With Levi Randolph joining the New Zealand Breakers, the NBL team is expected to part ways with Lamar Patterson, Sportando has learned.
Patterson is expected to miss the next weeks of action with a knee injury.
Levi Randolph has reached an agreement with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL, sources told Sportando. The deal includes an NBA-out clause.
Randolph has played in the NBA G League this season with the Canton Charge, averaging 12.9 points, 4 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
He was called up to the Cleveland Cavaliers last year briefly on Two Way Contract. Has played for the Canton Charge for 3 season and has also played in Avellino, Sassari and Strasbourg, France.
Maccabi Rishon LeZion announced that the team has released point guard Trey Lewis.
Lewis averaged 13.8 points per game in the Israeli Winner League this season.
Fonte: Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is working to build the roster for next season and, according to One.co.il and Orazio Cauchi, is monitoring MHP RIESEN Ludwisburg guard Jaleen Smith.
Smith is averaging 17.6 points alongside 6.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.8 steals in Bundesliga, shooting 46% from the field, 35% from beyond the arc and 91% from the foul line.
Fonte: one.co.il.
Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora announced the signing of guard Adam Smith.
Smith was under contract with Ionikos in Greece where he averaged 16.1 points and 4.4 assists per game this season. Ionikos received a buyout from Zielona Gora, per Sportowefakty.
Fonte: Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra.
Veteran forward Dominique Sutton has signed a contract to return to Al-Ahli in Bahrain. Sutton’s latest Instagram stories reveal he has already landed in Bahrain and started practicing with the team.
Sutton recently parted ways with Italian Serie A club UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia.
Anyang KGC has formalized the arrival of Jared Sullinger.
In the 2018/19 season, the former Boston Celtics first round pick averaged over 27 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists for Shenzhen, in the top Chinese league.
It is expected Star Shooting Guard Corey Webster will be out for four weeks as he continues to recover from a knee problem, but specialists say he will play again for the Sky Sport Breakers this season.
“I feel devastated,” says Webster from the team’s base in Melbourne. “I feel like I’m letting the team down and I don’t feel good about it.”
It is a shock setback for the kiwi sharpshooter who has been dominating the NBL alongside his brother Tai following his successful return from a hand injury at the start of the season.
Even with limited feeling in his left hand’s ring finger, the 32-year-old has been playing nearly 29 minutes a game, averaging 18.1 points, shooting 50 percent from the field, in his nine outings this campaign.
Webster’s injury is the latest setback in a luckless 2021 in which the Breakers have to play all their games away from home in a Covid ravaged season.
Star import Lamar Patterson also remains injured and is still at least three weeks away. At the same time, Tall Back Centre Rob Loe has returned to New Zealand for personal reasons, as has assistant coach Chanel Pompallier.
Breakers Management is now moving quickly to fill player gaps, with two-thirds of the NBL21 regular season still left to play.
Highly regarded Australian Guard William McDowell-White, who has just completed two seasons playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA’s G-League, has signed to cover for Webster.
The 22-year-old is expected to leave Los Angeles in the next 24-hours and will complete the two-week quarantine in Australia before joining up with his new Breakers team-mates.
At 6’5” or 1.96m, McDowell-White is currently in the exceptional Australian Boomers 23-man Tokyo Olympic Squad.
He has previously represented Australia at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup.
“We are very happy to add Will McDowell-White. He just finished his second season in the G-League and is in good shape,” says Head Coach Dan Shamir. “He’s a very capable player; all the components are there, he’s got size and good court vision.”
“Will’s not replacing Corey, he’s someone who can step on the court straight away and eventually play alongside Corey and Tai (Webster) and Tom (Abercrombie) and the rest of our backcourt.”
Shamir sympathises with Corey Webster, who has already come back from injury this season.
“Corey’s been a little bit unlucky this year”, he says.
“He looked like he was going to lead our team, and now there’s a little setback, but we are hopeful it’s not going to be too long, and he’ll be back on the court. Obviously, it adds up together with Lamar’s injury and the departure of Rob Loe, but we are in the process of solving those problems.”
