ALBA Berlin announced that Luke Sikma and Niels Giffey will be sidelined for several weeks due to injuries.
Sikma sustained a muscular thigh injury and Giffey will be out with a foot injury.
Fonte: ALBA Berlin.
Former Wyoming forward Derek Cooke Jr. has signed a contract with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB League and Basketball Champions League, the team announced.
Cooke played for Trieste in the Italian Serie A last year, averaging 5.5 points and 6.1 rebounds in 16.7 minutes per game.
Fonte: Tsmoki-Minsk.
Former NBA point guard Briante Weber has signed a contract with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque in the French Jeep Elite, the team announced.
Weber is returning to France where he spent the 2019-20 season with Metropolitans 92, averaging 12.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.8 steals per game.
Fonte: BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque.
Former NBA guard Ty Lawson has signed a deal with Kolossos Rhodes in the Greek A1 league, the team announced.
Lawson, who has played over 500 games in the NBA, will arrive to Greece in the upcoming days to start the second European stint of his career (he played for Zalgiris in Lithuania during the 2011 NBA lockout).
Lawson spent the last three seasons in China but couldn’t return this year because he’s banned for life from the Chinese Basketball Association.
Fonte: Kolossos Rhodes.
Dutch guard Charlon Kloof has signed a deal to return to Ormanspor in Turkey where he played in 2019-20.
Kloof is coming off a brief stint in Spain where he averaged just 1.4 points in 8.9 minutes per game with Fuenlabrada.
Fonte: Ormanspor.
Greek side Kolossos Rhodes has signed former NBA guard Ty Lawson, according to SDNA.
Lawson will arrive to Greece in the upcoming days to start the second European stint of his career.
Fonte: SDNA.
West Virginia sophomore Oscar Tshiebwe is stepping away from the Mountaineers’ program due to personal reasons, the school announced.
Tshiebwe has averaged 8.5 points and 7.8 rebounds in less than 20 minutes per game this season. He entered the NBA draft last year but withdrew his name and returned to school.
Fonte: ESPN.
Israel’s Ministry of Sport has presented a plan to re-open sports arenas up to 75% capacity by March, according to Roi Cohen of Sport5.
Fans willing to attend games shall be vaccinated or will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test.
Israel has launched the world’s fastest Covid vaccination drive as the country has provided vaccine doses to nearly 10% of its citizens.
Fonte: Roi Cohen.
Uriel Trocki has officially signed a deal with Ironi Ness Ziona, the Israeli team announced.
Trocki began the season with Hapoel Holon, averaging just five minutes per game.
Fonte: Ironi Ness Ziona.
Greek club Larisa announced that the team has signed forward Wesley Gordon and parted ways with Shaquille Goodwin.
Goodwin averaged 9.6 points and 6.6 rebounds for the Greek team. Gordon had a brief stint in France with Le Portel to start the season.
Fonte: Larisa.
FMP was very busy on the market in the last few days. After Jurij Macura and Ebuka Izundu, they have now also officially confirmed signing Jaylen Hands. 21-year American guard has signed a two-year contract with the Serbian club.
Former UCLA standout was selected in the 2019 NBA’s draft by Los Angeles Clippers but was later traded to Brookly Nets. In the last season, Hands played for Long Island Nets in the NBA G league.
Croatian center Josip Popic will continue his career in LEB Plata, where he signed with a L’Hospitalet. 22-years old center started this season with UBSC Raiffeisen Graz, where he averaged 6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
Veteran point guard Eugene “Pooh” Jeter has signed a contract with BC Dnipro of the FIBA Europe Cup and Ukrainian Superleague, the team announced.
Jeter, who has the Ukrainian passport, spent the last five seasons in the Chinese CBA. He averaged 24.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.6 assists in 12 games with the Fujian Sturgeons last year.
Fonte: BC Dnipro.
Free agent guard Jerian Grant signed a contract with Promitheas Patras of the Greek A1 league, the team announced.
Grant moves overseas for the first time in his professional career after playing over 250 games in the NBA with New York, Chicago, Orlando, and Washington.
He will be teaming up with his older brother Jerai, who signed with the Greek team on Dec. 23.
Fonte: Promitheas.
Maccabi Tel Aviv extended the contract of Dragan Bender for the remainder of the season.
The Croatian forward is averaging 5.2 points and 4 rebounds in EuroLeague and 10.7 points and 6 rebounds in BSL.
EXTENDED ✒️ pic.twitter.com/hf4mzYcH5t
— Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) January 1, 2021
KK FMP announced the signings of Jurij Macura and Ebuka Izundu.
Macura comes from Koper Primorska while Izundu started the season with SIG Strasbourg.
The Serbian and ABA Liga team also reached an agreement with Jaylen Hands, source tell Sportando.
Hapoel Tel Aviv announced the signing of Tyrique Jones.
