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29/07/202120:14

Lamar Patterson stays with Brisbane Bullets

The Brisbane Bullets are delighted to welcome back Lamar Patterson on a one-year contract for the 2021/22 Hungry Jack’s NBL Season.

 

Patterson first joined the Bullets in 2018 and quickly became a fan favourite amongst the Brisbane community. The 29-year-old made the All-NBL First Team in 2019 and 2020 and has established himself as one of the league’s premier imports.

 

The Pennsylvania native played 17 games for the Bullets last season after a short stint with the New Zealand Breakers. Patterson has averaged 17.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists in his NBL career.

 

Prior to playing in the NBL, Patterson played for the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks from 2015-2017 while also playing professionally across the globe.

29/07/202118:17

Zalgiris Kaunas signs Janis Strelnieks

Zalgiris Kaunas landed a veteran floor general still in the prime of his career by signing guard Janis Strelnieks for the upcoming season.

Strelnieks, standing at 191 cm tall, arrives from CSKA Moscow, where he played the previous two seasons. He helped CSKA reach the last Final Four with 4.4 points and 1.6 assists per game in a reserve role of 14 minutes on average.

Before that, the 31-year-old played two EuroLeague seasons each with Olympiacos Piraeus and Brose Bamberg after having debuted in the competition with Budivelnik Kiev in 2013-14.

Through 157 EuroLeague games over seven seasons, Strelnieks has averaged 8.1 points, 2.4 assists and 1.6 rebounds.

He also has parts of six EuroCup seasons under his belt – for Bamberg, Kiev, Spartak St Petersburg and Ventspils in his native Latvia – for slightly higher averages of 8.3 points, 3. 0 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 66 games.

Strelnieks has also been a constant figure for Latvia‘s national team, having represented the team since 2010. In the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, the guard averaged 23.2 points and 6.8 assists.

Meanwhile, Zalgiris also has a subtraction from the roster, as Martinas Geben will be leaving Kaunas. The big man spent the last two seasons in Kaunas and decided to cut his contract with Zalgiris short, moving to Brose Bamberg on a one-year deal.

The Center averaged 8 minutes of action on the court in the EuroLeague, putting up 3.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and an efficiency of 4.5 per game.

In the Lithuanian basketball league the 26-year-old had much higher averages, as he put up 7.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 10.7 efficiency per contest.

28/07/202119:24

Erik McCree agrees to terms with Peristeri

Former Louisiana Tech forward Erik McCree has agreed to a deal with Greek team Peristeri of the Basketball Champions League, sources told Sportando.

McCree most recently played in France where he averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 11 games for BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque last season.

McCree has also played in Italy and Denmark during his time in Europe. He also appeared in four games in the NBA with the Utah Jazz in 2017-18.

28/07/202115:48

Nic Moore signing with MKS Dabrowa Gornicza

Former Southern Methodist point guard Nic Moore is signing a deal with MKS Dabrowa Gornicza in Poland, sources told Sportando.

Moore has spent five seasons in Europe, most recently in Portugal where he averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 assists per game for Benfica. He also played in Italy and France.

28/07/202112:55

Maliek White signs with Egis Kormend

Former Providence guard Maliek White has signed a contract with Egis Kormend in Hungary, sources told Sportando.

White is coming off a productive rookie season in Georgia where he averaged 16.2 points, a league-leading seven assists and 5.4 rebounds per game, helping Rustavi win the national championship.

27/07/202121:40

Fenerbahce in advanced talks with Sasha Djordjevic as head coach

A key Moment for the future of Fenerbahce. Today GM Maurizio Gherardini met with Sasha Djordjevic, a source told to Sportando.

The coach who led Virtus Bologna to serie a Championship is the front runner to replace Kokoskov at the helm of the Turkish powerhouse.

Also Yağız Sabuncuoğlu reported the rumors.

27/07/202121:08

Nikita Mikhailovskii reportedly to sign with Tasmania JackJumpers

Nikita Mikhailovskii is signing with Tasmania JackJumpers in NBL as reported by ESPN.

