Valencia to approach Xavi Pascual with a two-year contract to replace Jaume Ponsarnau as reported by George Zakkas.
Zenit have already made him a three-year offer to stay in St. Petersburg.
SDNA source: Valencia BC are interested in Xavi Pascual and they try to approach him with a two-year deal. Zenit St. Petersburg have already made him a big offer to stay in Russia for three more years.
— George Zakkas (@ZakkasGeorge) April 16, 2021
This year’s ABA League champion will have a place in the 2021-22 edition of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, as confirmed by Eurohoops. EuroLeague Basketball had officially marked the ABA champion as “priority holder” for a wild card in the last change of format, and it has been confirmed that ABA will have a team in competition next season.
ABA’s priority is because it is the only Euroleague-represented league that does not have a club with either a long or a short term license. The decision has also been easier after UNICS securing one of the two places reserved for Eurocup finalists. The 18th and final team for next season will be, according to Eurohoops, one between Zenit St Petersburg, Valencia and Virtus Bologna.
Fonte: Eurohoops.
MBC has parted ways with Cat Barber.
The American joined the German team in February and averaged 8.7ppg in 9 games.
Fonte: MBC.
Urbas Fuenlabrada is close to finalizing an agreement with Cheick Diallo, Chema de Lucas reports.
The former Kansas big man played 6 games for Avtodor Saratov this season, with averages of 7.6 points and 5.1 rebounds.
Diallo played 180 NBA games in the previous 4 seasons with New Orleans and Phoenix.
ÚLTIMA HORA: El Urbas Fuenlabrada ultima la incorporación del pívot Cheick Diallo (2.06 m.; 24 años).
Natural de 🇲🇱 , ha jugado 180 partidos en la #NBA entre Pelicans y Suns. Procede del Avtodor 🇷🇺 : 7,1 p. y 5,3 r. en 16:22 en VTB.
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) April 13, 2021
Crailsheim Merlins have announced the hiring of Sebastian Gleim as coach starting next season.
Gleim, currently at the helm of Frankfurt, will replace Tuomas Iisalo, who leaves the German club after 5 seasons.
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Tuomas Iisalo wird nach fünf Jahren bei den HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim den Verein nach der @easyCreditBBL-Saison 2020/21 verlassen.
Ab Sommer übernimmt der derzeitige @skyliners1999-Trainer Sebastian Gleim.
📃 Alle weiteren Infos: https://t.co/oy4W5BP4Qg pic.twitter.com/4J1XWTZP9p
— HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim (@hakromerlins) April 13, 2021
Kenny Williams signed a contract with Bnei Herzliya until the end of the season.
The guard out of UNC this season played 15 games in G League for the Austin Spurs, with averages of 11 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.8 assist.
שמחים להודיע על הצטרפותו של קני ווליאמס לקבוצה 💙🤍הכירו את קני >> https://t.co/5IL7yYD4MZ pic.twitter.com/9qpnGb9yED
— Bnei Herzliya (@BHerzliya) April 13, 2021
Former Drake forward/center Nick McGlynn has an agreement in place to join the Leuven Bears in Belgium next season, a source told Sportando.
McGlynn averaged 16.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game this season in Austria for UBSC Graz.
According to journalist Victor Colmenarejo, Serbian forward Nikola Kalinic rights won’t “stay” with Valencia in the offseason if the Spanish team will not be featured in Euroleague 2021-22.
Kalinic signed a 1-year deal with Valencia last summer, and it has been reported that he won’t be under the “tanteo” rules if Valencia will not play Euroleague next year. Chances of remaining in Europe’s top competition rely on a wild card for Eurocup’s 2018-19 winners.
Real Madrid made official the signing of Vincent Poirier.
The French big man is back in Spain after one season and half in the NBA.
🙌 #WelcomePoirier 🙌
👉 @viinze_17P / #HalaMadrid 👈 pic.twitter.com/bLzi7ztd57— Real Madrid Basket (@RMBaloncesto) April 12, 2021
MarShon Brooks ruptured his Achilles. The former NBA guard was averaging 27.3ppg, 4.3rpg and 4apg in Chinese CBA with Guangdong Southern Tigers
Topias Palmi and Vanoli Cremona have parted ways. The Finnish player moved to Cremona in the summer of 2019.
Le Mans announced the arrival on tryout of Darel Poirier.
The French spent part of the season in Greece with Charilaos where he was averaging 10.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
Fonte: Le Mans.
Donar has fired coach Ivan Rudez.
Pete Miller will replace him as head coach for the remainder of the season.
Fonte: Donar.
Santa Clara junior Guglielmo Caruso is turning pro and forgoing his remaining college eligibility, according to a report from Eurohopes.
Eurohopes also reports that ABA Liga club Mega Belgrade has emerged as the frontrunner to sign the Italian big man.
Fonte: Eurohopes.
Baskonia’s starting point guard Pierria Henry has an agreement in place with Real Madrid for next season, according to Gazzetta.gr and Donatas Urbonas.
Real Madrid will pay 500,000 euros to buy Henry out of his deal with Baskonia, per Gazzetta.gr.
Henry has averaged 10.5 points and 7.3 assists per game this EuroLeague season.
Fonte: Donatas Urbonas.
