Awudu Abass is officially a new player of Virtus Bologna.
The Italian forward penned a multi-year agreement with the Italian team.
Abass comes from Germani Brescia where he has played the past two seasons.
Gianmarco Pozzecco will remain as head coach of Dinamo Sassari.
The two sides were close to parting ways on Sunday but during the night they decided to continue together.
Pozzecco has a contract with Sassari till 2022.
Gianmarco Pozzecco will remain as head coach of Dinamo Sassari, president Stefano Sardara said.
“I considered the idea of leaving Dinamo Sassari” Pozzecco added.
Mikyle McIntosh has penned a deal with ESSM Le Portel.
The Canadian power forward comes from Oostende where he averaged 14ppg in Belgian league and 13ppg in FIBA Europe Cup.
Fonte: Le Portel.
Awudu Abass will play with Virtus Bologna the next three seasons.
The two sides have reached a multi-year agreement and the official announcement is expected soon, a source told Sportando.
Abass is joining Virtus Bologna after two seasons with Germani Brescia that followed his two years with Olimpia Milano.
The Italian International averaged more than 14 points per game in Serie A this season.
Unics Kazan has parted ways with Raimar Morgan, Andrey Koscheev, Haukur Palsson, and Alex Tyus. All of them had expiring contracts.
Earlier today, the team also announced that Elgin Cook is leaving the team.
Fonte: UNICS Kazan.
Serbian point guard Aleksandar Cvetkovic has signed a deal with KK Mega Bemax of the ABA Liga, the team announced.
This past season, Cvetkovic played in Spain with BAXI Manresa and in the ABA Liga with Igokea.
Fonte: KK Mega Bemax.
Turkish club Besiktas will sign rookie guard Christian Lutete, according to Bjkbasket.org.
Lutete played college basketball at UMass Lowell. He averaged 19.3 points and seven rebounds per game in his senior year.
Fonte: Bjkbasket.
Former Kent State guard Carlton Guyton has signed a deal with DEAC (Hungary), the team announced.
Guyton spent this past season with Alba Fehervar, averaging 15 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.
Fonte: DEAC.
Rookie forward De’Jon Davis has agreed to a deal with Besiktas of the Turkish BSL, a source confirmed to Sportando. The story was first reported by Bjkbasket.org.
Davis played college basketball at California Baptist. He averaged 11.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in his senior year.
Fonte: Bjkbasket.
Slovenian team KK Rogaska announced that they will withdraw from the ABA Liga 2. They will play only in the domestic league next season.
URADNO: @kkrogaska v sezoni 2020/21 ne bo del @ABA_League2.
Po opravljenih razgovorih je vodstvo kluba sprejelo odločitev, da bi bilo glede na situacijo s COVID-19 sodelovanje v tekmovanju preveliko tveganje.https://t.co/FvfF0mwRxG
— KK Rogaška (@kkrogaska) June 14, 2020
Unicaja Malaga forward Carlos Suarez has signed a contract extension for the next two years with an option for the 2022-23 season.
Suarez has been playing for Unicaja since the 2013-14 season. That means if the 3rd-year option in his new contract is picked up, he will reach a big milestone by playing for the same team for 10 seasons.
Fonte: Unicaja Malaga.
Former EuroLeague and EuroCup big man Trevor Mbakwe will begin his coaching career at the age of 31 after seven years of professional basketball as a player.
Mbakwe will join the coaching staff of the boys’ basketball team at Benilde St. Margaret’s School in Minnesota.
Fonte: Damian Johnson.
Veteran guard Aaron Jackson and Maccabi Tel Aviv have parted ways, the team announced.
Jackson averaged 4.3 points and 1.7 assists in 17.5 minutes per game in the EuroLeague this season.
Fonte: Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Elgin Cook and Unics Kazan have agreed to part ways, the russian team announced.
The forward played just one game before the suspension.
This year Cook averaged over 15 points and 5 rebounds for Avtodor Saratov
Спасибо, @Ecook23_ 🏀
Форвард Элджин Кук покидает клуб по истечению контракта.
Мы благодарим его за игру и желаем успехов в дальнейшей карьере. pic.twitter.com/KT2b9XSkQ6— BC UNICS Kazan (@unicsbasket) June 14, 2020
Belgian side Okapi Aalst announced the arrival of Cameron McGriff, and the new contract signed by Senne Geukens, the team captain.
McGriff is a rookie forward that averaged over 12 points and 6 boards during his senior season with Oklahoma State.
Ook volgend seizoen mag Okapi Aalst rekenen op de diensten van Gentenaar Senne Geukens. De kapitein blijft aan boord. Volgens de traditie is er ook een (top)rookie dit jaar, Amerikaan @cameron_mcgriff tekende voor 1 seizoen spektakel in het Forum. #WijZijnAalst pic.twitter.com/gKTwVV12Jf
— Okapi Aalst (@bbcokapiaalstar) June 14, 2020
Nicolas De Jong will extend his contract with Elan Bearnais until 2023, Sud-Ouest reports (via bebasket).
This year the big man averaged 15.2 points and 3.5 rebounds over 15 games between Jeep Elite and BCL.
BC Igokea announced the signing of Jackie Carmicheal.
The big man played the last season for JL Bourg, where he averaged 10.9 points and 4.8 rebounds in Jeep Elite.
Iz Bourga u Laktaše https://t.co/6eGi2Ame7E #našakuća #republikasrpska #abaleague #abaliga pic.twitter.com/lr7BXw8mdg
— Igokea (@BCIgokea) June 14, 2020
Zeljko Obradovic will travel tomorrow to Istanbul to have talks with Fenerbahce, as reported by Basketfaul.
