Unahotels Reggio Emilia has reached an agreement with Josh Bostic, according to La Gazzetta di Reggio.
The American will be back in Italy for the third time after having played in Serie A with Caserta and Sassari.
Bostic spent the past two seasons with Arka Gdynia averaging 20ppg, 5rpg and 3.3apg in PLK and 13ppg, 3.3rpg and 3apg in EuroCup in 2019-2020.
Brose Bamberg is interested in Norense Odiase, a source tells Sportando.
The big man spent his rookie season as a pro in G League with Northern Arizona Suns averaging 5.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
Odiase is a Texas Tech alum where he has played four years averaging 4.2ppg and 5.3rpg as a senior in 2018-2019.
The NZ Breakers have signed former Brisbane Bullets’ star Lamar Patterson to a one-year deal, further bolstering their already impressive roster for NBL21.
The 28-year-old Patterson earned himself All-NBL First Team honours in each of his two seasons in the league as a member of the Bullets.
Representatives of Patterson, who has played 40 NBA games, approached the Breakers last month after learning Scotty Hopson was still mulling over a contract sent to him in March.
“No club can ignore Lamar Patterson if he comes knocking because he’s a superstar in this league and statistically has been the best Small Forward in the NBL for the last two seasons,” said Breakers owner Matt Walsh.
“It’s evident after so much bad luck last season our fortunes have changed.”
Patterson suited up 40-times for the Atlanta Hawks over two seasons, playing an average of 10.9 minutes a game.
However, it is in the NBL he has shone, averaging 21 points, six rebounds, and 4.6 assists over 28 games for last season.
The American import set his season-high 36 points in 33 minutes against the Breakers in December, scoring double figures 27-times in 28 games.
Patterson scored 20 points or more 15-times during the season and 30 points or more 5-times. He also recorded three double-doubles.
“Lamar is a proven guy all over the world, and we had major issues trying to stop him when we played him,” said Breakers Head Coach Dan Shamir.
“We are incredibly happy about this pickup because we wanted a player who can do it all.
“Lamar Patterson and Scotty Hopson are similar players, both of them pick and roll with similar size.
“Lamar is slightly better in the low post, and is harder to stop around the rim. Hopson is a marginally better player on the open floor.
“The signing of Lamar means we now have one of the best starting units I’ve ever coached.”
In 2019, his first season with the Bullets, Patterson averaged 18.1 points 6.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists over 22 appearances, including hitting double figures in 21 of those games.
The acquisition of Patterson means the Breakers have now filled eight of the ten roster spots for NBL21.
NBL21 will see 10 man roster limits following the Covid pandemic with clubs only allowed to sign two imports this season – although a “Next Star” like RJ Hampton sits outside the roster.
Matt Walsh says the Breakers will be signing a “Next Star” for NBL21.
Lamar Patterson will arrive in Auckland in early October, with NBL21 expected to tip off around December 3.
Fonte: NBL.
Real Madrid is unwilling to let Nicolas Laprovittola leave the team to join Panathinaikos, according to George Zakkas of SDNA.
Spanish giant wants to confirm the Argentinian guard, under contract for next season, in lieu of Facundo Campazzo’s probable departure to the NBA. Panathinaikos will now expand its search for a new starting point guard.
Fonte: George Zakkas.
Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro, the organising body for Italian Serie A2 and Serie B (Italy’s 2nd and 3rd tier), will reportedly propose to Italian Basketball Federation a start on November 15 in order to minimise the number of games played behind closed doors, according to Superbasket.
Both leagues would be preceded by Supercup tournament, which would start on October 11 for Serie B and October 14 for Serie A2. LNP is reportedly expecting to play its leagues at reduced capacity later this fall, and full capacity by January 2021.
Fonte: Superbasket.
Luka Garza has withdrawn from the 2020 NBA Draft and will return to Iowa. “I love this place too much to leave it,” he said in a Sunday news conference.
Garza lost the two-man race for last season’s Wooden Award and will be a projected national player of the year in 2021. The center, who recently received an invite to the NBA combine, said he “felt strongly” he would have been drafted and said he had offers in Europe.
“It’s been really strange and difficult with COVID-19,” Garza said. “It added a lot of uncertainty. At the end of the day, I felt very confident that I wanted to come back and finish my career at the University of Iowa.”
Five-Star recruit Makur Maker will withdraw from the 2020 NBA Draft, as reported by Adam Zagoria.
Thon Maker’s cousin will attend Howard and is the highest-rated modern prospect to attend a historically black college or university.
Crailsheim has announced the signing of American guard Nimrod Hilliard IV, who completes the roster for next season.
