he also won the Supercopa and Copa del Rey.
Mario Hezonja, to Movistar+, confirms his desire to stay in Madrid: ‘I won’t talk about three titles, I would like to have more. That’s how I am, I am always a perfectionist. This year we only lost one game in which we played badly, and we lost a title. I am very sorry for that, but I would like to give something back to our people, to my club, to Real Madrid… In the coming years I would like to give back many more titles. I hope this will happen.”
“That’s why they brought me here. We talked about the fact that we needed people like this and I feel really comfortable, I feel like they are my family. They welcomed me with open arms when many were talking about things that were not true. I would like to repay that with more years here and more titles for my team.”
Fenerbahce forward Nate Sestina is reportedly on the verge of a move to Valencia Basket, according to sources in BasketNews.
Sestina, 27 years old and 2.05 metres tall, had an option in his contract to stay at Fenerbahce for another season, but chose to move to Spain.
Sergio ‘Chacho’ Rodriguez will in all likelihood leave Real Madrid (which has already finalized a couple of signings for the backcourt) at the end of the ACB finals, but will continue playing at least one more season.
According to Ramon Alvarez de Mon, the 38-year-old former Olimpia Milano point guard is close to finalizing a deal with Lenovo Tenerife, where he would form a super-experienced point guard duo with Marcelihno Huertas.
Rodriguez has produced averages of 4.2 points and 4 assists per game this year between Euroleague and ACB, showing time and again that he is still competitive at the highest level.
Bahcesehir announced the arrival of C.J. Massinburg.
The former Germani Brescia guard (12.8 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2 APG, 1.3 SPG in 21 MPG) signed a one-year deal.
Massinburg this year was voted Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Player of the Italian league.
🙌 C.J. Massinburg, Bahçeşehir Koleji’nde!
🤝 Son olarak Germani Brescia’da forma giyen ABD’li guard Christian Jalon Massinburg ile 2024-2025 sezonu için anlaşma sağladık.
🙋♂️ Welcome to our family, C.J.! @cj_ball_is_LIfe
❤️💙 #FlyHighTogether pic.twitter.com/zXfC0DqPr8
— Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü (@BKBasketbol) June 11, 2024
Paris Bass has signed with Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank, a source told Sportando.
The 28-year-old forward turned down major offers from Korea to play in the Chinese CBA.
Bass had an MVP season in KBL (25.6 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 4.2 APG, 1.9 SPG), where he made over $750,000.
Unicaja Malaga has extended through 2027 the deals of Tyler Kalinoski and Kameron Taylor.
The former Davidson guard ended the season with 7.8 points and 1.7 assists in 18 minutes, while the swingman from Seton Hall put together averages of 8.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals in 18 minutes.
🚨 @KamTaylor5 y el Unicaja, unidos hasta 2⃣0⃣2⃣7⃣
💚💜 #YoSoyDelUnicaja #Kameron2027
— UnicajaCB (@unicajaCB) June 11, 2024
🚨 @Tkal24, hasta 2⃣0⃣2⃣7⃣
💚💜 #YoSoyDelUnicaja #Tyler2027
— UnicajaCB (@unicajaCB) June 11, 2024
Treviso has reached an agreement with Osvaldas Olisevicius, who will again be a mainstay of the team next season.
The 31-year-old Lithuanian forward last year produced averages of 15.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in LBA
Trapani Sharks are very active in the market after their promotion to LBA, with Prealpina listing Austin Wiley among the targets to strengthen the roster under the boards.
The 25-year-old big man comes from an excellent year with Tofas Bursa, as he was voted MVP of BSL (15.1 points, 10 rebounds and 1.9 blocks) and was included in the BCL First Team (12.4 PPG, 8.8 PPG, 2.1 BPG).
Wiley ended both competitions shooting 68% from the field.
Nikola Kalinić has reached an agreement with Crvena zvezda for a three-year contract worth 5 million euros. This could be the last contract in the career of the 32-year-old, who arrives in Belgrade after a disappointing season with Barcelona, where he averaged 7.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game.
This will be Kalinić’s third stint with Crvena zvezda, having previously played in the 2014/15 and 2021/22 seasons, during which he won two ABA League titles, two national Superleagues, and two Radivoj Korać Cups, and was named MVP of the Adriatic competition in 2022.
Crvena zvezda is active in the market, having already signed Uroš Plavšić and renewed contracts with captain Branko Lazić and Rokas Giedraitis, with further reinforcements like Mike Daum, Kody Miller-McIntyre, and Isaiah Canaan expected to join.
Source: *Sport Klub*.
Following Real Madrid’s win in Game 1 of the ACB Finals against UCAM Murcia, Croatian forward Mario Hezonja addressed his future with the team, dispelling rumors about a potential contract extension.
In an interview with Alberto Pereiro for ONDA Cero’s Radioestadio, Hezonja stated that no agreement has been reached: “It’s a lie. We are trying to reach an agreement, but now is not the time to talk about that,” he said.
Hezonja’s contract is set to expire at the end of June, and he will need to finalize his decision after the series against UCAM Murcia, whether to remain in Madrid or move elsewhere. He joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2022 and won the EuroLeague in his first season with Chus Mateo’s team. This year, he averaged 13.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in the EuroLeague, establishing himself as one of the top forwards in the competition and earning a spot on the All-EuroLeague Second Team.
Hezonja niega en @Radioestadio que haya renovado con el Madrid https://t.co/VItC6HUtQC
— Alberto Pereiro (@AlbertoPereiro) June 8, 2024
FONTE: Eurohoops
Baskonia and Kamar Baldwin have reached an agreement for the next two seasons.
The versatile American playmaker arrives from Dolomiti Energia Trento and becomes the Spanish team’s first addition for the upcoming season.
Baldwin moves to Vitoria-Gasteiz after an excellent season between the Italian league (13.9 points, 4.3 assists) and Eurocup (15.2 points, 4.5 assists).
Baldwin will probably be the replacement of Cody Miller-McIntyre, who has reportedly already finalized his move to Red Star.
✍️💣 Kamar Baldwin, nuevo director de juego de Baskonia 🧠2⃣0⃣2⃣6⃣
Welcome, Kamar!! 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/v4BG76ihTk
— Baskonia (@Baskonia) June 9, 2024
According to Encestando, Barcelona has started working on selecting potential coaches for the first team after deciding earlier this week not to renew Roger Grimau, a decision that was officially announced this Saturday.
The names most analyzed were Lakovic, Itoudis, and Xavi Pascual, but all three were ruled out for various reasons. The chosen one is Joan Peñarroya, with whom conversations have just begun, and the agreement still needs to be finalized. Peñarroya, 55, is currently without a team after being dismissed by Baskonia last November.
After ten seasons as a coach, spread between Andorra, Manresa, SP Burgos, Valencia Basket, and Baskonia, this would represent the biggest challenge of his career.
Future still in the EuroLeague for Mike Dam. According to Moses, the former Derthona player has an agreement with Crvena Zvezda.
Mike Daum played 20 games with Efes after his farewell to Italy, 9.4 points and 2.2 rebounds his average in EuroLeague in 11 games.
I’m told Mike Daum to Crvena Zvezda is done deal ✅
— Moses 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 (@MosesB1) June 8, 2024
