Croatian big man Mario Delas has agreed to a deal with Poderosa Montegranaro of the Italian Serie A2, the team announced. He will replace James Thompson IV, who left the team and signed a contract to play in South Korea.
Delas had a brief stint in the ABA Liga 2 with KK Split earlier this season.
Fonte: Poderosa Montegranaro.
San Pablo Burgos and former North Carolina wing JP Tokoto have agreed to part ways, the Spanish team announced.
Tokoto played 26 games for San Pablo Burgos in the Spanish Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League, averaging seven points and 5.1 rebounds in 21.4 minutes.
Fonte: San Pablo Burgos.
Former Brooklyn Nets guard Isaiah Whitehead has agreed to a contract with ABA Liga side Mornar Bar, as announced by his agent Misko Raznatovic on Twitter.
Mornar will be Whitehead’s third team in Europe after Lokomotiv Kuban and Astana.
Semaj Christon is on Baskonia’s radar after Pierria Henry’s facial injury, a source told Sportando and Chema De Lucas.
Christon is playing in France with Limoges CSP averaging more than 17 points per game in EuroLeague and 16 in Jeep Elite.
The former Thunder guard was close to joining AEK Athens a few weeks ago before the Greek team opted to sign national legend Nikos Zisis.
American guard Will Cherry has signed a contract with Pallacanestro Reggiana for the remainder of the season, a source told Sportando.
Former Olympiacos guard will end his season in Italy.
Olympiacos is signing Octavius Ellis from Promitheas, as reported by Sport24.gr.
The big man is averaging 10.7 points and 7 rebounds in Greek League and 10.7 points and 6.3 rebounds in EuroCup.
The Reds will pay a buyout to Promitheas to let him free.
Fonte: Sport24.
Jamel McLean has reached an agreement with Nagoya Diamond Dolphins of the Japanese B.League, a source told Sportando.
The American power forward has played with Banco di Sardegna Sassari the first half of the season averaging 6.9 points in Serie A and 6 points in Basketball Champions.
McLean will finish the season in Japan but he is expected to return to Europe next season. The player is close to finishing a deal to return to Europe for next year.
PAOK announced the signings of Jacorey Williams and M.J. Rhett.
Η ΚΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ ανακοινώνει τη συμφωνία της με τον Αμερικανό καλαθοσφαιριστή JaCorey Williams μέχρι το τέλος της αγωνιστικής περιόδου 2019-20.
? https://t.co/uZ82fqLkME pic.twitter.com/JDfYZKIuLP— PAOK BC (@PAOKbasketball) January 23, 2020
Η ΚΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ ανακοινώνει τη συμφωνία της με τον Αμερικανό καλαθοσφαιριστή M.J. Rhett μέχρι το τέλος της αγωνιστικής περιόδου 2019-2020.
? https://t.co/fdMe23IcmC pic.twitter.com/yWlbbxUEVk— PAOK BC (@PAOKbasketball) January 23, 2020
Rookie guard Lamonte Bearden has reached an agreement on a deal with Düzce Belediye of the Turkish TBL (second division), a source told Sportando.
Bearden, 24, played college basketball at Buffalo and Western Kentucky. In his senior year, he averaged 9.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while shooting 38.6 percent from 3-point range.
Arturs Strautins will finish the season with Udine of the Italian Serie A2, a source told Sportando.
Udine paid a buyout to Trieste to get the Latvian forward who can play as Italian in the domestic leagues.
Strautins was averaging more than 2 points per game in Serie A this season.
Tyshawn Taylor signed with the Saigon heat, the ASEAN League team announced.
The former Kansas guard spent last season in Italy, between Torino and Cento.
Coty Clarke signed with the Piratas de Quebradillas, the team announced.
The former Arkansas forward started the season in VTB League for Astana, where he averaged 12.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.6 assist.
¡El delantero Coty Clarke de 6’7” es el primer refuerzo de los Piratas!
☑️17.7 ppj
☑️7.8 rpj
☑️4.8 apjDetalles: https://t.co/dCj5KVvQvo pic.twitter.com/gmfY8v1ZmB
— Piratas Quebradillas (@piratasbsnpr) January 22, 2020
Iba Camara is a new player of Poitiers, the french team announced.
Last year the big man averaged over 16 points and 8 rebounds for Luzerne.
? Bienvenue Ibra ! #GoPB??
Ibrahima CAMARA, joueur sénégalais, de 2,06m arrive sur Poitiers pour intégrer l’équipe professionnelle du club.https://t.co/xoBLOocZe7
— Poitiers Basket 86 (@pb86officiel) January 22, 2020
Charles Cooke III and De’ Longhi Treviso have parted ways.
Cooke was averaging 9.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in Serie A in 15 contests.
Virtus Bologna announced the signing of Devyn Marble.
The former NBA player returns to Italy where he has played twice with Dolomiti Energia Trento.
Marble comes from Santa Cruz Warriors where he was averaging 12.5 points per game in G League.
Adonis Thomas signed a deal with Mineros Zacatecas.
The forward comes from Gravelines-Dunkerque where he averaged 8.1 points per game.
Adonis Thomas, Former All American and Germany and Turkey All star signs with @MinerosLNBP for the Remainder of the Playoffs in their quest to win the ? #SSA pic.twitter.com/hWRQkhO6sE
— Christian Santaella (@csantaellaSSA) January 21, 2020
Amar’e Stoudemire is back in Israel.
The former NBA big man has agreed to terms with Maccabi Tel Aviv for the remainder of the season and will make debut in EuroLeague.
Stoudemire has briefly played in China with Fujian this season.
He has played twice in Israel, both times with Hapoel Jerusalem winning also one Winner League.
BREAKING: Amar'e Stoudemire is set to sign with Maccabi Tel Aviv
— Roi Cohen (@RoiCohen99) January 22, 2020
Ben Uzoh and Paris Basketball have parted ways, the french team announced.
The guard played 8 games, with averages of 2.9 points and 1.5 assist in 13 minutes.
Notre collaboration avec Ben Uzoh s'achève. On lui souhaite le meilleur dans la poursuite de sa carrière.
➡️ https://t.co/rCrIruP17U pic.twitter.com/4pcTYFA7Jm
— Paris Basketball (@Paris_Basket) January 21, 2020
Malcolm Bernard is a new player of Rogarska, the team announced.
Last year the swingman played for BC Nokia in the top finnish division, with averages of over 15 points and 5 rebounds per game.
IT'S OFFICIAL: @kkrogaska reinforced by Malcolm Bernard.
More at: https://t.co/CGeA5zglrZ #ABALiga2 pic.twitter.com/KhL8e5skCw
— ABA Liga 2 (@ABA_League2) January 21, 2020
Fonte: ABA Liga.
Jalen Henry is a new player of BC Nokia, the finnish team announced.
The forward started the year for Korihait, where he was averaging over 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assist per game.
⚠️ PELAAJAUUTISIA ⚠️#YellowRush? #Korisliigahttps://t.co/omCh2jRwve
— BC NOKIA (@BCNokia) January 21, 2020
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.