Pau-Orthez announced the contract extension of Nicolas de Jong.
The player penned a deal till 2023.
Fonte: Pau-Orthez.
Chase Simon has penned a deal with JDA Dijon, as announced by the Jeep Elite team.
Simon comes from Anwil where he has played the past two seasons.
The American averaged 14.1ppg in PLK and 12.1ppg in BCL this past season.
Fonte: JDA Dijon.
Josh Mayo and Openjobmetis Varese are close to an agreement to buyout the contract for next season, La Prealpina reported.
The guard has played one season in Varese, he had a contract for next year but the two sides will part ways.
Scafati and Napoli, two Serie A2 teams, have showed interest in Mayo.
Former Pepperdine forward Stacy Davis has signed a contract with Hungarian club Alba Fehervar, a source told Sportando.
Davis played in Finland’s Korisliiga this past season, averaging 18.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game for BC Nokia.
AEK Athens is reportedly near a deal with Angolan big man Yanick Moreira, according to Eurohoops.
Moreira has spent last season with Peristeri, averaging 12.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game between HEBA and Basketball Champions League.
Fonte: Eurohoops.
Anadolu Efes guard Shane Larkin has signed a new 2-year contract with the Turkish powerhouse, reports Eurohoops. SDNA’s George Zakkas first reported about the imminent deal in April.
Larkin, who has received Turkish citizenship this season, will reportedly earn $7.7M over the next two seasons. His contract includes an NBA out option for next summer.
Potential Euroleague MVP Shane Larkin will sign an extension with Anadolu Efes worth $7.7M till 2022, according to @Sdna_gr sources.
— George Zakkas (@ZakkasGeorge) April 20, 2020
Fonte: Eurohoops.
Today’s meeting between Fenerbahce management, with president Ali Koc, and Serbian coach Zeljko Obradovic has ended with no further updates.
Both sides will meet again tomorrow for further discussions.
Julyan Stone signed a new contract with Umana Reyer Venezia, the italian team announced.
Stone, the best assist man in Reyer’s history, this year averaged 4.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.1 assist in Eurocup.
📣 Julyan Stone, Julyan Stone, Julyan Stone!
Miglior assist-man della storia della Reyer (4️⃣5️⃣7️⃣), tre trofei insieme 🏆🏆🏆, un cuore gigante ❤️!
Julyan vestirà orogranata per la quinta stagione!
👉 Leggi: https://t.co/pP3cYTLwND#lastoriacontinua #ReyeRiparte pic.twitter.com/r3kwvcaOvh— Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) June 16, 2020
ASVEL President Tony Parker confirmed to l’Equipe that his brother TJ Parker will be the head coach of the team, and that former Levallois Metropolitans coach Frederic Fauthoux will be the assistant-coach.
“The head coach will be TJ Parker, he will be the boss, and the assistant will be Freddy Fauthoux. I think it’s the right time for TJ, he learned well for eight years. It’s the right timing. I’m not really surprised. I had already said that it would be him and that we were preparing him for that. I trust my instincts and I think TJ is ready. We talked about it a lot in I talked about the club with the team leaders, be it Charles Kahudi and Antoine Diot. I feel very comfortable with this decision. At some point, you have to give it a chance and I think it “is the right person to continue to carry all the projects that we have for this club. It is a great turning point in his career.”
Fonte: L'Equipe.
Panathinaikos is ready to welcome Dimitris Diamantidis back and give him a role in the team, SDNA Reports.
SDNA adds that his role will be clarified in the coming days, and that the most likely scenario is that the 40-year-old former player will be placed in a position very close to the court.
Diamantidis’ numerous accolades in the premier European competition include a EuroLeague MVP Award, two EuroLeague Final Four MVP Awards, four All-EuroLeague First Team selections, as well as a record six EuroLeague Best Defender Awards
Fonte: SDNA.
Pallacanestro Cantù announced that Andrea La Torre will remain in the roster one more season.
The Italian player will be at his third season with the Italian team.
Belgian side Oostende is showing serious interest in Real Madrid prospect Mario Nakic, a source told Sportando.
The Serbian youngster born in 2001 has played 9 ACB and 3 EuroLeague games for Real Madrid this past season.
Reyer Venezia has parted ways with Ariel Filloy, Andrew Goudelock, Francesco Pellegrino and Ike Udanoh.
All of them had expiring contracts.
L'Umana Reyer saluta e ringrazia Ariel Filloy, @0goudelock, Francesco Pellegrino e Ike Udanoh per per la grande professionalità e serietà dimostrate con la maglia orogranata e augura loro le migliori fortune per il prosieguo delle proprie carriere 👊🍀#onceareyeralwaysareyer pic.twitter.com/b27NdRKCCM
— Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) June 16, 2020
Giordano Bortolani is signing a multi-year deal with Olimpia Milano, a source told Sportando.
The nineteen year old guard should play the next season on loan for Germani Brescia.
Bortolani ended last year scoring 14.9 points per game for Pallacanestro Biella, in the italian second division.
Pinar Karsiyaka re-signed Nusret Yildirim and Yunus Sonsirma for 2 more season.
Last year Yildirim had 3.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, while Sonsirma averaged 4.4 points and 2.4 assist.
