Bryce Cotton is close to becoming Australian citizen, a local source told Sportando.
The American guard has played in NBL with Perth Wildcats since 2016 with two experiences in Turkey (Efes) and Italy (Brescia).
Cotton averaged 22.9ppg last season in NBL.
Zach Hankins announced that he will not join Galatasaray.
The big man signed with the Turkish powerhouse this summer but the two sides have already agreed to part ways.
— Zach Hankins (@hankymckspanky) August 21, 2020
Hamburg Towers announced the signing of Terry Allen.
The American remains in Germany after his season in Gottingen where he averaged 10.7ppg and 3.7rpg.
Fonte: Hamburg Towers.
Osaka Evessa announced the signing of DJ Newbill.
The American joins the Japanese team after two years in Australia with Cairns Taipans.
“I’m excited to join this storied organization. I have heard great things about the club and the city. I’m looking forward to meeting the fans and getting to know the community. I’m anxious to get on the court and to start working with the coaching staff, and to begin practicing with my new teammates. Our goal is to bring a championship to Osaka EVESSA! See you soon!” he said.
Fonte: Osaka Evessa.
Kolossos Rhodes announced the signing of Vassilis Xanthopoulos.
The player comes from Peristeri.
Pavel Pumprla signed with Slavia Prague.
The captain of Czech Republic National Team moves to Slavia after four seasons with CEZ Nymburk.
Congrats to the National Team Captain Pavel Pumprla @pampeX6 to signing with Slavia Prague @slaviaofficial #octagonfamily #ppg pic.twitter.com/VTIlzvaT5k
— Phillip Parun (@PhillipParunOCT) August 20, 2020
Casademont Zaragoza announced the signing of Aleix Font.
The Spanish player penned a four-year deal.
OFICIAL | Aleix Font (@Font_Aleix) firma con #CasademontZaragoza por las cuatro próximas temporadas#LigaEndesa #BasketballCL | #MásUnidosQueNunca🦁
— Casademont Zaragoza (@BasketZaragoza) August 21, 2020
Ante Zizic will arrive in Israel on Wednesday as reported by Eli Sahar.
Former Cavs will inks with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
לפי @eli_sahar ב-@IsraelHayomHeb אנטה זיזיץ’ ינחת ביום רביעי בישראל ויוצג רשמית במכבי תל אביב
— Yakov Meir (@yakovmeir1) August 21, 2020
Slovenian forward Martin Krampelj has signed with GTK Gliwice, a club announced on their website. Creighton alumni played for Cedevita Olimpija and Andorra last season.
Fonte: GTK Gliwice.
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.
Five-star prospect Paolo Banchero announced that he will play for Duke Blue Devils in 2021-2022.
The big who recently got the Italian passport will play for coach K. in NCAA.
End Of The Beginning…COMMITTED💙😈 pic.twitter.com/Jrr1rMy5zB
— Paolo (Paul-Oh)🇮🇹 (@Pp_doesit) August 20, 2020
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.
Omar Prewitt is a new player of ERA Nymburk.
The forward spent last season with Teksut Bandirma, averaging 13 points per game in BCL.
Welcome @OBoom_4 . https://t.co/a6WrHGEYVa pic.twitter.com/1XRGnxsgri
— ERA Basketball Nymburk (@basketnymburk) August 18, 2020
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
OFICIAL | Sagaba Konate (@Sagaba50) cierra la pintura de #CasademontZaragoza #LigaEndesa #BasketballCL | #MásUnidosQueNunca🦁
— Casademont Zaragoza (@BasketZaragoza) August 20, 2020
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.
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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Rok Stipcevic is a new player of Krka Novo Mesto.
The veteran guard will replace Jairus Lyles, who did not travel to Novo Mesto for family reasons.
Last season he played for Fortitudo Bologna, where he averaged 3.5 points and 1.7 assist per game.
Rok, dobrodošel! https://t.co/ND3DSeGcRN
— KK Krka Novo mesto (@bckrka) August 20, 2020
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.
🇺🇲 Adam Kemp naszym środkowym w sezonie 20/21❗
Amerykański center to zawodnik mający doświadczenie na parkietach @PLKpl. W minionych dwóch latach występował kolejno w @skssportowasa (9.7p, 8.3zb, 1,7b) oraz w @EneaAstoria (10.6p, 7.1zb, 1.6b).
Pora na debiut w @BasketballCL 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Xa1iV66I4T
— MKS Start Lublin (@StartLublin) August 20, 2020
Jonathan Stark will continue his career in Germany. The American player penned a deal with Giessen 46ers.
Stark spent the past seasons with Iowa Wolves
Fonte: Giessen 46ers.
GTK Gliwice announced the signing of Martin Krampelj.
The PF/C spent his rookie season as a pro between Andorra and Ljubljana.
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Nowym zawodnikiem GTK Gliwice został 🇸🇮 Martin Krampelj. Mierzący 2⃣0⃣6⃣ cm wzrostu zawodnik występuje na pozycji silnego skrzydłowego lub środkowego.
Więcej⬇https://t.co/akYCQPRrQ2#plkpl #TeamGTK2_0 pic.twitter.com/u5AJtKhk5z
— GTK Gliwice (@GTKGliwice) August 20, 2020
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
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Buyukcekmece announced three more signings for next season.
The trio are: Enes Berkay, Omer Utku and Matt Farrell.
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Türk Telekom'dan şutör guard Enes Berkay Taşkıran'ı, Beşiktaş'tan guard Ömer Utku Al'ı ve NBA G Lig takımlarından Northern Arizona Suns'dan guard Matt Farrell'ı 1 seneliğine kadromuza kattık. Oyuncularımıza başarılar diliyoruz.
⠀— BüyükçekmeceBsk (@BuyukcekmeceBK) August 20, 2020
Arca Tuluoglu has extended his contract with Pinar Karsiyaka.
The Turkish player signed for two seasons.
Fonte: Pinar Karsiyaka.
Ariel Filloy is officially a new player of VL Pesaro.
The Argentinean-Italian point guard penned a deal for the season.
Filloy spent last season with Reyer Venezia.
Bayern Munich and Petteri Koponen are expected to part ways.
The Finnish guard is not in the plans of the German powerhouse and the two sides are negotiating a buyout.
“He’s not part of our plans for next season” sports director Daniele Baiesi told Robert Heusel.
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.
Virtus Roma announced the signing of Ygor Biordi.
The big man comes from Italian Serie B and will make his debut in Serie A.
Buyukcekmece announced the re-signing of three players.
The trio are: Osiris Eldridge, Mert Celep e Cengizhan Ivedi.
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Mert Celep, Cengizhan İvedi ve Osiris Eldridge yuvada kaldı..
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2019-20 sezonunda kadromuzda bulunan Mert Celep, Cengizhan İvedi ve Osiris Eldridge ile yeni sezonda da takımımızda.— BüyükçekmeceBsk (@BuyukcekmeceBK) August 19, 2020
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).
Hapoel Tel Aviv announced the signing of Jonathan Mor.
The big comes from Maccabi Haifa where he averaged 6.8ppg and 2.8rpg.
מועדון הכדורסל הפועל SP מצר ת''א שמח להודיע על צירופו של יונתן מור (25, 2.05) שילבש בעונה הבאה את המדים האדומים.
יונתן חוזר להפועל לאחר שהיה חלק מהקבוצה בין השנים 2013-2015, ובשנים האחרונות שיחק בין השאר בהפועל חולון ובני הרצליה pic.twitter.com/iWtWlutEka
— Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) August 19, 2020