Future still in the EuroLeague for Mike Dam. According to Moses, the former Derthona player has an agreement with Crvena Zvezda.
Mike Daum played 20 games with Efes after his farewell to Italy, 9.4 points and 2.2 rebounds his average in EuroLeague in 11 games.
I’m told Mike Daum to Crvena Zvezda is done deal ✅
— Moses 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 (@MosesB1) June 8, 2024
According to Superbasket, Bertram Derthona has reached an agreement with Tommy Kuhse, a 26-year-old point guard coming off a great season in Germany.
After a rookie year spent between G League and a brief stint with Ludwisburg, the Saint Mary’s product has signed with Rasta Vechta.
In 39 games with the German team Kuhse averaged 18.6 points, 5.8 assists and 1.4 steals, shooting 45 percent from the field, 41 percent from beyond the arc and 84 percent from the Foul line.
Sasha Vezenkov has reportedly informed the Sacramento Kings that he wants to change teams, according to Eurohoops.
Mihalis Stefanou reveals that the player has not yet decided whether to return to Europe or look for another destination in the NBA.
Obviously in case of a return to Europe the Bulgarian player will attract the interest of major Euroleague teams.
Vezenkov last summer signed a three-year, $20 million deal, guaranteed in his first two seasons ($6,658,536 in 2024/25).
The forward ended his rookie year finding less space than expected in the Kings’ rotation, with 5.3 points and 2.3 rebounds in 12 minutes per game, sitting on the bench for 48 minutes on a few occasions.
Twist in the negotiation of Mike James’ contract extension with AS Monaco, that according to some media had been already signed.
According to Donatas Urbonas of Basketnews, however, the situation is quite different, so much that the player is reportedly considering leaving the Principality’s club.
Despite a long negotiation, the parties have failed to reach an agreement, leading James to consider other options.
After winning Game 1 of the BetClic Elite final James told the media that he wants to try again to win the Euroleague with coach Obradovic.
“This is my third year in Monaco, and it would be nice to continue here to win the EuroLeague with him (Obradovic)”.
Crvena Zvedza announced the arrival of Uros Plavsic on a 3-year deal.
After 4 years in NCAA with Tennessee, the Serbian center returned to Europe last season to wear the KK Mega jersey (15.2 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 65% FG, 63% FT in ABA Liga).
Plavsic is the first summer addition to the Serbian team.
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Valencia is undergoing a major roster rebuild despite not being assured of playing in the upcoming Euroleague.
Among the players on the club’s notebook is Azuolas Tubelis, a 22-year-old forward out of Arizona who won the MVP of the Lithuanian league this year thanks to the over 17 points and 7 rebounds per game he produced for Neptunas. The news was reported by Tolis Kotzias.
According to Deportes COPE Valencia – Valencia for the frontcourt is also following Neal Sako, a 25-year-old center with 11.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game between BetClic Elite and BCL with the Cholet jersey.
In recent days the Spanish club announced the departures of Inglis and Robertson.
Mike James has signed a three-year extension worth a total of 9 million euros with AS Monaco, BeBasket reports.
The point guard, who got a substantial raise from the 2 million in his previous deal, will thus remain with the Principality’s team until 2027.
James and his teammates are playing in the BetClic Elite Finals against Paris Basketball (1-1 after the first two games).
The MVP of the last Euroleague next season will play again with Nick Calathes, one of the signings already finalized by AS Monaco.
According to Telesport.rs, Daniel Theis is on the notebook of several Euroleague teams, including Panathinaikos, Barcelona and Fenerbahce.
The German center ended the season with the Clippers (6.3 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 0.8 BPG).
Theis could consider returning to Europe should he not receive any offers in the upcoming NBA Free Agency.
Barcelona has announced the departure of coach Roger Grimau.
The coach had a deal that tied him to the Blaugrana until June 30, 2025.
Grimau leaves the Barça bench with a total of 53 wins in 84 games between Endesa League (39), Euroleague (39), Copa del Rey (3), Super Cup (1) and Catalan League (2).
Nikola Kalinic will play for Red Star next season. According to Encestando, the deal is on a three-year basis.
