Hapoel Galil Gilboa is close to reaching a deal with Derek Cooke Jr, Yakov Meir reports.
The former Wyoming big man started the season with Brose Bamberg, playing just 25 minutes in 3 games.
Cooke Jr produced over 8 points and 6 rebounds per game with Tsmoki-Minsk last year.
הפורוורד/סנטר דריק קוק (30, 2.06 מ') שפתח את העונה בבאמברג, קרוב לסיכום בהפועל גלבוע/גליל. הפרטים ב-@IsraelHayomHeb
— Yakov Meir (@yakovmeir1) October 25, 2021
According to Il Resto del Carlino, Fortitudo Bologna would be thinking of strengthening the roster with a shooting guard.
The italian club has already started talking to Frank Gaines and Keith Langford, two pure scorers who know very well the Italian league.
Brose Bamberg has announced the arrival of Shannon Scott.
The former Ohio State will replace Frankie Ferrari.
Scott spent the 2020-21 season in the NBA G League with the Long Island Nets, averaging 4.3 points, 4.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game in the Orlando bubble
Welcome to #FreakCity, @3SScott ! 👋
Der 28-Jährige kommt aus der G-League und unterstützt ab sofort @Callmescoop12 auf der Eins! 🏀
👉Die ganze News: https://t.co/kMeHVnRMlX#FreakCity #PUMAhoops pic.twitter.com/eaXA49nep1— Brose Bamberg (@BroseBamberg) October 24, 2021
Hapoel Eilat, Israeli club participating in the Winner League and FIBA Europe Cup, is attempting to buy AJ English out of his contract in Poland, sources told Sportando and Israel Hayom.
English has had a hot start to the season in Poland with HydroTruck Radom as he’s leading the league in scoring with 21.9 points per game on 47.5% from the field and 44.1% from three.
Former Ohio State point guard Shannon Scott has reached an agreement with Brose Bamberg of the German BBL, sources told Sportando. The team was active on the market to add depth to their backcourt after Frankie Ferrari decided to leave and retire from professional basketball due to health reasons.
Scott spent the 2020-21 season in the NBA G League with the Long Island Nets, averaging 4.3 points, 4.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game in the Orlando bubble. He has also played in Greece, Venezuela and Lithuania during his career.
MKS Dabrowa Gornicza has announced the start of negotiations to terminate Nic Moore’s contract.
The former SMU point guard produced averages of 10.9 points, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals in 7 games.
W dzisiejszym meczu zagramy bez Nica Moore'a, z którym trwają rozmowy w sprawie rozwiązania kontraktu. Nic w naszych barwach rozegrał 7 meczów w ramach Energa Basket Ligi oraz dwa mecze w ramach Alpe Adria Cup. Nicowi dziękujemy za grę w naszej drużynie.#plkpl #DębowaSiła pic.twitter.com/OPeYkY3TLY
— MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza (@MKSDG_Kosz) October 23, 2021
Henry Walker, a 34-year-old swingman with 181 NBA games under his belt, will continue his career in Dominican Republic with Club La Cancha.
Walker spent the last two years in Japan with the Shiga Lakestars.
Travis Trice is a new player of Slask Wroclaw, as announced by the Polish Team.
The former Michigan State playmaker signed a contract until the end of the season.
Trice spent last year with Galatasaray, where he averaged over 12 points and 4 assists per game between BSL and BCL.
Travis Trice Jr. nowym zawodnikiem Śląska Wrocław! 🔥
28-letni rozgrywający w poprzednim sezonie występował w Galatasaray, gdzie notował średnio 12,4 punktu i 4,3 asysty. Witamy we Wrocławiu! 👋
Więcej ➡ https://t.co/HT8zfNRCea#HejŚląsk #plkpl #7DAYSEuroCup pic.twitter.com/ehhdri3WS5
— WKS Śląsk Wrocław – koszykówka (@WKS_SlaskBasket) October 22, 2021
Vladimir Anzulović is the new head coach of KK Zadar, the croatian team announced.
Anzulović signed a contract until the end of the season.
Srđan Helbich will coach the team in the upcoming games against Borac and Sibenik.
Vladimir Anzulović je novi trener Zadra!
Dobrodošao! 💙🤍
Više 👉 https://t.co/JXUCCmfMMc#IgrajZadre 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/tDJIGp0H9T
— KK Zadar (@kkzadar) October 22, 2021
GeVi Napoli Basket President Federico Grassi revealed to Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli that Josh Mayo will leave the team after the next game.
