D.J. Seeley has re-signed with Casademont Zaragoza, the Spanish team announced.
Seeley averaged around 11 points, three rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League this past season.
Fonte: Casademont Zaragoza.
Spanish Liga ACB club Montakit Fuenlabrada announced the signing of center Robert Upshaw.
Upshaw spent the 2019-20 season in the Turkish BSL, averaging 12.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game for Demir Buyukcekmece.
Fonte: Montakit Fuenlabrada.
After making the return of Chris Jones official, Turkish side Bursaspor is now trying to re-sign forward Perry Jones III. The EuroCup team offered him a deal to come back, as reported by Turkish media and confirmed to Sportando.
The former NBA player averaged 13.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this past season in the Turkish BSL.
Latvian swingman Janis Berzins has signed a deal with Stelmet Zielona Gora of the VTB League and Polish EBL, the team announced.
Berzins spent the past two seasons with BK Ventspils in Latvia.
Fonte: Stelmet Zielona Gora.
Italian side Pallacanestro Trieste is pursuing center Devonte Upson, a source told Sportando. The two sides are in advanced talks on a potential deal.
Upson played most of the 2019-20 season with Polish team Asseco Arka Gdynia in the Energa Basket Liga and EuroCup. He then joined Strasbourg but played only one game with the French side before the pandemic.
Anthony Clemmons headed to Igokea.
American point guard averaged 10.6 points with 2.4 assists this season in EuroCup with Monaco.
Anthony Clemmons headed to Igokea, a source told @Sportando https://t.co/G0LL2qq7S7
— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 2, 2020
Pallacanestro Varese reportedly signs Anthony Morse .
Americsan big man averaged 18 points and 7.3 rebounds this season in A2 with Imola.
Ase reported by La Prealpina Anthony Morse inks a three-month deal with an option until the end of the next season.
Sarunas Jasikevicius will be the new head coach of Barcelona according to several reports.
Lithuanian coach takes over from Svetislav Pesic who closed his experience in Barcelona yesterday.
Jasikevicius returns to Barcelona for the third time in his career. In blaugrana he won two ACB and one EuroLeague.
With Zalgiris Kaunas Saras won 5 national championship and partecipated in the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four.
Jaume Ponsarnau and Valencia Basket have reached an agreement for the Catalan coach to continue being the coach of the first male squad for at least one more season, until June 30, 2021.
Ponsarnau joined the Valencia Basket coaching staff in the summer of 2016 and after two seasons as assistant coach, he took over the team as head coach for the 2018-19 season. In his two courses at the helm of the team, Ponsarnau has classified the Taronja team twice in third place in the Endesa League and last season added the seventh title to the Club’s record by winning the 2018-19 EuroCup.
📝 Renovación
Cas 👉 Jaume Ponsarnau dirigirá por tercera temporada el primer equipo masculinohttps://t.co/MVHXHy0hNs
Val 👉 Jaume Ponsarnau dirigirà per tercera temporada el primer equip masculí https://t.co/TpmkHhSD5I
Eng 👉 https://t.co/zfdlzYyEfK#EActíVate pic.twitter.com/mFQJMqbd4z
— Valencia Basket Club (@valenciabasket) July 1, 2020
Barcellona made an offer to Sarunas Jasikevicius to make him the next head coach, a few hours after parting ways with Svetislav Pesic.
According to turkish reporter Ugur Ozan Sulak, Jasikevicius has already finalized the deal with the Spanish club, and is expected to sign in the coming days.
sarunas jasikevicius, barcelona'yla prensipte anlaştı. maddi açıdan fenerbahçe'nin saras'a yaptığı teklif sezon başına yaklaşık yarım milyon euro daha iyiydi. henüz resmi imza atılmış değil ama onun da gelmesi yakındır.
— Ugur Ozan Sulak (@ugurozan) July 1, 2020
Kevin Pangos will most likely join Zenit St. Petersburg, Donatas Urbonas reports.
The playmaker out of Gonzaga played just 3 games for Barcellona this season due to a left foot injury.
Kevin Pangos most likely will join Zenit St. Petersburg, according to sources.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) July 1, 2020
Greek side Peristeri B.C. announced the signing of Abdul Gaddy for the 2020/21 season.
The point guard out of Washington spent last season in G League with the Oklahoma City Blue, with averages of 12.3 points and 8.2 assist, shooting 43% from long range.