The Serbian forward, who has already played in 2014-2015 and 2021-2022 in Serbia, has produced 7.3 points and 3.7 rebounds on average this EuroLeague season.
According to Sportando, Olimpia Milano has never been on the player.
Oscar Da Silva will leave Barcelona to sign with Bayern Munich in Germany. The news, anticipated some time ago by BIG, is confirmed by Encestando today: a two-year agreement has been reached.
The Munich-born centre forward produced an average of 3.4 points in the EuroLeague with 2.8 rebounds this season.
Mario Hezonja and Real Madrid are very close to an agreement, according to a report by Spanish journalist Ramon Alvarez de Mon.
The Croatian forward before the Final Four had expressed his desire to continue defending the Blancos’ colors.
Hezonja and Real Madrid from Saturday, June 8, will compete in the Endesa League Finals against the surprising Murcia.
🚨 La negociación entre el Real Madrid y Hezonja está muy cerca de concretarse positivamente. Mario está muy cerca de seguir en el Madrid, aunque aún no está 100% cerrado. pic.twitter.com/Ne7LMTgO9x
— Ramón Álvarez de Mon (@Ramon_AlvarezMM) June 6, 2024
Real Madrid, seeing problems in the talks with Lorenzo Brown, has decided to focus on Dominican Andres Feliz to strengthen the backcourt.
The Blancos will pay 500,000 euros to get the point guard out of his contract with Joventut Badalona.
Feliz, who will sign a 2+1 deal, has produced averages of 14.8 points (49% FG, 34% 3P, 79% FT), 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game this year between ACB and Eurocup.
The news was reported by some Spanish media, including Encestando.
Mauro Ferrari, Pallacanestro Brescia’s number one, was a guest on ‘Basket Time 2.0’, the programme hosted by Cristiano Tognoli. Here are some of his statements transcribed by Bresciacanestro.
ON ALESSANDRO MAGRO
“I wish Alessandro all the best, if one day a request arrives and he has to go, it means that the society’s task has been accomplished, we have created something important, an important coach who will make basketball at the highest level, we have done what we had to do.
ON EUROPEAN CUPS
“Certainly the Eurocup discourse is still open, but right now I have to understand the comparison with the coach, understand the availability of money, it’s great to go around Europe, but I have to think about the families who come to see us, the project is social to all intents and purposes, we want to give fun and excitement.
ON THE MARKET
“If we analyse our 10 players there is a need to roll up our sleeves in the coming weeks, cycles unfortunately begin and end, there will not be many of us left next year who will be in the market. I still don’t accept that the agent has to take 10% of Massinburg’s salary, which will be $500,000. What has his manager done to deserve it?”.
Codi Miller-McIntyre is close to a two-year deal with Crvena Zvezda, according to BasketNews sources. Despite a renegotiation attempt by Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, the player has decided to take advantage of a buyout clause for the transfer.
Miller-McIntyre impressed in the 2023-24 season, becoming the third player in the modern EuroLeague to record a triple-double, and being named the best rookie of the season.
The Ryukyu Golden Kings have announced that Alex Kirk will remain on the roster for the 2024-25 season.
The 32-year-old center, who has been playing in Japan since 2018, signed a one-year contract.
Last year, his first with the Golden Kings, Kirk produced averages of 7.3 points and 5.5 rebounds in 19 minutes per game.
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— 琉球ゴールデンキングス公式 (@RyukyuKings) June 4, 2024
James Palmer Jr. has reached an agreement with Galatasaray fot the upcoming season, Eurohoops reports.
The Nebraska product spent last year with Turk Telekom, averaging 14.6 points (43% from long range), 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game between BSL and Eurocup.
Turk Telekom Ankara announced the return of coach Erdem Can to the bench and the signing of Anthony Brown.
The Turkish coach returns to the bench of the club he reached the Eurocup final with in the 2022-23 season.
The forward spent one season in Turkey with Bursaspor averaging 16.4 points (48% FG, 41% 3P, 84% FT), 5.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game between BSL and BCL.
