The Romanian Basketball Federation announced the suspension of the Liga Nationala until March 31st due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Donovan Mitchell was the only member of the Utah Jazz to test positive for coronavirus.
After Rudy Gobert tested positive for Covid-19, the Utah Jazz made 58 tests and Mitchell was the only one to be positive.
Sources: Donovan Mitchell was the only Jazz player/personnel to test positive for coronavirus out of 58 tests administered on Wednesday night. Remaining tests came back negative.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2020
Rick Pitino is leaving Greece to be with his family in USA, SDNA.gr reported.
Pitino, coach of Greece’s National Team and Panathinaikos, is leaving after Esake suspended until further notice the league due to the coronavirus outbreak in Europe.
Fonte: SDNA.
Real Madrid announced that one of their players tested positive for Covid-19 without mentioning the name of the athlete.
According to La Sexta, the player is the American forward Trey Thompkins.
Both football and basketball teams are in quarantine now.
Movistar Estudiantes announced the signing of Melo Trimble.
The player comes from Melbourne United where he averaged 19.5 points and 4.8 assists in NBL.
Fonte: Estudiantes.
Dusan Sakota and UCAM Murcia have parted ways.
The forward was averaging 4.4 points per game in ACB.
Fonte: UCAM Murcia.
Khimki Moscow in talks with Thomas Robinson to extend contract .
American big man returned to Moscow on February 6 to replace Jeremy Evans .
«It is likely that we will extend his contract» Khimki GM Pavel Atakhov sais to iz.ru
VL Pesaro and Zach Thomas have officially parted ways.
The American asked to leave due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
Tyler Stone has left Happy Casa Brindisi to return to USA without the permission of the Italian club, a source told Sportando.
The reason is likely to be the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
Stone is averaging 14.7 points and 7.2 rebounds in Serie A and 17.2 points and 7.4 rebounds in BCL.
Mega Bemax signed Malcolm Cazalon to a multi-year contract.
The French prospect born in 2001 comes from Leuven Bears in Belgium where he was averaging 6 points per game.
The French player, Malcolm Cazalon, one of the top European prospects, born 2001, signed long term contract with Mega Bemax, from Serbia! He will play in Serbian Super league starting in May, and at the same time there is possibility to take part in Aba u19 Final 4! #BeoBasket
— Misko4Raznatovic (@MiskoRaznatovic) March 10, 2020
Tautvydas Lydeka signed with Caen, the french team announced.
This year the veteran big man played 2 games in LBA and 5 games in the lithuanian LKL.
?? Bienvenue à Caen, Tautvydas ?
Visite médicale passée avec succès ce lundi. GO CBC ???#CBCNation pic.twitter.com/CbX9QKj8jD— Caen Basket Calvados (@CaenBC14) March 9, 2020
Olympiacos has requested that the Round 29 game against Olimpia Milano on Thursday be postponed or relocated.
The Greek team has suggested Rome, Genoa or another country as potential alternatives since Milan – as well as the entire region of Lombardy – is in quarantine.
Fonte: fosonline.gr.
French club ASVEL Villeurbanne announced that the upcoming games against AS Monaco (March 10, Jeep Elite) and Zenit St. Petersburg (March 13, EuroLeague) will be played behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus emergency.
Fonte: ASVEL.
Guard Vander Blue signed a contract with Golden Eagle Ylli in Kosovo. He made his debut in Kosovo’s league on Saturday and scored 14 points in a loss to Prishtina.
Blue has played in the NBA G League, Italy and Israel in his career.
Fonte: Golden Eagle Ylli.
The Italian Basketball Federation announced the suspension of Round 25 of the Serie A regular season due to the coronavirus emergency.
The round was scheduled for March 10-13.
NBA veteran point guard Raymond Felton is highly unlikely to land in the Czech Republic despite being already announced as a new player of Jindřichův Hradec, a source told Sportando.
In a statement released by the Czech NBL, the team’s GM said Felton was expected to join the team in April.
I've been told that the Raymond Felton transfer to the Czech Republic Second Division team, Jindřichův Hradec, is not true; as the player is not even aware of this transfer
— Niccolò Scavuzzo (@Nico_Scavu) March 6, 2020
s.Oliver Würzburg head coach Denis Wucherer has signed a contract extension through 2022.
E R B L E I B T ??? …für mindestens ZWEI weitere Saisons unser #Headcoach! Denis #Wucherer hat seinen Vertrag VORZEITIG verlängert und wird bis 2022 für uns an der Seitenlinie stehen! Eine PM dazu veröffentlichen wir Anfang kommender Woche. Jetzt: #Frankenderby! ? pic.twitter.com/pG2cp0M2Uj
— #PureEmotion (@soliver_wue) March 6, 2020
Center Maurice Sutton has signed with Mahram Tehran in Iran.
