Coach Ferried Naciri extends his contract with Aris Leeuwarden for one year. For the first in the clubhistory the team reached the final of the Basketball Cup.
Panathinaikos is on the market for a guard and one of the names on the list of the Greek powerhouse is Nate Wolters, according to several reports.
Wolters spent the season in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv averaging 7.5 points and 2.7 assists in EuroLeague and 7.7 points and 3 assists in Winner League.
Nick Calathes and Panathinaikos have officially parted ways after eight seasons together.
The Greek guard is now headed to Barcelona that will sign him to a three-year contract.
Ευχαριστούμε Nick! Περάσαμε 8 υπέροχα χρόνια μαζί!💚
Για πάντα στις καρδιές μας! 🙏☘
Thank you @Nick_Calathes15! It’s been 8 wonderful years together!💚
Forever in our hearts! 🙏☘
#paobc #panathinaikos #WeTheGreens #thankyou pic.twitter.com/0eAMEnN7qa— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) July 3, 2020
FC Porto announced that Tanner McGrew has signed a two-year contract extension with the team.
McGrew averaged 14.4 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists in Portugal.
💙Até 2022
🏀FC Porto e Tanner McGrew renovam contrato#FCPorto #FCPortoBasquetebol #Basquetebol #FCPortoSports pic.twitter.com/Zmw03DP3zn
— FC Porto (@FCPorto) July 3, 2020
Turk Telekom Ankara is showing interest in Colton Iverson, a source told Sportando.
The big man has spent the season in Russia with Zenit St. Petersburg averaging 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in EuroLeague and 7.9 points and 4.4 rebounds in VTB League.
KK Mornar Bar announced the signing of Devonte Jordan.
The Montenegrin team loaned him to Balkan Botevgrad.
Jordan comes from Buffalo where he averaged 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.
Fonte: KK Mornar Bar.
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg is in advanced talks with Barry Brown jr, a source told Sportando.
The American guard spent his rookie season as a pro with Iowa Wolves in G League averaging 13.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Brown is a Kansas State alum where he averaged 14.6 points, 4 rebounds and 2.8 assists as a senior.
Baskonia announced that Achille Polonara will remain with the team one more season.
The Italian forward was decisive in Baskonia’s win against Barcelona in Liga Endesa Fase Final.
Fonte: Baskonia.
Jan Kosi and Jan Rebec are newcomers at Krka Novo mesto. Kosi, Slovenia national team player, previously played for reigning Slovenian champions Koper Primorska. Last season he played in 11 ABA league games, averaging 2 points and 1.1 rebounds per game.
Rebec is coming to Novo mesto from Sentjur, where he competed in First Slovenian league.
Fonte: Krka website.
Rasheed Sulaimon signed a contract until 2022 with Casademont Zaragoza, the spanish team announced.
The guard out of Maryland had a great season for JDA Dijon, with averages of 13.5 points (51% FG, 47% 3P, 78% FT), 3.5 assist and 1.3 steals over 41 games between Jeep Elite and BCL.
OFICIAL | Rasheed Sulaimon (@sheed_ctmd1) apuntala el perímetro de #CasademontZaragoza #LigaEndesa #BasketballCL | #MásUnidosQueNunca🦁
— Casademont Zaragoza (@BasketZaragoza) July 3, 2020
Forward Rokas Giedraitis, Center Landry Nnoko and Guard Makai Mason leave ALBA BERLIN. Nnoko, whose contract ended at the end of the season, has joined the Serbian EuroLeague club Red Star Belgrade. Rokas Giedraitis and Makai Mason both make use of exit options in their contracts and will not return to Berlin.
ALBA sports director Himar Ojeda: “Rokas, Landry and Makai not only impressed with good performances in their ALBA days, they will also be remembered well for their daily use in training and for their roles outside of the field. We are happy about the positive development that all three have taken, thank you for your commitment and wish you all the best for the future. ”
Rokas Giedraitis moved from Rytas Vilnius to Berlin in summer 2018 and made a total of 126 appearances in two seasons in ALBA dress. In the past 2019/2020 season, the 27-year-old Lithuanian scored 10.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in the easyCredit BBL and 13.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per in the EuroLeague Lot. In 2018/2019 he was appointed the best small forward in the All-EuroCup First Team.