Anthony Brown Türk Telekom’da ✍👏
Geçtiğimiz sezonu Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım takımıyla başarıyla geçiren Anthony Brown’u renklerimize bağladık. Welcome to family, Anthony Brown.🔥 pic.twitter.com/YCCvxioDOg
— Türk Telekom Basketbol (@TT_Basketbol) June 5, 2024
Rokas Giedraitis has signed a two-year extension with Crvena Zvedza, as announced by the Serbian club.
The Lithuanian forward concluded his first season in Serbia with 10 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in Euroleague.
Contract extension! 🔒
Rokas Giedraitis will stay with red and whites for 2 more seasons! 🔴⚪️
Košarkaš Crvene zvezde Meridianbet Rokas Giedraitis produžio je vernost crveno-belima na još dve sezone!#kkcz #WeAreTheTeam #CrvenoBelaPorodica pic.twitter.com/OV6vaFhe4t
— KK Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (@kkcrvenazvezda) June 5, 2024
Olimpia Milano coach Ettore Messina gave a long interview to La Gazzetta dello Sport. Here are some passages.
ON SHIELDS’ CONDITION
‘A little bit better than in Brescia, he’s only partly training with the team after a series of days of rest and therapy. We’ll have to manage his minutes’.
ON BILLY BARON
‘Yes, at the beginning of the playoffs we had thought about a set-up with an extra guard, deciding to sacrifice Voigtmann and play with Ricci as a power forward. In this sense we tried with Baron who was injured again. Will he return? No, it’s a bad season for Billy. And consequently also for us’.
ON NICOLO’ MELLI’S FUTURE
‘Since the end of October both he and his agency have been informed that the will of the ownership, the club and the coach is that he stays. This will is unchanged. I hope there will be no difficulties’.
ON THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF THE FINALS ON THE FUTURE
‘The moment you start thinking about that, you risk affecting the way you play. We only think about getting on the court’.
Casademont Zaragoza announced the departure of Mark Smith.
The 24-year-old guard produced averages of 13 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game between ACB and FIBA Europe Cup.
Mark Smith y Casademont Zaragoza separan sus caminos
🔗 https://t.co/7JrkGyoJHy pic.twitter.com/82Be2gkLBT
— Casademont Zaragoza (@casademontBZ) June 4, 2024
Orazio Cauchi of Basketnews talks about two players who just finished the 2023/24 season with Reyer Venezia, Aamir Simms and Rayvon Tucker, both attracting interest from Euroleague teams.
On Simms, 10.5 points (50% FG, 40% 3P, 79% FT) and 4.6 rebounds per game in LBA, there is reportedly a strong interest from Valencia.
The Spanish team has been working on next season for some time despite the uncertainty between Euroleague and Eurocup.
Tucker in his European debut showed high-level physical and athletic gifts, which helped him produce 14.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists on average between LBA and Eurocup. Several Euroleague clubs have already inquired about him, but the 26-year-old outside forward is not expected to make any commitments before the start of the NBA Summer League.
Tucker played 39 games in the NBA between 2019 and 2022.
Isaiah Canaan could play in Belgrade next season. According to Shot Vetakis, a deal is on the way with Crvena Zvezda.
The Olympiacos guard averaged 11.1 points this season in the EuroLeague with 42.5 per cent from 3. He will be a free agent at the end of the season.
The player had also been approached by Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna.
🚨O Isaiah Canaan το πιθανότερο είναι να παραμείνει Ερυθρόλευκος! Θα «βομβαρδίζει» 3π όμως στο Βελιγράδι.
Η Crvena Zvezda είναι front runner στη διεκδίκηση του 33χρονου SG,που έχει προσελκύσει ενδιαφέρον κι από την Ιταλία.#olympiacosbc #paobc #redstar #euroleague #virtus #armani pic.twitter.com/oYsWVYLAqv— Sh⭕t Vetakis (@TheShot71) June 4, 2024
Pistoia Basket 2000 one step away from a new announcement: that of Karlis Silins. The Nation reports it.
The long Latvian has produced an average of 12.6 points, and 5.4 rebounds, in a Gottingen jersey in BBL.
Maccabi Tel Aviv has decided to extend the contract of Cuban centre Jasiel Rivero for another season.
Rivero has produced 7.6 points and 3.1 rebounds on average this season.
🚨🚨חסיאל ריברו צפוי להישאר לעונה נוספת במכבי ת״א!
