Serbian center Miroslav Raduljica has agreed to a deal with Chinese side Zhejiang Lions, as confirmed by the player’s agent to Nova.rs.
Raduljica comes off three seasons with Jiangsu Dragons: he averaged 25.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in 2019-20.
Fonte: Nova.rs.
American guard Durand Scott is considering an offer from Israeli 2nd Division club Maccabi Ashdod, a source told Sportando. Scott played two games in Hungary last season averaging 18.5ppg.
Giessen 46ers announced the signing of Ferdinand Zylka.
The German player born in 1998 comes from MBC.
Fonte: Giessen 46ers.
American forward J.R. Holder has signed a deal with Abejas de Leon in Mexico, the team announced.
Holder played eight games in the Israeli Winner League last season, averaging 14.1 points and 3.6 rebounds for Maccabi Ashdod.
Fonte: Abejas de Leon.
Croatian youngster Mario Rajčić has signed with KK Škrljevo. Rajčić, who was in the past a part of the Croatian youth national teams, previously played in Split.
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell is returning to the Bakken Bears, the team announced. He signed a one-month deal to help the Bears qualify for the Basketball Champions League regular season.
Akoon-Purcell had a breakout season with the Bears in 2017-18 that parlayed into an NBA two-way deal with the Denver Nuggets for the following campaign.
Fonte: Bakken Bears.
Polish point guard Kamil Laczynski has signed a deal with Basketball Champions League club MKS Start Lublin.
Laczynski spent last season with Slask Wroclaw, averaging 10.3 points and 6.4 assists per game in the Polish EBL.
Fonte: MKS Start Lublin.
FC Barcelona confirmed difficulties under the rim during the pre-season as reported by Mundo Deportivo .
Spanish Powerhouse will seek a big man only during the NBA Free agency in mid-October.
Gal Gilinski penned a deal with Ironi Nahariya.
The player comes from Ramat Hasharon where he averaged 8.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game.
גל גילינסקי, ששיחק בשנים האחרונות בליגה הלאומית, חתם בעירוני נהריה. המאמן דני פרנקו: "סט היכולות שלו מתאים לליגת העל" pic.twitter.com/SNAbsIwKXD
— Winner League (@WinnerLeague) September 2, 2020
Brandon Randolph will continue his career in Israeli second division with Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin, a source tells Sportando.
The American spent his rookie season as a pro with Wisconsin Herd averaging 6.4ppg, 2.7rpg and 1.2apg in G League.
Gregor Hrovat is a new player of Helios Suns, the slovenian team announced.
According to Sportando’s sources, the guard penned an open contract.
Hrovat spent last season in Turkey with Afyon, where he averaged over 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assist per game.
Slovenski reprezentant @GregorHrovat ponovno v Domžalah! (z odprto pogodbo) 🔥🔥🔥
Več na: https://t.co/7gtN98nhC6!@kzs_si @ABA_League2 #mismohelios #70let #brezvasninas pic.twitter.com/CwIsNLmsHE
— Helios Suns Domžale (@HeliosSuns) September 1, 2020
22-year-old German guard Ferdinand Zylka will sign a deal with Bundesliga club Giessen 46ers, sources told Sportando.
Zylka spent the last two seasons with Syntainics MBC in the Bundesliga and with their affiliate in the Pro B, the BSW Sixers. Last season, he averaged four points in 11.5 minutes with MBC and almost 19 points per game in the Pro B.
Zylka was a member of the German national team at the U16, U18, U19, and U20 levels.
Krka have announed, that their senior squad has been reinforced by Milan Milovanović and Vasilije Vučetić, that will try to help the team to reach the goals, set ahead of this season.