Landry Nnoko was contracted in the 2018/2019 season in December after his contract with Sakarya BB in Turkey was terminated. The 26-year-old Cameroonian stood on the floor 109 times for ALBA BERLIN. In easyCredit BBL, he performed an average of 10.6 points and 6.0 rebounds in 2019/2020 and 8.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in the EuroLeague.
Makai Mason joined ALBA BERLIN from Baylor University in the summer of 2019 after four NCAA seasons. The 25-year-old guard, who has both a German and an American passport, scored an average of 3.9 points and 0.8 assists in the easyCredit BBL and 6.3 points in a total of 38 ALBA games in his first professional season and 1.1 assists in the EuroLeague.
Rokas Giedraitis and Landry Nnoko have reached a total of five finals with ALBA in their two years – including the EuroCup final – and became German champions and cup winners in 2020. Makai Mason also won the cup in February, but did not return to the team for personal reasons after the Corona break and was therefore not part of the ALBA squad at the final tournament for the German Championship in Munich.
Fonte: ALBA Berlin.
Gasper Vidmar will play one more year for Umana Reyer venezia, the italian side announced.
This year the slovenian big man averaged 3.9 points and 3 rebounds over 36 games between LBA and Eurocup.
Gapi c'è 🥰!
Il gigante sloveno vestirà orogranata per la terza stagione consecutiva 🔨💥!
92 partite e 2 titoli in due anni con noi 🏆🏆
👉 Leggi il comunicato: https://t.co/eGoOS3wj2b#lastoriacontinua #ReyeRiparte #Gapi pic.twitter.com/fgKX7k9qsu— Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) July 3, 2020
Power forward Louis Labeyrie and Valencia Basket have reached an agreement for the French international player (2.08m, Gonesse, 02/11/1992, 28 years old) to extend his bond with the Club for two more seasons, until June 30 from 2022, plus an optional third season. Labeyrie will start his third season as a taronja next year, being champion of the EuroCup in the 2018-19 campaign. The French interior has been the second most valued player of the team in the season that we have just finished, in which he has played a total of 58 games, 28 of them as a starter, in which he has presented numbers of 6 points and 4, 7 rebounds for 10 valuation credits.
📝 ¡Lou se queda!
Cas 👉 @Louis_Labeyrie prolonga su contrato hasta 2022https://t.co/rpIaGncSLR
Val 👉 Louis Labeyrie prolonga el seu contracte fins a 2022 https://t.co/xO1d8wKN2h
Eng 👉 Louis Labeyrie extends until 2022 https://t.co/INWlBjclRO
🤝 Colabora @pamesaceramica pic.twitter.com/Q5C9lO5Nmk
— Valencia Basket Club (@valenciabasket) July 3, 2020
Fonte: Valencia.
Kaspar Treier signed a three-year deal with Dinamo Sassari, the italian team announced.
Last year the forward averaged 9.7 points and 4.5 rebounds for Basket Ravenna in the italian Serie A2, shooting 52% from the field, 42% from long range and 80% from the foul line.
Cedevita Olimpija officially confirmed that former Real Madrid youngster Dan Duscak signed a four-year deal with them.
Duscak, who turned 18 yesterday, left Slovenia for Real Madrid’s academy three years ago. He was part of a team that won ANGT in 2019.
Fonte: Cedevita Olimpija website.
Mitja Nikolic signed a one-year contract with Blu Basket Treviglio, the italian team announced.
Last year the slovenian forward averaged over 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assist for the Roseto Sharks, in the italian Serie A2.
Glenn Cosey will not return to Krka Novo mesto next season, a source told Sportando.
