Veteran forward Justin Harper signed with Kyoto Hannaryz in Japan, the team announced.
Harper was inactive last season. He last played in the NBA G League and Puerto Rico in the 2018-19 season.
Fonte: Kyoto Hannaryz.
Evan McGaughey, forward from NCAA D2 school Quincy, has signed a deal to return to MLP Heidelberg in Germany’s Pro A, the team announced. The deal includes an opt-out clause for the Bundesliga, a source told Sportando.
McGaughey played 12 games for Latina Basket in the Italian Serie A2 last season, averaging 9.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
Fonte: MLP Academics Heidelberg.
Former NBA power forward Chris McCullough shared on his Instagram story a photo of him signing his contract with Rytas Vilnius.
McCullough has played 59 games in the NBA with Brooklyn and Washington. He spent last season in South Korea. This will be his first experience in Europe.
Fonte: Chris McCullough Instagram.
The Hawks announced the signing of rookie forward Justinian Jessup as part of the NBL Next Stars program.
Jessup just finished up his college career at Boise State. He averaged 16 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in his senior year, shooting 40 percent from three.
Fonte: The Hawks.
Polski Cukier close to sign Keyshawn Woods and Stephen Zimmerman.
Woods averaged last season averaged 16.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in Eredivisie with Feyenoord.
Former NBA Zimmerman played last season with Bonn averaging in BCL 8 points and 4 rebounds.
Polski Cukier Torun has also an agreement in place with former NBA big man Stephen Zimmerman, I am told.
The player spent last season in Bonn averaging 8ppg & 4rpg in BCL and 7ppg and 5.3rpg in Bundesliga https://t.co/Kk6G7wGUin— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) August 28, 2020
Chris McCullough close to sign with Rytas Vilnius.
American forward averaged 15.5 points and 5.4 rebounds last season in KBL with Anyang.
Chris McCullough is finalizing an agreement with Rytas Vilnius, sources confirmed.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) August 28, 2020
Polski Cukier Torun announced the signin of Donovan Jackson,.
The American spent last season with Kolossos Rhodes averaging 13.2ppg in Greek top division.
Fonte: Polski Cukier Torun.
Tyree Griffin will continue his career in Hungary.
The point guard has reached an agreement with ZTE, a source tells Sportando.
Griffin spent his rookie season as a pro in Serbia with KK Mladost Zemun averaging 13.2ppg and 5apg in the domestic league.
KK Borac announced the arrival of two players, rookie pointguard Derryck Thornton and 23-year-old guard Aleksa Novakovic.
Thornton played for Duke, USC and Boston College during his college career. In his senior year at BC, he averaged 12.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.
Novakovic, who signed for two years, spent last season in the serbian league, averaging over 11 points and 4 rebounds per game for OKK Novi Pazar.
Derrick Thornton (1997) novi je kosarkas Borca. Igra na poziciji beka.
Dobro dosao u grad kosarke.
Welcome to the city of basketball@ABA_League https://t.co/pvmJVtIqzs— Košarkaški klub Borac Čačak (@BoracKlub) August 27, 2020
OFFICIAL: Aleksa Novaković joins @BoracKlub on a 2-year deal
Read more at: https://t.co/n7ZtGaD1l6 #ABALiga pic.twitter.com/DPBbBwnxTr
— ABA Liga (@ABA_League) August 27, 2020
French big man Darel Poirier and EuroCup team JL Bourg-en-Bresse are parting ways, a source told Sportando.
The 23-year-old Poirier played 12 minutes in the team’s first (and only one so far) preseason game against a 3rd-division side.
Poirier averaged 8.6 points and 6.4 rebounds in five games in the NBA G League last season with the Windy City Bulls.
Thomas Kottas is a new player of Larisa BC, as announced by the greek team.
Last year the big man played with Ionikos, averaging 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in the top greek division.
#larisabc #larissa #larissabasketball pic.twitter.com/FUewXzjF49
— LARISA BC (@LARISABC1) August 27, 2020
BC Kalev/Cramo announced the arrival of two players, Marcus Keene and Devin Thomas.
Keene spent the past two seasons in KBL for KCC Egis (19 ppg, 2.2 apg last year), while Thomas played the 2019/20 season for Penarol, in the Uruguayan league, where he averaged over 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assist per game.
Maccabi Haifa announced today the signing of Avi Ben-Chimol for the 2020-21 season.
The veteran pointguard played for Maccabi Haifa during the 2011-12 season.
Last year Ben-Chimol averaged 7.2 points and 5.7 assist per game for Hapoel Eilat.
אבי בן שימול חוזר למכבי חיפה!
"אני מחכה כבר להתחיל את העבודה לקראת העונה ולפתוח פרק חדש-ישן בירוק"
לכתבה> https://t.co/EjZ6RLPOzZ pic.twitter.com/AjOE3J8XPZ
— Maccabi Haifa Basketball (@MaccabiHaifaBC) August 27, 2020
Nikos Arsenopoulos is a new player of Kolossos Rhodes, the greek team announced.
The guard spent last season with Olympiacos, averageing 8.1 points (43% from long range) in the second greek division.
Fonte: Kolossos.
Krka Novo mesto has signed Milan Milovanović, a source told Sportando. Serbian center last played for Legia Warszava.
Rookie guard Derryck Thornton has reached an agreement on a deal with Serbian club KK Borac Čačak of the ABA Liga, sources told Sportando.
Thornton played for Duke, USC and Boston College during his college career. In his senior year at BC, he averaged 12.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.
Javonte Douglas is a new player of Burevestnik, the russian team announced.
Last year the forward averaged over 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assist for Olomoucko Prostejov, in the Czech NBL.
