Il Mattino di Napoli headlines: ‘Napoli Basket tries, offer for former Milano Pangos’. The news has also been confirmed to Sportando in recent hours.
The Canadian point guard, who after a year and a half in Olimpia Milano ended last season in Valencia, has been approached in Spain by Leyma Basquet Coruna.
Leyma Basquet Coruña is working to supplement last year’s group with experienced players, and for the role of point guard is negotiating with Kevin Pangos.
The news was reported by Encestando, which also lists as finalized the agreements with big men Augusto Lima and Trey Thompkins and forward Phil Scrubb.
Some Spanish media recently also linked Rudy Gay to the Spanish club.
BC Dubai has announced the arrival of Klemen Prepelic.
The Slovenian guard signed a 2+1 contract.
Prepelic spent last year between Galatasaray (14.8 points and 6.2 assists in BCL) and Cedevita (16.1 points and 8.2 assists in Eurocup).
Olympiacos have announced the return of Sasha Vezenkov in a video. Who will now leave Georgios Bartzokas’ roster?
According to Sportando, Filip Petrusev is one of Crvena Zvezda’s top targets. While Monaco insist on signing Shaquielle McKissic.
Hapoel Holon has formalized the arrival of Jalen Adams.
The former Uconn guard last season split his time between Turkey (15.4 points and 3.3 assists in Eurocup with Turk Telekom) and China (6 games with Beijing Shougang and 5 with Liaoning).
Adams previously spent 2021/22 with Hapoel Jerusalem and 2022/23 with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
חיזוק יוקרתי למשפחה הסגולה.
מועדון הכדורסל הפועל ‘קבוצת נתנאל’ חולון שמח להודיע על החתמה גדולה ויוקרתית בסגול.
הגארד ג’יילן אדאמס, 28, 1.91מ’, מצטרף לקבוצה שמתקרבת להשלמת הסגל לעונה הקרובה. לג’יילן תהיה זאת קדנציה שלישית בישראל לאחר הפועל ירושלים ומכבי תל-אביב. >> pic.twitter.com/VEijTgNFJ2
— Hapoel Holon (@HapoelHolonBC) July 23, 2024
BC Rytas announced that R.J. Cole will be part of the team again next season.
The point guard from Uconn last year averaged 10.4 points and 4.1 assists in LKL, and 9.5 points and 5 assists in BCL.
Ryan Hawkins could be about to join Stade Rochelais for next season’s Betclic ÉLITE.
After an excellent season in Italy with Pistoia, where he averaged 9.4 points with 43% success, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, Hawkins seems ready for a new challenge in France.
Source: BeBasket
Chimezie Metu has reached an agreement with Barcelona, as reported by Evan Sidery of Forbes Sports.
Metu, six years in the NBA, has already signed a contract with the Catalan club, although the details of the deal were not specified. Selected with the number 49 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, Metu has played for the Spurs, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns and Detroit Pistons.
Chimezie Metu has signed an overseas contract with FC Barcelona.
Metu spent this season with the Suns and Pistons averaging 6.5 points per game. pic.twitter.com/68dXEaTw0l
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) July 24, 2024
Hapoel Holon announced the arrival of Marcus Bingham for the upcoming season.
The Michigan State product spent last year with Hapoel Haifa, averaging 14.5 points (52% FG, 67% FT), 8.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game in Winner League.
ממשיכים לבנות בסגול.
מועדון הכדורסל הפועל ‘קבוצת נתנאל’ חולון שמח להודיע על החתמתו של הסנטר מרכוס בינגהאם בשורות הקבוצה.
בינגהאם, 24, 2.13 מ’ מגיע לחולון מהפועל חיפה בשורותיה הרשים עם ממוצעים של 14.3 נק’,8.1 רב’, שתי חסימות ומדד של 19.3 למשחק. >> pic.twitter.com/ee2EeaXeKS
— Hapoel Holon (@HapoelHolonBC) July 23, 2024
Jeffrey Carroll is a new player of BM Stal Ostrow, as announced by the Polish club.
The forward spent 2023/24 in Germany with MLP Academics Heidelberg, scoring 13.3 points with 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game.
