Worthy de Jong signed a three-year contract extension with ZZ Leiden.
The player averaged 14.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4 assists per game in Eredivise this season.
Bahcesehir agreed to terms with Alex Perez and Dogus Ozdemiroglu.
Mexican point guard Alex Perez ended this season in November after 14 games with Zalgiris Kaunas .
Turkish point guard Doguz Ozdemiroglu played this season with Darussafaka averaging 5.1 points and 2.1 assists in EuroCup.
Alex Perez – Bahçeşehir.
— Çağlar Torun (@caglartorun) May 28, 2020
Doğuş Özdemiroğlu – Bahçeşehir.
— Çağlar Torun (@caglartorun) May 28, 2020
Arnoldas Kulboka is back to RETAbet Bilbao, a source told Sportando and Chema de Lucas.
The Lithuanian shooter turned down a proposal from Zalgiris Kaunas to remain with the Basque team one more season.
Kulboka joined Bilbao last summer and averaged 8.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in ACB.
The team will join Basketball Champions League next season.
Greek guard Kostas Sloukas is very close to an agreement with Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid, according to novasports.gr.
Real has reportedly offered to the Greek star a 3-year, €6 million deal, while Sloukas is not willing to accept a pay-cut proposed by Fenerbahce.
Fonte: Novasports.gr.
According to Nova.rs, Vlada Jovanovic is almost certain to be Serbian side Mega Bemax new coach next season and will replace Dejan Milojevic, who will leave the ABA Liga team to go to work in an NBA coaching staff.
Jovanovic, who has coached Partizan Belgrade and Lokomotiv Kuban, is currently serving as CBA’s Shenzhen Aviators head coach.
Fonte: Nova.rs.
According to Spanish newspaper ABC, the ACB final tournament in Valencia could have three games per day, as asked by Spanish broadcaster Movistar. The proposed time slots are 15:30, 17:30 and 21:30.
The tournament will start on June 17, and have two groups of six teams each which will produce a Final Four to crown the 2020 Liga Endesa Champion on June 30. The two finalists will play a total of 7 games within less than two weeks.
Fonte: ABC.
Anadolu Efes Istanbul’s Chris Singleton spoke with SDNA about his future, the season with the Turkish team and more.
Fonte: SDNA.
Slovenian prospect Dan Dusack is returning to his homeland.
The combo guard born in 2002 is leaving Real Madrid to join KK Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, a source told Sportando.
Duscak averaged 6.7 points per game in four game in ANGT in Munich.
Antimo Martino is officially the new head coach of Pallacanestro Reggiana.
Martino signed a three-year deal with Reggio Emilia with the third year which is a team option.
The coach comes from Fortitudo Bologna where he has been the past two years.
Israeli company True Player Group, half owned by David Blatt’s family, is the new co-owner of Czech basketball team Basket Brno.
The coach of the Czech basketball team, Ronen Ginzburg, who mediated the initial contact, has a great deal of credit for the connection of the Israeli company with the Brno basketball club.
Fonte: Basket Brno.
HydroTruck Radom announced the signing of Mikolaj Kurpisz.
The Polish player arrives on loan from Trefl Sopot.
Fonte: HydroTruck Radom.
BG Göttingen announced the signing of Erol Ersek for the easyCredit BBL Final Tournament 2020.
This year the austrian guard played for the second team of Bayern Munich in the German Pro B, averaging 8.8 points and 3.3 assist per game.
Willkommen in Göttingen, Erol! Wir leihen uns Erol Ersek für das @easyCreditBBL Final-Turnier 2020 vom @fcb_basketball aus. Als U23-Spieler fällt der Österreicher ?? nicht ins Nachverpflichtungskontingent.
Mehr Infos: ⬇️ https://t.co/PCugsbIXdS#veilchenimblut pic.twitter.com/EGu61ENHcG
— BG Göttingen (@BGGoettingen) May 27, 2020
Medhy Ngouama announced on his social media that he will play for Le Portel the next season (Via BeBasket).
This year the guard averaged 2.9 points and 1.2 assist for Nanterre in Jeep Elite.
Binks let’s get it ?? see y’all soon pic.twitter.com/geRwVXucou
— NGOUAMA Mehdy (@NGMdy5) May 27, 2020
Vanoli Cremona and Meo Sacchetti have agreed to part ways, the italian team announced.
Sacchetti, the coach of the Italian National Team, should join Fortutido Bologna.
Former Princeton forward Myles Stephens has agreed to a deal with the Vilpas Vikings of the Finnish Korisliiga, a source told Sportando.
The 23-year-old Stephens spent his rookie season in Germany’s ProB, averaging 21.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in 12 games with the affiliate team of Bundesliga club Oldenburg.
Michalis Lountzis reportedly agrees to deal with Promitheas .