Free agent guard Kenny Williams III is close to signing a deal with Bnei Herzliya in Israel, according to ONE.
Williams most recently played in the NBA G League bubble where he averaged 11 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for the Austin Spurs.
Fonte: ONE.
With Olympiacos not advancing to the EuroLeague playoffs, Charles Jenkins is leaving the team to continue the season in Spain’s Liga ACB with Lenovo Tenerife, according to Aris Barkas.
Jenkins, one of the best perimeter defenders in Europe, averaged 2.9 points in about 15 minutes per game for the Greek club this season.
Fonte: Aris Barkas.
Spanish media outlet AS reports that Gabriel Deck’s deal is worth $4 million per year for 4 years but is not guaranteed for the three seasons beyond the current one.
Deck will make $4 million this season to help the Thunder reach the salary floor. Then the team will decide whether or not to keep him for the next years.
Fonte: AS.
Greek sharpshooter Kostas Vasileiadis has signed a contract with UCAM Murcia, the team announced.
Vasileiadis most recently played in Qatar in December and January.
Free agent big man Vincent Poirier has agreed to a multi-year deal with Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid, according to Jose Luis Sanchez.
Poirier is expected to join Real Madrid in the next few days but can only play in the Liga ACB this season as he can’t be registered to play in the EuroLeague until next year.
The French center was waived by the New York Knicks after the trade deadline.
Fonte: Jose Luis Sanchez.
Hapoel Jerusalem and head coach Dainius Adomaitis have parted ways.
Adomaitis took over the Israeli team in January to replace Oded Katash. Now, only three months later, Adomaitis is no longer the head coach after four losses in the last six games.
Assistant coach Yonatan Alon will serve as interim head coach.
CSKA Moscow guard Daniel Hackett suffered a right shoulder contusion and will be re-evaluated on a daily basis, the team announced.
Hackett got hurt in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game against ASVEL.
Fonte: CSKA Moscow.
Amedeo Della Valle will sign a three-year deal next summer with Germani Brescia, a source told to Sportando.
Italian guard is averaging 7.8 points this season in ABA-Liga with Buducnost.
Germani Brescia GM Sandro Santoro talked about Della Valle on italian newspaper Bresciaoggi: «He is an important player on the national and international market. Many like him. We think about how to close this season. We have not yet been interested in the future and the market».
Ishmail Wainright is close to finalizing an agreement with Zalgiris Kaunas for next season.
The news comes from reporter Donatas Urbonas, who talks about a possible verbal agreement, adding that the versatile forward will try to get a chance in the NBA during the summer.
Wainright in the Jeep Elite is producing averages of 11.7 points, 4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game, shooting 50% from the field, 38% from three and 73% from the foul line.
Ishmail Wainright is close to signing with Zalgiris Kaunas for the next season, per sources. There might be a verbal agreement in place. Although Wainright might get the NBA opportunity this summer. Toronto Raptors wanted to bring him this season, but Strasbourg didn’t let him go
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) April 8, 2021
Pau Orthez strengthens his backcourt with the signing of Jay Threatt.
The former Delaware State pointguard started the season in Poland with Stargard, producing averages of over 12 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists per game.
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🆕 Jay Threatt s’engage avec l’Élan Béarnais 🔥#ELANation #JeepELITE pic.twitter.com/8SfGgAiEuz— EBPLO (@EBPLO) April 8, 2021
Nigel Williams-Goss will be a free agent after this season with Lokomotiv Kuban. The former Olympiacos and Utah Jazz guard talked about the upcoming process in an interview with SDNA.
“This is the first time in my professional career that I am a true free agent so I look forward to the process of that,” Williams-Goss said. “I want to win and I would like to have an impactful role in that winning. That’s all that has ever mattered for me whether it was in college, the NBA or in Europe. I simply want to win and have an impactful role in that process.”
Fonte: SDNA.
Former McNeese State big man Sha’markus Kennedy has signed a contract with Rasta Vechta in Germany’s BBL, the team announced.
Kennedy played in Italy’s Serie earlier this season, averaging 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds in 20 games.
Fonte: Rasta Vechta.
The Arizona Wildcats and head coach Sean Miller have parted ways.
Miller’s era at Arizona ends after 12 seasons.
Fonte: Jon Rothstein.
Sebastian Gleim will sign with Merlins next summer as reported by Big Deutschland.
Gleim will leave Skyliners to replace Tuomas Iisalo that will be an important free agent on the coach european market.
Sebastian Gleim, head coach of @skyliners1999, will join the @hakromerlins in the summer according to @BIG_Deutschland – information. So Tuomas Iisalo will be available on the market… The coach from Finland already was on the radar of some #EuroLeague teams last summer. pic.twitter.com/AmVxZkgGqW
— Robert Heusel (@RobertHeusel) April 7, 2021
30-year old forward Ivan Aska has signed with ABA 2 league side Rabotnicki Skopje, sources told Sportando. Murray State alumni last played for Israeli club Hapoel Hevel Modiein where he averaged 21 points and 8.6 rebounds per game last season.
Aska is also a US Virgin Island international and this season, he represented them in the AmeriCup 2022 qualifiers. Over the 4 played games, he averaged 20.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest.
