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09/08/202115:00

Cairns Taipans land Tahjere McCall

The CQUniversity Cairns Taipans are pleased to welcome 2021 NBA G-League Champion Tahjere McCall, signing the 26-year-old American import for one season, and filling the final restricted spot on the club’s 2021-22 roster.

The 193cm shooting guard won the G League Championship with the Lakeland Magic in March and has previously had an Exhibit 10 contract with the Atlanta Hawks and a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.

During the shortened 2021 season, McCall averaged 11.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists for the Orlando-affiliate and was named to the G League’s All-Defensive team.

The experienced two-way has played for multiple G League teams, including the College Park Skyhawks and Long Island Nets under former NBL coach Will Weaver.

“This off-season, our recruitment strategy was to bring back the core group of players and add in complementary pieces, and that is Tahjere McCall.

“He’s athletic, he can score, he’ll be able to take on some of the ball-carrying weight but most importantly he is going to be that defensive weapon that we need,” said Taipans Head Coach Adam Forde.

“He’s got great character – he’s articulate, well-mannered, ambitious and has a solid reputation. [Former NBL Coach] Will Weaver coached him at Long Island and attested to the fact that he is the ultimate competitor. He’s obviously just won a Championship but by all accounts, he’s a winner and will bring that winning mindset.”

Hailing from Philadelphia, McCall played for Niagara University and Tennessee State during his collegiate career. In his senior year, he averaged 14.3 points, 5.1 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.8 steals in 32.1 minutes.

While at TSU, McCall was named the OVC Defensive Player of the Year back-to-back (2016, 2017) and made the All-OVC First Team twice.

Most recently, McCall played 18 games for Orléans Loiret Basket in France as an injury replacement, averaging 6.1 points (48.4% FGP) 3.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals. He is currently preparing for the 2021 NBA Summer League and has been named to the Orlando Magic roster.

McCall joins Scott Machado, Cam Oliver, Nathan Jawai, Majok Deng, Mirko Djeric, Kouat Noi, Jordan Ngatai, Jarrod Kenny and Keanu Pinder on the Taipans’ 2021-22 line-up, with one local spot remaining.

08/08/202112:51

Sources: Steve Vasturia close to signing with Besiktas

Steve Vasturia is close to finalizing an agreement with Besiktas, sources tell Sportando.

The former Notre Dame guard spent last season with Zalgiris Kaunas.

Vasturia scored 2.5 points per game in Euroleague and 6.1 in the Lithuanian league.

07/08/202121:24

Terrico White joins Brujos de Guayama

Terrico White signed a contract with the Brujos de Guayama.

The former Ole Miss guard will replace Kyle Gibson.

White played 7 games with the Gigantes de Carolina.

 

07/08/202121:05

William Buford signs with s.Oliver Würzburg

s.Oliver Würzburg has formalized the arrival of William Buford.

The former Ohio State guard spent last season with Darussafaka, where he averaged 6.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 18 minutes.

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07/08/202118:50

Evan Bruinsma joins Buyukcekmece

Evan Bruinsma is a new player of Buyukcekmece, the turkish team announced.

The forward spent last season with Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely, where he averaged 14.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.3 assist per game between BCL and the hungarian league.

 

07/08/202117:11

Elston Turner jr signs with Iraklis

Elston Turner jr is joining Iraklis.
Last year in PAOK he had, 11.1pts, 2.3rbs, 51%fg and 43%3pts.

07/08/202109:49

Virtus Bologna reportedly in advanced talks with Chris Chiozza

According to Il Resto del Carlino Virtus Bologna is nearing an agreement with Chris Chiozza.

Virtus would have offered the player a much better offer than the previous one. On the other hand, the former Florida point guard would have received less interest than expected in the early days of the NBA Free Agency.

Chiozza, currently an unrestricted Free Agent, last year averaged 4 points and 2.9 assists per game with the Brokklyn Nets.

06/08/202121:47

Terry Armstrong signing with KK Rogaska

Terry Armstrong has agreed to a deal with Slovenian club KK Rogaska of the ABA Liga 2, agent Faraz Khan told Sportando.

The 21-year-old will be playing in Europe for the first time in his young career. He also played in the Australian NBL with South East Melbourne as part of the Next Stars program.

06/08/202117:16

Sources: Bernard Thompson to join BC Kyiv

Bernard Thompson agreed to terms with BC Kyiv, sources tell Sportando.

The former FGCU combo guard spent  2 seasons with Sopron in Hungary.

Last year Thompson averaged 14.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game in the hungarian NBIA.

06/08/202116:16

San Pablo Burgos lands Adam Somogyi

San Pablo Burgos has announced the hiring of Adam Somogyi.

The 21-year-old Hungarian guard has signed a one-season deal with an option to extend for the next 2.

Somogyi last season averaged 6.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in the Hungarian league.

06/08/202115:01

Ionikos BC keeps Loukas Mavrokefalidis

Loukas Mavrokefalidis will play another season with Ionikos BC, the greek team announced.

Last year the veteran big man averaged over 12 points and 5 rebounds in the greek league.

06/08/202114:40

Yovel Zoosman signs 3-year deal with ALBA Berlin

The 23-year-old Israeli international Yovel Zoosman has signed a three-season contract with ALBA BERLIN. Zoosman, who was named the best defender in the Israeli league in 2020 and the MVP of the U20 European Championship in 2018, is moving from the Israeli top club Maccabi Tel Aviv to Berlin. At ALBA, the two-meter tall Small Forward / Shooting Guard will meet again with Tamir Blatt, an old teammate from the Israeli national team.

Last year Zoosman averaged 4.8 points and 2.4 rebounds in 37 games between Winner League and Euroleague.

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