According to Eurohoops, Panathinaikos is making an aggressive push for Nicolas Laprovittola and is in talks for the return of Zach Auguste.
Argentinian guard is under contract with Real Madrid for next season but can part ways in case of an offer from a Euroleague club. Former Galatasaray center, instead, is a free agent after two seasons in Turkey. Auguste is also in possession of a Greek passport which would allow Panathinaikos to not register him as a foreign player.
Fonte: Eurohoops.
Fenerbahce is expected to sign soon German big man Danilo Barthel on a 2-year deal, according to Nikos Varlas.
As reported by Robert Heusel, Turkish club’s offer to Barthel is for €1.7M over two years, much higher than the contract extension offered by Bayern Munich.
Billy Baron is drawing interest from Zenit St. Petersburg, a source told Sportando.
There have already been initial talks between the two sides. Former Crvena Zvezda player is one of the names that the Russian team is considering at guard position.
Italian Serie A2 side Mantova has an agreement with forward Christian James, as reported by La Gazzetta di Mantova and confirmed to Sportando.
James comes off a strong rookie season with Agrigento, averaging 17.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
Italian side S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù has an agreement in place with guard Jaime Smith.
Former Sassari guard has played in Cantù during the 2017-2018 season, leading the team to the LBA Playoffs.
Augustine Rubit is expected to continue his career in Lithuania with Zalgiris Kaunas, a source told Sportando and Lithuanian reporter Donatas Urbonas.
The American power forward spent the season with Olympiacos averaging 6 points and 3 rebounds per game in EuroLeague.
Marko Simonovic is close to returning to Belgrade for the third time in career. The experienced forward is in advanced discussions with KK Crvena Zvezda, as reported by Nova.rs.
Simonovic spent the season with KK Cedevita Olimpija.
Former San Diego State big man Deshawn Stephens has signed with Danish club Bakken Bears, a source told Sportando.
Stephens spent this past season in Italy with Serie A club Fortitudo Bologna and Serie A2’s Givova Scafati.
The Bakken Bears will compete not only in the Danish league but also in the qualfication round of the Basketball Champions League.
Former Stephen F. Austin guard Shannon Bogues has signed a contract with Bundesliga newcomer NINERS Chemnitz, sources tell Sportando.
Bogues spent his rookie season in the NBA G League with the Wisconsin Herd, averaging 10 points, 2.5 rebounds and two assists in 18.3 minutes per game.
Cibona Zagreb is showing interest in guard Luke Nelson, a source told Sportando.
British international played for Manresa last season, averaging 5,7 points and 1,9 assists per game in Liga Endesa.
Valencia Basket has agreed to a 2-year extension with Mike Tobey, as reported by Chema de Lucas.
American center has shined during the ACB final tournament averaging 14.3 points and 10.5 rebounds in six games.
Fonte: Chema de Lucas.
Dee Bost is returning to AS Monaco, a source told Sportando. There is an agreement in place between the club and former Zalgiris guard.
Bost averaged 11.2ppg, 4.3rpg and 4.3apg in EuroCup and 12.8ppg with 3.4rpg and 4.4apg in Jeep Elite.
Happy Casa Brindisi has an agreement in place with American forward James Bell, a source told Sportando.
Bell returns to Italy, where he played his first season as a pro with Cremona, after a brief appearance with Promitheas last season. Bell has split 2018-19 season between Buducnost and Cedevita in ABA Liga.
Mangok Mathiang will play for Cedevita Olimpija, a club announced on their Twitter profile.
Louisville alumni played in Turkey for Bahcesehir last season, averaging 12,7 points and 10,6 rebounds per game in Basketball Super League.
Fonte: Cedevita Olimpija.
Angus Glover agreed to terms with Sydney Kings, a source told Sportando.
This year the guard averaged 5.6 points and 1.2 assist over 29 games for the Illawarra Hawks.
Olgun Uluc first reported that the Kings were the most likely landing spot for Glover.
Arturas Gudaitis signed a 2-year contract with Zenith St. Petersburg, as announced by the russian team.
The lithuanian big man spent the past 3 seasons with Olimpia Milano.
This year he averaged 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds over 27 games between LBA and Euroleague.
⚡️⚡️⚡️@GudaitisAG has become BC Zenit player.
27 years old center signed a 2-year contract with our Club. pic.twitter.com/qGliGmLA6P— Basketball club Zenit (from 🏠) (@zenitbasket) July 10, 2020
Olympiacos BC and Sasha Vezenkov agreed upon renewing their collaboration for the next two seasons, the greek team announced.
This year the bulgarian forward averaged 7 points and 2 rebounds in Euroleague, shooting 46% from beyond the arc.
Fonte: Olympiacos.
Terell Parks and BC Nizhny have parted ways, the russian team announced.
Before the suspension Parker played 11 games for Nizhny between VTB League and BCL, with averages of over 10 points and 7 rebounds.
Терелл Паркс покидает «Нижний Новгород», клуб воспользовался опцией расторжения контракта.
Американский центровой присоединился к нашей команде в январе 2020 года – https://t.co/dl20Zs0K5i
Благодарим Терелла и желаем успехов в дальнейшей карьере! pic.twitter.com/06hoZT1mZG
— BC Nizhny Novgorod (@BC_NN) July 10, 2020
Pau Gasol back in Barcelona? Unlikely.
