Basket rumors

Jon Elmore, Trieste part ways

Rookie guard Jon Elmore and Pallacanestro Trieste have parted ways, the Italian team announced.

Elmore averaged 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 20.9 minutes per game for Trieste in the Italian Serie A.

Yankuba Sima joins Ourense on loan until the end of the season

Ourense announced the arrival of Yankuba Sima on loan from BAXI Manresa.
The big man has signed until the end of the season.
This year Sima played 6 games for Manresa, with averages of 4.8 points, 3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks.

Semaj Christon expected to join Aek Athens

Aek Athens is negotiating the buyout with Limoges for Semaj Christon. a source told Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
The former NBA guard is expected to leave French to join the Greek team.
Christon averaged 16.8 points and 7.9 assist over 15 games for Limoges.

Greek journalist Vaggelis Patas first reported about interest of AEK for Christon.

BC Nizhny Novgorod ink Terrell Parks

BC Nizhny Novgorod announced the arrival of Terrell Parks.
The forward started the season in Greece for Larissa, where he was averaging 11.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.

Aaron White close to being loaned from Milano to Tenerife

Aaron White is close to being loaned from AX Armani Exchange Milano to Iberostar Tenerife, as reported by Encestando and confirmed to Sportando.
The former Zalgiris Kaunas forward moved to Milano last summer on a multi-year deal.
White performed not up to expectations and is averaging 3.6 points and 1.6 rebounds in Serie A in 8 contests and 2 points per game in EuroLeague in 15 appearances.

Olympiacos hires Georgios Bartzokas as new head coach

Olympiacos has made it official: Georgios Bartzokas has returned to Olympiacos.

3 NBA teams in Europe to scout Galatasaray players

Three NBA teams sent scouts to the game between Galatasary and Turk Telekom to watch Greg Whittington, Alex Prothress and Aaron Harrison.
Whittington is averaging over 12 points and 5 rebounds per game, shooting 56% from the field and 51% from beyond the arc.
Poythress is scoring 14.7 points and grabbing 5 rebounds per game, while Harrison is averaging 14.3 points and 1.3 steals, with 45% from the field, 38% from long range and 83% from the foul line.

SIG Strasbourg to sign Artsiom Parakhouski

According to Gabriel Pantel-Jouve, SIG Strasbourg will sign Artsiom Parakhouski.
The big man started the season for KK Partizan, where he averaged just 2.4 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.

Hapoel Galil Gilboa ink Michael Young

Michael Young signed with Hapoel Galil Gilboa, the Israeli team announced.
The power forward out of Pittsburgh started the season for JDA Dijon, with over 11 points and 4 rebounds per game in Jeep Elite.