Basket rumors

Florent Pietrus retires at 39

Florent Pietrus announced his retirement.
The French big has decided to hang up sneakers at 39.
The gold medalist with France at Eurobasket 2013 has played most of his career in French top division.
He also had a long experience in Spain with Malaga, Valencia and Baskonia.
Pietrus spent last season in Jeep Elite with Orleans.

Wilson Chandler close to signing with Zhejiang Guangsha Lions

Wilson Chandler is close to joining Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, a source tells Sportando.
The deal between the two sides has not done yet but “it will be done” a source with the knowledge of the situation told Sportando.
Chandler has played for the Chinese team back in 2011-2012. The forward has played 12 seasons in the NBA averaging 12.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 676 games.
This season he has played with the Brooklyn Nets averaging 5.9ppg and 4.2rpg till March. Chandler did not join the Nets in Orlando’s bubble.

Cameron Rundles joining BK Ventspils

Former Montana and Wofford point guard Cameron Rundles has signed a deal with BK Ventspils of the Estonian/Latvian Basketball League, sources told Sportando.

Rundles, a former NBA G League player, spent last season in Romania, averaging over 16.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists in eight games with BCM U Pitesti.

Rundles has played professional basketball in the NBA G League, UK, Latvia, Ukraine, Hungary, Sweden, Kosovo, Romania and Belgium.

Keyshawn Woods officially signs with Polski Cukier Torun

Polski Cukier Torun made official the signing of Keyshawn Woods.
The player comes from Feyenoord in Dutch league where he averaged 16.7ppg, 4.6rpg and 3.6apg.

Juventus Utenos fires Glen Rice after six days. “Unpredictable person with lot of problems in life”

Juventus Utenos fired Glen Rice jr due to disciplinary reasons.
Rice was in Lithuania since only six days.

“This person is unpredictable and has a lot of problems in life. We took risks – the risks did not work. The circus is over, and now we have to find someone who will want to play basketball and not engage in stupidity, ”said Eimantas Skersis, the director of the Juventus club.

Fonte: Juventus Utenos.

Errick McCollum signs with Khimki Moscow

Errick McCollum is a new player of Khimki Moscow.
The experienced guard joins another Russian team after two seasons with Unics Kazan.
McCollum averaged 19.9 points in VTB League and 17.1 points in EuroCup last season.