Christ Koumadje is a new player of Alba Berlin.
The 221cm big man spent last season with Delaware Blue Coats and was named Defensive Player of the Year in G League.
The center can play in both Bundesliga and EuroLeague.
Koumadje has played with Estudiantes and Avtodor this season.
Aleksej Nikolic haș reached an agreement with Gravelines-Dunkerque.
The Slovenian point guard comes from Partizan Belgrade.
𝘽𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙠𝙨𝙚𝙟 ! 🧡
Le BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque est heureux de vous annoncer l'arrivée d'Aleksej 𝙉𝙄𝙆𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘾 🇸🇮
Cet international slovène et champion d'Europe 2017 est un vrai renfort pour terminer la saison et gérer le calendrier démentiel qui arrive 🔥 pic.twitter.com/stYcVwflrT
— BCM Basketball (@BCMBasket) February 24, 2021
Openjobmetis Varese and Ingus Jakovics have officially parted ways.
The Latvian guard spent a season and a half with the Italian team.
He will continue the career with Budivelnyk.
Mike Moore will continue his career in Spanish Leb Gold with CB Penas Huesca.
The American big started the season in Greece with Iraklis.
DJ Cooper is heading to Dnipro to replace Pooh Jeter.
The point guard returned to action this season after a few years off due to a doping suspension.
Cooper has played in France early this season and the moved to Poland but his contract was voided.
Dnipro is signing PG DJ Cooper, per sources
Cooper is coming to Ukraine to replace Pooh Jeter as leading guard of reigning Superleague champs
Former French League MVP, Cooper last played in Mexico, signed a deal in Poland in December, but never played after
— Oleksandr Proshuta (@alex_proshuta) February 24, 2021
Real Madrid has reached an agreement with Pablo Laso to extend the contract of the coach for two more seasons, as reported by Marca.
The Spanish coach will have spent 12 season as head coach of the powerhouse if he will finish the new deal.
Laso won 20 titles in 28 finals played in 38 tournaments.
Galatasaray announced the signing of Jordan Crawford.
The American penned a deal for the remainder of the season.
The former NBA guard started the season in Russia with Lokomotiv Kuban.
Fonte: Galatasaray.
Ingus Jakovics is leaving Pallacanestro Varese to sign in Ukraine with Budivelnyk Kyiv, as the player confirmed to website Sportacentrs.
The Italian newspaper La Prealpina wrote that the Latvian guard was joining Bagatskis’ team, Basket Kyiv.
But the next team of Jakovics will be Budivelnyk, a team coached by Igors Miglinieks.
Thomas Heurtel is officially a new player of Asvel Villeurbanne.
The French point guard penned a deal for the remainder of the season with team with the goal to win Jeep Elite and the domestic cup.
Heurtel will not play in EuroLeague.
❗ Le meneur de jeu titulaire de l’équipe de France, Thomas HEURTEL, rejoint LDLC ASVEL jusqu’à la fin de la saison avec le titre de champion de France et la coupe de France dans le viseur !
✍ https://t.co/DXZYuyEED0#LDLCASVEL pic.twitter.com/AI29knKECU
— LDLC ASVEL (@LDLCASVEL) February 24, 2021
Trevor Lacey penned a deal in German Pro A with Rostock Seawolves.
The American forward spent last season with Wisconsin Herd averaging 4.7 points in G League.
Casademont Zaragoza targets Jacob Wiley.
Jacob Wiley ended his experience with Gran Canaria in december but played last four games with North Macedonia in February.
ÚLTIMA HORA: El Casademont Zaragoza retoma la operación de Jacob Wiley (2.03 m; 26 años).
El interior del Herbalife Gran Canaria ha vuelto a las pistas con Macedonia 🇲🇰 promediando en su estreno 16 puntos, 7,5 rebotes y 1,3 asistencias.
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) February 24, 2021
Ingus Jakovics is leaving Openjobmetis Varese to sign with Kyiv.
