German journalist Robert Heusel reports the words of Bayern Munich sports director Daniele Baiesi, who has said that is unlikely that Greg Monroe will play a second season with the German side.
“I don’t think he’s going to come back. He deserves a much bigger stage. I think he’s a luxury we can not afford”, Baiesi said, as reported by Heusel.
Fonte: Robert Heusel.
Serbian powerhouse Crvena Zvezda is reportedly “making a strong push” to sign Cameroonian big man Landry Nnoko, according to Eurohoops.
Alba Berlin center comes off a strong Euroleague debut this season averaging 8.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Panathinaikos is also reportedly interested in Nnoko.
Fonte: Eurohoops.
Bojan Subotic and Telekom Baskets Bonn have reached an agreement to part ways, a source told Sportando.
Subotic had a deal for one more season with the German team but the two sides terminated the contract.
The Montenegrin power forward averaged 8.2 points and 3.9 rebounds in Bundesliga and 7.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in BCL.
The talks between Drew Crawford and Germani Brescia are ongoing, a source told Sportando.
The Serie A MVP of 2018-2019 season with Vanoli Cremona is getting close to Brescia for next season.
Crawford has spent the season in Turkey with Gaziantep averaging 13.4 points in BSL and 12.3 points in Basketball Champions League.
In the middle of the season he moved to Olimpia Milano only for EuroLeague games and scored 5.7 points per game in 7 contests.
Italian Basketball Federation announced that Paolo Banchero officially got the Italian passport.
He is now eligible to play for Italbasket.
“Playing with Italy makes proud me and my family. I can’t wait to land in Italy and start. I will see you soon” he said.
Banchero is one of the top prospect of the 2021 class.
Jakub Karolak is a new player of Legia Kosz, the polish team announced.
The guard played for Legia during the 2018/19 season.
This year Karolak averaged 7.6 points and 2.5 rebounds for BC Anwil, in the top polish division.
LegiaKoszTransfery by #LOTTO!
🔥 Wielki powrót do Warszawy! 🔥 Kuba Karolak ponownie zagra w naszych barwach! 🔝🏀💪👊 #plkpl @totalizator_sp https://t.co/helr9Ipyu7— Legia Kosz (@LegiaKosz) June 22, 2020
Niccolò De Vico signed a two-year contract with Pallacanestro Varese, the italian team announced.
This year the swingman averaged 5.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game for Vanoli Cremona.
💣 #UFFICALE: Niccolò De Vico è un nuovo giocatore della Openjobmetis ⚪️🔴 Benvenuto nella famiglia biancorossa‼️ #WelcomeNiccolò #NoiSiamoVarese pic.twitter.com/TLCrzt4R5x
— Pallacanestro Varese (@PallVarese) June 23, 2020
German side Brose Bamberg is considering to part ways with Paris Lee, a source told Sportando.
The pointguard out of Illinois State has a guaranteed contract for the next season.
Lee’s agent, Ivan Zoroski, said to Sportando: “Paris has a guaranteed contract with Bamberg for one more season,that’s only certain thing at this moment”
This year Lee averaged 8.6 points and 5.2 assist over 44 games between BCL and BBL.
Stelmet Zielona Gora re-signed Tony Meier for another season.
This year the forward averaged 11.2 points, 4 rebounds and 2.1 assist per game, shooting 51% from the field, 41% from long range and 81% from the foul line.
💣 | Tony Meier zostaje w Stelmecie Enea BC Zielona Góra. Amerykański podkoszowy podpisał z nami kontrakt na sezon 2020/2021. pic.twitter.com/P5wIQBslGs
— Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra 🇵🇱 (@basket_zg) June 23, 2020
Denis Wucherer of Wurzburg and Pedro Calles of Rasta Vechta are the front runners for the Brose Bamberg head coaching position, a source told Sportando.
Bamberg has parted ways with Roel Moors after one season.
Both Wucherer and Calles are on the radar of Hamburg Towers.
Vasa Pusica agreed to terms with Dinamo Sassari, Eurohoops reports.
The serbian guard out of Northeastern spent last year with VL Pesaro, where he averaged 12.9 points, 3.8 assist and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 41% from long range.
Fonte: Eurohoops.
Kenny Chery will sign in the next hours the contract with Leonessa Brescia for next season, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
The pointguard out of Baylor spent the last year for Nanterre, with averages of over 14 points and 3 assist per game between Jeep Elite and Eurocup.
Alexey Shved agreed to a three-year contract extension with Khimki Moscow, a source told Sportando.
This year the russian guard averaged over 21 points and 6 assist in Euroleague, and 22 plus 9 assist in VTB League.
According to BeBasket, Elan Béarnais is interested in Shannon Evans II for the role of starting pointguard.
Evans II spent the first two seasons of his career in Hungary with Atomeromu SE.
This year he averaged 18 points, 6.9 assist and 1.3 steals, shooting 43% from the field, 33% from beyond the arc and 83% from the foul line.
Fonte: BeBasket.
Japanese side Fukushima Firebonds have re-signed Shaheed Davis for one more season, a source told Sportando.
This year the forward averaged over 22 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assist per game.
Roel Moors is no longer the head coach of Brose Bamberg, the german team announced.
The Belgian coach leaves the team after one season.
Roel Moors ist nicht mehr länger Cheftrainer von Brose Bamberg. Nach einer gemeinsamen Saison beenden wir die Zusammenarbeit mit dem 41-jährigen Belgier.