Danilo Andjusic is a new player of BC Dubai, as announced by his agent.
The 33-year-old Serbian shooting guard spent the last two seasons with Partizan (7.1 points with 41% from three in 2023/24).
Two days ago the club that will participate in the upcoming Aba Liga also announced the signing of Awudu Abass.
Shannon Shorter will continue to wear the KK Split jersey for the 2024/25 season, the Croatian club announced.
The point guard will thus begin his fourth season with Split, a rarity for a U.S. player.
Last year Shorter produced 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
Shannon Shorter još jednu sezonu nosit će dres Splita s brojem 2. Ugovor je potpisan rano jutros. Svi u klubu sretni smo zbog ostanka Shortera, koji će tako ući u četvrtu sezonu u dresu Splita što je pravi raritet i dovoljno govori o odnosu ovog vrsnog profesionalca i Žutih.💛💪 pic.twitter.com/S8ex81JD7o
— KK Split (@kksplit_) July 23, 2024
Isaiah Reese is a new player of Merkezefendi, as announced by the Turkish club.
The guard comes from an excellent year in the VTB League with Parma Basket Perm, where he produced averages of 14.5 points, 5.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
🏀 Isaiah Reese, bu sezon #ŞehrinEfendileri için ter dökecek!
VTB Ligi’nde Parma formasıyla harikalar yaratan, 15.1 sayı ve 6.2 asist ortalamalarıyla göz dolduran oyun kurucu Isaiah Reese, 2024/25 sezonunda Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi’nde ter dökecek.
2024 VTB Ligi All Star… pic.twitter.com/W0oPylCUha
— Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi (@merkezefendigsk) July 23, 2024
Fabien Causeur, after seven successful seasons at Real Madrid, is now in the details with Olimpia Milano.
The Frenchman, born in 1987, is known for his experience and versatility, having won 2 EuroLeagues, 4 ACB and other important titles.
Fabien Causeur officially leaves Real Madrid after seven extraordinary seasons, culminating in winning two EuroLeagues. The 1987 class guard is in negotiations with Olimpia Milan: the parties are now at the final details pic.twitter.com/XI7B6CqGd2
— Alessandro Luigi Maggi (@AlessandroMagg4) July 23, 2024
Donta Hall signs with Baskonia as reported Gabriel Pantel-Jouve.
Former Monaco agreed a two-year contract.
Hall averaged 4.9 points, 3.5 rebounds last season with Monaco in EuroLeague.
Donta Hall and Baskonia found an agreement : today, the former Monaco center will sign for two seasons.#EuroLeague x #LigaEndesa
— Gabriel Pantel-Jouve (@GabrielPJ_) July 23, 2024
Following the announcement of his farewell to Barcelona, Rokas Jokubaitis has reached an agreement on a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, with an option for a third season. Jokubaitis, 23, is expected to succeed Lorenzo Brown.
With six years of experience in the Euroleague between Zalgiris Kaunas and Barcelona, he averaged 5.3 points and 2.7 assists per game last season.
In addition to Jokubaitis, Roman Sorkin has signed a five-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, confirming his return after attempting to get a contract in the NBA.
Fonte: Walla
Polski Cukier Start Lublin has signed 33-year-old Tyran De Lattibeaudiere, a former Legia Warsaw player, for the 2024/2025 season.
Last season, Lattibeaudiere averaged 9.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 11 ORLEN Basket Liga games, and 10.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in four Basketball Champions League games.
Boom 💣
Polski Cukier Start Lublin w końcu pozyskał pierwszego nowego zawodnika przed sezonem 2024/2025. Został nim 33-letni Tyran de Lattibeaudiere, który ostatnio grał w Legii Warszawa.
Wasza ocena ❓#plkpl
Szczegóły:https://t.co/XxJtm8QuuQ
— Karol Wasiek (@K_Wasiek) July 23, 2024
Sasha Vezenkov has decided to waive $6.6 million of his NBA contract for the 2024/25 season and the Toronto Raptors have released him.
The Bulgarian forward must wait another 48 hours to get the final release and return to Olympiacos. During that time, Vezenkov will remain on the waivers list and, if no NBA team selects him, the Greek club can officially announce his signing.