For Jakovics the salary will be doubled with Kyiv as reported by La Prealpina.
Pau Gasol is coming back to Barça! And he’ll be here until 30 June 2021. Now aged 40, and two decades after he departed for the US and after 18 seasons and 1,362 games in the NBA, winning back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010 and appearing in six All Star Games, he is returning to the team he played for from 1999 to 2001.
Gasol has not played a game since March 2019 because of a foot injury, but will finally be doing so under the orders of Sarunas Jasikevicius.
More than 100 games
Gasol played his first three games for Barça in 1998/99, but 1999/00 was his breakthrough campaign under Aito Garcia Reneses. He won two ACB leagues (1999 and 2001) and the Copa del Rey (2001) in a total of 108 domestic and European appearances.
He was outstanding in the 2000/01 season, being named MVP of the Copa del Rey and the ACB league final, playing in the same team as Sarunas Jasikevicius and Nacho Rodríguez.
When he was just 21 years old, Gasol was the number 3 pick in the NBA draft and started out in the biggest league in the world in 2001/02 at the Memphis Grizzlies. In 2008, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he enjoyed his most glittering era of all, winning championship rings in 2009 and 2010.
He left Los Angeles in 2014, going on to play for the Chicago Bulls (2014-16), San Antonio Spurs (2016-19) and Milwaukee Bucks (2019), his final club in the NBA. At the Bucks, he featured alongside Nikola Mirotic, who he also played with for two years at Chicago.
In total, Gasol has played 1,226 regular season and 136 playoff games in the NBA, for a total of 1,362.
FC Barcelona is delighted that Gasol has decided to sign and return to the place that has always been his home. The club is pleased and honoured that Pau will be wearing the blaugrana colours once again.
Gasol has also been the big star of Spain’s national team throughout all of these years. Since his debut in 2001, he has won the European Championship three times (2009, 2011 and 2015), one World Championship (2006) and collected three Olympic medals (Silver: 2008 and 2012; Bronze: 2016).
Fonte: FC Barcelona.
Ricky Ledo and Shanxi have parted ways.
The former NBA player has been 7 times on the court with Shanxi’s jersey averaging 19 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists.
#CBA Shanxi announced the termination of Ricky Ledo's contract. The American averaged 19 PTS, 7.6 REB & 4.6 AST in 7 games. The Loongs currently rank 14th with a 14-21 record, and will start the 3rd phase under Pan Jiang, who replaced former head coach Ding Wei. pic.twitter.com/4u3ZjxwT0F
— CGTN Sports Scene (@CGTNSportsScene) February 23, 2021
Jared Sullinger will continue his career in South Korea with Anyang KGC.
The former NBA forward did not play in the past two seasons.
His last experience is from 2018-2019 season when he wore the jersey of Shenzhen Leonards in Chinese CBA.
Former NBA player Jared Sullinger will sign for anyang KGC team in the South Korean league. He entered South Korea on the 21st. He has not played for the past two years. The last league he played in was the Chinese league in the 2018-19season. pic.twitter.com/M3qkXIu9UH
— 알럽바스켓공 (@baekpd1983) February 23, 2021
Nikos Pappas is close to signing in Poland with Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora.
The Greek player spent last season between Panathinaikos and Hapoel Jerusalem.
Nikos Pappas is close to @basket_zg
— TOLIS KOTZIAS (@IONIKOS1972) February 23, 2021
Former NBA guard Rodney Purvis has signed a contract with King Szczecin in Poland, his agency, Slash Sports, told Sportando.
Purvis has played in the Italian Serie A2 this season, averaging 15 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for Bergamo Basket.
He appeared in 16 NBA games with the Orlando Magic in 2017-18.
Hapoel Be’er Sheva announced that the Israeli team has signed former forward Eric Thompson and terminated the contract with James Banks.
Thompson has played in South Korea this season with Incheon ET Land Elephants.