Obradovic will meet with Fenerbahce to closing the current season.
There has not been any discussion between the coach and Fenerbahce about his future and his salary.
Obradovic will fly on a regular flight from Belgrade despite Fenerbahce offered him a private jet, a source told Sportando.
Fonte: Basketfaul.
Luis Scola’s agent Claudio Villanueva talked about the future of the Argentinian legend to eldiariocba.com.
“He’s still practising, he loves to do it because he knows that it’s the standard to continue his career. He has offers, but he has to decide yet whether to continue or to retire. He had fun playing in Milano and chasing the Olympics, he’s still in Italy, but the situation is this as of today”, he said.
Fonte: Eldiariocba.com.
Dwayne Evans is leaving Dinamo Sassari after a season and he is in advanced negotiations with Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa, a source told Sportando.
Evans has spent one season with Sassari averaging 14.1 points and 7.1 rebounds in Serie A while in Basketball Champions League he was averaging 15.3 points with 5 rebounds before suspension due to Covid-19.
Evans has played in Germany most of his pro career before moving to Sardinia last summer.
Italian powerhouse Banco di Sardegna Sassari and coach Gianmarco Pozzecco are expected to part ways, a source confirmed to Sportando after the news was first broke by Gazzetta dello Sport.
Pozzecco leaves Sassari after leading the team to 2018-19 FIBA Europe Cup and a LBA final, and 2019-20 Italian Supercup, despite a contract until 2022. Transfer market strategies are believed to be the main reasons that have caused the abrupt ending of the relationship, after the probable departure of forward Dwayne Evans and the uncompleted arrival of guard Vasa Pusica, announced by Pozzecco in an interview.
Fortitudo Bologna announced the signing of Gherardo Sabatini.
Last year the pointguard averaged over 10 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assist for Urania Milano, in the italian second division.
With a post on Instagram, Vojislav Stojanovic announced that he’s leaving Vanoli Cremona after 2 years.
This season the swingman averaged 7.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 assist in LBA.
Nejc Baric agreed to a deal with Krka Novo Mesto, Sportistika reports.
This year the pointguard averaged over 7 points and 3 assist for Koper Primorska.
Iz zanesljivih virov prihaja informacija, da je organizator igre Nejc Barič sklenil dogovor s Krko.
Ob novici pa še statistični sladkorček: Barič je bil med vsemi igralci v ABA ligi drugi najuspešnejši pri izvajanju prostih metov – boljši je bil le zdaj že bivši soigralec Holt. pic.twitter.com/H0VvzssQYU
— Sportistika (@sportistika) June 11, 2020
Shizz Alston Jr. is close to sign a deal with Lavrio BC, Christos Tsaltas reports.
The guard out of Temple spent his rookie year for the Delaware Blue Coats in G-League, where he averaged 3.7 points and 2.9 assist per game.
American guard Shizz Alston Jr. is close to sign a deal with Greek team GS Lavrio BC. @Sdna_gr
Alston spent the season with Delaware Blue Coats in G-League.— Christos Tsaltas (@Tsaltas46) June 13, 2020
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque announced the arrival of Cameron Wells.
The pointguard spent the last season for s.Oliver Baskets, where he averaged 16.1 points and 5.5 assist per game in the german BBL.
🚨 Le @BCMBasket tient désormais son duo de meneur avec l’arrivée de Cameron Wells en complément de @6Bourhis ✅
Leader dans l’âme, Cameron fait des merveilles du côté de l’Allemagne 🇩🇪
👉 https://t.co/P17JurEDha #TousBCM pic.twitter.com/AjFRCkLaaY— BCM Basketball (@BCMBasket) June 13, 2020
Edin Atic is a new player of BC Igokea, the team announced.
The forward ended the last season with over 9 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assist per game for Mega Bemax.
Igokea jača za Atića https://t.co/jhWtCelGvs pic.twitter.com/oU4eei9WkL
— Igokea (@BCIgokea) June 13, 2020
Markus Loncar signed a two-year contract for Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz, the polish team announced.
The big man spent the last year with KK-Zabok, where he averaged 10.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in the top croatian division.
💣✍@markus_loncar nowym centrem Enea Astorii Bydgoszcz❗
Mierzący 213 cm Markus Loncar ostatni sezon spędził w Chorwackim KK Zabok notując średnio 10,9 pkt (53% z gry), 5,1 zbiórki, oraz 1,2 bloku na mecz. #Enea #Bydgoszcz #AstaToMy #plkpl pic.twitter.com/p0qCYXuyXL
— Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz (@EneaAstoria) June 13, 2020
Chris Horton signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, the french team announced.
Last year Horton was the top rebounder and the second best scorer in Jeep Elite, averaging 17.1 points, 9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks for Cholet.
🚨✅ C'est désormais officiel, Chris Horton @Waytoo_Cold sera maritime la saison prochaine ‼️
La meilleure éval de Jeep® ELITE et ses stats affolantes sont à retrouver par ici👇https://t.co/EoPoyxh71V #TousBCM pic.twitter.com/RMc9s0Jn1P
— BCM Basketball (@BCMBasket) June 12, 2020
Anthony Gaines Jr. has signed a deal with Kobrat Lapua of the Finnish Korisliiga, a source told Sportando.
Gaines played NCAA D3 basketball at Louisiana College. Last season, he averaged 17.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in the Canadian NBL with the London Lightning.