Arda Vekiloglu has emerged as the frontrunner for Balikesir Belediye’s head coaching job, sources told Sportando.
The Turkish second division team also extended an offer to Andac Yapicier but the management of Sigortam.net did not let him go.
J.J. Barea is a new player of Movistar Estudiantes, the spanish team announced.
The veteran pointguard will make his debut in Europe at 36.
Last season Barea produced 7.7 points and 3.9 assists per game for the Dallas Mavericks.
OFICIAL: El campeón #NBA @jjbareapr (base, 1.78m, 1984 🇵🇷) llega a @movistar_es Estudiantes. #LigaEndesa
➡️ https://t.co/AO98xO2FWM pic.twitter.com/Fyr9xOphkk
— Movistar Estudiantes (@MovistarEstu) January 23, 2021
Devin Ebanks signed a contract with Iraklis until the end of the season, the team announced.
The forward spent last season between Japan and Puerto Rico.
Delighted to announce @DevinEbanks3 joining our Team!
See more 👉 https://t.co/VEPHPEjLP3
💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/em8jhH57xy— IRAKLIS BC (@IraklisBc) January 22, 2021
Khimki Mosca has formalized the resolution of the agreements with Greg Monroe and Jonas Jerebko.
Monroe leaves after 9 Euroleague games with averages of 10.3 points and 6 rebounds.
The Swedish forward was producing 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds.
❌ BC Khimki terminated the contracts of @M10OSE and @JonasJerebko due to personal circumstances of players. We thanks them for the time spent with the club. pic.twitter.com/ypr0qLlya5
— BC Khimki (@Khimkibasket) January 23, 2021
J.J. Barea is finalizing an agreement to sign with Movistar Estudiantes, Marc Stein reports.
Barea owns career-averages of 8.9 points and 3.9 assist over 14 seasons in NBA.
The longtime @dallasmavs guard JJ Barea is finalizing an agreement to sign with Estudiantes in Spain's @LigaEndesa, league sources say
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) January 23, 2021
Elijah Thomas is a new player of Bnei Herzliya, the israeli team announced.
The big man out of Clemson started the season in Romania with Steaua CSM EximBank Bucuresti (14.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3 bpg)
ברוך הבא אלייז'ה תומאס! הפורוורד-סנטר האמריקאי (בן 24, 2.06) @edotcash מצטרף לבני הרצליה. בעונתו האחרונה במכללות (18/19) רשם ממוצעים של 12.9 נקודות ו-7.7 ריבאונדים למשחק במכללת קלמזון. בעונה שעברה שיחק בלאריסה היוונית pic.twitter.com/yc9q8QqngC
— Bnei Herzliya (@BHerzliya) January 22, 2021
Brussels announced the arrival of Angelo Chol.
The big man out of San Diego State spent last year in Japan with Aomori Watts, where he averaged over 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists per game.
Your Wellington Saints are thrilled to announce the signing of one of two signed imports in Point Guard Kerwin Roach.
“We’re pleased to add Kerwin to our roster for the 2021 NZ NBL season. A young veteran, with experience on the Charlotte Hornets’ NBA Summer League team, a season with the Houston Rockets’ NBA G-League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, and with the college powerhouse that is the University of Texas Longhorns, we believe that Kerwin is both ready to be highly productive and still has room to grow into his considerable potential. He’s a near world-class field athlete, twice winning the Texas high school triple jump state championship, in addition to the state basketball championship he also led his school to prior to departing for Texas. At Texas he led the Longhorns to a National Invitational Tournament championship as a senior, while pairing with a number of future NBA lottery picks and starting 5s, such as Jaxson Hayes, Mo Bamba, and Jarrett Allen.”
Roach, having not been to New Zealand before and very much looking forward to his first season overseas says “I am excited to be in the city of Wellington and more excited to have the opportunity to play for the Wellington Saints! Having played for the University of Texas and Rockets G League affiliate, I am ready to bring in a winning attitude, effort and culture!
