Serbian forward Aleksandar Bursac is finalizing a multi-year deal with ABA Liga club BC Igokea, a source told Sportando.
The deal is pending a physical and can’t be made official yet since club activities are suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Galatasaray’s Aaron Harrison is out due to a normal flu while Tai Webster decided personally not to play today against Karsiyaka, Sportando has learned.
Galatasaray is playing with three foreigners against Karsiyaka.
Australian 17-year-old guard Mojave King has signed with the Cairns Taipans as part of the NBL’s Next Stars program.
King, an NBA Academy product, held college offers from Arizona, Baylor, Virginia, and Oregon and is a projected NBA Draft pick in 2021.
Fonte: NBL.
De’Longhi Treviso announced that Ivan Almeida, Isaac Fotu and Aleksej Nikolic have been allowed to return to their countries.
Fotu and Nikolic returned to their homelands while Almeida decided to remain in Italy.
Fortitudo Bologna announced that Jerome Dyson has been granted permission to fly to USA to join his family.
Jerome Dyson is expected back in Bologna on March 23rd when practices resume.
After the EuroLeague announced the indefinite stoppage of league action on Thursday, and the Betsafe-LKL followed up with the decision to outright end the season, Zalgiris decided to allow the players and coaches to leave the team indefinitely.
This decision will be valid until the 2019-2020 EuroLeague championship is continued. Whenever EuroLeague informs of further decisions, Zalgiris players and coaches will be informed, and will be required to return to the team within several days.
On Friday EuroLeague president Jordi Beromeu sent out a letter, stating that the tournament will be reinstated no earlier than the 11th of April.
In the free time, Zalgiris players can practice individually on their own, but team practices will not be held.
Fonte: Zalgiris Kaunas.
David Logan’s agent John Foster was reached out by Sportando after the departure of the player to the USA early this week when Italian Government announced the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Treviso management said that Logan was not allowed to leave (Menetti, Vazzoler, Rizzo) and went to USA without permission.
“David talked with management the night they locked the city down and told them he was leaving but he would come back when situation changed he went home for his safety” Foster told Sportando. “No one told him he could not leave”.
Justin Carter has left Varese to return to USA and to reunite with his family that was supposed to join him in Italy before the coronavirus outbreak in the country, as reported by La Prealpina.
The player will return when the season resumes.
There is no team activity in Italy.
Our Italia-based clients Justin Carter and Lorenzo Cugini have returned to the U.S. with the blessings of their respected clubs Varese and Fondi, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
— David Pick (@IAmDPick) March 13, 2020
James White on his Twitter account announced that he has returned to USA.
The American explained his decision to leave Italy and Rome.
Touchdown DC Art Monk
— James White (@Flight8) March 13, 2020
It was a long ass day but really was just stuck in the house in Italy eating PB&J’s. Thankful
— James White (@Flight8) March 13, 2020
Ricky Hickman, DeQuan Jones and Akil Mitchell informed Pallacanestro Trieste that they are returning home due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
The three players told the club that they will be back if and when Serie A resumes, a league source told Sportando.
David Logan and Jordan Parks left Treviso early this week without team permission due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
On Twitter Logan explained why he left Italy.
That money not worth it…better get out in the morning ??
— David Logan (@DatDude12) March 12, 2020
Italy is lockdown since last weekend and people are encouraged to stay at home and not to leave their houses.
Reggie Upshaw of Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia left Italy to return to USA, as reported by La Gazzetta di Reggio.
Reggio Emilia will resume practices on March 17th.
If he doesn’t come back in time, Reggio Emilia will fine him, as added by La Gazzetta di Reggio.
Sterling Gibbs is leaving Primorska due to Coronavirus outbreak in Europe and wife’s pregnancy and the team granted him permission to leave, a source told Sportando.
Gibbs averaged 12.7 points per game in the ABA Liga.
The Finnish Basketball Federation has suspended the Korisliiga season due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Fonte: Basket.fi.
The Croatian Basketball Federation announced that the national league’s season has been suspended until April 1st due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Fonte: HKS.
The Slovenian Basketball Federation announced the suspension of the SKL season in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Fonte: KZS.
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.
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.
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