Hilliard returns to the German side after having played there in 2016-17. He averaged 11.7 points and 4.7 assists per game for Bakken Bears last season.
Ilya Platonov signed a four-year contract with BC Nizhny Novgorod, as announced by the russian team.
The 22-year-old forward spent several years with Lokomotiv Kuban.
Zoran Lukic, head coach of BC “Nizhny Novgorod”:
– For several years, the coaching staff of Nizhny Novgorod followed Ilya. He is an athletic player who has a very good shot from long-range . Last season, he was unable to fully demonstrate his talent due to injury. I am sure that it will not affect his future career in any way, and he will continue to progress.
Ilya can play both in third and fourth positions . I hope that over time he will be able to replace Pavel Antipov. It is extremely important for me that Ilya sees Nizhny Novgorod as the next stage of his career.
“Нижний Новгород” подписал контракт с российским форвардом Ильей Платоновым (22 года, 201 см).
Срок действия контракта – до конца сезона 2023-2024.https://t.co/PrxE6lB4xE pic.twitter.com/LuZ5tPGq0Z— BC Nizhny Novgorod (@BC_NN) August 3, 2020
Giorgos Kamperidis signed a one-year contract with Paok BC, as announced by the greek team.
The twenty-year-old forward spent the past 3 seasons with Panionios.
Last year Kamperidis averaged 4.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in the top greek division.
Η ΚΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ ανακοινώνει την συμφωνία με τον καλαθοσφαιριστή Γιώργο Καμπερίδη, ο οποίος θα ενισχύσει την προσπάθεια της ομάδας μας για την αγωνιστική περίοδο 2020-2021.
🔗 https://t.co/AR2svrbya9 pic.twitter.com/lZ9qMQRKdN— PAOK BC (@PAOKbasketball) August 3, 2020
Iberostar Tenerife and Alberto Cabrera have reached an agreement to extend their relationship for two more seasons. The player, who had one more year of contract, will therefore continue to be linked to the Canarian entity until the end of the 22-23 course, and will start the preseason with the first team. The club studies a loan for the incoming campaign.
Last year the pointguard played just 6 games.
OFICIAL | El @IBEROSTAR Tenerife y @albercabrera98 amplían su vinculación ➡️ https://t.co/lBEgk27xbC
🔘El base comenzará la pretemporada con el primer equipo y el club estudia que salga cedido
💛🖤 #VamosCanarias pic.twitter.com/KjgAQwmp33
— Iberostar Tenerife (@CB1939Canarias) August 3, 2020
Nikola Jovanovic is close to join BC Igokea, Nova.rs reports.
The big man out of USC last year played 13 games for KK Crvena Zvedza, with averages of 2.9 points and 1.8 rebounds.
Fonte: Nova.rs.
Kenny Kadji is close to signing with Bursaspor, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
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Last year the Cameroonian big averaged over 10 points and 4 rebounds per game in ACB with Movistar Estudiantes.
Raz Adam signed a new two-year deal to remain with Hapoel Tel Aviv, the Israeli team announced.
Last season the twenty-year-old guard averaged 3.1 points over 10 games.
ממשיך באדום! מועדון הכדורסל הפועל SP מצר ת''א שמח להודיע כי הגארד הישראלי רז אדם חתם לשנתיים בקבוצה.
אדם, שהצטרף לקבוצה לאחר פגרת הקורונה, השתלב בצורה טובה במועדון והצוות המקצועי היה שבע רצון מהיכולת שהפגין. משחק השיא שלו היה בניצחון החוץ החשוב בב''ש בו קלע 11 נקודות. pic.twitter.com/xUfTUo5sDp
— Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) August 3, 2020
Karvel Anderson reached an agreement with Buyukcekmece, Levent Yavuz reports.
Last year Anderson averaged over 12 points per game in ACB, for Montakit Fuenlabrada.
💥ÖZEL: Büyükçekmece ayrıca iki numara pozisyonu için Amerikalı oyuncu Karvel Anderson ile anlaşma sağladı. ✍💯 pic.twitter.com/jtqc5su8vR
— Levent Yavuz (@Levent_yavuzz) August 3, 2020
Henk Norel announced his retirement.
The Dutch big man said that he doesn’t want another knee surgery after having five procedures during his career.
Norel joined Heroes Den Bosch last season and made the debut last January, 16 months after the surgery he had in September 2018.
“Heroes wanted to keep me. The club was willing to let me practice less and play fewer games. But I didn’t like that. That’s not fair, not to the club and not to myself. When I play basketball, I want to go for it, not just worry about my knees” Norel told BD. “Basketball has always been my life and it suddenly comes to an end. I will really continue to come to Heroes in De Maaspoort to watch games and soon play again at a lower level. I love this game too much for that. But active top sport, that’s over for me”.
