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Barcelona, Real Madrid among teams interested in Nikola Jovic

At the age of 18, Nikola Jovic is already on the notebooks of the main European teams

The big man of KK Mega Bemax, who averaged over 29 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament last March, has already made a name for himself in ABA Liga.

According to MozzarSport, the teams interested in signing him include KK Crvena Zvedza, KK Partizan, Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Mangok Mathiang extends with KK Cedevita

KK Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Mangok Mathiang have agreed to extend their cooperation.
Mathiang will stay in Ljubljana at least until the end of the 2021/22 season.
This year the big man out of Louisville remained out of action due to a leg injury.
Mathiang averaged 12.7 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.1 steals in the 2019/20 season in BSL with Bahçeşehir.

Dolomiti Energia Trentino: coach Lele Molin signs four-year extension

Dolomiti Energia Trentino head coach Lele Molin has signed a contract extension until 2025, the italian team announced.

Molin  became head coach of the team on January 31, 2021.

Zalgiris Kaunas reportedly interested in Daulton Hommes, Niels Giffey

Zalgiris Kaunas is already working to build the roster they will face next season.

According to Donatas Urbonas, the Lithuanian team would have targeted Daulton Hommes and Niels Giffey.

Hommes had an excellent debut season in Europe, with 16.3 points (47% FG, 42% 3P, 86% FT) and 4.6 rebounds per game for Vanoli Cremona.
Giffey has been playing with ALBA Berlin since the 2014/15 season, this year he recorded averages of 8 points (48% FG, 42% 3P, 79% FT), 2.8 rebounds and 1.4 assist in Euroleague.

Baskonia reportedly interested in Marco Spissu

According to the Italian newspaper L’Unione Sarda, Baskonia would again be interested in a Dinamo Sassari player, two years after Achille Polonara.

Marco Spissu, point guard and leader of the team led by Pozzecco, would have ended up in the notebook of the Spanish team.

This year Spissu recorded averages of 12.6 points, 5.8 assists and 1.3 steals between LBA and BCL, shooting with 44% both from the field and from long range, and 92% from the line.

Rapper J. Cole finishes Africa League stint

Rapper J. Cole of the Rwanda Patriots BBC has completed his contractual obligation to the Basketball Africa League and has departed from Rwanda due to a “family obligation,” a source told ESPN’s The Undefeated. BBC first reported about the rapper leaving the league.

Jermaine Cole had five points, three assists and five rebounds in 45 minutes of three preliminary games. The expectation was that the Grammy Award winning rapper would play in three to six games. The Patriots BBC play Mozambique’s Ferroviario de Maputo in the playoff quarterfinals on Thursday.

Real Madrid reportedly close to Guerschon Yabusele

Guerschon Yabusele may continue his career in Spain with Real Madrid.
The French forward is playing with Asvel this season.
His first goal will be to return to the NBA where he has already played with the Boston Celtics.
But without an offer from overseas, he will be ready to join the Spanish powerhouse.

Source: Partizan Belgrade made an offer to Jordan Floyd

Partizan Belgrade made an offer to Serie A2 top scorer Jordan Floyd.

Former King averaged 23.7 points and 5.3 assists with Orlandina in Italian Seconda Division.

The guard is also considering other offers.

Bnei Herzliya ink Storm Warren, Marlain Veal

Bnei Herzliya has announced the arrival of big man Storm Warren and point guard Marlain Veal.

The two athletes come from the second Israeli series, and will replace Terell Parks and Abdul Gaddy, who left the team to return to America.
 

 

Germani Brescia re-signs Salvatore Parrillo

Germani Brescia announced that Salvatore Parrillo will be part of the team also in the 2021-2022 season.

This year Parrillo played 16 games in LBA and 9 in Eurocup.

 

William Mosley leaves Partizan for personal reasons

Partizan Belgrade granted William Mosley’s request to return to the United States for personal reasons, reports MozzartSport.

Mosley is in his third season with Partizan and will miss the upcoming best-of-three series against Mladost Maxbet for Serbian Playoffs Quarterfinals

Lahti Basketball signs rookie Chris Clarke

Lahti Basketball announced the arrival of Chris Clarke.
The rookie forward ended his senior year at Texas Tech with 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.

Kris Richard joins SIG Strasbourg

SIG Strasbourg announced the signing of Kris Richard.

The US guard with Romanian passport will replace the injured Brandon Jefferson.

Richard comes from Stelmet Zielona Gora, where he was averaging over 11 points and 3 assists between the VTB League and the Polish League.

Strasbourg sporting director Nicola Alberani : “ We were facing a difficult situation because it is impossible to find another Brandon Jefferson. Brandon was playing the best basketball of his career and we all hope he will come back soon. We are happy to welcome an experienced and hard playing player like Kris. He comes with a lot of enthusiasm and I think he can help the team without needing a lot of adjustment time, because he knows the game and what to do to be efficient ”

Michal Sokolowski joins Hapoel Holon

Michał Sokołowski will finish the season in Israel with Hapoel Holon.
The Polish guard has played with Treviso averaging 13.3ppg, 4.3rpg and 2.5apg.

OGM Ormanspor: Volkan Başaran is the new head coach

OGM Ormanspor announced that Volkan Basaran is the new head coach.

Basaran, who has previously worked with the Turkish club, has signed a one-year contract.

 

Kenny Hayes signs with Le Mans

Le Mans signed Kenny Hayes until the end of the season.
The guard will replace the injured Egidijus Mockevicius.
Hayes played 11 BSL games for Royal Hali Gaziantep this year, averaging 15.8 points and 4 assists.

Ivica Radic joins Unieuro Forlì

Ivica Radic is a new player of Unieuro Forlì, the italian team announced.

The big man signed a contract until the end of the season.

Radic comes from Acqua San Bernardo Cantù, where he averaged 6.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in 6 games.

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