Jermaine Love and Teens Verona have parted ways.
The American was averaging 11.8 points per game in Serie A2.
Love has joined Kolossos Rhodes.
CJ Harris is joining Turk Telekom Ankara, a Turkish source with the knowledge of the situation told Sportando.
Harris spent last season with Pau-Orthez averaging 16.3 points in Jeep Elite.
The American has also scored 25 points in a preseason game against the Washington Wizards this season.
Estudiantes has parted ways with coach Aleksandar Dzikic.
Javier Zamora will replace Dzikic as head coach of the ACB team.
Estudiantes is in last position with only 4 wins in 18 games.
Fonte: Estudiantes.
Ivan Almeida has signed a contract with De’ Longhi Treviso of the Italian Serie A, the team announced.
Earlier this season, Almeida averaged 9.5 points and 4.7 rebounds for CEZ Nymburk in the Czech Republic. He also appeared in two games for Portuguese club Galitos-Barreiro.
Lebanese guard Wael Arakji has agreed to a deal with the Nanjing Tongxi Monkey Kings of the CBA, according to Rabih Khoury.
Arakji will replace Benham Yakhchali.
Fonte: Rabih Khoury.
Spanish Liga ACB and EuroCup club Joventut Badalona announced that Israeli swingman Shawn Dawson has signed a contract extension.
Dawson is out this season due to a torn Achilles.
Fonte: Joventut Badalona.
Dwight Coleby passed the physicals and officially joined Banco di Sardegna Sassari for the remainder of the season. The big man comes from Sigortam.net ITU.
Cedevita Olimpija added another point guard to the roster, and this one has a Slovenian passport. Until the end of the 2019/20 competitive season, the club’s jersey will be worn by the Slovenian game creator, Domen Bratož, who wore the jersey of Krka Novo mesto for the past two seasons. Bratož finished the 2018/19 season prematurely due to a knee injury that he had suffered in the fifth round of the Nova KBM League for the champion.
Novo mesto-born Bratož started his professional sports career in the Krka jersey and spent the 2012/13 season as a player on loan in Slovan. He also defended the colors of the team from Kodeljevo next season, followed by a move to Tafun, where he spent two seasons.
In 2016, he transferred to AVIS Raplo, which competes in the Estonian National Championships, and then returned to Novo mesto, and was one of the main reasons why Krka managed to make it back to the ABA League from ABA League 2.
In the 2018/19 season, Bratož has made 20 appearances in the ABA League, recording 7.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
As he agreed on cooperation with the Ljubljana side, Bratož told: “I am very happy to have joined Cedevita Olimpija. Together with other players, we will do our best to finish the season in the best possible way. We all know the goals we have, but the main wish is for all the national titles to return to Ljubljana. I invite all the fans to join us as much as possible in the National championship and cup competitions, and to come together for new successes and victories.”
Fonte: ABA Liga.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is interested in Amar’e Stoudemire, according to Walla.
The former NBA big man has briefly played in Chian with Fujian this season.
With Omri Casspi likely out for the remainder of the season and other players injured (Black, Zoosman, DiBartolomeo and Walters), the Israeli powerhouse is on the market for reinforcements.
Stoudemire has played twice in Israel, both with Hapoel, winning one Winner League.
The latter joined the Ljubljana club before the start of the 2019/20 competitive season, and before that he wore a Spanish Unicaja jersey from Malaga. Boatright presented himself to fans from the wider region in grand style in the 2016/17 season by wearing a Cedevita Zagreb jersey. In 2014, he won the NCAA Championship with the University of Connecticut, and averaged 17.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game in his last season at Uconn.
This season, Ryan Boatright has appeared in 15 ABA League games, averaging 11.5 points, 2.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game.
Boatright showed his most effective performance of the season in the Round 9 of the regional competiton against the Crvena zvezda mts, when he scored 17 points, six rebounds and three assists in 28 minutes of play.
Sports Director of Cedevita Olimpija Sani Bečirović commented on the decision: “Ryan Boatright joined our squad ahead of the start of the season. Given the fact that Boatright used to be one of the key players at Cedevita Zagreb, back in the days when he has worn their jersey, we have expected it to be the same this season in Ljubljana. But unfortunately, he did not warrant our expectations, so we decided to terminate the agreement with the player. We wish Ryan the best of luck in the remainder of his career.”
Fonte: ABA Liga.
According to baskettime.it. Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia has in talks with Will Cherry. The deal is close to completion.
American combo guard left Olympiacos five day ago.
According to Basketball journalist Donatas Urbonas, italian side Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia is targeting former Olympiacos pointguard Will Cherry.
The italian team is on the market to improve the pointguard position.
Cherry played 13 Euroleague games, with averages of 5.4 points and 1.7 assist.
Former Olympiacos guard Will Cherry is targeted by Reggio Emilia, per sources.
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) January 19, 2020
The South Bay Lakers announced the signings of Wayne Selden Jr and Pierre Jackson.
Selden spent last year between Memphis and Chicago, with averages of 6.8 points and 2.4 rebounds over 75 games.
During the 2018-19 season with the Beikong Fly Dragons, Jackson averaged 39.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 2.3 steals in 25 games.
Read more: https://t.co/ChuQojf1YC
— South Bay Lakers (@SouthBayLakers) January 17, 2020
Chris Walker signed with Rilski Sportist, as announced by the bulgarian team.
The former Florida big man played last season in G League for Rio Grande, with averages of 7.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks.
Fonte: Rilski.
Brandon Bowman is a new player of Panionios, the greek team announced.
Last year the veteran forward played in New Zealand.
