Serbian center Nikola Milutinov has agreed to a deal with CSKA Moscow, as first reported by Eurodevotion on Friday.
Milutinov, whose NBA rights are held by the San Antonio Spurs, has played for Olympiacos for the last five seasons.
Fonte: Eurodevotion.
EuroLeague club Olympiacos reportedly extended an offer to free agent forward Ryan Broekhoff, according to Greek newspaper Live Sport and Israeli reporter Roi Cohen.
Broekhoff became a free agent in February after being waived by the Dallas Mavericks.
Fonte: Roi Cohen.
Australian NBL players were told in a conference call on Thursday that the league and team owners asked players to agree on the following, or risk being stood down, a league source told Sportando.
– A 50% pay cut (capped at minimum wage).
– No career-ending injury insurance
– No health insurance.
– Development Player wave reduced fro $17K to $15K.
Despite the league won’t be starting in less than five months, NBL is using coronavirus pandemic to ask a reduction of salaries for the players.
The actual Collective Bargaining Agreement states the following:
Sportando reached out to NBL owner Larry Kestelman asking about the report.
“What we are doing is seeing how we can look after our players during this terrible time around the world” he said. “10s of Millions of people have been stood down and we believe as a league we are in a good position to avoid that. We are having productive conversations with the Players association and confident we will find common ground. It’s a tough time for all, but by working together we will come out the other end strong. We are still confident we will get our season away as have 6 months to get through this and feel lucky we are in our off season” Kestelman added.
Limoges CSP announced that coach Mehdy Mary has signed a two-year contract extension with the team.
The new contract will expire in June 2022.
Mary had a record of 7 wins and 5 losses as head coach of Limoges.
Fonte: Limoges CSP.
Maccabi Tel Aviv denied reports made by the Israeli media about their interest in some players for next season.
Ryan Broekhoff has been reported to be a target for the “Yellows” from Tel Aviv.
Clarification:
It was published today that Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv is “working on the next season” and “targeting/interested” in players. We are clarifying here that this is false.
The club doesn’t do that nowadays— Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) April 10, 2020
Maccabi Tel Aviv is interested in Ryan Broekhoff, as reported by Sport5.
The Australian forward spent the past two seasons in the NBA with the Dallas Mavericks averaging 4 points in 59 games.
Fonte: Sport5.
Big man Ethan Happ could become Italian soon, according to his agent Mario Scotti.
“Ethan may get Italian passport. We are working on it. His great-grandparents are from Sicily” Mario Scotti told La Provincia di Cremona. “His status would change and also his market value. Virtus Bologna and Olimpia Milano would be the front runners”.
Happ was averaging 18 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists in 16 Serie A games with Vanoli Cremona where he landed on loan from Olympiacos.
Conflicting rumors from Turkey about Zeljko Obradovic’s future in Fenerbahce.
In recent days there had been talk of a possible farewell between the Serbian Head Coach and the Turkish powerhouse with Sarunas Jasikevicius as a possible replacement candidate.
In fact Jasikevius and Obradovic will be free agent this summer.
But, as reported by Aksam, Fenerbahce offered a 1.650 million euros contract during the season to Obradovic. A 50% reduction on the previous contract and on the club’s budget.
Obradovic has not yes responded to the proposal.
Duke transfer guard Alex O’Connell has committed to Creighton.
O’Connell averaged 4.2 points in 12.5 minutes per game in his 3-year stint with the Blue Devils. He is a career 36.1% three-point shooter.
Committed!! ???? #BlueJays pic.twitter.com/yyVsGkfQ4t
— Alex O'Connell ? (@Alex_OC11) April 8, 2020
Kenneth “Speedy” Smith will play the next season with the Antwerp Giants, the belgian team announced.
The former Louisiana Tech pointguard spent this year between Hungary and Charleroi, where he distributed 101 assists over 12 games.
Excited to announce @SpeedySmith_ will be playing for Telenet Giants Antwerp next season! https://t.co/3tHG7Y0xmC
The American point guard is our first reinforcement for the 2020-2021 season. Welcome to A-town, Speedy! ? pic.twitter.com/WnSz5ZVVgA— TELENET GIANTS ?️ (@antwerpgiants) April 8, 2020
Real Madrid reached an agreement with the players to reduce their salaries by 20% due to the coronavirus pandemic, as reported by AS.