Former St. John’s teammates Shamorie Ponds and Bashir Ahmed reunite in Bosnia as the two have signed contracts with Spars Sarajevo of the ABA Liga 2, the team announced.
Ponds hasn’t played this season after appearing in four games with the Toronto Raptors last year.
Ahmed played in Hungary earlier this season.
Fonte: Spars Sarejevo.
Former NBA power forward Jeremy Evans has passed the physicals and tests with AX Armani Exchange Milan that will keep him for the remainder of the season, sources told Sportando.
Sources say there’s a chance that Evans might make his debut with the Italian powerhouse this Thursday in the EuroLeague against his former team, Khimki Moscow..
Evans, the winner of the 2012 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, played for Khimki in 2019-20.
Galatasaray announced that the Turkish team has signed former NBA point guard Pierre Jackson and terminated the contract with guard R.J. Hunter.
Jackson hasn’t played this season after spending the 2019-20 campaign in the NBA G League and China.
Fonte: Galatasaray.
UCAM Murcia made official the signing of Isaiah Taylor.
The guard comes from Maccabi Rishon LeZion where he was averaging 17ppg, 3.1rpg and 4.4apg.
Fonte: UCAM Murcia.
Happy Casa Brindisi made official the signing of John Bostic.
The American comes from Unahotels Reggio Emilia where he has played the first half of the season.
Mario Hezonja is headed back in Europe.
The Croatian has an agreement in place with Panathinaikos till the end of the season with an option for next year.
Hezonja has played 5 seasons in the NBA averaging 6.9 points in 320 contests.
Welcome @mariohezonja ☘
Η ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός ΟΠΑΠ ανακοινώνει την απόκτηση του αθλητή Μάριο Χεζόνια μέχρι το τέλος της αγωνιστικής περιόδου 2020-2021.
Διάβασε περισσότερα εδώ: https://t.co/Sud6N6nsaK#paobc #panathinaikosbcopap #WeTheGreens #UnitedWeStand pic.twitter.com/OWMnwpgUfB
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) February 22, 2021
Fonte: SDNA.
Former Akron and USC guard Daniel Utomi has signed a contract with J.A. Vichy-Clermont Metropole in the French Pro B, his agent Charles Misuraca of Slash Sports told Sportando.
Utomi, who recently acquired the Nigerian passport, played in Finland earlier this season, averaging 12.6 points on 53.7 percent from 3-point range for Kauhajoki Basket.
Aleksa Solevic, who recently got Swedish passport, signed a deal with Jamtland Basket.
The point guard is averaging 15.8ppg, 7.4rpg and 7.3apg in Basketligan with KFUM Fryshuset Basket.
Fonte: Jamtland Basket.
Rafa Luz and UCAM Murcia have parted ways.
The Brazilian spent one season and half with the Spanish team.
Murcia is on the market for a combo guard and is pursuing Isaiah Taylor of Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
ÚLTIMA HORA: El UCAM Murcia, interesado en Isaiah Taylor (26 años; 1.91 m.).
Este combo estadounidense, que acaba de rescindir en Israel con Rishon LeZion donde ha promediado 17 puntos, 4,4 asistencias y 3,1 rebotes, ha jugado 71 partidos #NBA con Houston y Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/EKGk1c0tt4
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) February 22, 2021
Fonte: UCAM Murcia.
Zan Tabak has decided to step down as head coach of Slovakia’s National Team.
Tabak has led the NT in the past two years and led the team to the FIBA Basketball World Cup pre-qualifiers after the win against Kosovo.
Tabak is also the coach of Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora.
Fonte: Slovakbasket.
JL Bourg is already looking at next season when the head coach could be Laurent Legname.
Savo Vucevic has an expiring contract with Bourg and he may not remain.
The front runner to replace him would be Legname, whose contract with JDA Dijon will expire this summer.
Courtney Fortson has been announced by Monaco but he never joined the team.
Fortson is unlikely to join the French and EuroCup club due to personal reasons, as reported by BeBasket.
Monaco is on the market for a new point guard.