Die ausführliche Meldung gibt's hier: https://t.co/gxge86rWNm #Basketballherz
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Foto: Tilo Wiedensohler pic.twitter.com/L7L6HLbnAg— Brose Bamberg (@BroseBamberg) June 23, 2020
Lithuanian guard Arnas Velicka signed with Chalons-Reims, the french team announced.
Last year the twenty-year-old guard averaged over 12 points and 4 assist per game in the top lithuanian division.
🚨📝 Recrutement 2020-2021
LE LITUANIEN ARNAS VELICKA AU CCRB POUR LA SAISON 2020/2021 ! Bienvenue Arnas ! pic.twitter.com/VVkDtkjZGc— Châlons-Reims (@CCRBASKET) June 23, 2020
Henry Dugat will remain one more year with BK Dnipro, the team announced.
This year the pointguard averaged 13 points and 5.3 assist between Europe Cup and the Ukrainian Super League.
Pallacanestro Trieste made official the signing of Ike Udanoh.
The big man comes from Reyer Venezia and penned a single-season deal with the Italian team.
VL Pesaro made official the hiring of Jasmin Repesa for the next three seasons.
Repesa has recently coached Buducnost after his two-year experience with Olimpia Milano.
⚠️Tenetevi forte…. 🚀😲
Benvenuto Coach! 💪⚪🔴 pic.twitter.com/WK6ZnNsjij— VL Pesaro Basket (@VLPesaro) June 23, 2020
Former Memphis Grizzlies player Josh Selby has signed a deal with Kumanovo of Northern Macedonian league.
Selby has played in the NBA between 2011 and 2013 averaging more than 2 points in 38 games.
The former Kansas has also played pro basketball in China, Croatia, Israel, Turkey, South Korea and Argentina.
Nizhny Novgorod has reached an agreement with Alex Gavrilovic, as reported by BeBasket.
The player spent the season with Tsmoki-Minsk averaging 12.2 points in VTB League with 5.6 rebounds and 13.9 points in. FIBA Europe Cup with 6 rebounds.
Fonte: BeBasket.
BC Avtodor has signed the 29-year-old American guard Markel STARKS to a contract extention until the end of the 2020-21 season.
Starks spent 18 games in the 2019-20 VTB United League becoming the team leader on points scored (avg. 14.4 points per game), steals (1.2), as well as entering the VTB League Top 5 on assists (avg. 5.9 assists). The American guard was also named the All-VTB League Team of Week #20.
Markel STARKS
Avtodor guard:
“I want to thank the entire organization for allowing me to return to the club for the second season. This means a lot for me and I’m internally grateful for this opportunity. I look forward to a more productive year of winning and competing at a much more consistent level in VTB League and hopefully another European competition. The two early signings look to be really good players coming from the Superleague with one returning to the club from years past. I can’t wait for reuniting with some old faces and I am excited to a fantastic season! Thank you Avtodor for giving me another opportunity. Let’s go Avtodor!”
Fonte: Avtodor Saratov.
Former Cal State Fullerton and Seattle guard Isiah Umipig has signed a contract with Denizli of the Turkish TBL (second division), a source told Sportando.
Umipig was a top-10 scorer in the TBL last season as he averaged 19.4 points per game for Manisa. He will return to Turkey for his third season there.
After the signing of Andrejs Grazulis, Pallacanestro Trieste is ready to announce also the addition of Ike Udanoh.
The two sides have reached an agreement for next season, a source told Sportando.
Udanoh spent the year with Reyer Venezia averaging 3.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in Serie A and 7.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in EuroCup.
Former Long Beach State and Utah guard Justin Bibbins has agreed to a deal with Legia Warsaw of the Polish EBL, a source told Sportando.
Bibbins played in Poland in his rookie year, averaging 17.7 points and 5.9 assists per game for Polpharma Starogard.
He spent last season in Serbia and Hungary with Mladost Zemun and Zalakeramia.
Aaron Harrison and Olympiacos have fully agreed to a deal, a source told Sportando.
Harrison leaves Galatasaray after two years to join the Greek powerhouse.
The former Kentucky guard averaged 13.7 points in BSL and 15.9 points in EuroCup with Galatasaray before suspension due to coronavirus pandemic.
Trevor Ariza will not play in Orlando with the Portland Trail Blazers due to family reasons.
Per ESPN, Ariza, a starter, has been involved in a custody case over his 12-year-old son, and the mother’s decision to grant a court-ordered, one-month visitation period during the league’s quarantine of teams in Orlando, Florida, led Ariza to choose his parenting responsibilities over competing with the Blazers in the 22-team restart, sources said.
Ariza, 34, could lose between $1 million and $1.8 million in salary, based on whether the Blazers qualify for the playoffs, for not participating in the restart. Ariza has a minimally guaranteed $12.8 million contract for the 2020-21 season.
Fonte: ESPN.
Lithuanian team Neptunas announced the signings of power forward Giedrius Stankevicius and shooting guard Evaldas Saulys.
Stankevicius signed a three-year deal and Saulys agreed to a contract for two years.
American guard Arik Smith has re-signed with Belfius Mons-Hainaut, the Belgian team announced.
Smith averaged 14.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and three assists per game last season.
Fonte: Belfius Mons-Hainaut.