Given Vezenkov’s strong desire to return to Europe, he is unlikely to be claimed by another NBA team.
Source: sport24.gr
On the future of Filip Petrusev Olympiacos player’s agent Misko Raznatovic takes the floor.
The BeoBasket president clarifies how to date there have been no contacts between the Greek club and Red Star for Petrusev’s transfer: “And this is how it will be until Olympiacos has reinforcements at the position of ‘4’.”
Olympiacos has been waiting for a positive solution to the Sasha Vezenkov telenovela for a long time..
Da li je moguce da srpski mediji prenose ovo i tvrde da je transfer propao! Ko je izvor? 18k pratilaca???
Nikakvih razgovora nije bilo niti ce ih biti dok eventualno Olym ne dobije pojacanje na poziciji 4! To je zakljucak od pre 2 sedmice i nista se nije promenilo…nestvarno https://t.co/uWaAoNQBQ6— Misko4Raznatovic (@MiskoRaznatovic) July 22, 2024
Barcelona targets Chimezie Metu.
Metu this season has produced 5 points and 3 rebounds on average with the Phoenix Suns and 10.5 with the Pistons with 6 rebounds.
ÚLTIMA HORA: El Barça sigue la pista del pívot nigeriano Chimezie Metu (2.11; 27 años).
Ha jugado esta temporada 37 partidos en los Suns y 14 en los Pistons.
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) July 22, 2024
Ricky Rubio has accepted a proposal from Joventut de Badalona to return to the verdinegra jersey, 15 years after his departure. The news was launched by the Efe agency and confirmed by Mundo Deportivo.
After ending his contract with Barça on June 30, Rubio was not included in the derecho de tanteo, allowing any team to freely negotiate with him. During the last few weeks, Rubio had conversations with Joventut executives and weighed the options of retiring or returning to the Badalonese club, finally opting for the latter.
Rubio left Joventut in 2009 to sign with Barça, with whom he won a Euroleague, and later began his career in the NBA. He returned to Barça last season and played 28 games averaging 5.3 points and 4.1 assists per game.
Rubio’s return to Joventut closes a controversial chapter in his career that began with his departure in 2009, when the player had contested a 4 million exit clause. With this return, Rubio will strengthen Joventut’s roster, which already counts on point guards Guillem Vives and Keye Van der Vuurst, and ‘combo’ Devon Dotson.
Source: Mundo Deportivo.
Partizan Mozzart Bet may lose Carlik Jones to interest from several NBA clubs. Jones, who has impressed with the South Sudan national team, was selected as Partizan’s new point guard.
However, according to Mark Stein, NBA teams are monitoring the player and could sign him by Thursday, the deadline to enforce his contract with the Serbian club. If that does not happen, Jones will begin his adventure with Partizan.
League sources tell @TheSteinLine there is a brief window until Thursday for NBA teams to pursue South Sudan’s Carlik Jones before his new Partizan Belgrade deal takes full effect.
More on Jones after his triple-double vs. @usabasketball: https://t.co/SBz4gs70C2
📷: @SSBFed pic.twitter.com/n3IqSWoho6
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 21, 2024
Maccabi Tel Aviv is in advanced talks to sign Lithuanian point guard Rokas Jokubaitis, 23, who has played the past three seasons with Barcelona. With a height of 1.93 meters, Jokubaitis could become the first point guard under Oded Kattash.
Barcelona had the option to extend Jokubaitis’ contract for another season, but decided not to exercise this option, paving the way for his transfer. If the deal is finalized, Jokubaitis will join Jordan Loyd in Maccabi’s backcourt, which also hopes to complete the signing of Daryl Macon soon.
Last Euroleague season, Jokubaitis averaged 5.3 points and 2.8 assists per game. His best season was in 2021/22, also with Barcelona, averaging 7.1 points and 2.6 assists per game. Raised in Zalgiris, Jokubaitis was selected 34th overall in the 2021 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder, but has not yet played in the NBA. He recently participated in the Summer League with the New York Knicks, averaging 9.8 points and 3.8 assists per game.