American point guard is looking for a new challenge after averaging 16,4 points, 3,7 rebounds and 4,6 assists per game in the ABA league last season.
Kruize Pinkins has agreed to return to Reale Mutua Torino, a source told Sportando.
This year Pinkins averaged 15,6 points and 7,2 rebounds in Serie A2, shooting 52% from the field, 37% from long range and 85% from the foul line.
According to Il Resto del Carlino, Pallacanestro Reggio Emilia is targeting Kelvin Martin for the role of starting small forward.
Martin spent the last year with Happy Casa Brindisi, where he averaged over 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assist per game.
Baskonia is finalizing the arrival of Alec Peters, Chema de Lucas reports.
Last year the forward averaged 6.6 points and 2.9 rebounds over 40 games for Anadolu Efes.
ÚLTIMA HORA: El Kirolbet Baskonia tiene avanzado el fichaje de Alec Peters (2.06 m.; 25 años) para la próxima temporada.
El ala-pívot estadounidense ha vivido sus primeras experiencias en Europa en el CSKA y en el Anadolu Efes.
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) July 2, 2020
Serbia NT coach and Sacramento Kings assistant coach Igor Kokoskov will be Fenerbahce new head coach, as reported by Ismail Senol of beIN Sports. Kokoskov will sign a 3-year deal to coach the Turkish powerhouse.
Except for stints with OKK Beograd and Partizan’s youth teams, the Belgrade native has only coached in the US during his career. Kokoskov has worked in the NBA since 2000, mainly as an assistant coach (for 7 different franchises, between which the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons), and became in 2018-19 the first European to coach full-time in the NBA with the Phoenix Suns.
Fonte: Ismail Senol.
EuroCup and ABA Liga club Partizan announced that the team has parted ways with head coach Andrea Trinchieri.
Grazie @andreatrinkieri 🏴🏳️https://t.co/1fsgstTRYf#KKPartizan pic.twitter.com/cYcFJsORnc
— KK Partizan NIS (@PartizanBC) July 2, 2020
Free agent forward Todd Withers has signed a contract with Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A and Basketball Champions League, the team announced.
Withers, a forward from D2 school Queens University, has spent his first two years as a professional in the NBA G League with the Grand Rapids Drive. He averaged 10.7 points and five rebounds per game this past season.
Fonte: Fortitudo Bologna.
Jordan Brangers has agreed to a deal with Randers Cimbria of the Danish Basketligaen, a source told Sportando.
The guard from JUCO’s South Plains is coming off a brief stop in Mexico where he averaged 25.8 points, five rebounds and 6.5 assists in four games for Rayos de Hermosillo. He also played in Germany’s Bundesliga in his rookie year.
Sebastian Herrera has signed a deal with Bundesliga club EWE Baskets Oldenburg, the team announced.
Herrera spent the past two seasons with HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim.
Fonte: EWE Oldenburg.
Former Milwaukee forward Matt Tiby has agreed to a deal with Medi Bayreuth of the German Bundesliga, sources tell Sportando.
Last season, Tiby played six games for Vanoli Cremona in the Italian Serie A. He then moved to Germany to spend the rest of the season with the Giessen 46ers.
Croatian veteran guard Roko Ukic has agreed to a deal with KK Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana.
Ukic is coming back to the ABA Liga after two seasons in France.
Ferran Bassas has signed a deal with Joventut Badalona, the team announced.
Bassas spent this past season with San Pablo Burgos.
Fonte: Joventut Badalona.
BC Igokea announced the signing of point guard Anthony Clemmons.
Clemmons spent this past season with AS Monaco. He averaged 10.6 points and 2.4 assists per game in the EuroCup.
Fonte: BC Igokea.
Spanish Liga ACB champions Baskonia announced the contract extension with head coach Dusko Ivanovic for the upcoming season.
🏡 ¡Dusko se queda en casa!
🏆 Tres etapas
🏆 Tres ligas #GoazenBaskonia— Saski Baskonia (@Baskonia) July 2, 2020