הצהובים נוטים נכון לעכשיו להאריך את חוזהו של הסנטר הקובני לעונה נוספת
יש שביעות רצון בצוות המקצועי מהיכולת שלו, ובהתחשב בעובדה שלא צפוי קיץ פשוט לצהובים בעקבות המצב הביטחוני, יש רצון לשמור ככל הניתן על הסגל הנוכחי pic.twitter.com/6FjuHrix1H
— Arel Ginsber (@ArelGinsber8) June 3, 2024
Barça is not stopping at Juan Núñez and could add another Ratiopharm Ulm player to its squad for next season.
In addition to the young Spanish playmaker, the Blaugrana club is very interested in the 2.07-metre, 23-year-old American pivot Trevion Williams.
Barça’s contacts with Williams are well advanced and there is already a pre-agreement with the player, pending the final decision on the hiring of the new coach who will replace Roger Grimau.
Source: Mundo Deportivo, article by José Ignacio Huguet and Lucas Clemente.
After being eliminated in the Liga Endesa semifinals by Real Madrid, Barça has decided not to retain Roger Grimau as the head coach of their basketball team. The club is exploring the market for a replacement, with Xavi Pascual as the leading candidate. Pascual, who led Barça to the EuroLeague title in 2010, is currently without a contract after leaving Zenit St. Petersburg. However, his high salary poses a challenge unless President Joan Laporta provides additional budget support.
Other main candidates include Jaka Lakovic, currently coaching Gran Canaria, and Sergio Scariolo, the head coach of the Spanish national team. Lakovic is favored by the section head, Josep Cubells, while Navarro prefers Scariolo, who knows many of Barça’s current players well. Another option is Álex Mumbrú, available after his tenure with Valencia Basket, though his past with Real Madrid and Badalona could be an issue.
Other names like Dimitris Itoudis and Joan Peñarroya do not appear to be serious options at this time.
Barça, eliminated from the Liga Endesa title race, is already planning a significant team overhaul. One of the anticipated changes is the arrival of international point guard Juan Núñez, currently with Ratiopharm Ulm. Núñez, who turns 20 on Tuesday, is considered a creative and versatile player. He stepped up as Spain’s starting point guard at the 2023 World Cup, replacing Ricky Rubio, and performed admirably.
Núñez was once one of the top prospects in Real Madrid’s youth academy but left the club two years ago to seek more playing opportunities in Germany. Over the past two seasons with Ulm, he has averaged 9.4 points, 4.6 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game in the German league.
The agreement between Núñez and Barça has been in place for months. Real Madrid will not exercise their right to match any offer for the player. Additionally, his relationship with one of Juan Carlos Navarro’s daughters, the manager of Barça’s basketball team, has helped finalize the deal.
Previously, Núñez had been linked with Olimpia Milano, but his future now lies with Barça.
Virtus Bologna says it is surprised by the rumours surrounding Luca Banchi. The Tuscan coach was approached by Repubblica-Bologna to the bench of Baskonia, who recently said goodbye to Dusko Ivanovic.
The future of the Basque bench remains open. For some time, the name of Jaka Lakovic has been mentioned, a Slovenian who just returned from a good two-year period with Gran Canaria, including winning the last EuroCup.
According to Sportando, however, Vassilis Spanoulis, coach of the year in BCL with Peristeri, just eliminated by Olympiakos in the playoff semifinals, is also in the running.
Luca Baraldi, CEO of Virtus Bologna, gave a long interview to the Carlino in the week marking the start of the LBA Finals 2024. Here we focus on some aspects related to the market.
ON THE MARKET
‘We are always vigilant about the market, but at the moment we have stopped at hypotheses. Since I’ve been managing Virtus we’ve always spent the money we had in the till, so until the budget is decided precisely we won’t move. I would like to point out that this year’s team cost 20% less than the previous year’s and it is also for this reason that the results we have achieved are to be considered extraordinary’.
ON LUCA BANCHI
‘The coach has a contract with us and unless he comes and asks us to leave he will stay here. We have no reason to make a change as we are satisfied with his work. I was surprised to read of his departure, also because this is indeed a rumour that can annoy and that is only intended to destabilise us’.
