Beijing Royal Fighters announced the arrivals of Salah Mejri e Joseph Young, Zhang Duo reports.
Mejri last year played just 10 games for Real Madrid, while Young spent the last two seasons with Nanjing Tongxi Monkey King (38.3 ppg, 6.4 apg last year).
Official: Beijing Royal Fighters have signed Salah Mejri and Joseph Young.
— Zhang Duo (@ZhangDuo15) October 9, 2020
Former Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Marcus Georges-Hunt is joining the Jiangsu Dragons of the CBA, Sportando has learned.
Georges-Hunt spent last season with Guangzhou, averaging 24.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.
Former Ohio State forward William Buford signed a contract with Darussafaka of the Basketball Champions League and Turkish BSL, the team announced.
Buford spent last season in Italy’s Serie A with Virtus Roma, averaging 12.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Fonte: Darussafaka.
Zenit Saint Petersburg center Arturas Gudaitis has tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell journalist Donatas Urbonas.
Lithuanian center had not played yesterday evening against Barcelona for previously non disclosed reasons.
Fonte: Donatas Urbonas.
Italian/American forward Lorenzo Cugini signed a contract with Melilla Baloncesto in the Spanish second division, the team announced.
Cugini spent the preseason with Liga ACB’s Delteco Gipuzkoa.
Fonte: Melilla Baloncesto.
Slovenian forward Martin Krampelj and GTK Gliwice have mutually agreed to terminate the contract, the team announced. Krampelj plans to play in the NBA G League, the Polish team says in the announcement.
Krampelj averaged 10 points and 6.1 rebounds in seven games played in the Polish league.
Fonte: GTK Gliwice.
Patric Young and Hapoel Gilboa/Galil have parted ways after the player asked for permission to leave and return to the USA for personal reasons.
The Israeli team is now on the market to find a replacement for the big man before the start of the Balkan League season.
Fonte: ONE.
Former George Mason guard Bryon Allen has signed a contract with Basketball Löwen Braunschweig of Germany’s Bundesliga, the team announced.
Allen spent last season with Croatian side KK Zadar, averaging over 18 points per game in the ABA Liga.
Fonte: Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.
EuroLeague’s Anadolu Efes has extended an offer to veteran point guard Tyrese Rice, according to Christos Tsaltas of SDNA.
Rice is a free agent after his short-term deal with AEK Athens expired. He averaged 15.7 points and 4.7 assists in just 18 minutes per game in the BCL Final Eight last week.
Fonte: Christos Tsaltas.
Bursaspor announced the signing of Metin Turen.
The Turkish player moves to Bursa after two years in Turk Telekom Ankara.
Metin Türen, Frutti Extra Bursaspor’da 🐊
Frutti Extra Bursaspor’umuz kadrosunu Milli oyuncu @metinturen7 ile güçlendirdi 💪
26 yaşındaki başarılı forvet oyuncusu ligde daha önce Darüşşafaka, Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor, Pınar Karşıyaka ve Türk Telekom formalarını giydi. pic.twitter.com/rFZmtrfTka
— Frutti Extra Bursaspor (@BsBasketbol) October 9, 2020
King Szczecin club informs that Kasey Hill is no longer a player of the Wilków Morskie team. For the American, the match against Asseco Arka Gdynia was the last appearance for the team from Szczecin.
The pointguard out of Florida played 6 TBL games, with averages of 6 points and 3.3 assist.
Kasey Hill nie jest już zawodnikiem Kinga Szczecin. Dla Amerykanina występ w meczu przeciwko Asseco Arce Gdynia był ostatnim spotkaniem w barwach Wilków Morskich. Kaseyowi dziękujemy za grę w naszej drużynie i życzymy powodzenia w dalszej karierze! #plkpl
— KingWilki (@KingWilki) October 8, 2020
Vangelis Mantzaris reached an agreement with Promitheas, SDNA reports.
The pointguard ended the last season with the greek team, averaging over 10 points and 5 assist in the top greek division.
Fonte: SDNA.
Le Mans Sarthe announced that Alain Koffi will remain with the team until the end of the season.
Koffi had initially signed a two-month contract.
Last year the veteran big man averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game in Jeep Elite for Gravelines.
𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊 et le MSB sont #ToujoursEnsemble !
Plus d'infos : 👇https://t.co/B4HVtgkNSW
— MSB_Officiel (@MSB_Officiel) October 8, 2020
Charles Mitchell has mutually terminated his contract with Japanese team Niigata Albirex, agent Charles Misuraca told
Fabio Lupo of Sportando.
The big man out of Georgia Tech will remain in Japan for the next 10 days while he weighs out his next decision.
Charles Mitchell has mutually terminated his contract with Japanese team Niigata Albirex, agent Charles Misuraca told @Sportando. The big man will remain in Japan for the next 10 days while he weighs out his next decision.
— Nicola Lupo (@NicolaLupo99) October 8, 2020
Slovenian swingman Jakob Cebasek has reached an agreement with Allianz Trieste of the Italian Serie A, sources told Sportando. He is joining the Italian team on a short-term deal with an option of extension for the remainder of the season.
Cebasek spent last season in Slovenia with KK Tajfun Sentjur, averaging 15.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game while shooting 38.6 percent from three.
He will replace the injured Myke Henry, who’s expected to be sidelined for about a month.
Elan Chalon and DJ Cooper have agreed to part ways, the french team announced.
Cooper played 3 games in Jeep Elite, with averages of 9.6 points and 6.6 assist.
Communiqué officiel !
🔗 https://t.co/JdSioxkQEF#RougeEtBlanc pic.twitter.com/reJTqjxq1A— Elan Chalon (@ELANCHALON) October 8, 2020
Craig Victor is a new player of the Koping Stars, the swedish team announced.