The player comes from Wonju Dongu Promy in South Korea where he was averaging 6.6ppg and 6.6rpg.
הפועל SP מצר ת"א שמחה להודיע על צירופו של הסנטר טייריק ג'ונס (23, 2.06) שילבש את המדים האדומים עד לסיום העונה.
ג'ונס סיים בשנה שעברה ארבע שנים במכללת קסבייר היוקרתית, כשבמהלך ארבע השנים היה חלק מהעפלת המכללה לשמונה האחרונות בטורניר ה-NCAA pic.twitter.com/JdGESW3YjX
— Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) December 30, 2020
Umana Reyer Venezia targets Wes Clark.
Clark started this season with Chemnitz averaging 9.7 points in 17.4’ in BBL.
FMP signs Jurij Macura.
Macura started the season strong at Koper Primorska, averaging 13.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in the ABA league
Slovenian big man Jurij Macura has signed with FMP, a source told @Sportando. Macura started the season strong at Koper Primorska, averaging 13.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in the ABA league.
— Uroš Vezonik (@UrosVezonik) December 31, 2020
Givova Scafati and Randy Culpepper have agreed to part ways, the italian team announced.
Culpepper played just two games in the second italian division.
Croatian big man Boris Barać has signed with a Hungarian club Falco KC Szombathely, his agent Pero Dujmović told Sportando. Barać last played in Spain for Palma.
Serbian team FMP is in advanced talks with a former UCLA standout Jaylen Hands, sources told Sportando. Hands last played for Long Island Nets of the NBA G League, where he averaged 11.3 points and 3.5 assists per game.
Maciej Lampe signed with King Wilki Morskie Szczecin, the polish team announced.
The veteran big man played in Asia from 2016 to last season (4 years in CBA, last year with Al-Manama in Bahrain).
BOOOOOOOOOOOM! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Maciej Lampe koszykrzem Kinga Szczecin! #plkpl
Więcej informacji: https://t.co/PoDmY3tAYV pic.twitter.com/WOMHECxS9Q
— KingWilki (@KingWilki) December 31, 2020
First time in ACB for Artsiom Parakhouski, who signed until the end of the season with MoraBanc Andorra.
The experienced big man started the season in VTB League with Tsmoki-Minsk, with averages of 11.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks.
☝️🏀🔝
I ara…
A veure si el 2021 s'atreveix a dir-li a aquest home que no ho pensa fer millor que el 2020 🙏
WELCOME PARAKHOUSKI‼️🔥#Paraqué? #Parakoushki pic.twitter.com/mvG7LKV8jC— MoraBancAndorra (@morabancandorra) December 30, 2020
FMP Beograd is signing Ebuka Izundu, a source told Sportando.
The big man out of Miami (FL) started the season with SIG Strasbourg, where he averaged 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in 11 games between Jeep Elite and BCL.
Rok Nemanic will sign a multi-year contract with KK Sentjur, a source told Sportando.
The 19-year-old swingman started the season at Sixt Primorska, a Slovenian team that failed due to economic problems.
This year Nemanic played 17 matches between ABA Liga and the Slovenian championship, with averages of 6.2 points, 1.9 assists and 1.8 steals.
SIG Strasbourg and Ebuka Izundu have agreed to part ways, the french team announced.
The big man averaged 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in 11 games.
🆕 🚨 La SIG Strasbourg et Ebuka Izundu ont décidé d’un commun accord de mettre fin à leur collaboration.https://t.co/Ndw9XYO7Go pic.twitter.com/adhA6ZfwMR
— SIG Strasbourg (@sigstrasbourg) December 30, 2020
Greek side Kolossos Hotels Rhodes is reportedly chasing the signing of former NBA guard Ty Lawson, according to SDNA. Lawson is currently free agent after being banned for life from CBA earlier in September. He hasn’t played in the NBA since the 2016-17 season.
Should he sign with Kolossos, it would be his second experience in Europe after the 19 games played in 2011 with Zalgiris Kaunas during the NBA lockout.
Fonte: SDNA.
Gravelines announced that the team has parted ways with Chris Horton.
The player was averaging 10ppg, 7.8rpg and 4apg in 5 Jeep Elite games.
Le BCM se sépare de Chris Horton 🚨
Le BCM vous informe qu’il a mis fin au contrat le liant à Chris Horton qui ne portera donc plus le maillot du BCM Gravelines Dunkerque #TousBCM pic.twitter.com/a2jJ1vh7SS
— BCM Basketball (@BCMBasket) December 29, 2020
Shanxi is targeting with interest Ricky Ledo, sources told sportando.
The American has already played in China in 2018-2019 averaging 32.3ppg with Beijing.
Last season Ledo wore the jersey of Anwil Wloclawek averaging 16.7ppg, 5rpg and 4.6apg.