H KAE Πανιώνιος Su Casa ?? ανακοινώνει την απόκτηση του Αμερικανού Center/Forward ?? Brandon Bowman (35χρ., 2,06μ.) ? και τον καλωσορίζει στην κυανέρυθρη οικογένεια ?‼️
?https://t.co/Xl34DWzvL8 #panioniosbcsucasa #wearepanionios #panioniosfamily pic.twitter.com/6JhYRMGNwl— Panionios B.C. (@PanioniosBasket) January 17, 2020
BC Vytis announced the signings of Ksistof and Darjus Lavrinovic. They started the year in BBL, with the London City Royals.
Dorell Wright is no longer a player of BC Igokea, the team announced.
The veteran swingman played just 8 ABA Liga games, with averages of 3.4 points and 2.1 rebounds.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Dorell Wright is no longer @BCIgokea player.
More at: https://t.co/yEMfCV4qYO #ABALiga pic.twitter.com/LdBbYtrr00
— ABA Liga (@ABA_League) January 19, 2020
Fonte: ABA Liga.
Former Boston University forward Justin Alston is signing a deal with CAB Madeira of Portugal’s top division, a source told Sportando.
Alston played 10 games in Estonia last season, averaging 11.4 points and 7.4 rebounds while shooting 55 percent from the field for Parnu.
Former Drexel big man Austin Williams has signed with Gunners Oberwart in Austria, the team announced.
Williams appeared in 10 games in Slovakia earlier this season, averaging 13.5 points and 10.1 rebounds per game for MBK Rieker Komarno.
Fonte: Gunners Oberwart.
Bucks GM Jon Horst says that the franchise is not chasing wins but the NBA title.
Per ESPN, “We’re not chasing wins. I do think that playoff seeding matters,” Horst told Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski on this week’s episode of his SiriusXM show, “Basketball and Beyond with Coach K.”
“I think our seeding matters and we want to be intentional and careful about how we end up seedingwise, but we’re not chasing total wins,” he said.
“What we’re chasing is we want to be an NBA champion. We want to be better than we were last year. Last year we fell short of the Finals, this year we want to get to the Finals. We want to get there healthy. We want to be playing well. As I think you would tell anyone, that if you’re healthy, if you’re good enough and you catch enough breaks along the way you can win it. And that’s where we want to be positioned to hope to be able to do.”
Fonte: ESPN.
AEK Athens announced the signing of Nikos Zisis till 2021.
The Greek guard comes from Joventut Badalona where he has started the season.
Fonte: AEK Athens.
Real Madrid officially announced the contract extension of Rudy Fernandez.
The Spanish experienced forward penned a deal till June 30, 2022.
Fonte: Real Madrid.
Nikos Zisis is close to returning to AEK Athens, as reported by Eurohoops.
The Greek team offered a contract to Zisis till 2021 and Joventut Badalona is going to release Zisis to let him play where he was established as a player 15 years ago.
Limoges CSP announced that Semaj Christon will not move to AEK Athens because the Greek team changed its strategy.
The former NBA guard will remain with the French team for the remainder of the season.
L'accord entre l'AEK Athènes, Semaj Christon et le Limoges CSP n'a pas abouti en raison d'un changement de stratégie sportive du club grec. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/eGYTsFTUKP
— Limoges CSP (@limogescsp) January 17, 2020
Par conséquent, Semaj Christon fait toujours parti de l'effectif du Limoges CSP et pourrait se déplacer avec l'équipe, ce week-end à Orléans pour le compte de la 19ème journée de Jeep Elite. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/TJPG4u0YAM
— Limoges CSP (@limogescsp) January 17, 2020
George King will continue his season in Poland with Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora.
The American player comes from Trento where he was averaging 5.4 points per game in Serie A.
Fonte: Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora.
Elan Chalon announced the arrival of Sean Armand.
The former Iona guard started the season in Turkey for Bahcesehir Koleji, with averages of 14.4 points and 2.8 assist over 5 games.
?Officiel : Sean Armand arrive à l'Elan Chalon
Toutes les infos par ici ?https://t.co/UcNGEa4gyl pic.twitter.com/bqDXd6jTFZ— Elan Chalon (@ELANCHALON) January 14, 2020
Divine Myles is a new player of Chorale Roanne, the french team announced.
The pointguard started the year for Z Mobile Prishtina, where he was averaging over 20 points and 6 assist per game.
Un nouveau meneur US arrive ?
Divine Myles (23 ans, 1,80 m) sera à Roanne dès samedi. Il découvrira Vacheresse lors du choc ? @ELANCHALON en #JeepELITE
? 22,2 points, 6,3 passes et 4,2 rebonds en @FIBAEuropeCup ??
Le communiqué ?? https://t.co/HwHUcEqY1c#ChoraleNation pic.twitter.com/3gI1fv3opR— Chorale Roanne Basket (@ChoraleRoanne) January 14, 2020
Shelvin Mack is a new player of Hapoel Jerusalem, the Israeli team announced.
Mack started the season for Olimpia Milan, where he averaged 5.8 points and 2.5 assist 0ver 19 games.
Warriors sign Damion Lee to multi-year contract: pic.twitter.com/dz6F3mUVx4
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) January 15, 2020
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milan has reached an agreement with Shelvin Mack in order to rescind the existing contract.
According to One, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Scottie Wilbekin have begun talks to extend their contract, due to expire at the end of next season.
Wilbekin is under contract for 2020-21 on a $1.5M salary but has a $1M buyout, and reportedly top Euroleague and NBA teams are monitoring his situation.
Fonte: One.