Η ΚΑΕ Περιστέρι winmasters ανακοινώνει την συμφωνία της με τον αθλητή Αμπντούλ Γκάντι, ο οποίος θα φοράει την φανέλα του συλλόγου για την αγωνιστική περίοδο 2020-2021! #TogetherWeFly https://t.co/mHD695gaDo
— Peristeri B.C. (@peristeribc) July 1, 2020
Sharpshooter Tadej Ferme is joining Slovenian side Helios Suns, the team announced on their official website. Experienced 28-years old guard left Rogaška after one season and joined their league rivals. Last season he played in 19 ABA 2 league games, averaging 14,2 points and 3,2 assists per game.
Next season Helios Suns will again play in the ABA 2 league. After point guard Danijel Vujasinović, this is their second reinforcement coming from Rogaška.
Fonte: Helios Suns website.
Unicaja Basketball has reached an agreement with Gal Mekel for the Israeli international to continue at Unicaja for two more seasons. The guard, who arrived just before the suspension of the competition due to the coronavirus pandemic, has only played 6 games with the green shirt, enough to convince the team of his worth.
🚨 ¡RENOVACIÓN!
🏀 Gal Mekel sigue en el Unicaja
📰 NOTICIA | https://t.co/gB2k5filB5
💚💜 #YoSoyDelUnicaja pic.twitter.com/vhXrb0jekx— UnicajaCB (@unicajaCB) July 1, 2020
Pallacanestro Cantù is showing serious interest in Sha’Markus Kennedy, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
The rookie big man averaged 18.6 points (68% FG, 78% FT), 10.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks as a senior with Mcneese State.
Barça and Svetislav Pesic have reached an agreement to terminate the coach’s contract. The club is grateful to the Serbian for his dedication and wishes him good luck, both personally and professionally.
During Pesic’s second stage with the club, which lasted two and a half years since his arrival in February 2018, the coach won two Copas del Rey; in 2018 at Las Palmas, and in 2019, in Madrid.
Barça played in the Euroleague Playoffs again in the 2018/19 season, and finished third (but tied with second) in 2019/20. The team had earned 22 wins and suffered 6 defeats before the cancellation of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In both stages as coach, Svetislav Pesic was in charge for a total of 322 official matches, which included 235 wins, one Euroleague (2003), two ACB Leagues (2003 and 2004) and three Copas del Rey (2003, 2018 and 2019).
“Before starting the Final Phase of the ACB in Valencia, we agreed with the club that this would be my last season as team coach because my job was already done and the time had come to give another person the chance to assume the role.”
“I am proud of my work and the work of the players during these seasons, and I will always be at Barça’s disposal.”
“I want to thank the fans and the board for their support and I wish Barça every success.”
Jordan Loyd is a new player of KK Crvena zvezda, the team announced.
The guard just ended this season with Valencia, where he averaged 11.9 points, 2.2 assist and 1 steal between ACB and Euroleague, shooting 41% from long range.
Američki bek Džordan Lojd drugo je pojačanje crveno-belih za sezonu 2020/21! 🔴⚪️🧬
Detaljnije: https://t.co/40H75uc8vZ#TogetherWeStand #WeAreTheTeam #kkcz#RedAndWhiteDNA | #GameON pic.twitter.com/FvYugoDQst
— KK Crvena zvezda (@kkcrvenazvezda) July 1, 2020
After his NBA experience in Utah and Houston, former Limoges swingman William Howard will return to the Jeep Elite next season, L’Equipw reports.
Two teams are working to secure its services, Asvel Villeurbanne and Monaco.
This year Howard played 36 G League games between the Salt Lake City and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, with averages of 12.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.6 assist
Fonte: L'Equipe.
Isaia Cordinier will not activate his exit clause for a European club, L’Equipe reports.
Several major teams have shown interest in the swingman, including Baskonia and Bayern Munich, but in the end the player will stay at Nanterre for another season.
This year Cordinier averaged 14.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.5 assist per game in Jeep Elite, shooting 51% from the field, 32% from beyond the arc and 90% from the foul line.
He has been named best french player of the year in Jeep Elite.
The Brooklyn Nets hold his draft rights.
‼️🏀 Effectif 2020-21 🏀‼️
L’équipe du Club des @hautsdeseinefr prend forme 💪🏼💪🏼
Qui va remplacer @Dunky_92 à l’intérieur ⁉️@LNBofficiel @EuroCup #WeAreJSF #JeepELITE #Eurocup pic.twitter.com/f2ZpeDnqVm
— Nanterre 92 (@Nanterre92) July 1, 2020
Fonte: L'Equipe.
