Basket rumors

Shavon Shields, Olimpia Milano reach agreement

Baskonia swingman Shavon Shields has reached an agreement with AX Armani Exchange Milano, sources told Sportando and Chema de Lucas. He will join Milano when the Liga ACB season with Baskonia is over.

Shields averaged 9.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game this season in the EuroLeague, while in the Liga ACB he’s averaging 11.7 points and 4.2 boards.

Isaac Fotu leaves De’Longhi Treviso

Isaac Fotu announced on his social media that he’s leaving italian team De’Longhi Treviso.
Fotu thanked the club, the organization and the fans.

The forward averaged 14.1 points and 5.2 rebounds over 20 LBA games, shooting 57% from the field, 40% from long rane and 75% from the foul line.

KK Mega Bemax, Vladimir Jovanovic is the new coach

Vladimir Jovanovic will replace Dejan Milojevic on the bench of Mega Bemax, the team announced.
Vladimir Jovanovic signed a two-year contract with the club.

CSKA officially signs Mike James to a three-year contract extension

CSKA Moscow made it official. Mike James has signed a three-year contract extension with the team.
The American guard will remain in Moscow till 2023.

Dominique Archie to re-sign with Chalons-Raims

Dominique Archie has re-signed with Jeep Elite team Chalons-Reims, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.

This year the athletic forward averaged 10.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in Jeep Elite, shooting 47% from the field, 35% from long range and 82% from the foul line.

Sources: Scott Machado to sign a two-year extension with Cairns Taipans

The Cairns Taipans have agreed to a two-year contract extension with Scott Machado, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
This year the pass-first pointguard averaged 16.6 points, 7.5 assist and 1.4 steals in NBL, shooting 45% from the field, 40% from beyond the arc and 87% from the foul line.

Panathinaikos and Valencia reportedly interested in Kevin Pangos

Panathinaikos and Valencia are seriously considering Barcelona’s guard Kevin Pangos, according to Eurohoops’ Nikos Varlas. Former Zalgiris guard will be a free agent at the end of ACB season.

Pangos and Crvena Zvezda’s Lorenzo Brown are, in particular, main targets for Panathinaikos’ starting PG role.

Fonte: Nikos Varlas.

Sources: KK Igokea showing serious interest in Tay Waller

KK Igokea is showing serious interest in Tay Waller, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
The guard has spent the past three seasons with the Mornar Bar.
This year Waller averaged 8.2 points and 2.1 rebounds per game between ABA Liga and BCL, shooting 40% from long range.

Darussafaka raises the salary and keeps Dogus Özdemiroğlu

Darussafaka has agreed to extend the contract of Dogus Özdemiroğlu, a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
Özdemiroğlu got a wage increase.
This year the guard averaged 6.5 points, 1.3 assist and 1.6 steals per game between BSL and Eurocup.

Limoges CSP extends Hugo Invernizzi until 2022

Limoges CSP announced the extension of Hugo Invernizzi’s contract until 2022.
This season, the swingman averaged 10.4 points (69.4% 2 pts, 38.7% 3 pts), 2 assists and 3.6 rebounds in Jeep Elite.

Alexandre Chassang extends with JDA Dijon

Alexandre Chassang extended his contract with JDA Dijon until 2022, the french team announced.
This year the forward averaged 9.9 points and 4.4 rebounds over 44 games between Jeep Elite and BCL.

Olimpia Milano, Amedeo Della Valle part ways

Olimpia Milano and Amedeo Della Valle have agreed to part ways, the italian team announced.
Della Valle, one of the best players in EuroCup in 2017-2018 while he was in Reggio Emilia’s jersey, averaged 5.9 points in EuroLeague and 4.4 points in Serie A this season before suspension.
The entire Olimpia Milan basketball family is thankful to Amedeo Della Valle for his two years in Milan and wishes him all the best for his future.

Zenit GM: “We still don’t know our budget. We are not negotiating with anyone yet”

Zenit general manager Alexander Tserkovny told SDNA’s George Zakkas that the team needs to set up a budget for next season before they can be active on the market.

“We still don’t know our budget, it’s a complex and not a quick process,” Tserkovny said. “It is necessary to form it, to work with sponsors to understand our resources. We are not negotiating with Calathes & Shved. We are not negotiating with anyone yet”.

Fonte: George Zakkas.

Zalgiris suspends Tom Digbeu’s contract

Zalgiris Kaunas has suspended Tom Digbeu’s contract as he returned to France without the authorization of the club.

“For some young guys like him it’s hard to live far away from home,” Zalgiris sporting director Robertas Javtokas told 15min.lt. “We don’t know yet what’s going to happen but he is back home.”

The 2001-born guard was supposed to spend the season on loan with Prienai but suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason.

Fonte: 15min.lt.