Christophe Ney has become the new head coach of Arantia Larochette (Luxembourg). His assistant coach will be Mike Jones.
Ney spent six seasons with the East Side Pirates (Nationale 2 and Nationale 3).
Fonte: luxembourg.basketball.
According to journalist Ignacio Ojeda, ACB will propose to all clubs a 12-teams tournament played in one location with two groups of six teams each, with a best-of-5 final between the two top teams from each group. Season won’t have relegations to LEB Oro.
Proposal will be discussed tomorrow in a teleconference meeting. Tournament would start, if approved, on June 15.
Fonte: Ignacio Ojeda.
Chinese side Liaoning general manager, whose team feature former NBA players Lance Stephenson, Brandon Bass and OJ Mayo, has reportedly advised the league to resume the season without foreign players, according to journalist Zhang Duo.
A handful of US players has already left China after the latest CBA postponement.
Fonte: Zhang Duo.
Bilbao is working to extend and improve the contract of Ben Lammers.
The big man out of Georgia Tech was the top shot-blocker in ACB with 1.9 rejection per game.
Lammers averaged also 7.7 points and 4.9 rebounds in just 19 minutes per game, shooting 58% from the field and 70% from the foul line.
ÚLTIMA HORA: El RETAbet Bilbao ya trabaja en la mejora y ampliación del contrato por un año más de Ben Lammers (2.08; 24 años).
El pívot, una de las grandes revelaciones ACB 2019-20 y máximo taponador, tiene un año más de contrato con salida.
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) April 18, 2020
19-year-old Estonian point guard Kerr Kriisa has committed to the University of Arizona, according to Eurohopes.
Kriisa has spent these past two seasons with Zalgiris Kaunas. He played mainly with their farm team but had the chance to make his debut in the EuroLeague in October against ASVEL. He also spent part of this season on loan with LKL team Prienai, averaging 4.1 points and 2.2 assists in 13.8 minutes.
Fonte: Eurohopes.
Rookie center Luke Knapke has signed his first professional contract with Limburg United of the Belgian EuroMillions League, the team announced.
Knapke averaged 15.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in his senior season at Toledo.
Fonte: Limburg United.
Frankie Ferrari said that he would love to play for the Italian National Team.
The player has a dual citizenship American-Italian and he is eligible to play as Italian without counting in the quota for passports.
Ferrari spoke with Chema de Lucas of Mibaloncesto.
Ferrari spent the first part of the season with Manresa before suffering a season ending injury. He was averaging more than 11 points and 5 assists in ACB.
Panathinaikos targets Rokas Giedraitis for the next season.
Lithuanian forward has a contract with Alba Berlin till 2021 and averaged this season 13.8 points in his EuroLeague debut.
Panathinaikos showed interest in Rokas Giedraitis, but other Euroleague teams are in the mix, according to sources. Giedraitis has a contract with ALBA Berlin till 2021, but sources say there’s no doubt he’ll be bought out. Giedraitis shined in Euroleague debut averaging 13.8ppg.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) April 17, 2020
Andrej Stimac has agreed to become the new head coach of the Geneva Lions in Switzerland, a source told Sportando. He will return to the Lions organization after playing for them from 2012 until 2015.
Stimac, a former EuroLeague player with Cibona, is also an assitant coach for the Swiss national team.
Adas Juskevicius and Mareks Mejeris have signed two-year contract extensions with VTB League club Parma Perm.
Adas Juskevicius, who had a great VTB season last year (14.5ppg, 5.1apg), officially stays in Parma Perm for two more years. Marek Mejers also signed to an extension till the summer 2022. Previously, Parma extended head coach Kazys Maksvytis for another year.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) April 16, 2020
According to la Gazzetta dello Sport, Zalgiris Kaunas guard Edgaras Ulanovas and Barcellona playmaker Malcolm Delaney are among the players Olimpia Milan is targeting for the next season.
This year Ulanovas averaged 8.3 points and 2 assist in Euroleague.
Delaney, who confirmed Milan’s interest a few days ago, played 26 Euroleague games, scoring 10.2 points and dishing 4.7 assist.
Zalgiris Kaunas is close to signing Steve Vasturia for the next season, Donatas Urbonas reports.
The former Notre Dame guard this year played for Rasta Vechta, with averages of 12.7 points, 5 assist and 1.2 steals over 35 games between BBL and Champions League.