In another problem solver, former Adelaide 36ers Guard Jeremy Kendle will join the Breakers later today as temporary cover for Lamar Patterson while the All-Star works his way back to full fitness.
Welcome Will McDowell-White and Jeremy Kendle to the Breakers!
Find out more about our new signings and the latest with the team at the link below.
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— Sky Sport Breakers (@NZBreakers) March 13, 2021
Fonte: NewZealand Breakers.
Partizan signed Mihailo Petrovic to his first professional contract.
The point guard born in 2003 comes from the youth teams of the Serbian team, and will now have the opportunity to make his way into the first team, under the guidance of coach Alexandar Matovic.
Profesionalni ugovor za Mihaila Petrovića!
📑https://t.co/sCpImw3pB0#KKPartizan pic.twitter.com/dE3MklfsYD
— KK Partizan NIS (@PartizanBC) March 11, 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv is ready to shake the roster for next season considering the bad results that the Israeli powerhouse is having in the current EuroLeague campaign
Yovel Zoosman will become a free agent and is expected to receive Euroleague offers. Bender, Dorsey and Bryant are all expected to leave
— Roi Cohen (@RoiCohen99) March 12, 2021
Donte DiVincenzo will not play for Italy’s National Team in the upcoming Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade.
The Milwaukee Bucks guard is highly unlikely to get the Italian passport before June when the tournament wil be played.
Italian Basketball Federation is working since months to get the passport for the former NCAA champion but covid pandemic slowed downs things.
Italy will have Paolo Banchero as naturalized player in Belgrade. The five-star prospect has yet to debut with Italy since he got the passport a few months ago.
The news was reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Paul Eboua is back in Italian Serie A.
The forward has reached an agreement to return to VL Pesaro till 2022, as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Corriere Adriatico.
Eboua spent last season with Pesaro before moving to G League where he wore the jersey of the Long Island Nets in Orlando’s bubble averaging 2.9 points and 2.7 rebounds in 10 contests.
Ettore Messina is expected to become head coach of Italy’s National Team after OQT in Belgrade and Olympics (if Italy qualifies).
Meo Sacchetti, the actual head coach of Italbasket, will leave his role after the tournament in Belgrade scheduled for June and after Tokyo if Italy makes it.
Messina would be at his third stint as head coach of Italbasket. He recently coached Italy’s NT at OQT in Turin in 2016 and at Eurobasket 2017 reaching the quarterfinals.
Messina is also the head coach of Olimpia Milano since the summer of 2019.
Recently FIP changed the staff of coach of Sacchetti hiring Riccardo Fois, Paolo Galbiati and Piero Bucchi as assistants.
If Messina declines the proposal of Italian Basketball Federation, Walter De Raffaele of Reyer Venezia will be the head coach.
The idea of FIP is to have a new coach for Eurobasket 2022 when Italy will host one group in Milano.
The news has been reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Crvena Zvezda and Borisa Simanic are parting ways, according to Mozzart Sport.
Simanic hasn’t seen much playing time this season as he appeared in just six ABA Liga games and three EuroLeague games.
Fonte: Mozzart Sport.
Veteran center Ioannis Bourousis has parted ways with Peristeri for personal reasons.
Bourousis averaged 7.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in the Greek A1 and Basketball Champions League.
Fonte: SDNA.
Kavell Bigby-Williams to sign with Telenet Antwerp Giants a source told Sportando.
British big man left Cantù where averaged this season 6.4 points and 5 rebounds in 15’ minutes.
Marques Townes is a new player of Kalev/Cramo.
The American player with Dominican passport started the season in Spain with UCAM Murcia averaging 1.7ppg.
Fonte: BC Kalev/Cramo.
Interviewed by Spanish news agency EFE, Barcelona’s big man Pau Gasol has confirmed there was interest on him by some European team, but when he decided to return to Europe “it had to be with Barcelona”.
Gasol passed his medicals with the team and is working to return to court. He last played a game in March 2019 with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jaylen Adams reached an agreement with Promitheas, sport24gr reports.
