Alen Omic returns to Slovenia and signs with KK Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana.
The big man spent last season in France with JL Bourg, where he averaged 10.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game between Betclic Elite and Eurocup.
— Alen Omic (@Alen237) November 22, 2021
Jamel McLean is a new player of Fraport Skyliners, the German team announced.
The veteran power forward started the season in Spain with Casademont Zaragoza (9 points and 4 rebounds per game in ACB).
McLean signed a contract until the end of the season.
Willkommen in Frankfurt, Jamel McLean! 🙌🏼💙🤩
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🏀 @easyCreditBBL #Frankfurt #FFM #069 #Basketball #BIGLOVE #geMAINsam pic.twitter.com/H2itbUKquE— FRAPORT SKYLINERS (@skyliners1999) November 22, 2021
AEK Athens changes its plans and renounces to Terrance Ferguson, who has already found an agreement with Lavrio.
According to SDNA, the greek team is now focusing on acquiring a frontcourt player to replace Stefan Jelovac.
Stevan Jelovac had serious stroke, has been hospitalized in critical conditions
Fonte: SDNA.
Olimpia Milano has reached a two-year agreement, until the end of the 2022/23 season, with Tommaso Baldasso, born in Turin, on January 29, 1998, 1.92, point-guard, coming from Fortitudo Bologna. “We brought to Milan a young player, whom we had been following for some time and who plays a position in which, because of our schedule, it is important to have alternatives,” Olimpia general manager Christos Stavropoulos said. “I’m really happy about Coach Messina’s call and about the opportunity given to me. Olimpia is a club of the highest level and normally it represents a destination team for any player. Regarding me, instead, it is a starting point to work hard, improve, develop myself and try to help this great team. I can’t wait to start.”
HIS CAREER – Tommaso Baldasso started playing in the youth academy of Auxilium Torino and PMS Moncalieri. In 2016, he moved to Virtus Roma where in 2019 he contributed to the promotion of the team to the top Italian League. During the 2019/20 season, he played in Rome in Serie A (7.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game) and was there at the beginning of the following season. Then, he moved to Fortitudo Bologna and finished the season averaging 8.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. During the current season, he was scoring 5.8 points per game while shooting 38.5 percent from three.
NOTES – Baldasso made his debut with the Italian National Team on November 30, 2020 in Tallinn, in a win over Russia.
Fonte: Olimpia Milano.
GeVi Napoli announced the signing of Reggie Lynch.
The big man is back in Italy where he has played with Urania Milano.
Lynch started the season with Iraklis averaging 12ppg and 5.3rpg adding also 3.5 blocks.
Alen Omic is close to joining KK Cedevita Olimpija, sources tell Sportando.
The big man spent last season with JL Bourg averaging 11.4ppg and 9rpg in Jeep Elite where he was the best rebounder of the French league.
Josh Owens returns to the team where he began his career in Europe, Hapoel Tel Aviv.
The big man signed an agreement until the end of the season.
Owens started the season in Greece with Ionikos (6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.2 bpg).
מועדון הכדורסל הפועל SP מצר ת"א שמח להודיע על שובו של הסנטר האמריקני ג'וש אוונס (32, 2.06) שילבש את המדים האדומים עד לסיום העונה. pic.twitter.com/jlMYJ1G8IJ
— Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) November 21, 2021
Ruben Guerrero will move from Unicaja Malaga to Coosur Real Betis, Encestando reports.
The Samford product played a total of 60 minutes in 10 ACB games with Malaga.
Además de trabajar en la salida de Joan Plaza esta semana en el @RealBetisBasket también han buscado más refuerzos.
Está apalabrada la cesión del pívot Rubén Guerrero desde el @unicajaCB según ha sabido nuestra web.
Queda saber si se hizo con el visto bueno de Plaza o del nuevo— www.encestando.es (@webEncestando) November 21, 2021
Casademont Zaragoza has announced the departure of Jamel McLean.
The veteran power forward has averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds in 6 ACB games.