The reduction of the salaries will be by 10% if Liga (football season) will resume (even behind closed doors).
Real Madrid will save more than €6.5 million with the 20% reduction. The salaries of the players will cost around $32 million this season.
Fonte: AS.
Kostas Sloukas has one year remaining on his contract with Fenerbahce and he doesn’t want to leave. But if coach Zeljko Obradovic won’t remain at the helm of the team, the situation could rapidly change.
Sloukas has been linked to both Panathinaikos and Olympiacos.
Via Eurohoops, “There is a rumor that I will return to Olympiacos or play for Panathinaikos. I read and listen to the scenarios that are out there but what I know is that I have a guaranteed contract with Fenerbahce for one more season. Because of the unique case, there are various fleeting thoughts on my mind but there is a contract. If, of course, coach Obradovic leaves, as it is strongly rumored, the discussion changes,” Sloukas said in an interview with Greek newspaper “Ta Nea.”
The Italian Basketball Federation is expected to cancel the season for the Serie A and Serie A2, FIP advisor Marco Tajana told Italian podcast “Cantieri Aperti”.
@Carchia SCOOP: Nella LIVE DI "Cantieri Aperti" il consigliere federale Marco Tajana conferma campionato di A2 STOP, e al 99% stop per la LBA a partire da domani!!!
— Fabrizio Lorenzi (@fabry23lorenzi) April 6, 2020
Davide Moretti said that the most likely option for him at the moment is to return to Texas Tech for his senior year.
Moretti’s plans, before the NCAA season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, was to make some workouts with NBA teams and considering European teams.
But with the uncertainty about the future and next season, Moretti told Tuttosport that he may remain with the Raiders.
“I have a scholarship, I play in one of the most important schools in America. It is difficult to understand what will happen, but returning to Texas Tech is the most open hypothesis at the moment” Moretti said.
The Italian guard averaged 13 points per game in 31 games played this season before suspension.
Aaron Craft said that in Belgrade he may have played his final game.
The point guard announced that he was retiring at the end of the season to pursue a degree. But he did not imagine to finish his career due to coronavirus pandemic.
“The game in Belgrade could have been my final one. I am trying not to think too much about that. I am trying to remain focus if the season resumes. I can’t be disappointed, it is a difficult situation for everyone. I won’t change my mind but it will be sad to think that my career has finished in Belgrade and in this way. I was dreaming something different but I can’t change what is happening” Craft told L’Adige.
Belgian prospect Joel Ekamba has decided to enter the 2020 NBA Draft, a source told Sportando.
The guard born in 2001, with a 6’9 wingspan, spent the season in LNP Espoirs with Limoges where he averaged 13 points per game adding 3.2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Ekamba spent the 2019-2020 season in Belgian league with Belfius Mons-Hainaut.
He averaged 8 points at Under 19 European Championship Division B in 2019.
American bigman Hassan Martin asked about Olympiacos as reported by sport24.gr .
Budcnost center averaged 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds in EuroCup this season.
Olympiacos also targets Hassan Martin for the next season.
BGSU guard Justin Turner has cut his list to Missouri, Marquette and Iowa State.
Justin Turner averaged this season with Bowling Green 18.8 points.
Former Renaissance could also stay in BGSU.
Bowling Green grad transfer Justin Turner told me he has cut his list to Missouri, Marquette and Iowa State. Also still has BG on his list. Said he hopes to make a final decision in the next week.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 5, 2020
The season postponement is expected to affect significantly the clubs’ financial stability. However, Anadolu Efes, Real Madrid, and Valencia have informed players that their salaries will be fully covered, according to Eurohoops.
Fonte: Eurohoops.
According to L’Equipe, Tony Parker is being openly considers to succeed to Jean-Michel Aulas as football powerhouse Olympique Lyonnais president by 2023.
French football team purchased, in the recent years, a 25% stake in ASVEL, plus a 10% stake in the women’s team, and has built additional connections between the 4-times NBA champion and the football division as well.
Fonte: L'Equipe.
DePaul University and men’s basketball coach Dave Leitao have mutually agreed to a multi-year extension for Leitao to lead the program. The extension continues the current contract through the end of the 2023-24 season.