“We expect his chemistry with this archetype of player will quickly translate to a productive relationship with our import. The Saints Family can look forward to some electrifying athletic feats from Kerwin – show up early for the warm ups – while on a functional level he’ll be a very impactful player towards winning.” Coronel adds.
CEO Jordan Mills is thrilled to have signed Roach saying “We are super excited to get Kerwin here and apart of our group for this NBL season, we have a proud history over the past 40 years of bringing in high quality Basketball players and high quality people such as the likes of Kenny McFadden, Kerry Boagni, Torrey Craig and Nick Kay to name a few. We hope collectively that we can get imports accepted through immigration to raise the standard of Basketball in our league but also the huge impact that we expect Kerwin to have in our community through Pak N Save coaching in schools programme and improving our young local players.”
Roach’s incoming is now dependent on clearance as the New Zealand National Basketball League has already finalised and sent its application to Immigration New Zealand for import players to be granted critical worker exemption for the upcoming 2021 season.
Your Wellington Saints are thrilled to announce the first of our two imports, with the signing of the very athletic shooting guard, @kerwinroach 🙌🏾🙌🏾 Read more on the signing at the link belowhttps://t.co/EG7tyAXxt1
A huge welcome to the Saints family Kerwin! ✨🙌🏾💙 pic.twitter.com/WXSGUPc8fi— Saints Basketball (@saintswgtn) January 20, 2021
Germani Brescia veteran Luca Vitali greeted Tj Cline on the newspaper Il Giornale di Brescia: «he will have the opportunity to take another step forward in his career. TJ will be able to try his talent in EuroLeague. He is a kind and polite boy. I wish him the best at Maccabi Tel Aviv».
Serbian and Eurocup side Partizan Belgrade will part ways with American guard Codi Miller-McIntyre, according to MozzartSport: the announcement is expected soon.
Miller-McIntyre was averaging 13.1 ppg and 4.5 apg in Eurocup after joining the team in July.
Fonte: MozzartSport.
Former Panathinaikos coach and current Greece NT coach Rick Pitino is leading a group of investors, joined by his former assistant Stu Jackson and former NBA All Star Jamal Mashburn, interested into acquiring control of French side Elan Bernais Pau Orthez, reports La Republique des Pyrenees. Pitino himself confirmed the news in a conversation with Greek outlet Gazzetta.gr: “I am part of the group looking for a way to bring back the Seattle SuperSonics to the NBA. My suggestion was to first purchase a team in Europe for us to gain relevant experience”.
Eurohoops reports that the deal is in advanced stage and there could be an agreement soon. Jackson worked with Pitino in the 80s between the NCAA and the New York Knicks, while Mashburn played under Pitino in the 90s at Kentucky.
John Egbunu reached an agreement with Pallacanestro Varese, a source told Sportando.
The big man out of Florida started the season for Busan KT Sonicboom in South Korean League, where he was averaging 10 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
In the previous season Egbunu produced 10.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game with the Long Island nets, in the G League.
Marca.com talks about Real Madrid’s plans for next season.
With the signing of Thomas Heurtel now taken for sure, the Blancos would have shifted their focus on Jordan Loyd, considered the right profile for replacing Jaycee Carroll.
Loyd is averaging 18.7 points and 3.4 assists per game in Euroleague for KK Crvena Zvedza.
Valencia Basket, the team he played with last season, owns his rights for ACB.
Fonte: Marca.
Unicaja Malaga made official the hiring of Fotis Katsikaris as new head coach of the team.
Katsikaris replaces Luis Casimiro.
The contract is till June 2022 with a mutual option to break the deal at the end of the current season.
Fonte: Unicaja Malaga.
Germani Brescia made official the signing of Darral Willis.
The forward joins Brescia from Monaco where he has played the first half of the season.
Italian club Orange1 Basket Bassano announced the signing of Francisco Zustovich to a multi-year deal.
The Argentinean point guard born on January 13, 2006, made his debut in Liga Nacional in December when he still was 14 scoring 6 points in less than 5 minutes.
He became the third youngest player to debut in Argentinean top division.
