Veteran center Jack Cooley has signed a contract extension for another year with the Ryukyu Golden Kings of the Japanese first division, the team announced.
Cooley averaged 18.3 points and 13.2 rebounds per game this season.
Fonte: Ryukyu Golden Kings.
Rade Zagorac has not signed the contract extension with BC Partizan but he will put his signature soon.
The Serbian forward will sign a multi-year deal, a source told Sportando.
The extension will be finalized next week.
Zagorac already stated that he is happy about the new contract.
Tim Coleman is in discussions with Hapoel Tel Aviv, a source close to the players told Sportando.
Coleman spent the season in Finland with Salon Vilpas averaging 18.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in Korisliga.
Hungarian guard Laszlo Polyak and Serbian forward Djordje Drenovac have re-signed for one more year with DEAC, the team announced.
Polyak averaged 5.1 points and 2.1 rebounds in 18 minutes per game this season. Drenovac posted 11.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists.
Fonte: DEAC.
Belgian forward Yannick Desiron has signed a three-year deal to return to Limburg United, the team announced. He played for them from 2015 through 2018.
Desiron spent the past two seasons with BC Oostende.
Fonte: Limburg United.
Former Ole Miss point guard Stefan Moody has signed a new contract with DEAC for one more season, the Hungarian team announced.
Moody averaged 17.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game this season, shooting 40 percent for three.
Fonte: DEAC.
Limoges CSP has signed Ludovic Beyhurst to a two-year contract. Beyhurst parted ways with Strasbourg with which he had one year left in his contract.
Limoges later apologized for making the signing official before Strasbourg could announce Beyhurst’s departure.
Fonte: Limoges CSP.
JaCori Payne signs with Heroes Den Bosch. The guard played last season for Starwings Basel and had an average of 38.2 minutes, 21.5 points, 3.9 assists and 3-pointers 36.8%.
Balkan extended the contract to one of its main players. Kris Minkov will remain at the club until 2022.
Last season he recorded 11 ppg and 3.3 rpg in 31 games.
Bulgarian Basketball Federation decided to terminate National Basketball League Championship for 2019/20, not to determine the final standings, champion, and relegation to the NBL.
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul and Bonzie Colson II, whom joined our team from Milwauke Bucks in the preseason of 2019-20, have reached a mutual agreement regarding the termination of his contract.
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul would like to thank Bonzie for his great efforts and contributions on our EuroCup, Turkish Super League & Cup journeys whilst at the club and wish him and his family all the best for the future
Fonte: Darussafaka.
Russian star Alexey Shved will become free agent this summer for the first time in a while when his contract with Khimki Moscow expires.
Shved, one of the top scorers in Europe and one of the best players in VTB League, has been with the Russian powerhouse since 2016 when he returned from a three-year stint in the NBA.
This season he was averaging 21.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 6.2 assists in EuroLeague and 22.4 points, 3 rebounds and 9.2 assists in VTB League.
“This is the first time since years that Alexey Shved will be free agent” his agent Obrad Fimic told Sportando. “Shved is a star of Khimki and one of the best players in VTB. Before Covid-19 pandemic we were negotiating a new contract with Khimki. They expressed their desire to keep him while Alexey feels at home there. But also two EuroLeague teams outside Russia are showing strong interest and Alexey also wants to see what interest he can get from the NBA” Fimic added. “We are waiting for the situation to calm down in the world, and than we are going to make decision where Alexey will continue his career”.
Shved has played three seasons in the NBA between 2012 and 2015 averaging 7.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 182 games with Timberwolves, 76ers, Knicks and Rockets.
The Roanne Basket Choir has reached an agreement with Jean-Denys Choulet to extend his contract as coach of the team until 2022.
“This is my home!” said Jean-Denys Choulet when talking about his contract extension. “We haven’t finished the mission: I really want to give new life to this club, to do everything to restructure it at a sporting level. There is a huge job to do, but we are fortunate that the club is well managed financially”.
Deux ans de plus pour @jdccoach ✍
Jean-Denys Choulet poursuivra sa mission à la tête de la @ChoraleRoanne en #JeepELITE jusqu'en 2022
Le communiqué officiel ? https://t.co/y4wde0VStN#ChoraleNation pic.twitter.com/LxAZQs8E7p— Chorale Roanne Basket (@ChoraleRoanne) April 23, 2020
Fenerbahce head coach Zeljko Obradovic confirmed the rumors reported early today by Sportando about his contract with the Turkish powerhouse.
The Serbian coach denied that he has reached an agreement with Fenerbahce to extend his agreement for the next seasons.
“I hope that this announcement of mine will find all people in good health and to those struggling I wish a speedy recovery. The reason I have not gone public lately is the current situation that we all go through together. From the moment we have suspended our game and practice operations I am in constant contact with our general manager and his office staff together with the coaching staff and the players of our club. The most important thing for me is that all staff and their families are in good health and that is above all for me. I am fully aware of how serious the current situation is and that is the reason I am up keeping close contact with everyone so that we can evaluate together what is best to do.
About my own situation, I would like to mention some points. I am the head coach of Fenerbahce until June 2020 and all I am doing in this current situation is with the focus on the best interest of Fenerbahce. Regarding a contract extension, I have to mention that I have not talked to no one from my club or any other club. There were no offers made to me until now. Also, I would like to highlight the fact that I have a principle in life that I would never talk to any other club while being under contract with a current club. All information where my name was related to any other club than my current is simply not the truth or let me call it fake news. Just to be clear and precise for the next season my priority would be to stay as the head coach of Fenerbahce and that is my message I want to share with the fans of Fenerbahce”.
According to journalist David Sanchez-Cañete, ACB is currently planning a 20-team season for 2020-21, starting in October pending approval of Spanish Health authorities.
To current 18 teams, Delteco GBC and one between Valladolid, Alicante and Coruña are in consideration to complete the league.
Fonte: David Sanchez-Cañete.
EuroLeague MVP frontrunner Shane Larkin has agreed to a two-year, $7.7 million contract extension with Anadolu Efes, according to SDNA’s George Zakkas.
Larkin was having an historic EuroLeague season before the hiatus, averaging 22.2 points (52.9% FG, 50.9% 3P, 90.3% FT), 3.1 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game. He also broke the EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 49 points against Bayern.
Fonte: George Zakkas.
Stephaun Branch has re-signed with the Antwerp Giants for the 2020-21 season, the Belgian team announced.
Branch joined the Giants in December and averaged around nine points, four rebounds and two assists in 13 games in the Basketball Champions League and Belgian league.
Fonte: Antwerp Giants.
In an interview with the Italian radio station Radio 1 Rai, OKC Thunder forward Danilo Gallinari says he wants to finish his career in Italy with Olimpia Milano, the team he played for before he made the jump to the NBA.
“Absolutely, it would be great to play a couple of seasons at a high level in the EuroLeague and win with that team. I’d like to finish my career in this way.”
Fonte: RealOlimpiaMilano.
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.