“Unfortunately, he has to return to the United States for family problems, he asked for his release and we, of course, granted it because the family comes first. I want to thank Mayo for everything he has done with us. Once again he proved to be a great professional because he decided to stay for Sunday’s game, avoiding leaving us without an important player”.
Mayo played in 4 LBA games, with averages of 11.2 points and 2.5 assist.
Grassi added that the team is working on replacing Mayo as soon as possible.
Former NBA second-round pick Devyn Marble is signing a deal with MKS Dabrowa Gornicza in Poland, sources told Sportando.
Marble spent most of the 2020-21 season in the VTB League with PBC Astana, before moving to Israel to play briefly for Maccabi Haifa. He has also played in Greece and Italy during his career overseas.
Marble has appeared in 44 games in the NBA with the Orlando Magic during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Xinjiang signs Arnett Moultrie for the season.
American big man played last season with Nanjing averaging 26.3 points, 13 rebounds in CBA.
Arnett Moultrie has signed in China with Xinjiang, sources tell @Sportando .
The contract is for one season— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) October 22, 2021
Spanish newspaper Marca reports that the NBA and FIBA are currently working to launch NBA Europe, the European division of the NBA. Negotiations are on the way, as NBA commissioner Adam Silver has already sent a letter to Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu, expressing his will to count on Europe’s best teams in the project
The Euroleague internal crisis with the progressive demotion of Bertomeu has reportedly accelerated the creation of NBA Europe, with the NBA hoping to launch the project as early as next season
Fonte: Marca.
Former Akron forward Quincy Diggs has parted ways with Swiss team Fribourg Olympic and is joining Sopron KC in Hungary, a source told Sportando.
Diggs played five games for Fribourg, including two in the Basketball Champions League qualifying round, averaging 4.2 points and three rebounds in 18.5 minutes.
Last season, he averaged 14 points, 5.4 rebounds and four assists per game in Austria for Redwell Gunners Oberwart.
Richard Solomon is joining Bahcesehir, sources tell Sportando
The American spent last season in Japan averaging 16.7ppg and 10.2rpg
New CBA team Ningbo is expected to sign Vladimir Stimac, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
Last year the veteran big man played in China with Qingdao, scoring 9.3ppg and 7.9rpg in just 14 minutes per game.
Stimac played also 11 games in BSL for Bahcesehir Koleji, averaging 16.3 points with 9.6 rebounds.
New CBA team Ningbo is expected to sign Vladimir Stimac, I am told.
Stimac has played in China with Qingdao averaging 9.3ppg and 7.9rpg in 9 contests— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) October 19, 2021
he Illawarra Hawks are pleased to announce the signing of Canadian guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes for the 2021/22 NBL season.
The 27-year-old lands at the Hawks after recently completing a season at Romanian club BC CSU Sibiu – and has stops at NBA clubs, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies on his resume.
Rathan-Mayes has also spent time at NBA G-League outfits the Agua Caliente Clippers, the Texas Legends and the Westchester Knicks – and represented Canada at world youth level.
Rathan-Mayes will be the club’s third and final import, replacing Travis Trice who mutually agreed to part ways with the club due to COVID-19 related issues.
The Hawks are excited to announce the signing of Xavier Rathan-Mayes for the 2021/22 NBL season.
Rathan-Mayes comes to the club with big wraps from one Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach in particular 👀
More at https://t.co/sIc0K9Gd3I#FlyAsOne #WeAreIllawarra pic.twitter.com/vIMsxzi4IF
— Illawarra Hawks Basketball (@illawarrahawks) October 18, 2021
Zalgiris Kaunas is following with interest Anzejs Pasecniks, sources tell Sportando.
The Latvian big man has spent the past two seasons in the NBA with the Washington Wizards.
Pasecniks has already played in EuroLeague with Gran Canaria in 2018-2019.
Beijing Royal Fighters close to a deal with Sylven Landesberg, a source told Sportando.
Brooklyn forward played last season with Zhejiang averaging 25.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in CBA.
Beijing Royal Fighters are showing serious interest in Sylven Landesberg, sources tell @Sportando.
The American-Israeli forward has already spent last two seasons in China— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) October 18, 2021
Kristian Doolittle is a new player of Hapoel Eilat, the Israeli team announced.
The former Oklahoma forward produced over 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game in BSN with the Vaqueros de Bayamon last season.