Milan Milovanović became a member of the FMP at the age of 19 and afterwards played for Radnički, Crvena zvezda mts, Vojvodina and Mega Bemax. In 2014 he tested his skills abroad for the first time, by playing for Balkan of Botevgrad. After the season in Bulgaria he returned home to Konstantin Niš. He later played for Phoenix Galati, Prievidza, Borac Čačak, Trefl Sopot, Anwil and Legia Warsaw. Last sason he played for Legia in Polish National Championship and appeared on court 15 times. In 27 minutes spent on court per game he has been averaging 12,4 points and 8,1 rebounds. Milovanović used to be a member of Serbia National Team youth categories.
Vasilije Vučetić used to be playing at Olimpija of Ljubljana since 2011 and played for the senior team between 2013 and 2016 as well. Four yeas ago he moved to Spain to play for Bilbao, which loaned him to the teams Zornotza and raurgi. He also played for Melilla and has been a member of Penas Huesca since 2019. Last season he appeared in 24 games in the 2nd tier basketball league in Spain, averaging 26 minutes, 14 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Vučetić himself used to play for the Serbia national team youth categories as well. In 2012 he won the European bronze in Lithuania and Latvia with the U16 Serbia National Team. Two years later he won the Silver with Serbia.
As he signed with Krka, Milovanović stated: “In my career I played on the road in Novo mesto twice while playing in the ABA League. Once I arrived with Crvena zvezda mts, the second time with Mega Bemax. All former players have only words of praise for Krka. Without any doubts I have accepted the offer of the Novo mesto squad and came here in order to be able to prove myself again in the ABA League.”
Vučetić added: “I am extremely happy to get an opportunity to play in the ABA League again, by signing with Krka. I am looking forward to returning to Slovenia. I wish to warrant the trust of my new side.”
IT'S OFFICIAL: @bckrka agreed on cooperation with Vasilije Vučetić and Milan Milovanović! Welcome back to #ABALiga!
More at: https://t.co/cvUTzooMea pic.twitter.com/GcaHFTZ8sL
— ABA Liga (@ABA_League) August 31, 2020
Fonte: ABA Liga.
Novica Velickovic signed a new one-year contract with Partizan, the serbian team announced.
The record holder for appearances in the Partizan jersey will lead the black and whites as captain in the 2020/21 season.
Last year the veteran forward averaged 7.9 points and 4.2 rebounds in Eurocup.
Novi ugovor za @NovicaV12
Više na: https://t.co/2svXC6YGaU#KKPartizan #ABALiga #7DaysEuroCup pic.twitter.com/F2HORLH8mL
— KK Partizan NIS (@PartizanBC) September 1, 2020
Great Britain International, former NBA Draftee and Loyola Marymount graduate Ashley Hamilton is the latest big-name British talent to join Plymouth Raider
In another signing sure to get the fans excited, 6’7“ Forward Hamilton, has played across Europe for almost his entire pro career, most recently in Spain for Coruna and Manresa respectively, until recently lighting up the BBL with London City Royals.
In an MVP display with 25 points in the 2019 BBL Trophy Final win against London Lions, Raiders fans can look forward to watching one of the GB’s brightest home grown stars.
Ashley added dramatically:
“I’m ready for action!”
Coach Paul James:
“Ashley has been one of the best players in the BBL for the past couple of years and we are extremely excited that we have been able to pen him for the coming season. Signing GB International Ashley, further underlines our intention to be one of the top clubs in the country. He has a wealth of experience having played all over Europe at a high level and we look forward to using his experience and talent to help Plymouth Raiders to success. We are extremely excited by this signing and look forward to getting started. “
Fonte: Plymouth.
Deividas Gailius signed a contract until 2021 with Telekom Baskets Bonn, the German team announced.
Last year the Lithuanian forward played for Neptunas, averaging 16.6 points and 2.9 assist in BCL.
Willkommen: Deividas Gailius! 🙌
Der Litauer legte zuletzt für @bc_neptunas 16,6 Punkte in der @BasketballCL auf, gewann bei der EM 2015 mit die Silbermedaille und bringt u.a @EuroLeague – und @EuroCup Erfahrung mit. 💪#HEARTBERGAlle Infos: ⤵️https://t.co/8XMepyE91A pic.twitter.com/w7OOvvBu26
— Telekom Baskets Bonn (@TelekomBaskets) August 31, 2020
Marqueze Coleman signed a one-year contract with BC Kalev/Cramo, the estonian team announced.