Board member responsible for the Basketball section, Joan Bladé i Marsal, speaking with Catradio Esports, said that the Spanish big man will not play for the Catalan powerhouse next season.
“There is not and there will not be any negotiation with Pau Gasol” Joan Bladé i Marsal said.
Gasol was rumored to be in talks with Barcelona but his return will not happen.
The big man is out since March 2019 due to a foot fracture and missed the entire 2019-2020.
Greek reporter Nikos Varlas adds current RetaBet Bilbao coach Alex Mumbru and Joan Plaza to the list of coaches that Zalgiris Kaunas is considering.
Yesterday Donatas Urbonas reported that Galatasary coach Ertugrul Erdogan is one of the top names in Zalgiris head coaching search.
The race for Zalgiris HC position is going on. Bilbao coach Alex Mumbru and former club's coach Joan Plaza are also candidates. Galatasaray coach Ertugrul Erdogan still stands as the frontrunner, as @Urbodo has reported.
— Varlas Nikos (@nikosvarlas) July 10, 2020
Olimpia Milan and Arturas Gudaitis mutually rescinded the existing contract. Olimpia thanks Gudaitis for the three years spent together in Milan and wishes him all the best for his future.
Fonte: Olimpia Milano.
Brekkott Chapman signed a new one-year contract with S.Oliver Würzburg, the german team announced.
This year Chapman played just four games because of a knee injury.
ZWEITE ROOKIE-SAISON FÜR @BrekkottChapman | Wegen einer Knieverletzung konnte er bisher nur vier Spiele in unserem Trikot absolvieren, in der Spielzeit 2020/2021 sollen viele weitere folgen – willkommen zurück, B-Easy!
Mehr darüber 👉🏻 https://t.co/baoEFqUDm5
📸 Viktor Meshko pic.twitter.com/5WteJEjBVE
— #PureEmotion (@soliver_wue) July 10, 2020
BC Zenit and Colton Iverson have agreed to part ways.
This year the big man averaged over 6 points and 4 rebounds over 40 games between VTB and Euroleague.
✊🏻 @colton_iverson leaves BC Zenit! We thank Colton for the season and are always happy to see him at the games of the Club! 😊 pic.twitter.com/IHVThwZurb
— Basketball club Zenit (from 🏠) (@zenitbasket) July 10, 2020
Fenerbahce signed a 1+1 year deal with Trinidadian center Johnathan Hamilton.
Johnathan Hamilton is a basketball player born on February 3, 1994, in Rio Claro. He is a center who most recently played for Darussafaka Tekfen.
Hamilton is an athletic center, who has excellent rebounding and shot blocking skills. He was the third best shot-blocker of the 2019-20 season in EuroCup.
Last year the big man out of Texas-Arlington averaged 9.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks for Darussafaka, over 40 games between BSL and EuroCup.
Johnathan Hamilton Fenerbahçe Beko’da!
🔗 https://t.co/Lew6tk8BAp pic.twitter.com/oWYjtWs6Ln
— Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) July 10, 2020
Brandon Taylor signed a one-year contract with Pallacanestro Reggio Emilia, the italian team announced.
Last year the pointguard averaged over 15 points and 7 assist for LeMans, in Jeep Elite.
🚨 Ingaggiato Brandon Taylor, è lui il nuovo play! ⚪️🔴
👉 Il comunicato stampa: https://t.co/KKjQfwovLj pic.twitter.com/olFrwJX95S
— Pall. Reggiana (@PallacReggiana) July 10, 2020
Former Utah State guard Chris Smith has agreed to a deal with BM Slam Stal of the Polish Energa Basket Liga, sources told Sportando.
Smith is coming off a productive season with Hungarian club PVSK-Veolia. He averaged 15.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in the Hungarian league and FIBA Europe Cup.
Openjobmetis Varese targets Toney Douglas to replace Jason Rich according with La Prealpina.
Former FSU inked in March with Varese before the suspension of the Italian championship without ever being able to play.
Italian Serie A club Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia has signed Brandon Taylor .
The American point guard averaged 15.2 points and 7.1 assists with Le Mans in the Jeep Elite .
The Utah product has already played in Italy with Serie A2’s Bergamo Basket in 2018-19.
DONE DEAL: Brandon Taylor signed in Reggio Emilia, a source told me and @NicolaLupo99.
Taylor comes from Le Mans where he averaged 15.2ppg and 7.1apg in Jeep Elite— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 10, 2020
Slovenian Urban Durnik is close to joining Koper Primorska, a source told Sportando. 23-years old forward played for Rogaška last season, averaging 6,7 points and 2,4 rebounds per game in ABA 2 league.
Zalgiris Kaunas is looking for a head coach after Sarunas Jasikevicius’ departure from Barcelona.
One of the names that Zalgiris is considering is Ertugrul Erdogan, as reported by Donatas Urbonas.
The Turkish coach just extended his deal with Galatasaray. He is very close to Jasikevicius.
Ertugrul Erdogan is one of the top names in Zalgiris head coaching search, per sources. Hearing that Erdogan has strong support from Sarunas Jasikevicius.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) July 9, 2020