Metropolitans 92 announced that center Vitalis Chikoko has signed a contract extension through the end of the 2023-24 season.
Chikoko was already under contract until 2022 and now he has extended the deal for another two years. He is averaging 15.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in the French Jeep Elite this season.
Fonte: Metropolitans 92.
Edwin Jackson is headed back to Spain, as reported by Chema de Lucas.
The French guard is leaving Asvel after the problems with coach Mitrovic and will return to the Movistar Estudiantes on loan.
Jackson was averaging 11.9 points in Jeep Elite and 5.7 points in EuroLeague.
Jimmy Gavin has left Cherno More in Bulgaria for one of the weirdest reasons ever.
The guard, who was averaging 20.5 points in Bulgarian league, had to part ways with the team because his passport ran out of pages and there were no pages left for a new visa.
“Jimmy’s passport is complete. There are no more pages to add a visa stamp” said Sasha Topchov. “21+35 days are required to re-issue his passport and visa. This means that we should play without him for two months. Something impossible for both parties. It is very unpleasant for us because Jimmy is a great guy but there is nothing we can do” Topchov added saying that Chern More will not hit the market for a new player.
Fonte: Cherno More.
Fortitudo Bologna president Christian Pavani denied that Rok Stipcevic is leaving the team.
“We are not on the market but we have eyes on what happens. Our first goal is to be a family. It is clear that Rok is having some difficulties but it is not his fault but our fault that we did not understand him. I told him to be calm. He is an important player. Obviously we have to make a step ahead and he has to do the same. We signed him to help Fantinelli grow. We have to help him. His future doesn’t depend on the Italian Cup. We will hit the market only if we have injured players.”
BC Zenit parts ways with head coach Joan Plaza. We thank coach for the work and wish all the best in future.
Zenit is in last position in EuroLeague with 7 wins and 17 losses.
BC Zenit parts ways with head coach Joan Plaza.
We thank coach for the work and wish all the best in future. pic.twitter.com/yZjWF88cnA
— Basketball club Zenit (@zenitbasket) February 12, 2020
Shamorie Ponds will strengthen the roster of Virtus Roma for the remainder of the season.
The St. John’s product and the Serie A team have reached an agreement, a league source told Sportando.
Ponds has played four games in the NBA this season with the Toronto Raptors averaging more than 2 points.
With the arrival of Ponds, the future of Jerome Dyson is up in the air.
The Italian team has to decide whether to keep or waive him after some disappointing performances.
Virtus Roma is negotiating a deal with Shamorie Ponds, as anticipated by SB Daily and confirmed to Sportando.
Ponds has played four games in the NBA with Toronto 2.2 points.
Ponds is a product of St.John’s where he has played three seasons averaging 19.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists.
Former BYU guard LJ Rose has signed a contract with BK Olomoucko of the Czech Republic’s NBL, a source told Sportando.
Rose has played in the NBA G League, Estonia and Finland in his 3-year pro career. He played for Finnish club Pyrinto Tampere earlier this season, averaging 7.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists in 10 games.
Xavi Pascual is very likely to be the new head coach of Zenit and replace Joan Plaza, a source told Sportando.
The Russian team had three more candidates for the head coaching job: Igor Milicic, Jude Zdovc and Ronen Ginzburg.
Montakit Fuenlabrada is signing Jerome Randle, according to Ignacio Ojeda.
The American guard with Ukrainian passport comes from Adelaide 36ers where he averaged 20.2 points, 4.6 assists and 3.2 rebounds.
Zenit St. Petersburg has decided to fire coach Joan Plaza after loss in VTB League against Lokomotiv Kuban, as reported by Donatas Urbonas.
The new head coach of the Russian team could be Xavi Pascual, according to Sport24.
Pascual has coached Barcelona and Panathinaikos in EuroLeague.
Former Winthrop guard Jimmy Gavin is leaving Bulgarian team Cherno More, a source told Sportando.
Gavin was leading the Bulgarian NBL in scoring this season as he averaged 19.8 points per game on 58.3 percent shooting from the field and 35 percent from 3-point range.
Vanoli Cremona and Malachi Richardson have parted ways.
The former NBA player suffered a hand injury that will keep him out of action for months.
Richardson averaged 11.8 points in 6 games in Serie A.
Austrian center Jozo Rados has signed a deal with the Landstede Hammers of the Dutch league.
De man achter de bank gezien? Dat is Jozo Rados, per direct speler van Landstede Hammers!
Voor meer informatie ? https://t.co/Dh2YBXecUW#Hammertime pic.twitter.com/3x3eQ4JKpP
— Landstede Hammers (@LandstedeBasket) February 10, 2020
Besiktas says that Shaquielle McKissic is still a player of the team.
The requirements of his contract have been fulfilled. If Mckissic signs a contract with another club (he has been announced by Olympiacos), he will be punished because he has signed a double contract. We will start legal initiatives with FIBA and TBF in order to protect the rights of our club.
