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
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.