OFICIAL | Jamel McLean deja de ser jugador de #CasademontZaragoza #LigaEndesa | #NuncaMásSinVosotros🦁
— Casademont Zaragoza (@CasademontZGZ) November 21, 2021
JL Bourg and Hayden Dalton are parting ways, sources tell Sportando.
Dalton was averaging 6.2ppg in EuroCup for the French team.
Dalton moved to Bourg after two seasons in Nymburk.
According to Radio Catalunya, Marc Gasol has finally decided where he will play this year.
The Spanish big man will return to Girona Basket, the Leb Gold club he is the owner and president of.
Gasol could make his debut as early as December 3.
Olimpia Milano is working to improve the group of Italian players, and is interested in Tommaso Baldasso, playmaker of Fortitudo Kigili Bologna.
The 23-year-old player, who arrived in Bologna last season, is producing averages of 5.7 points and 1.6 assists this year, shooting 37% from the field and 38% from long range.
Canadian guard Shamiel Stevenson is heading to Serbia to join the basketball club Kolubara to get his professional career started, his agent Faraz Khan told Sportando. He will begin on a 2-week tryout, then the expectation is that he’ll sign a deal for the rest of the season.
Stevenson played three years of college basketball at Pittsburgh and Nebraska, averaging seven points and 3.4 rebounds per game for his NCAA career. He will be automatically eligible for the 2022 NBA Draft.
Spanish club Urbas Fuenlabrada and guard Sean Armand are parting ways, sources told Sportando.
Armand played in nine games with Fuenlabrada in the Liga ACB, averaging 11 points and 2.6 assists while shooting 42% from 3-point range. He was recently listed out of the active roster for last Sunday’s game against Real Madrid.
Casey Benson is a new player of Limburg United, the Belgian team announced.
Benson, who will replace Jahii Carson, started the season in the Slovenian league (14.7 ppg, 7.6 apg with Terme Olimia Podcetrtek).
Coosur Real Betis announced the departure of guard Khadeen Carrington and big man Marko Todorovic.
Both players have terminated their contract with the Spanish team.
📣 OFICIAL | Marko Todorovic deja de ser jugador del #CoosurBetis
➡️ https://t.co/grig2Fn3ST #LigaEndesa pic.twitter.com/Bdg9h0dG0e
— Coosur Real Betis (@RealBetisBasket) November 17, 2021
📣 OFICIAL | Acuerdo para la desvinculación de Khadeen Carrington del #CoosurBetis
➡️ https://t.co/syuC1qzWVI#LigaEndesa pic.twitter.com/BYnhH3UkMU
— Coosur Real Betis (@RealBetisBasket) November 16, 2021
Christian Mekowulu could leave Banco di Sardegna Sassari as reported by Italian newspaper la Nuova.
Nigerian big man is averaging 9.6 points, 7 rebounds in LBA, 8.8 points and 6 rebounds in BCL.
EuroLeague veteran big man Malcolm Thomas has signed a lucrative short-term (1.5 month) deal with Petkimspor in Turkey’s BSL, his agency, SLASH Sports, told Sportando.
Thomas played last season in Spain with Unicaja Malaga, averaging around six points and four rebounds per game since joining the team. He has spent several years in the EuroLeague with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Khimki Moscow, Fenerbahce and Bayern Munich.
Bilbao made official the signing of Damien Inglis.
The power forward spent last season with Monaco averaging 6.5ppg and 4rpg.
Fonte: Bilbao Basket.
Despite reports, Regimantas Miniotas is not joining Zalgiris Kaunas, CEO of “East Players” agency told Sportando
Miniotas has a guaranteed deal with Bilbao till the end of the season
Veteran forward Adonis Thomas has reached an agreement on a deal with BC Krka Novo Mesto of the ABA Liga, agent Charles Misuraca of SLASH Sports told Sportando.
Thomas, 28, spent the 2020-21 season in the VTB League, where he averaged 10.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game for BC Astana. He has also had stints in Italy, Turkey, Germany, France, and Mexico during his career overseas.