Fonte: BD.
Ratiopharm Ulm announced the signings of John Petrucelli and Trey Landers.
Landers is a rookie out of Dayton while Petrucelli comes from Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Bursaspor thanked Chris Jones and announced that his contract has been bought out by Maccabi Tel Aviv. The point guard recently re-signed with Bursaspor but the Israeli champions decided to pen him to a contract using the EuroLeague clause he had in the contract.
Teşekkürler Chris Jones 💪🏀🐊 pic.twitter.com/U5SAuzPuqy
— Frutti Extra Bursaspor (@BsBasketbol) August 3, 2020
The Cairns Taipans have retained Nathan Jawai on a two-year deal. The agreement will see Jawai committed to his hometown team for at least seven years of his career that began as a Cairns Basketball junior recruited from Bamaga.
Jawai remains one of the most successful products of Far North Queensland and continues to be a dominant force in the NBL as one of Australia’s most experienced and credentialed big men. In 2019-20 Jawai suited up for every game to average 8.0 points and 3.4 rebounds, while leading the team as a player-voted co-captain.
Taipans Head Coach Mike Kelly acknowledged the special loyalty between Cairns and Jawai and said that it had been rewarding to see his development over the last few years.
“I love that Nate has continued to grow in all aspects of his game, and particularly in the way that he approaches his role.
“He’s got the ability to influence a game on the floor as well as off it, and his positive influence on the team has been really important,” said Kelly.
“We want to continue to build with him and he’s really bought into this group which has been fun to watch. He’s committed to this club and I’m excited to see him have another great season in orange.”
In December, Jawai will suit up for his fifth consecutive season for the Taipans – after originally signing for three years in 2016 and then a one-year contract in 2019.
The two-year deal will keep the Queensland State Government ambassador at home potentially for the remainder of his playing career, and Jawai said that it was his ambitions for the club and for his future that were the main factors in re-signing.
“Last year was obviously really fun and really enjoyable to be part of. We have a really unique group, the chemistry was undeniable and playing under Coach Kelly just continues to get better,” said Jawai.
“I want to win a Championship for Cairns and we know last season we weren’t too far off. Now we are all just really, really motivated.”
“I owe a lot to this community and to basketball, and that is something I’ve been reflecting about a lot during this extended off-season.
“The club and I have been working on something behind-the-scenes that I cannot wait to reveal, and I’m really looking forward to what the future holds.”
Fonte: Cairns Taipans.
Vlado Jankovic penned a contract extension with AEK Athens. The experienced player signed till 2022.
Czech big man Patrik Auda will continue his career in Japan with Yokohama B-Corsairs, as reported by Sud Ouest. The player was expected to play with Boulazac next season but he opted out of the deal to sign in Japan.
Fonte: Sud Ouest.
Anthony Gill won’t remain with Khimki Moscow. The American forward has left the Russian team upon expiration of his contract.
D’Angelo Harrison is officially a new player of Happy Casa Brindisi. The guard started the season with Le Portel before moving to Maccabi Rishon Lezion in Israel where he averaged 24.8ppg.
Bayern Munich announced the signing of Nick Weiler-Babb for the next two seasons.
The combo guard moves to the Bavarian powerhouse after a season with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg where he averaged 13.3ppg, 5rpg and 2.6apg.
Fonte: Bayern Munich.
Baden Jaxen is a new player of BC Odessa.
The American spent last season and half with Samara winning the Superleague title in 2020.
King Wilki Morskie made official the signing of Kasey Hill.
The point guard joins the top Polish league after a season in German Pro A with Eisbaren-Bremerhaven.
Fonte: King Wilki Morskie.
GTK Gliwice is close to signing Josh Perkins, a source tells Sportando.
Gonzaga alum spent his rookie season as a pro in G League with Greensboro Swarm and Texas Legends.
Perkins had 4ppg with Swarn and
5.7ppg with Legends.
Veteran guard Bryce Taylor is reportedly signing with the Hamburg Towers in Germany’s Bundesliga.
Taylor spent the last two seasons with Brose Bamberg.
Fonte: Robert Heusel.
American guard John Petrucelli has agreed to terms with Ratiopharm Ulm of the German BBL and EuroCup, a source told Sportando.
Petrucelli spent last season with Hapoel Beer Sheva in Israel, averaging 13 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals.
Former Buffalo swingman Jeremy Harris has signed with Boras Basket in Sweden, the team announced.
Harris played nine games in Hungary in his rookie season, averaging 6.8 points for Atomeromu SE.
Fonte: Boras Basket.