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14/01/202311:43

James Young joins Kolossos

KAE Kolossos H Hotels  announced the arrival of James Young.

The Kentucky product was the No.17 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft.

Young spent the last two seasons with Hapoel Tel Aviv (16.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in Winner League last year).

14/01/202311:34

Chemnitz Niners sign Malik Osborne

Malik Osborne is a new player of the Chemnitz Niners, as announced by the German club.

The Florida State product had started his rookie season in Greece with Kolossos (6.4 points, 4.2 rebounds in 22 minutes).

 

13/01/202321:09

Chima Moneke reportedly joining AS Monaco

According to Gerard Solé, AS Monaco has reached an agreement with Chima Moneke.

The MVP of the last BCL signed a two-year deal.

Moneke averaged 17.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in G League.

 

13/01/202320:58

Jalen Jones to join U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Hapoel Haifa has announced the departure of Jalen Jones.

The forward (9.9 points and 6.6 rebounds in 25 minutes per game) is headed to Romania to play for U-BT Cluj-Napoca.

 

07/01/202319:51

Promitheas inks Joe Thomasson

Promitheas has announced the arrival of Joe Thomasson.

The guard will replace Joe Young, who has since signed with GeVi Napoli.

Thomasson  started the season in Russia with Zenit (5.3 PPG, 2.2 APG).

https://twitter.com/promitheasbc/status/1611731930029883394r

 

06/01/202321:53

Jawun Evans joins Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Maccabi Rishon LeZion has announced the arrival of Jawun Evans.

The point guard  started the season in Lithuania with Juventus, scoring over 14 points with 5 assists per game.

 

06/01/202321:29

Achille Polonara reportedly in advanced talks with Zalgiris Kaunas

According to basketnews, Achille Polonara is in advanced talks with Zalgiris Kaunas.

The Lithuanian team, who just announced the arrival of Isaiah Taylor, would like to add the Italian forward to improve the roster after  Tyler Cavanaugh’s injury.

The plan is to have a competitive team in the year Kaunas is hosting the Final Four.

Basketnews adds that Virtus Segafredo Bologna was also interested in Polonara, but the player chose the Lithuanian team.

 

06/01/202319:57

Zalgiris Kaunas adds Isaiah Taylor to its backcourt

Injury-struck Zalgiris will add Isaiah Taylor, a 28-year-old 191 cm tall point guard with NBA and EuroLeague experience, to its roster. The American has signed a deal that will keep him in Kaunas until the end of the season.

Zalgiris had to look for reinforcements in their backcourt after Keenan Evans ruptured his Achilles tendon in Thursday’s game against Fenerbahce. Evans will have to miss 6-8 months of basketball after the surgery.

Taylor started this season with Anadolu Efes Istanbul. However, he didn’t get many chances to make a name for himself with the EuroLeague champions, scoring 2.6 points and 1.6 efficiency points in 11 games.

His star shone brighter last season, as he averaged 15.2 points per game for UCAM Murcia, who finished fourth in the Spanish league.

Taylor started his European career in Israel in the 2020-2021 season with Maccabi Rishon Lezion, where he put up 17 points, 4.4 assists and 1.2 steals averages.

Before coming to Europe, Taylor also played for the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks in the NBA. Taylor played 66 games with the Hawks in the 2017-2018 season, collecting 6.7 points and 3.1 assists.

The newest Zalgiris player will wear #22 jersey and will be arriving in Lithuania soon.

 

06/01/202319:16

BCM Basketball lands Kenny Boynton

Kenny Boynton is a new player of BCM Basketball, the french team announced.

The Florida product spent the last three seasons in China (23 PPG, 5.6 APG last year with Tianjin Ronggang).

 

06/01/202309:24

Virtus Bologna CEO Baraldi: We won’t sign any player, roster equipped to achieve our goals

Virtus Bologna CEO confirmed what Sergio Scariolo said in press conference after win to Barcelona: Virtus Bologna won’t make any move on the market.


“There will not be any move. We have received requests for some of our players but we have refused them and we will not even sign any player because we believe we have a roster equipped to achieve the seasonal targets”.

Virtus Bologna was interested in Achille Polonara.

06/01/202308:35

Tyler Dorsey works out for Lakers

Tyler Dorsey has worked out for the Lakers on Thursday.
The Greek-American guard is drawing serious interest form Euroleague teams as Monaco, Fenerbahce and Olympiacos.

General Manager Rob Pelinka and head coach Darvin Ham were both in the gym watching Dorsey, as reported by Krysten Peak.

05/01/202319:20

Joe Young signs with GeVi Napoli

Gevi Napoli Basket announced the arrival of Joseph Michael Young.

The guard started the season in Greece with Promitheas.

In the Hellenic league the guard scored 16 points per game, with 2.2 rebounds and 2.2. assists.

Young is also Eurocup’s leading scorer with 23.4 points per contest plus 3.9 assists.

05/01/202311:18

Achille Polonara once again close to joining Virtus Bologna

Achille Polonara is once again close to joining Virtus Bologna which offered him a deal through 2025, a source told Sportando.
Polonara is set to leave Anadolu Efes Istanbul after Chris Singleton’s return in Turkey.

Polonara was close in the summer to joining Virtus Bologna but at the end of the day he decided to accept the proposal made by the two-time EuroLeague champions.

Polonara was also a target of Crvena Zvezda but the ban imposed by EuroLeague on the Serbian team that won’t be allowed to register new players till February 28 has stalled the discussions.

Virtus Bologna is in first position in Serie A and is fighting for a spot in EuroLeague playoffs.

Basketnews reported the news as well.

04/01/202314:22

Asvel loans Noam Yacoov to Hapoel Jerusalem

Asvel loaned Noam Yacoov to Hapoel Jerusalem for the remainder of the season.
The 2004 born player was averaging 17.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.1 assists in LNB Espoirs this season.

03/01/202321:44

MKS Start Lublin lands Gabe DeVoe

Gabe DeVoe is a new player of MKS Start Lublin.

The Canadian comes from Fos sur Mer in France where he was averaging 8.8ppg.

 

03/01/202315:35

Limoges CSP inks Tomas Kyzlink

Tomas Kyzlink is a new player of Limoges CSP, as announced by the French team.

The guard spent last year in Germany with Brose Bamberg (9.1 points, 4 rebounds, 1.5 assists).

02/01/202316:07

Jabari Parker’s agent denies player is close to signing with KK Partizan

Jabari Parker’s agent, Nuno Pedroso, denied that the former NBA player is close to reaching an agreement with Partizan Belgrade, as reported by Telegraf.rs.

via Hoopshype. “Jabari Parker is currently is looking for overseas opportunities now. He had offers from two NBA teams and was close to signing, but in the end there was no agreement and now we are looking at other options, primarily overseas. As for Partizan, nothing is close. We just informed the club that he is on the market and that he is a free agent. The stories that negotiations are underway are not true,” Nuno Pedroso told Mozzart Sport.

02/01/202311:30

Fenerbahce and Olympiacos reportedly the two teams left in the race for Tyler Dorsey

Turkish reporter Yağız Sabuncuoğlu weighs in on the Tyler Dorsey situation.

After parting ways with the Dallas Mavericks a number of Euroleague teams reportedly submitted offers for the former Oregon guard, but now seems that the last two left in the race are Fenerbahce and Olympiacos.

Dorsey reportedly turned down a rich offer from AS Monaco because he plans to sign a contract for next year as well, while the French team’s proposal was until the end of this season.

The guard spent last year with Olympiacos, scoring 12.8 points with 2 assists per game in Euroleague

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