Thomas has played in six NBA games with Orlando and Philadelphia back in 2014.
Baskonia is in advanced talks with Neven Spahija to replace Dusko Ivanovic, a source told Sportando.
Spahija won a Spanish championship in 2008 with Baskonia.
Foto: @elcorreo_com pic.twitter.com/PmrBSjuVYR
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) November 15, 2021
Janis Timma is close to sign with Unics Kazan as reported by Donatas Urbonas.
Latvian forward played last Summer League with Orlando Magic averaging 7 points, 3.4 rebounds in 5 games.
Janis Timma is close to joining UNICS Kazan, per sources. More on @BasketNews
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) November 14, 2021
According to Diario de Noticias de Alava, Baskonia is targeting Bismack Biyombo to improve the frontcourt.
The Congolese center has played the last 10 seasons in the NBA, with career averages of 5.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks.
Biyombo could replace Landry Nnoko, who is likely to leave after not playing yesterday’s game against Gran Canaria.
"Josean Querejeta trata de capear el duro temporal de la presente temporada aplicando sobre la marcha la cirugía a una plantilla con evidentes carencias en casi todas las posiciones" https://t.co/9dKZI1iXXp
— Diario de Noticias de Álava (@NoticiasdeAlava) November 14, 2021
PF/C Brandon Garrett and Hungarian club Egis Kormend have parted ways. He was added to the team as an injury replacement for two months and became a free agent after turning down an extension for the rest of the season.
Garrett averaged 16.8 points and 7.4 rebounds in nine appearances for Kormend, including a 15-point, 14-rebound double-double in his last game Saturday.
He has also played in Spain, Iceland, Switzerland and Portugal during his career in Europe.
Larissa announced the agreement signed with Devonte Green.
The Indiana product last year scored over 15 points (42% 3P) per game in the Greece league with Charilaos Trikoupis..
Διοίκηση, προπονητικό τιμ και παίκτες καλωσορίζουν και επίσημα στην ΚΑΕ Λάρισα τον Ντεβόντε Γκριν.
Ο 24χρονος γκαρντ, έχει ύψος 1.91 και πέρασε με επιτυχία τις ιατρικές εξετάσεις και θα βρίσκεται στην διάθεση του Νίκου Παπανικολόπουλου.
Καλή αγωνιστική χρονιά με υγεία!!! pic.twitter.com/5AgJXxLOAc— LARISA ⒷⒸ 🏀 (@Kae_Larisa) November 12, 2021
Donte Thomas returns to Donar, where he played in the 2019-2020 season.After Groningen he played for Cantù (7 ppg, 4.5 rpg) in Italy, and this summer he signed with Alaba Fehervar in Hungary, but his contract expired in August.
🚨𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑢𝑤𝑠!🚨
𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒈 𝒃𝒊𝒋 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓
“Donte is een speler met veel ervaring, hij kent de competitie hier en natuurlijk is hij goed bekend in Groningen.”
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🔗https://t.co/MVWmaflgr5 pic.twitter.com/ZHAcXMOU3P— Donar (@Donar_Official) November 14, 2021
Filou Oostende announced the signing of Amida Brimah.
The former UConn center is currently playing in the BSN playoff final with the Mets de Guaynabo, and will arrive in Belgium later this month.
Brimah is averaging 12 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game in the Puerto Rican league, shooting 65% from the field and 73% from free throws.
Frank Gaines is headed to Portugal, where he will play in the Portuguese league and in FIBA Europe Cup with Benfica, a source told Sportando.
The guard left Cangrejeros de Santurce (19.7 points and 2.7 assists in 20 games) in early October.
Last month Gaines was linked to Fortitudo Bologna.
Khalif Wyatt has reached a deal with SCM Craiova, a source told Sportando.
The Temple product played just 5 games in France during the 2019/20 season.
In 2018/19 Wyatt recorded averages of 15.2 points, 5.6 assists and 1.6 steals with Hapoel Holon.