Jordan Taylor leaves Asvel to sign in Japan.
Taylor played an excellent EuroLeague season with French team averaging 8 poins and 3.8 assists.
Former Asvel point guard Jordan Taylor is rumored to be going to Japan.
Taylor averaged 8ppg and 3.8apg in EuroLeague this past season— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 1, 2020
Jordan Loyd will be a new player of KK Crvena Zvezda.
The deal, anticipated by Eurohoops, has been confirmed to Sportando.
Former Indianapolis College averaged 11.1 points in EuroLeague this season wirth Valencia.
In his career Loyd played with Hapoel Eilat, Darussafaka, Toronto Raptors and Raptors 905.
Rokas Giedraitis agreed to terms with Baskonia .
Lithuanian forward averaged 13.8 points and 4 rebounds this season in EuroLeague with Alba Berlin .
Acuerdo cerrado entre Baskonia y Rokas Giedraitis 📝 https://t.co/CEOVWwEDz4
— Sr. Williams (@TheChosen58) June 29, 2020
ACB new champions of Baskonia are set to announce Rokas Giedraitis very soon. The deal is done, I can confirm.
The Lithuanian comes from Alba BerlinFirst to report about the agreement was @TheChosen58
— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 1, 2020
Zenit St. Petersburg has yet to start the transfers for next season but the Russian powerhouse has already some players on their radars.
A league source told Sportando that Zenit is showing interest in Nemanja Nedovic, Klemen Prepelic and Kevin Pangos.
Nedovic spent the past two seasons with Olimpia Milano and he averaged
7.9ppg in EuroLeague plus 12.2ppg in Serie A in 2019-2020 before both seasons were suspended due to coronavirus pandemic.
Klemen Prepelic dominated in Badalona averaging 21.7ppg in ACB with 1.7rpg and 3apg in 27 games. The 2017 Eurobasket champion added also 17ppg in EuroCup in 15 contests.
Kevin Pangos spent the past two seasons in Barcelona but this year he was stopped by an injury that kept him out of the entire season. Pangos had his best season in Europe in 2017-2018 when he led Zalgiris to the EuroLeague Final Four (12.7ppg, 2.3rpg and 2.7apg).
Semaj Christon will not continue with Baskonia next season, a source told Sportando and Chema de Lucas.
The new ACB champions have decided not to pick up the option in the contract of the former NBA guard that becomes free agent.
Christon, that started the season in Limoges, averaged 9.1ppg in EuroLeague with 3.7apg and 9ppg plus 3.2rpg and 2.7apg in ACB.
Andrew Albicy is leaving Zenit St. Petersburg .
Albicy averaged 6.6 points and 3.3 assists this season in EuroLeague with Russian team.
Zenit St. Petersburg is parting ways with Andrew Albicy, I am told.
Albicy averaged 6.6ppg with 3.3apg in EuroLeague and 6.2ppg and 4apg in VTB League— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 1, 2020
Filip Kruslin is moving to Italy as he agreed with Dinamo Sassari, a source told Sportando.
The Croatian guard will work again with Gianmarco Pozzecco that was his assistant coach in Cedevita Zagreb.
Kruslin comes from KK Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana where he averaged 6ppg in ABA Liga and 6.6ppg in EuroCup.
Unicaja Malaga reportedly made an offer for Alec Peters , that is now free agent after the release from Anadolu Efes .
As reported by Juan Carlderòn of diariosur.es Peters declined the offer preferring a new opportunity in EuroLeague.
As reported by Chema de Lucas also Baskonia targets Alec Peters .
A propósito de lo que cuenta @jcv249 hoy, el equipo Euroliga que se ha interesado por Alec Peters es Kirolbet Baskonia https://t.co/Ep9lSWixJg
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) July 1, 2020
Fonte: hln.be.
Luis Scola is officially a new player of Pallacanestro Varese.
The Argentinean PF/C has signed a 1+1 deal with the Italian team.
Scola moves to Varese after a season with Olimpia Milano.
Japanese back-to-back champions Alvark Tokyo are showing serious interest in DeShaun Thomas, a source. told Sportando.
The forward selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2013 NBA draft with the 58th overall pick spent the past two seasons with Panathinaikos averaging 13.9 points and 4.4 rebounds in EuroLeague before suspension due to coronavirus pandemic.
Thomas was rumored to join Baskonia but the news was denied by Chema de Lucas because the forward is seriously considering the proposal coming from Japan.