Nusret Yıldırım ve Yunus Sonsırma ile iki yıl daha!
🔗 https://t.co/btQBVX5y6t pic.twitter.com/U83bVMTCTo
— Pınar Karşıyaka (@KSKBasket) June 16, 2020
Hyundai Mobis announced the signing of Shawn Long and Jakeenan Gant.
Last year Long averaged over 18 points and 9 rebounds for Melbourne in NBL, while Gant played his rookie season in G League (8+3.7 rebounds with Fort Wayne).
Pallacanestro Varese announced the signing of Arturs Strautins to a 2+1 deal.
The Latvian forward with Italian status spent last season between Trieste and Udine.
Legia Warszawa announced the signing of Grzegorz Kaminski for the next three seasons.
The Polish player comes from Arka Gdynia.
Fonte: Legia Warszawa.
Justin Knox has signed in South Korea with Wonju DB Promy.
The American spent the season with Trento averaging 10.6 points and 5 rebounds in Serie A and 11.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in EuroCup.
Timofey Mozgov will undergo another knee surgery and is expected to miss from 4 to 6 months of action.
The Russian big man has missed the entire season due to a knee injury.
The news was reported by Eurohoops.
Valencia Basket is interested in free agent forward Anthony Gill, according to Chema de Lucas.
Gill is also one of Olimpia Milano’s main targets at the power forward position, Sportando’s Alessandro Maggi reported last week.
Fonte: Chema de Lucas.
Fenerbahce president Ali Koc said he will meet with Zeljko Obradovic on Tuesday.
“We will speak tomorrow,” Koc said to Fenerbahce TV (h/t George Zakkas). “Now Zeljko is at dinner with Maurizio and Semih Ozsoy. We will sit down tomorrow, together. The budget will decrease for sure. It’s impossible to have a 30 million budget in the next season. If Zeljko accepts that, he can stay. I always said if he wants to stay here, he can always stay. Zeljko said to me that this season’s roster was the best I’ve built in Fenerbahce. But, results were not good”.
Fonte: George Zakkas.
Cholet Basket point guard Michael Stockton has signed a contract extension through 2022, the team announced.
John Stockton’s son averaged 12.2 points and 6.8 assists per game this past season in the French Jeep Elite.
Fonte: Cholet.
JDA Dijon has reached an agreement with American swingman Jaron Johnson, according to BeBasket.
Johnson spent this past season with Elan Chalon.
Fonte: BeBasket.
Good news for Maccabi Tel Aviv and John Dibartolomeo as the Achilles injury is less severe than initially expected, according to Roi Cohen.
There’s no tear in Dibartolomeo’s Achilles tendon and he will be back in action next season.
Fonte: Roi Cohen.
Unics Kazan signs Jordan Morgan. Official announcement coming soon.
Jordan Morgan played this season with Pinar averaging 15.5 points and 7 rebounds in Fiba Europe Cup.
DONE DEAL: American-Slovenian big man Jordan Morgan has just signed a two-year contract with Unics Kazan.
Official announcement coming soon— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) June 15, 2020
Tutku Açık is expected to become the new head coach of Bursaspor, a source told Sportando.
Acik has been assistant coach in the Turkish team this season.
Bursaspor will play in EuroCup and BSL next season,.
Legia Warszawa announced the signing of Zach Johnson.
The rookie guard has spent four seasons in NCAA with Florida Gulf Coast before moving to Miami for his final year in college.
He averaged 11.7ppg in 2018-2019.
Fonte: Legia Warszawa.
Virtus Bologna owner Massimo Zanetti said some important things during today’s press conference.
“Unfortunately a lot of basketball teams in Italy have some financial difficulties and they could not believe they could send all the players out without paying them” Zanetti said about the cancelation of the Serie A season. “The majority wins and we had to accept it. The club with the most money wanted to cancel the season because they had a really bad season” Zanetti added. “If we say that we like a player, the day after Olimpia Milano comes and over pays him. Even because all this players, youngsters too, will never play also considering the star they have signed. Milano has such a big budget they think that buying players is enough (to win). But Djordjevic taught us that this is not reality. They have spent a lot of money but we beat them” Zanetti continued.
About EuroLeague? “We have contacts with EuroLeague top managers and we have done everything possible. If there will be a free spot, Virtus Bologna will be added to EuroLeague season”.
UPDATE 12.51: There is no agreement yet between Tornike Shengelia and CSKA Moscow.
The Russian powerhouse is interested in the Georgian forward but there is no agreement in place between Baskonia and CSKA. And considering that Baskonia is resuming the ACB season, the buyout negotiations could take time.
11.44: CSKA Moscow has reached an agreement with Tornike Shengelia for the next three seasons, according to Greek media.
Shengelia has a contract with Baskonia that will get a buyout to let him go to the Russian powerhouse.
BOOM: Tornike Shengelia to CSKA Moscow is a done deal, according to @SDNA_gr sources.
— George Zakkas (@ZakkasGeorge) June 15, 2020
Ο Σενγκέλια θα πάρει 6 εκατομμύρια για τρία χρόνια στην #CSKA
— Niki Bakouli (@karmaback) June 15, 2020