The guard out of Nevada spent last season in Portugal, where he averaged over 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assist per game for Vitoria Alves Guimaraes.
Maccabi Haifa announced the signing of Naor Sharon for the upcoming season.
Last year the guard averaged 7.6 points and 4.3 assists with Kiryat Ata, in the National League.
In the middle of the season, Sharon moved to Valor Reykjavik, in the Icelandic league, where he averaged 13.8 points and 6.9 assists.
מכבי חיפה מחתימה את הרכז נאור שרון לעונת 2020-21.
לכתבה > https://t.co/nE08kRmMrl pic.twitter.com/bg8KSKS4NN
— Maccabi Haifa Basketball (@MaccabiHaifaBC) September 1, 2020
Astana announced the signing of Martins Meiers.
The Latvian big man spent last season in Montenegro with Buducnost.
Fonte: Astana.
Gregor Hrovat reached an agreement with Helios Suns, a source tells Sportando.
The Slovenian international spent last season in Turkey with Afyon.
Hrovat penned an open contract with the Slovenian team.
Pavle Marčinković has resigned for another year with KK Split, a club announced on their Twitter profile. Marčinković had a strong last season, averaging 12.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in the ABA 2 league.
Fonte: Split twitter.
Filou Oostende announced the signing of Thomas Welsh and Pierre-Antoine Gillet.
The former Denver Nuggets player spent last season with Swarm averaging 10.6ppg and 8.8rpg in 43 games.
Pierre-Antoine Gillet penned a three-year deal.
He spent the past seasons with Chalon, Tenerife and Fuenlabrada.
Fonte: FB Oostende.
Croatian international Ivan Ramljak is close to signing with Slask Wroclaw, a source told Sportando. Ramljak played for Krka last season, averaging 10.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in the ABA league.
Trevor Releford and Basketball Lowen Braunschweig have parted ways due to contractual differences.
Releford averaged 13.1ppg and 5.3apg in Bundesliga this past season.
The German team is on the market for a new combo guard.
Fonte: Basketball Lowen Braunschweig.
Okaro White is a new player of Unics Kazan.
The former NBA forward has played 3 games with the Washington Wizards in 2018-2019 before suffering an injury.
White has played in Europe with Virtus Bologna and Aris Thessaloniki.
Американский форвард Окаро Уайт и БК УНИКС подписали однолетнее соглашение✅ pic.twitter.com/x39ANvuidE
— BC UNICS Kazan (@unicsbasket) August 31, 2020
Venezuelan big man Nestor Colmenares has signed a deal with Romanian team U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Basketball Champions League.
Colmenares spent last season in Israel with Maccabi Haifa, averaging 10.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game.
Fonte: U-BT Cluj-Napoca.
EuroCup team Promitheas announced that one player tested positive for COVID-19.
Team practices have been suspended and the friendly games against Olympiacos have been postponed.
Fonte: SDNA.
Ionikos BC announced the signing of Lampros Vlachos.
Vlachos spent last season with AS Diagoras Dryopideon in the Greek A2.
Fonte: Ionikos BC.
The Plymouth Raiders have signed English guard Elliott Sentance and American guard Rickey McGill.
Sentance was a breakout star in the British second-tier league, the NBL Division 1, and will make the leap to the BBL.
McGill spent his rookie season in Greece with Panionios.
Fonte: Plymouth Raiders.
Stefan Momirov is a new player of KK Mega Bemax, the serbian team announced.
The twenty-one year old guard spent the past 3 seasons with FMP Beograd. Last year he averaged 2.7 points and 1.8 rebounds in ABA Liga.
Signing alert! 📝 Welcome to Mega @Schtefan9 , let’s do great things together 💪🏻 #malivelikiklub https://t.co/grkrli20si
— KK Mega (@KKMegaBemax) August 28, 2020