Tyrell Sturdivant has signed a deal with BBC Arantia Larochette in Luxembourg.
He averaged 20.5 points and 13.7 rebounds per game in the German Regionalliga this season.
Fonte: FLBB.
Sasa Obradovic has officially parted ways with AS Monaco. He will be the new head coach of Crvena Zvezda.
🔄 @SasaObradovic69 rejoint le club de l’Etoile Rouge de Rouge (@kkcrvenazvezda), où il a écrit sa légende en tant que joueur. L’ASM Basket tient à remercier très spécialement coach Saša pour tout ce qu’il a apporté au club. 🥰
📄 Le communiqué 👇
👉 https://t.co/32Ru6Venpf pic.twitter.com/ZO3Yrjg8rv— AS Monaco Basket (@ASMonaco_Basket) June 8, 2020
Italian guard Riccardo Visconti has agreed to a deal with Brindisi of the Italian Serie A and Basketball Champions League, according to BrindisiReport.
The 21-year-old Visconti played for Mantova in the Serie A2 this season, averaging 10.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
Fonte: BrindisiReport.
ADA Blois sporting director Julien Monclar announced that Tyren Johnson has left the team to join Dorados de Chihuahua in Mexico.
Johnson averaged 18.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and three assists per game in the French Pro B this season.
Fonte: BeBasket.
Veteran guard Adama Darboe has signed a deal with Spirou Basket of Belgium’s Euromillions League, the team announced.
Darboe has spent the past four seasons in Denmark with the Bakken Bears. He averaged 9.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game this season in the Danish league and FIBA Europe Cup.
Fonte: Spirou Basket.
Itay Segev has signed a deal with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French Jeep Elite, the team announced.
Segev played for Ironi Nahariya in Israel this season. He averaged 8.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game before the season was suspended.
Fonte: BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque.
Fortitudo Bologna is showing huge interest in Adrian Banks and is ready to put on the table a big offer to convince the combo guard to remain in Italy next season, a source told Sportando.
Banks has been the unquestionable MVP this season in Serie A with 21.2ppg, 3.6rpg and 4.5apg.
The native of Memphis has turned down a contract extension from Happy Casa Brindisi which tried to keep him for one more season but now he may stay in Italy and join coach Meo Sacchetti’s new team that will also play in Basketball Champions League in 2020-2021.
Banks has played in Italy also with Varese and Avellino.
After the agreement reached with Jeff Brooks on a contract extension, Gigi Datome is Olimpia Milano’s next big target.
Ettore Messina’s goal is to close the “Italian” roster of AX Armani Exchange with the forward of Fenerbahce.
Datome, in Fenerbahce since 2015, has a contract till 2022 with the Turkish powerhouse without opt out clause in the summer.
Milano has expressed serious interest in the captain of Italbasket and the contacts have intensified in the recent days, but his future remains in the hands of Fenerbahce.
As of now, the expectation is that Datome is still committed to remain in Istanbul more than returning to Italy but the situation in Fenerbahce is not clear yet and Zeljko Obradovic’s decision about his future is going to influence the decision of their top players.
If Milano doesn’t sign Datome, the target would be Derrick Williams, another player of Fenerbahce, whose contract will expire on June 30.
Tofas announced the signing of Turkish rookie Alihan Demir.
Demir comes from Minnesota where he averaged 7.1 points and 5 rebounds in NCAA.
Fonte: Tofas Bursa.
Mateusz Zębski is a new player of King Wilki Szczecin.
The player comes from Astorya Bydgoszcz where he averaged 12.3 points per game.
Mateusz Zębski zawodnikiem Kinga Szczecin! Witamy na pokładzie 💪🐺🔥🏀#plkpl @plkpl
Więcej informacji: https://t.co/xqgMtIenOX pic.twitter.com/uotatIFV5o
— KingWilki (@KingWilki) June 8, 2020
Donaldas Kairys opts out of his deal with Avtodor Saratov.
The 43-year-old Lithuanian took over as head coach early in February. His deal ran up to the conclusion of the 2020-21 season with the opt-out clause he has activated. Kairys guided his side to beat Tmoki Minsk at home and to lose two road games in Zielona Gora and Khimki.
Donaldas KAIRYS:
“I am truly thankful for the trust shown and opportunity to work in BC Avtodor. I enjoyed working in Saratov and was happy to be part of the club. I wish Avtodor a success and the best of luck in all of its future endeavors.”
The coach will join Rytas Vilnius.
Donaldas Kairys is leaving Avtodor Saratov and is expected to be officially announced soon as the new head coach of Rytas Vilnius, according to sources.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) June 8, 2020
Fonte: Avtodor Saratov.
Ormanspor announced the signing of Tu Holloway.
The guard joins the Turkish team after a season in Rytas Vilnius (7.6ppg and 4.3apg in LKL and 8.1ppg and 4.2apg in EuroCup).
TERRELL HOLLOWAY OGM ORMANSPOR'DA 😎
Ekibimiz son olarak Litvanya Ligi'nde Vilnius Takımında forma giyen Terrell Holloway ile anlaşmıştır.
Holloway'a OGM Ormanspor çatısı altında başarılar dileriz. pic.twitter.com/wiYaeag7XR
— OGM Ormanspor (@ormanspor1971) June 8, 2020
Evgeny Bogachev, president of UNICS Kazan, said that team guard Eric McCollum, whose contract with the club will expire this summer, is ready to cut his salary for a new deal with Kazan.
“We are in constant contact with McCollum’s agent. He said Eric is ready for a pay cut. This is commendable given the difficult financial situation in European basketball. Let’s see how it all ends. Probably in 7-10 days it will be clearer what budget we have for the 2020/2021 season. So it will be possible to talk more substantially about new contracts.