The former St.Bonaventure pointguard was released by the Milwaukee Bucks a few days ago.
Last year Adams earned a spot on the 2019-20 All-NBA G League First Team.
Fonte: Sport24gr.
Maccabi Haifa and Donta Smith have agreed to part ways, the Israeli team announced.
This year the veteran guard played 16 games, with averages of 11.9 points (48% FG, 42% 3P, 68% FT), 5.9 rebounds, 5.1 assist and 1.5 steals.
לאחר שסיים את דרכו בקבוצה וחזר לארצות הברית, מכבי חיפה ודונטה סמית' סיכמו על שחרורו של הפורוורד.
"אנחנו רוצים להודות לדונטה על כל תרומתו למועדון והוא תמיד יישאר חלק חשוב מההיסטוריה של מכבי חיפה, אבל בשלב זה הרגשנו שזה הצעד המקצועי הנכון ביותר", אמר בעלי הקבוצה ג'ף רוזן. pic.twitter.com/SHT1i79XhB
— Maccabi Haifa Basketball (@MaccabiHaifaBC) March 9, 2021
Former Xavier guard/forward Malcolm Bernard has reached an agreement with the Leuven Bears of the Belgian EuroMillions League, a source told Sportando.
Bernard has played in Slovenia this season, averaging 17.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game for Rogaska.
The Houston Rockets are signing Anthony Lamb to a two-way contract.
Lamb comes from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the G League.
The Houston Rockets are signing forward Anthony Lamb out of their G League affiliate, Rio Grande Valley, on a two-way contract, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 8, 2021
Partizan announced that the team has parted ways with head coach Saso Filipovski.
Assistant coach Aleksandar Matović has been promoted to head coach to lead the team for the rest of the season.
Zielona Gora guard Nikos Pappas is done for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon, the team said.
The Greek veteran joined Zielona Gora two weeks ago and appeared in only three games in the Polish EBL.
Fonte: Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra.
KK Partizan is expected to part ways with coach Saso Filipovski, Mozzartsport reported.
After Saturday’s defeat against Cibona, coach Saso Filipovski said he would have talked with the club to find a solution.
Filipovski’s departure will be the second change of the head head coach in the current season. Vlado Scepanovic started as head coach before being fired on October 30 after the defeat by Bourg.
James Young is a new player of Hapoel Tel Aviv.
The player, selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, spent the previous seasons in G League with Bucks and Knicks affiliate teams.
מועדון הכדורסל הפועל SP מצר ת"א שמח להודיע על החתמתו של הגארד האמריקני ג'יימס יאנג (25, 1.98) שיחזק את האדומים עד לסיום העונה.
יאנג, שנבחר במקום ה-17 בדראפט 2014, שיחק 108 משחקים ב-NBA במדי בוסטון ופילדלפיה, ובשנים האחרונות שיחק בקבוצות הג'י ליג של מילווקי והניו יורק ניקס. pic.twitter.com/ONMTAh2DT7
— Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) March 8, 2021
Ekpe Udoh is back in China.
The big man has already debuted with Beijing Royal Fighters scoring 5 points.
The former Fenerbahce big man has played in China also last season.
Zalgiris Kaunas is interested in Bonzie Colson for the 2020-21 season, according to Donatas Urbonas and Moshe Barda.
Colson is averaging 19 points and six rebounds per game with Strasbourg this season.
Fonte: Donatas Urbonas.
AX Armani Exchange Milan point guard Malcolm Delaney underwent arthroscopic cleaning of his left knee today in Milan, the team announced.
The surgery was performed by Dr. Daniele Casalini of the Olimpia Milan medical staff. The player will be re-evaluated in four weeks.
Top future prospect Emoni Bates committed to Michigan State in the incoming class of 2022 and is projected to be the top overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, but he may instead go straight to the G League.
“Of all the sources interviewed for this story, those existing in and out of the Bates camp, no one seems to believe Emoni will play at Michigan State,” writes Brandon Quinn at The Athletic. “Instead, Bates most likely will wait for a professional contract, probably the most lucrative deal the G League can muster, and turn professional before heading to the NBA.”