The former LSU forward started the season with OKK Sloboda Tuzla.
Last year Victor averaged 27 points and 11.4 rebounds in Basketligan over 5 games for Djurgarden Basket.
Fonte: Koping Stars.
Pau Gasol, in an interview with Efe (via Marca), said that in the next month, month and a half will decide whether to play one more season or retire.
“This pandemic, with all the bad it has brought us, _is giving me a little more time to recover from my foot injury. The progression is being positive. In the next month or month and a half, my level of demand on the court will be very high , and there I will find out if I can compete again, “he says.
Gasol, who is out since March 2018 when he fractured his foot, dreams to play one more season and end his career in Tokyo.
Pau denied the rumors about Barcelona for him and his brother, Marc.
“I am surprised by the impact of such news which are fake news” Pau Gasol added.
Fonte: Marca.
Spencer Butterfield is headed to Iberostar Tenerife, a source tells Sportando.
The guard spent last season in France with Nanterre averaging 10.6ppg in. Jeep Elite and 8.9ppg in EuroCup.
Taylor Rochestie has returned to Crvena zvezda mts! The red & whites announced that they have signed a 2-month contract with the 35-year-old American guard, with an option to extend it until the end of the 2020/21 season.
Taylor Rochestie played for Crvena zvezda mts in the 2017/18 season and was one of the best players in the red & white team during that year. He averaged 14.6 points, 5.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game in the 2017/18 ABA League championship.
During his pro career Taylor Rochestie has played for numerous well-known European clubs such are Galatasaray, Alba Berlin, Baskonia, Montepaschi Siena, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lokomotiv Kuban, etc. After leaving Crvena zvezda mts in the summer of 2018, Rochestie went to China where he played for Tianjin Gold Lions and later on for Anhui Dragons, while in October last year he joined Olympiacos Piraeus where he finished the previous season.
What is interesting to mention is that Crvena zvezda mts head coach Saša Obradović knows Taylor Rochestie very well as the two of them worked together in Lokomotiv Kuban in the 2016/17 season.
Fonte: ABA Liga.
BC Budivelnyk announced the arrival of two new US player, Brice Johnson and Reggie Johnson.
Last year the big man out of UNC played for Orlandina Basket (over 17 points and 11 rebounds per game) and Chorale Roanne (13+5 per game in Jeep Elite), while the guard out of Hampton averaged over 21 points and 3 assist per game in the Hungarian league.
Welcome to the team, Brice! #BudivelnykBasketball pic.twitter.com/klyivooed6
— BC Budivelnyk (@BC_Budivelnyk) October 6, 2020
Welcome to the team, @ReggBR32 🤜🤛#BudivelnykBasketball pic.twitter.com/RU4v2mXXJP
— BC Budivelnyk (@BC_Budivelnyk) October 7, 2020
American guard Malcolm Grant has signed with Shahdari Qazvin, his agency announced on their social media profile. Grant played in Lithuania last season for Pieno žvaigždes.
Fonte: BIG Instagram.
Jonathon Simmons is signing with the Liaoning Flying Leopards, Anthony Slater reports.
Recently, Simmons was in the mini-camp organized by the Golden State Warriors.
According to the reporter, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that Simmons still does have “NBA years” ahead of him.
Last year the swingman out of Houston played just 5 games for the Santa Cruz Warriors in G League, averaging 19.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.4 steals.
Source: Jonathon Simmons, who participated (and impressed) in the Warriors’ recent bubble minicamp, is signing in China with the Liaoning Flying Leopards. Steve Kerr said he believes Simmons still does have “NBA years” ahead of him.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) October 7, 2020
While FC Barcelona has announced his employees, including Football team players, the intention to proceed with a salary cut, basketball players won’t be affected by such measure, reports José Ignacio Huguet of Mundo Deportivo.
This is because of the fact that basketball section was able to cut its costs for the 2020-2021 season by a percentage between 10 and 15% thanks to the contract extension of players like Nikola Mirotic, Pierre Oriola and Brandon Davies.
Fonte: Mundo Deportivo.
Lebanese forward Ali Haidar is signing with Manama Club Bahrain, a source tells Sportando.
Michigan Tech alum spent last season with Champville, Wehdat (Jordan) and Gharrafa (Qatar).
French big man Jonathan Jeanne signed back with Randers Cimbria in Denmark, the team announced.
Jeanne averaged 17.5 points, nine rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game last season in the Danish Basketligaen.
Fonte: Randers Cimbria.
Forward/center Mark Ogden signed a two-month contract with s.Oliver Würzburg in Germany’s Bundesliga, the team announced.
Ogden spent last season in the NBA G League with the College Park Skyhawks, averaging 5.5 points and 3.7 rebounds in 13.2 minutes per game.
Fonte: s. Oliver Würzburg.
Former Euroleague Final Four MVP Tyrese Rice won’t continue with AEK Athens, as Eurohoops reports that Greek team won’t pick up the option on his contract for the rest of the season.
Rice had signed with AEK for the Basketball Champions League Final Eight, in which he averaged 15.7 points and 4.7 assists per game. He confirmed, after losing the final to San Pablo Burgos, that he will now consider whether to retire.
Fonte: Eurohoops.
DJ Cooper’s experience with Elan Chalon may be done soon, according to Journal de Saone-et-Loire.
The point guard, who returned to action after a two-year suspension for doping, is not performing as expected.
Cooper is averaged 9.7ppg and 6.7apg with Chalon that lost the three Jeep Elite games played so far.
Bakken Bears announced the signings of Glenn Cosey and Erick McCree.
Cosey comes from Krka Novo Mesto while McCree has played in France recently.
Fonte: Bakken Bears.