⚡️This guy will bring us a lot of emotions, dunks and alley-oops.
Welcome to Yaroslavl, JJ @DouglasJavonte!
📹 https://t.co/8dCcfSITSO pic.twitter.com/DXjnvQIdDw
— Burevestnik Yaroslavl (@bkburevestnik) July 14, 2020
Spiros Mourtos and Kostantinos Papadakis are new players of BC Larissa, the greek team announced.
Mourtos spent the past two year with Ifestos Limnou, while Papadakis last year played for Panathinaikos, scoring 3.6 points per game.
#larisabc #larissa #larissabasketball #SpyrosMourtos pic.twitter.com/sLnD8jsdOz
— LARISA BC (@LARISABC1) August 25, 2020
#larisabc #larissa #larissabasketball pic.twitter.com/UiOsFsrQ3S
— LARISA BC (@LARISABC1) August 25, 2020
Rakim Sanders has informed Hapoel Be’er Sheva BC that due to personal issues personal matters he will not be able to arrive in israel in the near future and honor his contract.
The Israeli team announced that a replacement will be signed in the coming days.
ראקים סנדרס אשר חתם בקבוצה הודיע בימים האחרונים לראשי המועדון כי עקב עיניינים אישיים לא יוכל להגיע בזמן הקרוב ולכבד את חוזהו.
בימים הקרובים יוחתם בקבוצה מחליף. pic.twitter.com/80vwz6JeMt— Hapoel Be'er Sheva BC (@BeerShevaBasket) August 25, 2020
Leicester Riders are in advanced discussions with USC alum Jonah Mathews, a source told Sportando.
The rookie guard averaged 13.4 points, 1.9 assist and 1.4 steals as a senior with the Trojans.
Polski Cukier Torun agreed to terms with Donovan Jackson, a source told Sportando.
Last year the guard out of Iowa State averaged 13.2 points and 1.8 assist per game for Kolossos Rhodes.
SIG Strasbourg announced that Wes Clark will not wear the club’s colors for the 2020/21 season.
On Monday the player passed the usual medical examinations. In view of the results of these tests, the doctors decided not to issue him with a medical certificate. Therefore, the contract cannot begin and the player will not wear the club colors for the coming season.
The french team is already looking for a new playmaker to replace him.
🚨 COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL 🚨
La SIG Strasbourg vous informe que Wes Clark ne portera pas les couleurs du club pour la saison 2020/21 et que le match de ce mercredi 26 août contre @Gries_Basket est reporté ⤵️https://t.co/FQzaPPwKNV pic.twitter.com/bd2UkEmGwF
— SIG Strasbourg (@sigstrasbourg) August 25, 2020
HIC adds national team player from Uganda
Another important piece is added to the HIC roster for the upcoming season.
Deng Geu is the latest addition. A 203 centimeter power forward, who has a double citizenship for Uganda and USA.
Deng graduated this year from NCAA 1 school North Texas. In 2019/2020 he scored 7.5 points and grabbed 5.7 rebounds.
Prior to North Texas, Deng played for North Dakota State where he scored 9.6 points and grabbed 4.9 rebounds. Ex HIC player Lawrence Alexander also played for North Dakota State.
Moreover he has represented Uganda in the world cup qualifier, where he recorded 13.3 points and 11.3 rebounds.
Deng is supposed to play a major role in HIC, where he, with his energy and hustle, should be the cornerstone in the HIC defence.
Shevon Thompson is close to sign a deal with Alba Berlin.
Jamaican big man played the last seasοn in Belgium with Oostende averaging 12.1 points and 7.6 rebound.
American center Shevon Thompson is close to sign a deal with German champions, Alba Berlin, a source told @Sdna_gr
Thompson spent the last seasοn in Belgium with Oostende and averaged 12.1 points and 7.6 rebound per game.— Christos Tsaltas (@Tsaltas46) August 25, 2020
Maccabi Rishon reportedly targets Shelvin Mack
American point guard ended last season with Hapoel Jerusalem averaging 11.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in BCL.
Maccabi Rishon is looking into Shelvin Mack, who spent the last season with Milan and Hapoel Jerusalem
— Roi Cohen (@RoiCohen99) August 25, 2020
Croatian/German center Benedikt Turudic has signed a 3-month deal with BG Göttingen, the team announced. The deal includes an option for the remainder of the season.
Turudic joins the BBL team to replace the injured Dennis Kramer.
Fonte: BG Göttingen.
EuroCup and ABA Liga team Buducnost VOLI is signing rookie forward Tyler Hagedorn to a three-year deal, according to Ferhat Yesiltas.
Hagedorn just finished up his college basketball career at South Dakota. In his senior year, he averaged 18.1 points on an outstanding 51% from three, and was named to the All-Summit League First Team.
Fonte: Ferhat Yesiltas.
Rookie big man Carlton Bragg has signed a deal with Basketball Nymburk of the Basketball Champions League and Czech NBL, the team announced.
Bragg spent two years at Kansas before he transferred to New Mexico for his final two college seasons. In his senior year with the Lobos, he averaged 12.6 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.
Fonte: Basketball Nymburk.
Croatian swingman Marko Ramljak has signed a deal with Basketball Champion League qualifiers team Balkan Botevgrad, sources told Sportando.
Ramljak spent last season with Cibona Zagreb in the ABA Liga and Croatian league.
Serbian bigman Vasilije Vučetić is close to signing with Krka Novo mesto, a source told Sportando. In the past, Vučetić has already played in Slovenia for Olimpija Ljubljana before moving to Bilbao. He last played for Levitec Huesca.