Zalgiris Kaunas close to signing Steve Vasturia from Rasta Vechta for the next season, according to sources.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) April 15, 2020
After 5 succesfull years (3 times Dutch champion, 2 times Dutch Cup, 2 times SuperCup and semifinal FIBA Europe Cup 2018) Donar and coach Erik Braal part ways.
Pinar Karsiyaka and Tony Crocker agreed to parting ways, dha.com.tr reports.
Crocker averaged 10.5 points and 2 assist over 16 games for the turkish team.
Fonte: dha.com.tr.
Lithuanian forward Arnoldas Kulboka has agreed to a deal with EuroLeague’s Zalgiris Kaunas, according to the Spanish website Encestando.
There’s belief that the 22-year-old Kulboka will remain with Spanish ACB club Bilbao on loan next season, Encestando reports.
The Charlotte Hornets hold Kulboka’s NBA rights.
Fonte: Encestando.
Barcelona guard Malcolm Delaney cleared the air in the wake of the rumors surrounding him. Delaney confirmed that Olympiacos and Milan have expressed interest in him but no offer has been made. Also, the former NBA guard reiterated that he’s not a free agent and that he’d love to finish his career in Barcelona.
Barcelona is my favorite Europe city and I’d love to finish my career there. Don’t let storied about “INTEREST” confuse anything. Lol I’m not even a free agent so stop @ me
— malcolm delaney (@foe23) April 13, 2020
Facts!!!!!!! Difference between interest and offers
— malcolm delaney (@foe23) April 13, 2020
Dominic Artis played four games for Cedevita Olimpija in the ABA League, averaging 6.8 points, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals in 13.3 minutes. He showed his best performance of the season in Round 21 of the regional competition with the Budućnost VOLI, when he scored 12 points in 19 minutes of the game.
In the 2019/20 competitive season, Domen Bratož failed to register in the statistics departement in 15 seconds in the match against FMP in ABA League.
Fonte: ABA Liga.
Five-star prospect Ziaire Williams, the No. 7 prospect in the ESPN 100 for the Class of 2020, announced he has committed to Stanford.
Williams, a 6’8 forward from Sierra Canyon, won the gold medal with Team USA at the FIBA U19 World Cup last summer.
Williams chose Stanford over Arizona, Duke, North Carolina, Oregon, UCLA, and USC.
Fonte: Ziaire Williams Twitter.
Kostas Koufos is expected to leave CSKA Moscow with the arrival of Nikola Milutinov, according to Ria Novosti.
The Greek big man was signed to a two-year deal last summer but he has been limited by injuries.
Koufos averaged 3.7 points and 2.8 rebounds in EuroLeague and 8.4 points and 5.2 rebounds in VTB League.
Koufos and CSKA Moscow have a dual option to opt out of the deal at the end of the current season, a source told Sportando.
The Greek big man is expected to generate big interest from both NBA and EuroLeague teams if he becomes free agent this summer.
Veteran big man BJ Raymond has signed with Brussels Basketball.
Raymond played in Finland this season with Pyrinto Tampere.
Fonte: Brussels Basketball.
ACB team Casademont Zaragoza offered Dylan Ennis a contract for next season, a source told Sportando and Chema de Lucas.
The American started the season with AS Monaco before joining the Spanish team.
Ennis averaged 12.4 points in 11 ACB games adding 3 rebounds and 4.3 assists.
The New Orleans Pelicans are interested in Maccabi Tel Aviv guard Elijah Bryant, an Israeli league source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
The guard out of BYU this year played 46 games for Maccabi tel Aviv between Euroleague and Winner League, with averages of 9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.1 assist, shooting 46% from the field, 36% from beyond the arc and 80% from the foul line.
Bryant played the 2019 Las Vegas Summer league for the Milwaukee Bucks (14.2 points, 3.2 assist, 53% FG, 50% 3p, 83% FT)
The New Orleans Pelicans are interested in Maccabi Tel Aviv guard Elijah Bryant, an Israeli league source told @Sportando.
Bryant averaged 9.9ppg in Winner League and 8.4ppg in EuroLeague this season— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) April 11, 2020
Nikola Milutinov will sign a three-year deal with CSKA Moscow in the range of €3 million per season, a source told Sportando.
Barcelona was also pursuing Milutinov and put on the table around €7 million in three years.
Eurodevotion had the scoop on the agreement and Eurohoops’ Aris Barkas first reported about the length of the deal.
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 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.