Iran basketball Superleague powerhouse #Mahram Tehran signed American center Maurice Sutton and add him to their roster for play-offs.@Sportando@EurobasketNews
— Roquentin (@Roquentin61) March 6, 2020
Czech Republic Second division team Jindřichův Hradec announced the signing of NBA veteran Raymond Felton.
The guard has played 971 games in the NBA averaging 11.2 points and 5.2 rebounds.
Jindřichův Hradec is actually in first position in its league with 17 wins and 3 losses.
“He should join us after first of April because he has some things to do at home. We hope he will come to help is in the playoffs” Radek Novak, GM of the team said. “He is working out in Houston. He turned down offers from China, NBA proposals did not materialize but he is still working individually” Radek Novak added. “It is based on the friendship between our coach Gilbert Abraham and Raymond Felton. Without him the transfer would not materialize. And it is about money” Radek Novak ended.
Fonte: NBL.
Lee More is a new player of MKS Dabrowa Gornicza.
The guard comes from Atenas in Argentina where he was averaging 11.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists.
Moore has been coached by Alessandro Magro in Brescia too.
Fonte: PLK.
Point guard Keron Deshields who recently played for Siauliai in the Lithuanuan Basketball League transferred to Hapoel Afula. DeShields won the championship in the Israel National League last season and was named the finals MVP.
Troy Daniels is joining the Denver Nuggets.
The player comes from the Lakers where he was averaging 4 points per game this season.
Unicaja Malaga announced the signing of Gal Mekel for the remainder of the season.
The Israeli point guard comes from Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia where he was averaging more than 12 points and 5 assists per game.
El @unicajaCB se refuerza con el base israelí Gal Mekel hasta final de temporada.#LigaEndesa #MercadoACB pic.twitter.com/AXwYlLFauP
— Liga Endesa (@ACBCOM) March 5, 2020
Veteran big man Josh Boone has signed a contract with Nasr Club in Dubai.
Boone has played in Australia with the Illawarra Hawks this season, averaging 8.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
Fonte: PSB Sports.
Former Ohio State big man Trevor Thompson has signed a contract with Turi Svitavy in the Czech Republic, the team announced.
Thompson has played for Pieno Zvaigzdes in Lithuania this season.
Fonte: Turi Svitavy.
All the sports events in Italy will be played behind closed doors until April 3rd, 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak in the country, it is announced in a new ordinance by the Italian government.
The Government decreed that athletes, coaching staff members, managers, and other team members shall undergo medical tests in order to avoid the diffusion of the virus.
Finisce l’esperienza di Scott Suggs al Maccabi Haifa.
Il giocatore segnava 13.7 punti di media con 2.7 rimbalzi e 2.1 assist.
Fonte: Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Gal Mekel is leaving Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia to sign in Spain with Unicaja Malaga.
The Israeli point guard was averaging 12.1 points and 5.6 assists in Serie A for Reggio Emilia.
ÚLTIMA HORA: El Unicaja ultima el fichaje de Gal Mekel (32 años; 1,91).
El base israelí del Reggio Emilia promedia 12,1 puntos, 5,6 asistencias (cuarto mejor asistente de la Liga Italiana) y 2,9 rebotes. Ex del Herbalife Gran Canaria, se volverá a reunir con Luis Casimiro.
— Chema de Lucas (@chemadelucas) March 4, 2020
Asvel president Tony Parker criticized Edwin Jackson.
The French guard signed a multi-year deal with Asvel last summer but a few weeks ago he was sent to Estudiantes on loan.
“My first reaction? I was disappointed. I thought he was smarter than that. At this stage of his career, you know very well that you can’t tell what’s going on in a locker room at a journalist. Anyone can be frustrated but there are things you can’t say. After he spoke, there was not much to do. I had to defend the coach, nobody is above the club, the project. It will always be the most important. The coach is still important in our club, we did a double last year. Edwin was not there. Of course it must be tiring sometimes to have someone screaming and asking for discipline. If you can’t play for a coach like that, you have to change club because we ASVEL want to win titles here at Asvel”.
? #ASVELlaSérie – Épisode 7
?? “Je pensais qu’il était plus intelligent que ça. Si tu ne peux pas jouer pour un coach comme Mitrovic, change de club”
Tony Parker pas tendre avec Edwin Jackson. La façon dont l’arrière s’est répandu dans la presse n’est pas passée. @LDLCASVEL pic.twitter.com/T6xPo4aMjv
— RMC Sport (@RMCsport) March 3, 2020
Gary Talton has reached an agreement with Plymouth Raiders, a source told Sportando.
Talton started the season in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki averaging 8.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in domestic league.