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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
ZZ Leiden announced that the team and head coach Rolf Franke have parted ways.
Franke coached the Dutch team for the last two seasons.
Fonte: ZZ Leiden.