Fonte: Besiktas.
Limoges would love to keep Ludovic Beyhurst one more season, as reported by BeBasket.
The French is on loan from Strasbourg and has one year left on his contract with SIG.
Beyhurst is averaging 7.1 points and 4.5 assists per game.
“I know that there are talks” Beyhurst told France Bleu Limousin. “But I have to remain focus on what I am doing. I have one year left with SIG. I am happy when there is interest”.
Olympiacos announced the signing of Shaquielle McKissic.
The forward comes from Besiktas that he left for unpaid salaries.
McKissic has played pro basketball in Italy, South Korea, Turkey, Spain and Russia.
Fonte: Olympiacos.
Fortitudo Bologna is expected to waive Rok Stipcevic, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Stipcevic will be replaced by a combo guard that Fortitudo is searching on the market.
Former NBA guard Manny Harris has signed a deal with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Winner League, the team announced.
Harris joined the Shandong Golden Stars earlier this season but he became a free agent as the CBA season was postponed due to the Coronavirus emergency.
Fonte: Hapoel Holon.
UCAM Murcia announced the signing of 3 players, Delroy James, Nikola Radicevic and Rinalds Malmanis.
James started the year for the Seoul Samsung Thunders.
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? Nikola Radicevic aterriza en el @UCAMMurcia!
?️ https://t.co/WVD1R54bUp#BienvenidoRadicevic #WelcomeRadicevic pic.twitter.com/V84XvV2GMb
— UCAM Murcia (@UCAMMurcia) February 7, 2020
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? ¡Rinalds Malmanis se convierte en jugador del @UCAMMurcia!
?️ https://t.co/xwL9yJgx4U#BienvenidoRinalds#WelcomeRinalds pic.twitter.com/Y5dBCQToLQ
— UCAM Murcia (@UCAMMurcia) February 6, 2020
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? ¡Delroy James nuevo jugador del @UCAMMurcia!
?️ https://t.co/mPj4pcGlkF#BienvenidoDelroy#WelcomeDelroy pic.twitter.com/1y7hDL0C9N
— UCAM Murcia (@UCAMMurcia) February 5, 2020
Olimpia Milano targets Ethan Happ for the next season as reported La Provincia.
Ethan Happ started this season with Olympiacos but played less than a minute in EuroLeague.
Former Wisconsin plays now in Italy with Vanoli Cremona averaging 18.1 points and 9 rebounds in LBA.
American center inked a two-year deal with Olympiacos last summer.
Ethan Happ will play against Olimpia Milano today in LBA and thursday in Italian Cup at Pesaro.
Mark Tollefsen is a new player of Maccabi Ashdod, the Israeli team announced.
Last year the forward played 26 games for the team, with averages of 20.4 points and 5.5 rebounds.
Maccabi Ashdod signed Mark Tollefsen
— Winner League (@WinnerLeague) February 8, 2020
Mornar announced that they have parted ways with 35-year old center Mirza Begić. The two sides have terminated their contract by mutual agreement.
Begić has played 14 games for Mornar in the 2019/20 ABA League regular season, while he averaged 3.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.
OFFICIAL: @MornarBar part ways with @BegicMirzaBM
Read more at: https://t.co/JytDAaiIkm #ABALiga pic.twitter.com/wSwCVI7ao3
— ABA Liga (@ABA_League) February 8, 2020
Former EuroLeague wing DeAndre Kane has signed a contract with Peristeri of the Greek A1 league, the team announced.
Kane was recently on an open contract with Mega Bemax and played one game in the ABA Liga, posting 15 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Fonte: Peristeri.
Former EuroLeague guard MarQuez Haynes is finalizing a deal with Paris Basketball of the French Pro B, according to BeBasket.
Haynes won two Italian Serie A championships and the FIBA Europe Cup in the last three years with Reyer Venice. He averaged 10.2 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game last season.
Fonte: BeBasket.
Ettore Messina contacted Marco Belinelli asking him if he is interested in returning to Italy and join Olimpia Milano from next season, according to Il Corriere della Sera.
Belinelli will be unrestricted free agent from July 1 when his contract with the Spurs expire while Messina, as president and coach of Milano, is looking for strong Italian players to strengthen the roster for the 2020-2021 campaign.
Gran Canaria announced the signing of Manu Lecomte.
The Belgian arrives on loan from UCAM Murcia.
Fonte: CB Gran Canaria.
Gaziantep announced the signing of Perrin Buford. The American comes from Badalona where he was averaging more than 6 points per game in ACB.
Ratiopharm Ulm announced the signing of Archie Goodwin.
The former NBA player comes from Sigortam.net ITU Basket in Turkey where he was averaging 17.8 points per game.
Fonte: Ratiopharm Ulm.
Real Betis and Rinalds Malians have parted ways.
The Latvian player has been on the court eight times this season.
Fonte: Real Betis.