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03/06/202215:26

Jack Cooley remains with Ryukyu Golden Kings

Jack Cooley will remain with Ryukyu Golden Kings.
The big man will stay with the Japanese team also in 2022-2023.

“Kings fans! I am excited to continue playing for the Ryukyu Golden Kings next season. This was an amazing season, but there are greater goals for us to reach and I am excited to work towards them. I am proud to play for such a great organization and look forward to our continued success.
Kings fans, I’m really looking forward to playing at Kings next season as well. Last season was a really great season, but we are really looking forward to working towards the higher goals we are aiming for. We are really proud to be able to play for such a great organization and we are really looking forward to our success.”

03/06/202211:48

Christos Stavropoulos: We have not had any contact with Fiba, but a solution must be found

Olimpia Milano GM Christos Stavropoulos talked about EuroLeague and Kyle Hines with EEC Web Radio.

ON EUROLEAGUE
«This is sure to be a hot summer. We, shareholder clubs, will have many decisions to make. There is still no decision on Russian teams. We haven’t discussed it yet. I believe we will discuss this in early June».

ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH FIBA
«We have not had any contact with Fiba, but a solution must be found. All clubs have problems with NT windows. There are too many games. A solution must be found. I believe it is in everyone’s common interest to find a solution».

ON KYLE HINES
«He is a mvp on and off the court. It’s not a secret, we too would like to see him on the court again».

02/06/202221:17

Marcus Lee signs with Leones de Ponce

Marcus Lee is a new player of Leones de Ponce, as announced by the Puerto Rican team.

The athletic big man will replace Marvin Jones, who left the team temporarily due to a grief.

Lee spent last season in Turkey with Yalovaspor BK, where he averaged 10.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1 block per game.

02/06/202220:14

Bodian Massa joins SIG Strasbourg

Bodian Massa signed a 3-year contract with SIG Strasbourg, as announced by the french team.

The big man last year produced 9.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in BetClic Elite with Fos Sur Mer.

Strasbourg Sporting Director Nicola Alberani: “He was one of the most interesting French players of the past season and we are very happy that he chose to trust us enough to sign three years with SIG Strasbourg. He has plenty of room for improvement and we are going to ensure that he continues to progress alongside us while bringing us his qualities”.

02/06/202220:05

Anadolu Efes reportedly close to sign Ante Zizic

Anadolu Efes continues to work to build the roster that will try to win the Euroleague for the third time in a row.

According to Orazio Cauchi and Moses Barda, the team led by Ergin Ataman is close to signing Ante Zizic.

The 25-year-old Croatian center just finished his second season with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Zizic averaged 12.1 points, 5 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 21 minutes per game in Euroleague.

 

 

02/06/202219:46

Anyang KGC keep Omari Spellman, Darryl Monroe

Anyang KGC announced that Omari Spellman and Darryl Monroe will remain with the team for the upcoming KBL season.

Spellman, the No.30 pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, ended last year with 19.5 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.4 blocks in 30 minutes per game.

Monroe produced 8.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 assist in 18 minutes.

01/06/202213:54

Bahçeşehir Koleji reportely in talks also with Jerry Boutsiele

Bahçeşehir Koleji in talks with Jerry Boutsiele as reported by İsmail Şenol.

French big man averaged 11.6 minutes this season in EuroLeague with Monaco, 14.4’ in Elite ProA.

01/06/202211:17

Virtus Bologna interested in Marco Spissu

Virtus Bologna is interested in Marco Spissu, sources tell Sportando.
The Italian point guard spent the season with UNICS Kazan and is targeted by several teams in Italy.
Reyer Venezia and Derthona Basket have shown interested in him but Virtus can offer him EuroLeague.
Spissu penned a 1+1 deal with Unics last summer.

 

01/06/202210:33

Vladimir Brodziansky to join Bahcesehir

Vladimir Brodziansky and Bahcesehir have an agreement in place for next season.
The player comes from Joventut where he averaged 12.3ppg in EuroCup.

31/05/202221:55

Dejan Vasiljevic re-signs with Sydney Kings

The Sydney Kings have announced that championship shooting guard Dejan Vasiljevic has re-signed for another three years. 

The new deal is for two years with a mutual option on the third year and includes European and NBA outs. 

The Miami(FL) product ended last year with 12.4 points and 1.4 assists per game, shooting 35% from beyond the arc.

31/05/202221:50

Tahjere McCall signs new two-year deal with Cairns Taipans

The Cairns Taipans have locked in star guard Tahjere McCall on a new two-year deal.

McCall did it all in his first season with the Snakes putting up 16.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2 steals per game.

31/05/202220:29

SIG Strasbourg, Yannis Morin part ways

SIG Strasbourg announced the departure of Yannis Morin.

The center this year produced 9.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game between BetClic Elite and BCL.

 

30/05/202210:44

Würzburg, O’Showen Williams reach verbal agreement on deal

German BBL team s.Oliver Würzburg have a verbal agreement in place with point guard O’Showen Williams for next season, sources told Sportando.

Williams, a 25-year-old point guard from Appalachian State, spent this season in Slovenia where he averaged around 14 points, four rebounds and five assists per game for Terme Olimia Podcetrtek.

Würzburg finished the BBL season in 12th place with 14 wins and 20 losses.

29/05/202216:05

Bryan Griffin joins MLP Academics Heidelberg

Bryan Griffin has signed a one-year contract with MLP Academics Heidelberg, as announced by the German team.

The Xavier product played his rookie season in Finland, producing 15.7 points (64% FG, 58% FT), 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game with Salon Vilpas.

 

29/05/202215:36

Maccabi Tel Aviv: Pablo Laso and Dusan Alimpijevic among candidates for head coach position

George Zakkas talks about Maccabi Teal Aviv’s plans as they continue their search for a new coach.

In addition to Xavi Pascual, who remains the favorite for the bench, the Israeli team has already met with Dusan Alimpijevic -Coach of the year in the Eurocup with Bursaspor- and Zvedzan Mitrovic.

In addition, the SDNA reporter explains that Maccabi Tel Aviv would be interested in Pablo Laso should the Spanish coach part ways with Real Madrid.

29/05/202215:17

FMP Meridian extend contract with Ranko Simović for 2 more years

FMP Meridian announced that they have extended the contract with Ranko Simović for 2 more years.

Simović, who will turn 23 years next month, has played 25 games for FMP Meridian in the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League season and he averaged 3.7 points and 3 rebounds per match.

His best performance in the past season came in the home game against Borac in Round 24 when he made 23 points and 8 rebounds, while his overall index rating in that match was 30.

29/05/202214:43

Sources: L.J. Peak expected to join Ibaraki Robots

L.J. Peak has reached an agreement with the Ibaraki Robots, a source told Sportando.

The Georgetown product played last season in the B.League with Link Tochigi Brex, scoring 11.4 points with 1.7 assists in 20 minutes per game.

 

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