Mikhailovskii averaged 8.5 points last season in VTB with Avtodor.

27/07/202116:11

ERA Basketball Nymburk lands Demetre Rivers

>The second foreign reinforcement for ERA Basketball Nymburk is American Demetre Rivers. Small forward or power forward measuring 203 centimeters comes from Kaposvár KK, where he was one of the biggest stars of the Hungarian league. The 25-year-old native of South Carolina also worked in Estonia and in G League. He signed an annual contract with Nymburk.

“We are very happy that we managed to bring Demetre to Nymburk. I want to thank my partner Nun Pedros from Flex Basketball Management for their great cooperation and also the management of ERA Basketball Nymburk for quick negotiations,” said agent Jan Hubálek, who helped make the transfer. “Demetre had a great season in Hungary last year, which brought him a lot of offers and interest from all over Europe (Romania, Greece, Germany, France and others). Demetre was very appealing to Nymburk’s style of play and is convinced that it will fit perfectly into the game system. He will help to further success in BCL and become one of the team leaders, “he added.

Rivers is a graduate of Mercer University. In 2018, he went to the G League, where he wore the Maine Red Claws jersey, but soon left for Europe, where he was hired by the Estonian team Pärnu, with whom he won third place in the Estonian league. He contributed to this by an average of 15.7 points and 4 rebounds per match. He even had averages of 17.2 points and 5.5 rebounds in the Estonian-Latvian league. He was included in the best line-up of the Estonian league.

In 2019 he moved to Hungary, where he first put on a Sopron jersey. He collected 13.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per match in her colors. He then moved to Kaposvár, where he was the busiest player in the Hungarian league. He played 36 minutes per game with averages of 17.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists with a shooting success rate of 62 percent and 40 percent for three points.

27/07/202108:07

Malcolm Bernard signs with BC Novosibirsk

Former Xavier guard/forward Malcolm Bernard has signed a deal with BC Novosibirsk in the Russian Superleague, agent Benjamin Stevic of BDR Sports told Sportando.

Bernard spent last season in Slovenia and Belgium. He first averaged over 17 points, five rebounds and five assists per game for Rogaska and then moved to the Leuven Bears for the remainder of the 2020-21 campaign.

26/07/202122:06

Olivier Hanlan reportedly in advanced talks with Zielona Gora

Olivier Hanlan is close to reach an agreement with Zielona Gora, Christos Tsaltas reports.

The former Boston College guard spent last season in Greece with Iraklis BC, averaging  15.1 points and 2.8 assist in 28 games between FIBA Europe Cup and the Greek league.

26/07/202120:49

Tofas inks Kasey Shepherd

The Tofas has announced the arrival of Kasey Shepherd.
The point guard spent last season at Nizhny Novgorod, averaging 15.6 points and 3.9 assists between VTB League and BCL.

26/07/202120:38

Promitheas keeps Jerai Grant

Jerai Grant reached an agreement to play another season with Promitheas, as announced by the greek team.
Last year Grant averaged 11.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game in the Greek League.

26/07/202120:31

Courtney Fortson joins Bnei Herzliya

Bnei Herzliya has announced the arrival of Courtney Fortson.

The veteran point guard has played in the CBA since 2016.

Fortson ended last season in the Chinese League with averages of over 27 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists for the Sichuan Blue Whales.

 

26/07/202120:08

Panathinaikos keeps Lefteris Bochoridis

Panathinaikos OPAP announces the extension of it’s cooperation with Lefteris Bochoridis for one more year.
The point guard in the last Euroleague recorded averages of 4.4 points and 2.1 assists in 15 minutes per game.

26/07/202119:44

Haywood Highsmith reportedly joining Vanoli Cremona

Haywood Highsmith has accepted Vanoli Cremona’s offer and will make his LBA debut next season.

JD Shaw reported the news.

The forward comes from a season in BBL with Crailsheim, where he averaged 7.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.4 steals.

26/07/202119:14

Peristeri re-signs Terran Petteway

Terran Petteway will remain another season with Peristeri, the greek team announced.
Last year the guard averaged 11 points and 2.1 assist per game in the Greek league.

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