Greek point guard palyed 8 games this season with Lavrio averaging 5.9 points in A1.
Done deal: Michalis Lountzis will join Promitheas Patras BC next season #PromitheasBC
— Christos Tsaltas (@Tsaltas46) May 27, 2020
Big man Jeff Adrien will pursue legal action at BAT against Saudi Arabia club Al Ittihad and CEO Hamad Alsanei for outstanding salaries of $35,500, a source told Sportando.
The former NBA player moved to the Middle East country after having started the season in Israel with Ironi Nahariya (10.9ppg and 6.4rpg).
David Ortega will not remain as head coach of Orleans next season.
Ortega has spent 14 seasons with the French team.
?L'OLB vous informe que David Fernande Ortega ne sera plus entraîneur au sein du club à l’issue de la saison 19/20.
?Nous lui adressons un immense merci pour tout le travail accompli durant ces 14 années passée au sein du club.
⌨️Plus d'infos : https://t.co/18fi4HHX8d#TousOLB pic.twitter.com/0PuWe6iozt— OrléansLoiretBasket (@OLB45) May 27, 2020
Fonte: Orleans.
Mantas Kalnietis and Lokomotiv Kuban have agreed to a one-year contract extension.
The Lithuanian guard has played for the Russian team from 2012 to 2015 and this season.
He will stay with the club in 2020-2021 as well.
Fonte: Lokomotiv Kuban.
Real Madrid will re-sign legendary captain Felipe Reyes for one more season, as reported by Chema de Lucas.
Next season will be Reyes’ 23rd as a professional player and his 17th with Real Madrid, with whom he has won 7 ACB titles, 5 Copa del Rey (plus one with Estudiantes), 5 Supercup, 2 Euroleague, 1 Eurocup and 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Fonte: Chema De Lucas.
Serbian guard Aleksa Avramovic will part ways with Unicaja Malaga and sign a one-year deal for Estudiantes Madrid, as reported by Gigantes’ David Sardinero.
Avramovic has been loaned by Malaga, with which he was under contract for the 2020-21 season too, last December.
Fonte: David Sardinero.
Alan Williams is expected to remain in Russia with Lokomotiv Kuban.
The former NBA big man and the Russian team are in advanced discussions on a contract extension, a source told Sportando.
Williams averaged a double double in points and rebounds in his first season in VTB League (11+10).
Ido Davidi is a new player of Hapoel Eilat, the israeli team announced.
The guard started the year in the second israeli division for Maccabi Hasharon, where he averaged 14 points per game.
עידו דוידי, ששיחק בשנים האחרונות בליגה הלאומית, יערוך בכורה בליגת ווינר סל במדי הפועל "יוסי אברהמי" אילת pic.twitter.com/UsPiRINCbE
— Winner League (@WinnerLeague) May 26, 2020
Ivan Almeida is a new player of Ironi Nahariya, the israeli team announced.
This year the forward has already played in the Czech Republic, Portugal and Italy.
OFFICIAL: @ifalmeida joins @INahariya
— Winner League (@WinnerLeague) May 26, 2020
The Perth Wildcats have re-signed two-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton on a new three-year contract.
This year the pointguard out of Providence averaged 22.9 points, 4.1 assist and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 42% from the field, 39% from long range and 85% from the foul line.
Good news, Red Army! ?https://t.co/DohLp5vvqv
— Perth Wildcats (@PerthWildcats) May 26, 2020
Olimpia Milano is in advanced negotiations with Amar Alibegovic, as reported by Ansa’s Luca Guazzoni and confirmed to Sportando.
The Bosnian with Italian status spent the season with Virtus Roma averaging 10.5 points and 7.2 rebounds in Serie A.
Virtus Bologna showed interest in Alibegovic as well but he is leaning towards joining Milano.
Khimki head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis said he would like to keep the team almost original for the next season.
“Now it is difficult to talk about the market. We had an expensive and good team and I would like to keep it, even if we could improve it in some positions. But this does not depend on the coach, because I don’t know the damage caused by the situation with coronavirus. Everything will depend on the budget. If all goes well, I would like to keep 90% of the current team.
If you create a new team, you will waste time on adaptation and teamwork. As a result, you lose six months of quality basketball. As a coach, I would like to keep everything, but this is just my thought and we want to take advantage of the opportunities “,
Fonte: Ria Novosti.
Baris Ermis announced that he has parted ways with Tofas Bursa.
Former Iowa forward Peter Jok agreed to a deal with UCAM Murcia, according to Chema de Lucas.
Jok averaged 10.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game for Cholet in France this past season.
Fonte: Chema de Lucas.
Lokomotiv Kuban is considering opting out of Dragan Apic’s contract for next season, a source told Sportando.
Apic spent the season on loan with Burgos.