Former NC State guard Terry Henderson has signed with GTK Gliwice of the Polish Energa Basket Liga, the team announced.
Last season, Henderson played 10 games for the Greensboro Swarm in the NBA G League.
Fonte: GTK Gliwice.
Galatasaray officially signed head coach Ertugrul Erdogan to a 1+1 contract extension, the team announced.
Erdogan had drawn interest from EuroLeague clubs Fenerbahce and Zalgiris, but he will finally stay with Galatasaray.
Fonte: Galatasaray.
Emir Sulejmanović has signed a 2+1 deal with Iberostar Tenerife, a club announced on their website.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina born forward played for RETAbet Bilbao Basket last season, averaging 6,8 points and 5,4 rebounds per game in Liga Endesa.
Fonte: Iberostar Tenerife website.
Former North Dakota point guard Quinton Hooker announced he has signed with Syntainics MBC of the German Bundesliga.
Hooker played for Falco KC last season, averaging 8.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game in the Hungarian A-Division and Basketball Champions League.
Fonte: Quinton Hooker Twitter.
Terik Bridgeman has signed a contract with Anadolu Basket Ankara of the Turkish TBL, a source told Sportando.
Bridgeman, a forward from D3 school William Paterson, spent the 2019-20 season in Kosovo’s Superliga and averaged 19 points and almost 10 rebounds per game for KB Bashkimi.
Latvian point guard Toms Leimanis has signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB League. He spent this past season in Spain’s LEB Oro with Valladolid.
Former Middle Tennessee State guard Bruce Massey has signed with BC Kyiv in Ukraine’s Superleague, the team announced.
Massey is returning to Ukraine where he has already spent the past two seasons with BC Odessa.
Fonte: BC Kyiv.
Jon Axel Gudmundsson has reached an agreement with the Fraport Skyliners of the German Bundesliga, according to Robert Heusel of BIG Deutschland.
Gudmundsson is returning to Europe after a 4-year college career at Davidson. He averaged 14.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in his senior year.
Fonte: Robert Heusel.
Dolomiti Energia Trento made official the signing of Gary Browne.
The point guard comes from Darussafaka where he averaged 11 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists in EuroCup.
Fonte: Aquila Basket Trento.
As previously reported, American guard Jairus Lyles will continue his career at Krka Novo mesto, a club announced on their website. Lyles spent his first year abroad in Germany, where he wore the jerseys of MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg and Löwen Braunschweig.
Fonte: Krka website.
Olivier Hanlan has parted ways with iraklis, a source told Sportando. The Greek league all star guard who averaged 17ppg last season is now a free agent.
Hanlan has played in Europe with Zalgiris, Le Mans and Bonn before moving to Iraklis last summer.
Lorenzo Brown is officially a new player of Fenerbahce.
The guard penned a one-year deal with the Turkish powerhouse.
Brown comes from KK Crvena Zvezda.
Welcome to 💛💙 family Lorenzo! pic.twitter.com/UI8DHcz9oH
— Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) July 14, 2020
Young swingman Rok Radović will play for Cedevita Olimpija next season, a club announced on their website. Radović joined Zagreb’s based Cedevita (now called Cedevita Junior) few seasons ago and spent first few months of the previous season on a loan at OKK Beograd.
Slovenian later joined Olimpija for second part of Slovenian championship, but was managed to log just one appearance before the competition was cancelled because of the coronvirus outbreak.
Fonte: Cedevita Olimpija website.
Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora announced the re-signing of Marcel Ponitka.
The best defender of PLK season averaged 7.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the Polish league.
The Polish team also announced the signing of Daniel Szymkiewicz. He comes from BM Slam Stal Ostrow where he posted 10.5 points per game.
Fonte: PLK.
WKS Slask Wroclaw announced the signing of Garrett Nevels.
The guard spent last season with Agua Caliente Clippers averaging 5.3ppg and 3.4rpg in G League.
Fonte: PLK.
Patrik Auda terminated his contract with Boulazac, the French club announced.
Auda is free agent while Boulazac is on the market for a replacement of the Czech forward.
❌❌ Patrik Auda rompt son contrat avec le BBD et ne sera donc pas Boulazacois la saison prochaine…Le BBD se met à la recherche de son remplaçant #GoBBD #LNB #jeepelite pic.twitter.com/Wf0nQbH3m6
— BoulazacBasketD (@BoulazacBasketD) July 14, 2020
Anadolu Efes Istanbul announced the contract extension of Sertac Sanli.
The Turkish player averaged 7.8ppg and 4.7rpg in BSL and 6.9ppg and 2.2rpg in EuroLeague.
Sanli penned a 1+1 deal.
📢 @SanliSertac ile 1+1 yıl daha beraberiz! 👏 #BenimYerimBurası
Sertaç'ın müthiş mücadelesine Sinan Erdem'de şahit olmak istiyorsan hemen 2020-21 sezonu kombineni al!
🎟️ https://t.co/LU9yi6RcGz https://t.co/qSsJpsmKrt pic.twitter.com/Q161fXQmLk
— Anadolu Efes SK (@AnadoluEfesSK) July 14, 2020
Gaziantep made official the signing of Mouhammadou Jaiteh for next season.
The French big man comes from Avtodor Saratov where he averaged 13.4ppg and 9.9rpg in VTB League.
The Turkish team also announced that captain Can Ugur Ogut signed a 1+1 contract extension.
Fonte: Gaziantep.
Tofas Bursa made official the signing of Jeremy Simmons.
The big man comes from Varese where he averaged 10.4 points and 9.2 rebounds in Serie A this past season.
Fonte: Tofas Bursa.
Lorenzo Brown will be the starting point guard of Fenerbahce, a source told Sportando.-
The American was on Fenerbahce’s radars since days but in the first moment the two sides were not able to reach an agreement.