Rihards Lomazs and LDLC Asvel are expected to part ways, sources told Sportando.
This is the second season with Asvel for the Latvian forward who is averaging 3 points in Jeep Elite and 3.3 points in EuroLeague.
Last season the Latvian international scored 4.9 points in EuroLeague and 4.3 points in Jeep Elite.
TJ Cline is closer to joining Maccabi Tel Aviv and Brescia has already found his replacement.
According to Il Giornale di Brescia, the Italian team is signing Darral Willis.
The American forward is playing in France with Monaco averaging 8.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in EuroCup and 7.1 points and 4.1 rebounds in Jeep Elite.
Willis has also played pro basketball with Keravnos and Nizhny Novgorod.
PGE Spojnia Stargard announced that they have signed guard Jay Threatt. In a related move, the team has released Jerome Dyson.
Dyson played only three games for the Polish team, averaging just 5.7 points per game while shooting 25% from the field and 18% from three.
Threatt returns to Poland where he played last season.
Fonte: PGE Spojnia Stargard.
Former Kent State forward Khaliq Spicer has signed a contract with Kolossos Rhodes in Greece, the team announced.
Spicer played in Finland with BC Nokia earlier this season. He will replace Kevin Tumba, who left the Greek team after getting injured.
Unicaja Malaga announced that the club has fired head coach Luis Casimiro.
Unicaja is 9-10 in the Liga ACB and 0-2 in the EuroCup Top 16.
Fonte: Unicaja Malaga.
Greek club Peristeri has officially announced the signing of guard James Woodard for the remainder of the season.
Woodard played in Italy earlier this season, averaging 11.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game for Cantù in the Italian Serie A.
Fonte: Peristeri.
EWE Baskets Oldenburg extended the contract of coach Mladen Drijencic till 2023.
The coach is at the helm of the German team since 2015 and is working for the club since more than 10 years.
Fonte: EWE Baskets Oldenburg.
Armani Moore signed a deal in German Pro A with Eisbaren-Bremerhaven.
The player comes from BM Slam Stal Ostrow.
Fonte: Eisbaren-Bremerhaven.
Marcel Ponitka is leaving Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora to join Parma Perm.
The Polish player is averaging 9.4ppg in PLK and 10.3ppg and 4apg in VTB League.
Prawdopodobnie dzisiaj ostatni mecz Marcela Ponitki w Zastalu. Przeniesie się do Parmy Perm #plkpl #vtbul
— Jakub Wojczyński (@Wojczyn) January 20, 2021
Fenerbahce made official the signing of Kyle O’Quinn.
The big man comes from eight seasons in the NBA with Magic, Knicks, Pacers and 76ers.
Fenerbahçe Beko'ya hoş geldin Kyle O'Quinn! 💛💙#YellowLegacy
👉 https://t.co/Tf2mN9j914 pic.twitter.com/nelN2KJa7L
— Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) January 20, 2021
Germani Brescia general manager Sandro Santoro told Italian newspaper Brescia Oggi that it will be difficult to keep TJ Cline who is drawing serious interest from Maccabi Tel Aviv.
“It will be difficult not to please Cline after the proposal he got from Maccabi Tel Aviv” Santoro said.
With Cline’s departure, Brescia will hit the market for a new player whose name could be revealed as soon as today.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is pursuing TJ Cline but the first proposal made by the Israeli powerhouse did not convince Germani Brescia, as reported by Il Giornale di Brescia.
The American-Israeli big has played in Winner League for three season with Hapoel before joining Brescia during the summer.
The two sides keep talking and news are expected in the upcoming hours.
Thoms Heurtel will inks a 1+1 deal with Real Madrid next season.
Heurtel left Barcelona today with a “no Acb” clause in his exit deal.
CERRADO 👇 https://t.co/IoIBwp9D9R
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) January 19, 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv reportedly in talks with TJ Cline as reported by israelhayom.co.il.
Former Holon is playing in Italy with Germani Brescia averaging 10.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in EuroCup.
