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EWE Baskets Oldenburg close to sign Matt Farrell to replace Phil Pressey

EWE Baskets Oldenburg is close to sign Matt Farrell to replace Phil Pressey.

Farrell played two games with Nes-Ziona in Fiba Europe Cup averaging 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2.5 assists.

Phil Pressey is averaging 8 points, 5.1 assists in BBL with Oldenburg.

Peristeri announces Glenn Cosey

Peristeri has announced the arrival of Glenn Cosey.

The point guard has signed an agreement until the end of the season.

Cosey played 9 BSL games with Yalovaspor this year, averaging 10.6 points and 3.6 assists.

 

Ben Bentil is in Milan: This club is a great opportunity, ready to jump in and help

Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement with Ben Bentil, born in Sekondi, Ghana, on March 29, 1995, 2.04 mt. tall, power forward-center, coming from Istanbul’s Bahçeşehir Koleji, after spending the two previous seasons with Panathinaikos Athens. “The addition of Ben Bentil allows us to add to the team a young, athletic, versatile player with some EuroLeague experience who will also be useful in many different ways,” says general manager Christos Stavropoulos. “Just to get the call from this club and help the team achieve what it wants to achieve is a blessing. For me this is a great opportunity and so I’m ready to jump in and help right away. I can’t wait to get started.”

HIS CAREER – Ben Bentil began playing his basketball career in his native Ghana and moved to the United States through the Hoops Care Association when he was 15 years old to attend the Haverford School in Pennsylvania and later St. Andrew’s School in Delaware. In 2014, he moved to Providence College. In his second college season, he averaged 21.1 points per game and led the Big East conference in points per game, field goals and free throws made, and averaged 7.7 rebounds per game. He was named Most Improved Player and to the 1st All-Big East Team. He had a career-high of 42 points, against Marquette. In 2016, he declared for the NBA draft and was selected by the Boston Celtics at number 51. He eventually had stints in Indiana and Dallas in the NBA, in Fort Wayne in the G-League, Xinjiang in China, Chalon in France, Bilbao in Spain. Before the 2018/19 he moved to Peristeri Athens where he averaged 12.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. In the summer of 2019, he moved to Panathinaikos where in two years he played 54 EuroLeague games with 258 points scored and 128 rebounds captured. In 2021, he helped the team win both the Greek Cup and the Greek championship with Panathinaikos (he scored 28 points in Game 3 of the championship series against Lavrio). In 2021/22, he was playing for Bahçeşehir Koleji in Turkey averaging 12.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

NOTES – Bentil in 2017, when he was playing for the Dallas Mavericks, the first native Ghanaian player to appear in an NBA game.

Diamon Simpson signs with Maccabi Rishon Lezion

Diamon Simpson is a new player of Maccabi Rishon Lezion, as announced by the Israeli team.

Simpson started the season in Mexico with Plateros de Fresnillo, where he averaged 9.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.

Winston Shepard signs with BC Odessa

Former San Diego State forward Winston Shepard has signed a deal with BC Odessa in Ukraine, his agency, SLASH Sports, told Sportando.

Shepard played last season in Hungary for Atomeromu, averaging 12.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He also had a brief stint in the Dominican Republic.

BC Odessa is currently 6-10 in Ukraine’s Superleague this season.

Surne Bilbao Basket lands Stefan Peno

Stefan Peno is a new player of Surne Bilbao Basket, the Spanish team announced.

The guard spent last season with SC Rasta Vechta, where he averaged 6 points and 4.2 assist per game.

Coosur Real Betis signs Eulis Báez and Aleksandar Cvetkovic

Coosur Real Betis announced the arrivals of Eulis Báez and Aleksandar Cvetkovic.

Bàez spent last year with Baxi Manresa (6.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg).

Cvetkovic started the season in Mexico with Plateros de Fresnillo (7.6 ppg, 4.4 apg).

 

Maccabi Rishon Lezion, Malik Dime part ways

Malik Dime is leaving Maccabi Rishon Lezion, the Israeli team announced.

The Washington product averaged 7.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 7 Winner League games.

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