After days of negotiations, the team has been reached and Brown is ready to join the BSL and EuroLeague powerhouse.
Brown is moving to Istanbul after a strong season in Serbia with KK Crvena Zvezda where he averaged 12.3ppg, 3.3rpg and 4.6apg in EuroLeague and 10.ppg, 2.7rpg and 6.3apg in ABA Liga.
London Lions Captain, Joe Ikhinmwin makes it eight straight seasons after the club confirms his return once more for the 2020-21 season.
Joe has been a fan favourite since joining the Lions in 2013 and has been an ever present at the Copper Box Arena. The Captain has delivered a two Playoff Finals, a BBL Cup and the Club’s first ever League Championship in 2019.
An improved three-point percentage to 42% and 15 minutes a game saw the Lions stalwart play a stellar role in blending the many offensive and defensive talents the team had this past season. Playing in several roles he excelled in coming on and creating a change in energy.
The Lions Captain had this to say, “It’s a great feeling to be part of this new era the Lions are going into: I’m grateful to the club & fans for continuing to support my dream, many sacrifices have been made to get us here and they were all worth it! “
Lion’s Head Coach, Vince Macaulay commented on the London-born forward, “I think Joe has created a special BBL career, he brings special qualities on and off the floor, he understands what it means to play in London as a Londoner, walking the walk every time. Joe works hard with his team mates to drive that ethos, on the floor he will do whatever is necessary in any position to help us win, most importantly the fans know he gives all to the cause.”
Ikhinmwin spent four years at South Carolina State University where he averaged six points and three boards in his final two years before graduating in 2012.
A season with the Newcastle Eagles in 2012, then saw him sign for his hometown club. Joe was delighted to not only be back but to help get the club to silverware. “It’s a great honour to be returning to the Lions for my 6th season with the club. We did well last season despite setbacks along the way, but we fell one short on our aims, this year we will do whatever it takes to get over the line and I can’t wait to get started”.
Ikhinmwin has a media presence and helps in raising awareness and promoting basketball to the next generation of athletes .
Fans will get to see the team for the first time on the 15th of September, opponents, yet to be decided as the Basketball Champions League draw takes place this Wednesday the 15th of July, live at 10am on our facebook page.
Tickets and details of television coverage will come out nearer the date as we follow Government guidelines on indoor sports.
Fonte: London Lions.
RETABet Bilbao announced the re-signing of Tomeu Rigo.
The 23-year old has played 23 games this past season.
Fonte: Bilbao Basket.
CB Gran Canaria has officially matched the proposal made by Joventut Badalona for Jacob Wiley and will bring back the forward.
Wiley has spent the season in Greece with Panathinaikos.
He averaged 16,5 points and 5,2 rebounds for Gran Canaria in 2018-2019.
Fonte: CB Gran Canaria.
Estudiantes announced the signing of John Roberson.
The American guard comes from a season started in Australia and ended in Turkey with Galatasaray.
Fonte: Estudiantes.
Zalgiris fans will see yet another new face in green-and-white, as the Lithuanian champions have signed a one-year deal with French center Joffrey Lauvergne.
The 28-year-old has spent his last two seasons with Fenerbahce, and has also tried his hand in the NBA, where he represented the Denver Nuggets, Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs.
Before his run in the NBA, Lauvergne also played for Elan Chalon, Valencia Basket, Partizan Belgrade and Moscow Region Khimki
Last season, the 211 cm hooper averaged 6.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 13 minutes of action in the EuroLeague.
His stats were better in the Turkish league, as he dropped 10.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 22 minutes of playing time on a nightly basis
The newly minted Zalgiris man was also an important member of the French national team. He claimed a gold medal in EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia, and followed it up with bronze medals in the FIBA World Cup in 2014 and EuroBasket 2015.
Lauvergne becomes Zalgiris’ fourth addition of the off-season, as he joins Tomas Dimsa, Steve Vasturia and Marek Blazevic.
Fonte: Zalgiris Kaunas.
Real Betis reached an agreement in principle with Nick Kay, a club announced on their website. Australian power forward most recently played for Perth Wildcats.
He played in 34 NBL games last season, averaging 15,8 points and 7,9 rebounds per game.
Fonte: Real Betis website.
Power forward Gezim Morina will continue his career at Helios Suns, a club announced on their website. After 2017/18 season, he will again compete in ABA 2 league.
Morina played last season for Slovenian side Hopsi Polzela, where he averaged 11,7 points and 6,1 rebounds per game in First Slovenian league.
Fonte: Helios Suns website.
Brose Bamberg is signing Dominic Lockhart to a two-year deal.
German guard averaged 8.2 points this season with Goettingen in BBL.
Brose Bamberg is signing Dominic Lockhart to a two-year deal, a source told @Sportando.
Lockhart averaged 8.2ppg for Goettingen in Bundesliga— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 14, 2020
Zenit St. Petersburg targets Greg Monroe .
Bayern Munich forward is still exploring his NBA and overseas options but if he decides to sign back in Euroleague Zenit stands as one of the strongest contenders.
Zenit St. Petersburg is seriously considering to sign Greg Monroe. There are ongoing talks. The “Moose” is still exploring his NBA and overseas options. If he decides to sign back in Euroleague Zenit stands as one of the strongest contenders to lure him.
— Varlas Nikos (@nikosvarlas) July 14, 2020
Andrea Trinchieri is the new head coach of Bayern Munich .
German club will officially announce this week the hiring of Trinchieri.
Andrea Trinchieri won 3 BBL Championship with Bamberg.
Bayern Munich will officially announce this week the hiring of Andrea Trinchieri as head coach for next season, I am told.
Trinchieri returns to German Bundesliga after his experience with Partizan Belgrade— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 14, 2020