Leitao has a 122-132 record over 5 seasons with the Blue Demons
DePaul and head coach Dave Leitao agree to multi-year contract extension ⬇
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— DePaul Basketball (@DePaulHoops) April 2, 2020
LaMelo Ball and his manager Jermaine Jackson have purchased Australian NBL team Illawarra Hawks, Jackson told ESPN’s Jonathan Givony.
“Melo loves the Illawarra fans,” Jackson told Givony. “He loves that community. They opened their arms to him. They made us feel like we are at home. When we started hearing about the issues they were going through, we talked about it and decided, ‘Let’s own the team.’
Ball, 18 years old, is a potential top-3 pick in this year’s NBA Draft. He averaged 17 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7 assists per game for Illawarra this season.
Fonte: ESPN.
According to Israeli reporter Roi Cohen, Anadolu Efes and Rodrigue Beaubois have reached an agreement to extend the contract of the latter until 2022.
This year the french guard averaged 11.1 points and 1.9 assist over 43 games, shooting 47% from the field, 40% from long range and 79% from the foul line.
Anadolu Efes is set to extend Rodrigue Beaubois for another 2 yearshttps://t.co/wNvCLrhobU
— Roi Cohen (@RoiCohen99) April 2, 2020
SIG Strasbourg announced the signing of Nicola Alberani as Sporting Director of the club.
The italian manager commented on the agreement: “It is a great honor to join an institution as prestigious as SIG Strasbourg. It is with the greatest enthusiasm that I accepted to take up this challenge for which I intend to give the best of myself as the project seems stimulating to me. It means a lot to me to have found people who are so dedicated to their club and their fans while staying focused and being able to think about the future, even in these difficult times. I will get to work immediately to optimize the time available. I would like to send special thanks to the President Martial Bellon, as well as to the Executive Board for the confidence and esteem they have shown in me”
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Le club officialise la signature de Nicola Alberani au poste de Directeur Sportif du club.https://t.co/S1aDhilKnZ pic.twitter.com/Ia75AT1tV9
— SIG Strasbourg (@sigstrasbourg) April 2, 2020
Legabasket Serie A will decide at least on April 10 whether to resume the season or cancel it, a source told Sportando.
A restart is highly unlikely considering the coronavirus outbreak in Italy with more than 100.000 infected and 10.000 deaths.
The only formula “available” now to finish the season is to re-start on May 16 with two weeks of practices and resume the season from May 31 with a 16-team playoff format and a Final Eight to be played between June 19 and June 22.
But team practices are forbidden in Italy at least till the end of April, almost all the Americans have returned home and it will be impossible to play with spectators even late in June.
99% chances the season will be canceled in agreement with Italian Basketball Federation.
Virtus Bologna tried to propose to resume the season from June to September with a playoff format tournament and new rosters but the idea was rejected by other teams.
President of the Spanish Basketball Federation Jorge Garbajosa wants to extend Sergio Scariolo’s contract until 2024.
During an interview with AS, Garbajosa said that he has already communicated his intention to Scariolo and his agent.
The italian coach asked some time to reflect on the proposal.
Scariolo is also assistant of Nick Nurse with the Toronto Raptors. He’s under contract with the NBA reigning champs until 2021.
Fonte: AS.
Chinese government issued a new order today to restrict resumption of team sports due to the coronavirus pandemic. China has almost erased new infections but the fear of a new spread is high in the Asian country.
Despite new order, CBA is not planning to cancel the season, as of now.
According to a league source, the CBA will have a meeting late in April, around 20th, to discuss the future of the season that was expected to resume early in May.
Several Americans have already returned to China and are in a two-week self-isolation as ordered by the Government.
Hapoel Jerusalem and ERA Nymburk objected to the idea of holding a Final Eight tournament to crown a BCL Champion.
BREAKING – Hapoel Jerusalem & Nymburk objected to the idea of holding a Final 8 Tourney to crown a BCL Champion according to @sporfm946
— Sports Rabbi (@thesportsrabbi) March 30, 2020
Veteran big man RT Guinn has extended his contract with Swedish club Jamtland until 2022.
RT Guinn, @JamtlandBSKT’s captain extends his commitment with the club till 2022! Congrats @RTGuinn @TangramSports @basketse @basketsverige pic.twitter.com/nP4qfz8Iil
— Christos Lazarou (@ChristosLazarou) March 30, 2020