There are various predictions on this topic. Do we start playing between late September and early October? However, the number of diseases in the country is not decreasing. The buildings are still closed. Also, no one guarantees that the second wave of coronavirus will not start and the season won’t stop, say, halfway through. Therefore, when drafting new contracts there will be some clauses. For example, if the season ends conditionally in November, the player will receive a percentage of the annual salary, etc. “Bogachev said to Izvestia.
Isaac Fotu has signed the contract with Reyer Venezia, a source told Sportando.
And now only the official announcement is missing before he becomes a player of the 2019 Italian Champions.
The New Zealand forward comes from Treviso where he has spent the past season averaging 14.1 points and 5.2 rebounds in Serie A.
Kaza Kajami-Keane is a new player of Le Mans.
The Canadian comes from German side MBC where he averaged 15.1 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.
Kaza Kajami-Keane @KazaKeane10 moved from the @easyCreditBBL team @syntainicsmbc to the French club Le Mans! #BeoBasket
— Dragan Jankovski (@DraganJankovski) June 8, 2020
Antabia Waller is officially a new player of KK Igokea.
The guard comes from KK Mornar Bar in Montenegro where he has played the past seasons.
Fonte: KK Igokea.
Asvel announced the signing of Kevarrius Hayes.
The big man comes from Pallacanestro Cantù where he averaged 9.6 points and 7.3 rebounds in his rookie season as a pro in Europe.
Fonte: Asvel.
Austin Daye, despite interest from the NBA, has decided to remain with Umana Reyer Venezia.
The 2019 Serie A Finals and 2020 Italian Cup MVP will pen a two-year contract extension with the Italian powerhouse, a source told Sportando.
Daye moved to Venezia in 2017-2018 and helped the team to win a FIBA Europe Cup, an Italian Championship and an Italian Cup.
DeAndre Lansdowne is a new player of SIG Strasbourg.
The American moves to the French team after a season in Brescia where he averaged 13.3 points in Serie A and 10.2 points in EuroCup.
Fonte: SIG Strasbourg.
Johnny O’Bryant is in advanced discussions to re-sign with Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban, a source told Sportando.
The former NBA player averaged 16.3ppg, 5.7rpg and 2.6apg in VTB League and 13.8ppg and 5.1rpg in EuroCup his first season with the Russian team.
O’Bryant has played 147 games in the NBA after being selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 36th overall pick of the 2014 draft.
He averaged 3.5 points and 2.4 rebounds playing for Bucks, Nuggets and Hornets.
Jalen Cannon is close to joining Openjobmetis Varese, as reported by La Prealpina.
The American spent the past three seasons in Italian Serie A2 with Agrigento (two years) and Rieti.
This season he averaged 19.2 points with Rieti.
Jeff Brooks and Olimpia Milano will remain together, a source told Sportando.
The American forward with Italian passport and the Italian powerhouse have reached an agreement in principle on a contract extension for the future.
Brooks will be at his third season in Italy with Milano where he averaged 4.3ppg and 4.6rpg in EuroLeague and 6.5ppg and 5.6rpg in Serie A.
The Italy’s National Team member will be one of the sixth Italians of the team with Andrea Cinciarini, Davide Moretti, Riccardo Moraschini, Paul Biligha and, maybe, Gigi Datome.
Datome has a contract without opt out clause in his contract with Fenerbahce but he is being pursued by Milano very hard over the last few days also considering the uncertainty in Fenerbahce.
After Oklahoma State was hit with a postseason ban for the 2020-21 season, potential 2021 NBA top pick Cade Cunningham may decide not to join the Cowboys after all.
“We’re going to have conversations over the next few days, probably weeks, and look at all the options whatever they are: G-League, overseas, other universities, stay at Oklahoma State,” Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton said. ““At the end of the day whatever his family and he decide is best, I’m going to get in tow with that and I’m going got support it 100 percent.”
Fonte: Adam Zagoria.
Polish big man Jakub Parzenski has signed with King Szczecin, the team announced.
Parzenski hasn’t played this season. He last played in the Polish EBL in 2018-19 with Radom and Anwil.
Fonte: King Szczecin.
Leonardo Totè has agreed to a deal with Basketball Champions League newcomer Fortitudo Bologna, according to the local newspaper Corriere di Bologna.
The 22-year-old big man averaged 9.6 points, 6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game for Pesaro this season in the Italian Serie A.
Fonte: Daniele Labanti.
Tofas Bursa is showing serious interest in Varese big man Jeremy Simmons, a source told Sportando.
Simmons can exercise the opt-out clause in his contract with Varese by July 1st.
He averaged 10.5 points and 9.3 rebounds in the Italian Serie A this season.
HydroTruck Radom have re-signed Daniel Wall, Filip Zegzuła, Marcin Piechowicz for next season.
The three players will remain with the Polish team.
Fonte: PLK.
RETABet Bilbao is pursuing Felipe Dos Anjos in order to add depth to their frontcourt, according to Chema de Lucas.
The 22-year-old big man played for Palencia in the LEB Oro this past season.
Fonte: Chema de Lucas.
Former Murray State point guard Bryce Jones announced he has re-signed with KK Borac.
Jones led the Serbian club to a promotion to the ABA Liga. He averaged 10.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, four assists and 1.8 steals per game in the ABA Liga 2 this past season.
Fonte: Bryce Jones Instagram.
Kevarrius Hayes is in advanced discussions to join EuroLeague team ASVEL Villeurbanne, a source told Sportando.
Hayes had a strong rookie season in the Italian Serie A with Cantù where he averaged 9.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.