As published on Friday (https://t.co/Lqu8pF2POj) Maccabi Tel Aviv joined the race for Rokas Jukobaitis, talks are going in a positive direction and the sides seems to be getting closer.
— Moses 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 (@MosesB1) July 22, 2024
Pallacanestro Trieste is following Denzel Valentine with great interest, according to a report by Superbasket.
Before joining Milan for the latter part of the season, Valentine recorded averages of 12.1 points with 5.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game with Sydney in the NBL, in his first experience away from the States.
Previously the forward spent 6 NBA seasons with career-averages of 7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
Awudu Abass is a new player of BC Dubai, now it’s official.
“His leadership and winning mentality are a perfect fit for our club.”
The 31-year-old swingman will play for the first time in his career away from Italy.
Last season, his fourth with Virtus Bologna, Abass averaged 6.2 points and 2.2 rebounds between LBA and Euroleague.
Italian Champion, EuroCup Champion, and Azzurri Star – Awudu Abass joins Dubai Basketball Club 🔥
Awudu’s leadership and winning mentality are a perfect fit for Dubai Basketball Club. 🇦🇪
Get ready for an exciting season!#DubaiBasketball #ABALeague #dubaisports pic.twitter.com/879x2X6yE0— Dubai Basketball Club (@dubaibasket) July 21, 2024
Kolossos Rhodes announced that point guard London Perrantes has agreed to a new deal for the upcoming season.
The former Virginia last year scored 11.3 points and dished out 5.6 assists per game in the Greek league.
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Hapoel Jerusalem strengthens the backcourt with the signing of Jeremy Morgan.
The guard comes from a good season with JL Bourg, where he produced 10 points (42% from three), 1.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game in the Eurocup.
הפועל ״בנק יהב״ ירושלים שמחה להודיע על החתמתו של הפורוורד ג׳רמי מורגן!
לכל הפרטים > https://t.co/lr8JAXlDIW pic.twitter.com/CxXI45A8KY— Hapoel Jerusalem BC (@JerusalemBasket) July 21, 2024
Legia Kosz strengthens the backcourt for the 2024/25 season with the arrival of Kameron McGusty.
After a successful rookie year in Piacenza, the guard spent last year in France with Limoges CSP (9.6 points in 21 minutes per game).
💣 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗼𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗲𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗶 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗮!💥
🇺🇸 Amerykański rzucający reprezentować będzie nasz klub w sezonie 2024/2025! 🏀
Witamy w drużynie Kameron!🤝
📰 Więcej informacji👉https://t.co/5YiT2rS3C7 #TransferyLegiaKosz by LOTTO… pic.twitter.com/msa6wrjEiY
— Legia Kosz (@LegiaKosz) July 19, 2024
Zach Hankins is a new player of Cluj-Napoca, as announced by the Romanian team.
The 27-year-old big man spent a two-year stint with Hapoel Jerusalem (10.1 points, 6.6 rebounds between Winner League and BCL in 2023/24).
Segafredo Virtus Bologna is working on three major signings.
So many names are in the mix, let’s start with the most important- in terms of status but also salary-, experienced forward Will Clyburn.
La Gazzetta dello Sport speaks of a two-year contract close to signing, while for La Prealpina there would be an agreement in principle between the parties for around $1.5 million.
For the backcourt, with the probable exit of Dobric, the Italian team should add a point guard and a swingman.
La Gazzetta lists the names of Xavier Moon and Matt Morgan for the point guard position, while La Prealpina talks about a major offer for former Venice player Rayvon Tucker.
The Resto del Carlino speculates that the club will announce over the weekend the signings of Clyburn, Tucker and Morgan, in addition to the already known ones of Akele, Visconti and Grazulis.
We close by pointing out Matt Morgan’s outstanding ballistic performance last night at the Las Vegas Summer League: 36 points in 22 minutes shooting 11/11 from the field and 7/9 from the foul line in the Hornets’ win over the Trail Blazers.
Morgan spent last season with the London Lions, where he produced averages of 17.2 points and 3.6 assists per game between the English league (45 percent from three) and Eurocup (36 percent).
Highlights of his performance in Las Vegas:
