Basket rumors

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 23:20

London Lions sign Byron Mullens

The London Lions have revealed 7’0” British forward, Byron Mullens will join their squad ahead of this season’s tilt at the Basketball Champions League.

The NBA first-round draft pick in 2009 was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder at No; 24 and is a 7 year NBA veteran. With his mother being British, Mullens was close to playing for GB in 2012 but circumstances prevented that.

The sharp shooting power forward has since played in the NBA G-League, averaging 20 points and 11 boards in 2018 before stints in Japan and Korea.

Mullens was very excited at this opportunity in England, “I am truly thankful and blessed to have this opportunity to represent the London Lions. I really want to help a British team do well in Europe, I’m looking forward to giving my all to the organisation and to our fans.

Lions Head Coach, Vince Macaulay added, “Byron is the last piece of the jigsaw, he is big, has vast experience, shoots the ball so so well from distance and has played over 60 games alongside Deandre Liggins in the G-League, we wanted very good players here in London but more than that we wanted good people. The work has started now, we are all chomping at the bit to put our style of basketball on the floor in every single game we play this season.”

Lions joins his former G-League team mate, DeAndre Liggins in the squad. Fans will get to see the team for the first time in the Basketball Champions League, FIBA have announced that there will be a Final Four style qualifier, with opponents, Neptunas Klaipeda first up, details on where and when will be forthcoming by the end of this week.

Tickets and details of television coverage will come out nearer the date as we follow Government guidelines on indoor sports.

Fonte: London Lions.

20 August 2020

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 22:01

Adelaide 36ers signs Donald Sloan

The Adelaide 36ers are proud to announce the signing of import, former NBA guard Donald Sloan for the 2020-21 NBL season.

From Louisiana, Donald’s career has included significant stints in the NBA, NBA G-League, Chinese Basketball Association and also the Basketball Bundesliga in Germany.

The 32-year-old, 191 cm guard most recently played with Baskets Bonn in the Basketball Bundesliga. Averaging 11.7 points a contest in Germany before COVID-19 ceased play. In the season prior, Donald posted 25.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game for the Jiangsu Dragons in the CBA.

Donald’s five seasons in the NBA resulted in a tally of 218 regular season and four playoff games in total, with his two seasons with the Indiana Pacers seeing him find a regular place in the rotation. He averaged 7.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game over the 2014-15 NBA season.

Chairman Grant Kelley said, “Donald has been an established international performer around the globe for over 10 years including the NBA. We expect him to round out our roster well and provide a great complement, through his talent, versatility and experience, to Josh Giddey and Sunday Dech in the back court.”

Donald Sloan is excited to join the Adelaide 36ers.

“I’m so excited to get to Adelaide and join the team I’ve heard nothing but great things about the players and the city and fans. I’m more than ready and looking forward to leading and being an extension of coach Henry on the floor. My knowledge of the 36ers is still growing but I do know they have a strong history including 4 NBL championships, and I know that Daniel Johnson is a beast!”

 

Head Coach Conner Henry also is looking forward to having Donald in the team, “We are all very excited to add Donald to the roster. Donald brings a new level of experience and range of skills from the NBA and high-level Europe to lead the club at the point guard position.”

“Donald is also going to be a fantastic mentor to new recruits Josh Giddey and Sunday Dech in the back court.”

Donald joins Isaac Humphries, Josh Giddey, Sunday Dech, and Keanu Pinder as key new signings.

The Adelaide 36ers commence pre-season on 1 September at Titanium Security Arena

Fonte: Adelaide 36ers.

20 August 2020

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 19:47

Casademont Zaragoza inks Sagaba Konate

Sagaba Konate signed a contract for the next season with Casademont Zaragoza.
The big man out of West Virignia spent his rookie season in G League for the Raptors 902, averaging 4.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
The Malian power forward is the fourth signing of the summer for the spanish team, after Rasheed Sulaimon, Jaime Fernández and Dino Radoncic

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 19:40

Tigers Tübingen to sign Juvaris Hayes

Juvaris Hayes agreed to terms with German team Tigers Tübingen, a source told Sportando.
The rookie point guard comes from Merrimack College, where last year was first in Divisione One with 3.9 steals per game.
Hayes ended his senior season with 10.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.4 assist and 3.9 steals.

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 18:34

Tyler Wideman joins Sopron KC

Tyler Wideman is a new player of Sopron KC, the Hungarian team announced.
The big man out of Butler spent last season with Maccabi Ra’anana, where he averaged over 16 points and 7 rebounds per game in the second Israeli division.

 

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20 August 2020

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 18:06

MKS Start Lublin ink Adam Kemp

Adam kemp signed a one-year contract with MKS Start Lublin, the polish team announced.
The big man last year averaged 10.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks for Astoria Bydgoszcz.

20 August 2020

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 16:01

Martin Krampelj inks with GTK Gliwice

GTK Gliwice announced the signing of Martin Krampelj.
The PF/C spent his rookie season as a pro between Andorra and Ljubljana.

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 14:39

MZT signs Toddrick Gotcher

MZT Skopje Aerodrom announced that they have signed a contract with 27-year old American shooting guard Toddrick Gotcher.

Gotcher studied at the Texas Tech University, while he’s been playing in Europe in the last four seasons. He played for Greek team Koroivos Amaliadas (2016/17), French side Cholet (2017/18), Greek team Ifaistos Limnou (2018/19), while he spent the previous season in Turkich giant Besiktas Sompo Japan. Gotcher averaged 9.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in the 2019/20 Turkish Championship, while he averaged 10.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in the 2019/20 FIBA Champions League.

After announcing the arrival of Toddrick Gotcher, MZT Skopje Aerodrom have confirmed that they have completed the roster for the 2020/21 season. The following players will be part of the Skopje crew in the next season – Damjan Stojanovski (captain), Hassani Gravet, Olufemi Olujobi, Toddrick Gotcher, Andrija Bojić, Bojan Krstevski, Andrej Magdevski, Andrej Maslinko, Kristijan Nikolov, Adem Mekić and Filip Bakoč. Also, MZT stated that several junior players will be included in the first team for the 2020/21 se

Fonte: ABA Liga 2.

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 13:54

Buyukcekmece signs Farrell, Berkay and Utku

Buyukcekmece announced three more signings for next season.
The trio are: Enes Berkay, Omer Utku and Matt Farrell.

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20/08/2020 11:44

Maccabi playtika Tel Aviv brings back Eidan Alber

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has brought back Eidan Alber (20, 1.93 m), who grew up from the age of 5 in the club’s youth department and has now been signed for one year. The tough guard, who won with the Israel U20 national team the 2019 European Championship, also picked up the National Youth Cup and the National Youth Championship in Yellow&Blue before starting his professional career. He grew up in a family of Maccabists, who sit together as season tickets holders at Gate 3.

“Eidan Alber is one more Israeli player that we believe in”, coach Giannis Sfairopoulos told maccabi.co.il. “He is already a part of the Maccabi family because he is in this club since he was 5 years old. I’m happy that we signed him. He is a maccabi project player who came back and will have his chances to help the team and be a part of our succesfull program”.

“I am happy to return home to the club I started playing at from the age of 5 and that for years I would come to games with the family with a season ticket to Gate 3”, Eidan Alber told the club’s official website after the signing. “It’s a dream come true. I’m ready for the challenge, looking forward to getting on the court and playing for the club and the fans”.

In the 2018/19 season, Eidan Alber was signed by Hapoel Kfar Saba from the second league. He took part in 31 games and averaged 10.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 26 minutes per game. At the end of that season, he was added by Giannis Sfairopoulos to the senior team of Maccabi Tel Aviv, in which he trained for about two months.

Last season, Alber was added to the Ness Ziona roster. The young player participated in 23 games in the regular season and managed to contribute 2.4 points on average per evening. In the last playoff he took part in the two games against Hapoel Jerusalem, when in the last of them he scored 6 points in 15 minutes on the field.

Fonte: Maccabi Tel Aviv.

20 August 2020

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 09:30

Buyukcekmece re-signs three players

Buyukcekmece announced the re-signing of three players.
The trio are: Osiris Eldridge, Mert Celep e Cengizhan Ivedi.

20 August 2020

20/08/2020 09:23

Carlbe Ervin II signs with Mostar

HKK Zrinjski HT Mostar (Division I) agreed terms with 25-year old American guard Carlbe Ervin II (190-95, college: of Kansas State). He played last season at Promo, in 20 Division I games in Bosnia he was league’s second best scorer with impressive 19.0ppg and averaged 5.0rpg, 5.6apg (top 4) and 2.1spg (in top 3).

19 August 2020

19/08/2020 18:37

Hapoel Tel Aviv signs Jonathan Mor

Hapoel Tel Aviv announced the signing of Jonathan Mor.
The big comes from Maccabi Haifa where he averaged 6.8ppg and 2.8rpg.

19 August 2020

19 August 2020

19/08/2020 14:46

Yanni Wetzell joins MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg announced the signing of Yanni Wetzell.
The New Zealander player comes from San Diego State where he averaged 11.6 points ands 6.5 rebounds per game as a senior.

 

19 August 2020

19/08/2020 14:22

Barcelona president rules out signing of Pau Gasol: We could not pay him

Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu ruled out the signing of Pau Gasol. The Spanish big man is still recovering from a foot fracture that kept him sidelined the past 18 months.

“He is a person who has helped us a lot, he is an ambassador for Barcelona and represents us in the US. He is an NBA star, and Barcelona would hardly pay what he asks” Bartomeu said as reported by Marca.

19 August 2020

19/08/2020 13:41

Mikhail Kulagin joins Enisey Krasnoyarsk

Enisey Krasnoyarsk announced the signing of Mikhail Kulagin.
The Russian guard is joining the team coached by Drazen Anzulovic that strongly wanted him.

 

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⚡Михаил Кулагин – новичок мужской команды БК «Енисей»⚡ ⠀ Mikhail Kulagin joins BC Enisey! ⠀ 📊В прошлом игровом сезоне Кулагин выступал одновременно за вторую и основную команды московского ЦСКА. В Единой Лиге ВТБ баскетболист вышел на паркет в 9 матчах, за 8 минут игрового времени новичок нашей команды в среднем набирал 2,6 очка, 1,6 передачи и 0,6 подбора. И две встреч Михаил провел в Суперлиге-2 с итоговой статистикой в 18 очков, 4 подбора и 3 передачи за 31 минуту в среднем за игру. ⠀ 🎤Михаил Кулагин, защитник «Енисея»: ⠀ – Во-первых, уже жду не дождусь, когда наступит новый сезон. Почти полгода без баскетбола очень тяжело! Наша цель выходить в каждом матче максимально сконцентрированными и заряженными на борьбу! ⠀ Решение перейти в «Енисей» стало простым после разговора с главным тренером Драженом Анзуловичем. Он рассказал своё видение игры и мою роль в команде, очень надеюсь, что мы все найдём общий̆ язык, создадим отличную «химию» внутри команды и будем биться в каждой̆ игре друг за друга и для наших болельщиков! ⠀ Со всеми русскими игроками я знаком, мы уже несколько лет подряд играем друг против друга в Единой̆ Лиге ВТБ, с капитаном красноярской команды Гудумаком мы знакомы уже очень давно, вместе были в молодёжной̆ системе ЦСКА и на Универсиаде бронзу завоевывали. ⠀ Очень надеюсь, что ситуация в Мире из-за пандемии скоро полностью нормализуется и у всех желающих будет возможность посещать игры и поддерживать нас, ведь болельщики – это очень важная часть клуба. Будем стараться радовать их в каждом матче! До встречи на Арене.😉 ⠀ Подробнее читайте по ссылке в описании профиля 👉 @bc_enisey ⠀ #бкенисей

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19 August 2020

18 August 2020

18 August 2020

18/08/2020 17:18

Szymon Walczak signs with Spojnia Stargard

Rookie Szymon Walczak has been signed to a deal for the season by Spojnia Stargard.
The player passed the tryout period.
Szymon Walczak spent his NCAA career in Adam State averaging 9.5ppg and 4.7rpg as a senior.

18 August 2020

18/08/2020 17:10

Stanton Kidd joins Ormanspor

Ormanspor announced the signing of Stanton Kidd.
The former Jazz player returns to Turkey where he has already played with Darussafaka.
Kidd comes from Melbourne United where he averaged 8.9ppg.

18 August 2020