Basket rumors

German BBL players to wear chips to track movements

Players participating in the German BBL tournament are being asked to wear chips monitoring their movements, league commissioner Stefan Holz told ESPN.

In the case of an infection, the league will isolate the player, coach or referee and conduct contact tracing to determine who might have been in contact with the infected person.

“It is voluntary,” Holz said. “It is optional. It is to trace contacts. If there is one positive test within the group, the whole group could be in danger. It could be the end of the tournament.”

The tournament begins this Saturday in Munich.

Fonte: ESPN.

Vasa Pusica drawing serious interest from Dinamo Sassari and Rytas Vilnius

The future of Vasa Pusica could be again in Italy or in Lithuania.
The Serbian guard has an offers on the table from Dinamo Sassari and Rytas Vilnius and he is expected to make a final decision soon, a source told Sportando.
Pusica spent the season, before the suspension due to coronavirus, with VL Pesaro where he was averaging 12.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 18 games played.

Strahinja Jovanović joins WKS Slask Wroclaw on 3-year contract

Strahinja Jovanović signed a 3-year contract with WKS Slask Wroclaw, as announced by the polish team.
This year the serbian pointguard played for Steauy CSM EximBank Bucharest in the top Romanian Division, with averages of 15.7 points, 4.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds over 17 games.

Perth Wildcats re-sign Majok Majok

Championship-winning centre Majok Majok will remain with the Perth Wildcats for the upcoming NBL season.

The Wildcats had a club option to retain Majok after the first year of his contract, and have elected to keep the strong West Aussie on its playing roster.

Majok joined the Wildcats on a two-year contract ahead of the 2019/20 season, and experienced championship success in his first season with his home town team.

He is looking forward to the challenge of a club three-peat.

“It’s going to be exciting, it’s always tough to defend a championship but that’s a challenge we’re all looking forward to,” he said.

“I really had a fun year playing with the guys, being part of the Perth Wildcats organisation and playing in front of the Red Army.”

Coming off a tough 2018/19 season, Majok rejuvenated his career with the move west, playing every game in Perth’s championship-winning campaign.

While playing a back-up centre role, he averaged 3.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, impressing coach Trevor Gleeson with his hustle around the basket.

“Majok was great for us, and it’s great to have another championship player returning for next season,” said Gleeson.

“His rebounding, his hustle plays and his willingness to do anything we needed for the team, it’s great to have a player that works so hard for his teammates and really buys into our culture.”

Majok joins Bryce Cotton, Mitch Norton, Jesse Wagstaff, Clint Steindl, Wani Swaka Lo Buluk on the Perth Wildcats roster for the next NBL season.

Fonte: NBL.

Iberostar Tenerife extend Marcelinho Huertas

Iberostar Tenerife and Marcelinho Huestas have extended their relationship one more season, the team announced.
Huertas was under contract until 2021.
Before the suspension the pointguard was averaging 12.9 points and 8.3 assist over 40 games between ACB and BCL.

Kostas Sloukas’ agent denies rumors of deal with Olympiacos

Kostas Sloukas agent Panos Kapazoglou denied the recent news of an agreement between his client and Olympiacos.
“With huge respect to the work of all sport media, websites, free lancers, I would like to repeat once again that Kostas Sloukas is under contract with Fenerbahce and has not been involved on any kind of negotiations with any club in the world”

 

UCAM Murcia extends Sadiel Rojas

Sadiel Rojas will remain with UCAM Murcia one more season, the spanish club announced.
He is on his way to completing his seventh season with Murcia.
Before the suspension Rojas was averaging 4.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

Paul Rigot joins Gravelins-Dunkerque

Paul Rigot signed with Gravelines-Dunkerque, the french team announced.
Last season the forward was the best 3-points shooter in Pro B, with 48% on 3.8 attempts per game for Evreux.
He averaged over 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assist.

Kostas Sloukas reportedly joining Olympiacos on 3-year €5.5M contract

Kostas Sloukas agreed on a three-year contract with Olympiacos for about €5.5 million, Stefan Makris of Sport24 reports.
The greek guard will leave the Fenerbahce after 5 seasons.
This year Sloukas averaged 11.6 points and 6.1 assist in Euroleague.

Fonte: Sport24gr.

The foreigners still in China for resumption of CBA set for June 20

CBA will resume on June 20 but only a few foreigners are in the Asian country ready to be on the court when the season will restart.

According to Sportando’s sources, Jared Cunningham has to be cut from the list since he is already back in the States while Donatas Motiejunas is expected to go back in Lithuanian soon. Both are not playing when CBA resumes.

The others have never returned after suspension or have returned to China and left after CBA postponed the resumption. And now they can’t go back before the country is closed to avoid another coronavirus outbreak

Coach Ertugrul Erdogan in advanced talks with Galatasaray over contract extension

Coach Ertugrul Erdogan met with Galatasaray board and the two sides are advancing towards a multiyear contract extension that was supposed to be done before coronavirus pandemic, a source told Sportando.

Erdogan led Galatasaray over the past two seasons and the team was in 4th position in BSL before the suspension.

The two sides were close to a deal before pandemic and now they have re-engaged in negotiations.

Can Korkmaz headed to Turk Telekom Ankara

Can Korkmaz is heading to Turk Telekom Ankara.
The player informed Galatasaray that he is joining Turk Telekom Ankara, a source told Sportando.
Galatasaray wanted to keep Korkmaz for next season but it won’t raise the first proposal.

Korkmaz averaged 6.9 points per game with 1.3 rebounds and 2 assists in BSL this season.

Basketfaul first reported the two sides were close to an agreement.

Lokomotiv Kuban re-signs Alan Williams

Lokomotiv Kuban announced the contract extension of Alan Williams.
The big man averaged a double double in points and rebounds in his first season in Russia.