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05/07/202318:11

SDNA: Dinos Mitoglou in talks with Panathinaikos

According to SDNA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reportedly granted a sentence reduction to Dinos Mitoglou. The Greek forward’s punishment has been cut down to 16 months, meaning it would expire at the end of the month, thus allowing the player to be available for the upcoming FIBA World Cup.

Mitoglou’s significant reduction from 32 to 16 months has been attributed to his cooperation with judges and authorities, leading him to be seen as a “victim” of the doctor who administered prohibited substances to him a year and a half ago.

Panathinaikos is said to have stepped up negotiations to bring Dinos Mitoglou back to Oaka, which is the exact place where he tested positive a year and a half ago when he was a player for Olimpia Milano.

05/07/202313:49

Peters, Canaan stay with Olympiacos

Isaiah Canaan and Alec Peters will continue to wear the Olympiakos jersey in the 2023/24 season, as the “reds” will not exercise their contract exit options, set for today, July 5th.

In the 2022/23 season, Canaan averaged 6.3 points (with a 38.2% three-point percentage), 1 rebound, and 0.9 assists in 39 EuroLeague games, while Peters had an average of 4.6 points (with a 41.1% three-point percentage) and 2.5 rebounds in 37 games of the top European competition.

05/07/202308:07

Mouhamet Diouf reached an agreeement with Rio Breogan

The future of Mouhamet Diouf is in Spain.

According to what Sportando has learned, the Senegalese center, who also holds an Italian passport, has essentially finalized an agreement with Rio Breogan in the ACB.

Diouf, born in 2001, leaves Reggio Emilia after a good season, averaging 6 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

04/07/202317:41

Will Christmas joins Towers Hamburg

William Christmas, a swingman who was among the best players in Germany’s second tier last season, has signed with Veolia Towers Hamburg.
Christmas (1.96 meters tall, 26 years old) played 34 games for the Artland Dragons last year, averaging 15.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1.6 steals per contest. In 2021, he joined Dragons Rhoendorf in Germany to start his professional career, and later that year, he joined Musel Pikes in Luxembourg. Christmas was a three-time All-California Collegiate Athletic Association First Team pick while playing collegiate basketball at Cal Poly Pomona.

04/07/202317:37

Buducnost adds Fletcher Magee

By adding shooting guard Fletcher Magee, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica expanded its squad for the next campaign. The club made the announcement on Tuesday. Magee, a 26-year-old prodigious three-point shooter, joins from SC Derby, a local rival for which he averaged 13.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game in the ABA League the previous season. He was shooting threes at a 42.2% clip and made 2.8 triples per game.

Magee had previously signed with Buducnost in the summer of 2020, but he didn’t play for the team and instead transferred to SC Derby, where he has spent the last three years.

04/07/202317:07

Jayvon Graves joins Ludwigsburg

Jayvon Graves is a new player of MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.
The player comes from Limoges CSP where he averaged 9.3 points, 2.4 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game.

03/07/202318:46

Buducnost keeps coach Mijovic

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica announced Sunday that Petar Mijovic will remain its head coach in the upcoming season. Mijovic, 41, took over Buducnost bench in the finish of last season, and guided the team to the Adriatic League semifinals and Montenegrin League title. He has a 9-11 coaching record in the EuroCup.

This is Mijovic’s third stint with the club. He coached Buducnost youth categories in 2017 and 2018, before being promoted to the first team, first as an assistant coach, then to head coach in April of 2019. Even though the club did not keep him as coach for the following season, he was already back on the bench in October 2019 and remained Buducnost head coach until leaving in January 2021. During those two stints he helped Buducnost win the Montenegrin League title in 2019 and lifted the Montenegrin Cup trophy in 2020.

03/07/202318:40

Tai Odiase joins Prometey

Tai Odiase has been signed by Prometey Slobozhanske and will play for the 7DAYS EuroCup team in the upcoming campaign. Odiase (27 years old, 2.06 meters) recently competed for Germani Brescia, where in his first EuroCup season he averaged 7.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and a 7.7 PIR. Strangely, the American had one of his greatest performances from last season against Prometey in Round 2, recording 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, and 3 blocks in a convincing victory.

03/07/202311:50

Maccabi Tel Aviv reportedly targets Filip Petrusev

Maccabi Tel Aviv targets Filip Petrusev.

Former Gonzaga averaged 10.7 points last season in EuroLeague, with 5.2 rebounds, with Crvena Zvezda.

03/07/202310:48

Juan Laporta: The positions of Mirotic and the club are quite far apart

Barcelona’s President, Juan Laporta, gave a lengthy interview to the Spanish daily La Vanguardia, returning to the topics of Nikola Mirotic and Sarunas Jasikevicius.

“We can’t sustain these wages in basketball. We can be equally competitive without investing 40 million in salaries. The positions of Mirotic and the club are quite far apart, but we will see how it will be resolved. In the case of Jasikevicius, he was perhaps the highest paid coach in Europe and when we started the negotiations, we understood that we should not continue in that direction.”

03/07/202309:33

Kostas Sloukas reportedly meets today Olympiacos front office

The long-awaited moment has arrived for Olympiakos and Kostas Sloukas. During the day (3/7), the 33-year-old point guard will meet with the Angelopoulos brothers: will the two parties continue their journey together or will they part ways?

The wait for Olympiakos and Kostas Sloukas reaches its peak today: the player’s three-year term expired on June 30th, with the point guard’s intentions up in the air, seeking a more central role as well as reassurances about the team’s competitiveness for the upcoming season.

03/07/202308:02

Chicago Bulls requested Disabled Player Exception to Lonzo Ball

The Chicago Bulls have requested a Disabled Player Exception from the NBA, valued at $10.2 million, because of an injury to Lonzo Ball that is likely to sideline him for the entire 2023-24 season.

02/07/202319:35

Zalgiris reportedly in advanced talks with Brady Manek

Zalgiris Kaunas is in advanced talks with Brady Manek, as reported by Donatas Urbonas.

The power forward out of North Carolina spent his rookie year between NBL (13.4 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 40% 3P with the Perth Wildcats) and BSL (15.4 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 34% 3P in 13 games with Tofas).

02/07/202319:24

Turk Telekom Ankara lands Steven Enoch

Turk Telekom Ankara strengthens the frontcourt with the signing of Steven Enoch.

The big man spent last year at Baskonia, producing averages of 6.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in 15 minutes across the 50 games played between ACB and Euroleague.

 

01/07/202320:28

Luka Mitrovic signs multi-year extension with KK Crvena Zvedza

KK Crvena Zvedza announced the contract extension of Luka Mitrovic for the next 3 seasons.

The forward last year averaged 8.7 points (65% FG), 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game between Euroleague and Aba Liga.

 

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