Doolittle will replace the injured Ben Carter.
William Mosley is a new player of KK Mornar Bar.
The big man terminated his contract with KK Partizan a few days ago.
In the last season with the Serbian team Mosley averaged 6.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in ABA Liga, and 4.4 points plus 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in Eurocup.
William Mosley (32g, 203cm) novi je centar Mornara! Amerikanac koji je minule dvije sezone nosio dres Partizana prije tri dana raskinuo je ugovor sa crno-bijelima za koje je lani na 16 mečeva ABA lige prosječno bilježio 6,5 poena i 5,8 skokova po utakmici. #ABAliga #PonosBara pic.twitter.com/ly7YMu0ppO
— KK Mornar Barsko zlato (@MornarBar) October 15, 2021
Vanoli Cremona and Ivica Radic have parted ways.
The big man averaged 5ppg and 2.5rpg in two games for the Italian team.
Kristjan Kangur is a new player of BC Kalev Cramo, the Estonian team announced.
The veteran forward spent last year in ELBL between TTU KK and KK Parnu
Kangur played with BC Kalev Cramo from 2017 to 2020.
The legend returns 🤜🤛@VTBUL @BasketballCL pic.twitter.com/Oeu8gButeH
— Kalev/Cramo (@bckalevcramo) October 14, 2021
Geoffrey Groselle could leave Fortitudo Bologna as reported by italian newpaper Corriere dello Sport.
Former Zielona Gora is now in injury list, the decision will be made soon when the player becomes available.
The new Fortitudo Bologna head coach Antimo Martin coul evaluate to use Ashley and Totè as center, Benzing and Mancinelli as power forward.
Groselle played 4 games in SuperCup with Fortitudo averaging 8.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and he left the court in the first round of LBA for left knee injury.
Daniel Hackett and CSKA Moscow are in talks on a contract extension, a source told Sportando.
The Italian guard is at his fourth season with the Russian powerhouse where he won the EuroLeague in 2019.
Hackett’s current contract is set to expire after this season but both sides are willing to continue together.
Perth Wildcats are adding Michael Frazier II, a source told Sportando.
The guard has an NBA experience with the Rockets in 2019-2020 when he played 13 regular season games and 3 in the playoffs.
He spent last season with Blue Coats in G League averaging 12.7ppg.
Jaylen Hands is a new player of Antwerp Giants.
The guard will replace the injured Markel Brown.
Hands comes from Ludwigsburg.
✍️ Telenet Giants Antwerp sign @JHANDS08 👉 https://t.co/uR9XXtbBrP
📷: Riesen Ludwigsburg & UCLA pic.twitter.com/9Lkgh4kGjd
— TELENET GIANTS 🅰️ (@antwerpgiants) October 12, 2021
Fonte: Antwerp Giants.
According to JD Shaw of Hoopsrumors, Jordan Floyd has reached an agreement with Kolossos H Hotels Rhodes.
The guard spent his rookie season with Orlandina Basket, scoring 23.6 points with 5.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
Floyd played last Las Vegas Summer League with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Free agent guard Jordan Floyd is signing with Kolossos H Hotels in Greece, source tells @HoopsRumors. The deal contains an NBA out. Floyd most recently played summer league with the Lakers in Vegas.
— JD Shaw (@JShawNBA) October 10, 2021
Zalgiris Kaunas has announced the arrival of Jure Zdovc as new head coach.
The first words of the Slovenian coach after signing the contract: “In the past I received 2-3 offers from Euroleague clubs, but I had to refuse them because at that time I had a job in another club. It is not easy. Now working with Žalgiris is a great opportunity. I am happy and honored to be here”.
It's official! ✍️ Welcome to Zalgiris, coach Zdovc!
A conversation with Zalgiris' new man in charge: https://t.co/eotEpUO7qt pic.twitter.com/XILXnErVXV
— BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) October 11, 2021
Welcome aboard, coach Zdovc! 🤝 pic.twitter.com/GfpjSe3fnL
— BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) October 11, 2021
Joe Alexander is a new player of Maccabi Rishon, as announced by the Israeli team.
Last year the big man played for two Israeli teams (Ironi Nahariya and Hapoel Holon) and one in Korea (KCC Egis).
Now we can really start ☄️
Welcome Joe Alexander 🧡🤍@WinnerLeague pic.twitter.com/kiT6UTHgLI— Maccabi Rishon (@maccabirishon) October 11, 2021
