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03/07/202012:12

Rokas Giedraitis, Makai Mason leave ALBA Berlin

Forward Rokas Giedraitis, Center Landry Nnoko and Guard Makai Mason leave ALBA BERLIN. Nnoko, whose contract ended at the end of the season, has joined the Serbian EuroLeague club Red Star Belgrade. Rokas Giedraitis and Makai Mason both make use of exit options in their contracts and will not return to Berlin.

ALBA sports director Himar Ojeda: “Rokas, Landry and Makai not only impressed with good performances in their ALBA days, they will also be remembered well for their daily use in training and for their roles outside of the field. We are happy about the positive development that all three have taken, thank you for your commitment and wish you all the best for the future. ”

Rokas Giedraitis moved from Rytas Vilnius to Berlin in summer 2018 and made a total of 126 appearances in two seasons in ALBA dress. In the past 2019/2020 season, the 27-year-old Lithuanian scored 10.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in the easyCredit BBL and 13.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per in the EuroLeague Lot. In 2018/2019 he was appointed the best small forward in the All-EuroCup First Team.

Landry Nnoko was contracted in the 2018/2019 season in December after his contract with Sakarya BB in Turkey was terminated. The 26-year-old Cameroonian stood on the floor 109 times for ALBA BERLIN. In easyCredit BBL, he performed an average of 10.6 points and 6.0 rebounds in 2019/2020 and 8.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in the EuroLeague.

Makai Mason joined ALBA BERLIN from Baylor University in the summer of 2019 after four NCAA seasons. The 25-year-old guard, who has both a German and an American passport, scored an average of 3.9 points and 0.8 assists in the easyCredit BBL and 6.3 points in a total of 38 ALBA games in his first professional season and 1.1 assists in the EuroLeague.

Rokas Giedraitis and Landry Nnoko have reached a total of five finals with ALBA in their two years – including the EuroCup final – and became German champions and cup winners in 2020. Makai Mason also won the cup in February, but did not return to the team for personal reasons after the Corona break and was therefore not part of the ALBA squad at the final tournament for the German Championship in Munich.

03/07/202011:47

Reyer Venezia keeps Gasper Vidmar

Gasper Vidmar will play one more year for Umana Reyer venezia, the italian side announced.

This year the slovenian big man averaged 3.9 points and 3 rebounds over 36 games between LBA and Eurocup.

03/07/202011:28

Louis Labeyrie extends his contract with Valencia Basket until 2022

Power forward Louis Labeyrie and Valencia Basket have reached an agreement for the French international player (2.08m, Gonesse, 02/11/1992, 28 years old) to extend his bond with the Club for two more seasons, until June 30 from 2022, plus an optional third season. Labeyrie will start his third season as a taronja next year, being champion of the EuroCup in the 2018-19 campaign. The French interior has been the second most valued player of the team in the season that we have just finished, in which he has played a total of 58 games, 28 of them as a starter, in which he has presented numbers of 6 points and 4, 7 rebounds for 10 valuation credits.

03/07/202010:39

Mitja Nikolic joins Blu Basket Treviglio

Mitja Nikolic signed a one-year contract with Blu Basket Treviglio, the italian team announced.

Last year the slovenian forward averaged over 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assist for the Roseto Sharks, in the italian Serie A2.

 

03/07/202008:49

Baskonia reportedly in advanced talks with Alec Peters

Baskonia is finalizing the arrival of Alec Peters, Chema de Lucas reports.

Last year the forward averaged 6.6 points and 2.9 rebounds over 40 games for Anadolu Efes.

02/07/202018:43

Fenerbahce, Igor Kokoskov agree to a 3-year deal

Serbia NT coach and Sacramento Kings assistant coach Igor Kokoskov will be Fenerbahce new head coach, as reported by Ismail Senol of beIN Sports. Kokoskov will sign a 3-year deal to coach the Turkish powerhouse.

Except for stints with OKK Beograd and Partizan’s youth teams, the Belgrade native has only coached in the US during his career. Kokoskov has worked in the NBA since 2000, mainly as an assistant coach (for 7 different franchises, between which the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons), and became in 2018-19 the first European to coach full-time in the NBA with the Phoenix Suns.

02/07/202017:43

Todd Withers signs with Fortitudo Bologna

Free agent forward Todd Withers has signed a contract with Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A and Basketball Champions League, the team announced.

Withers, a forward from D2 school Queens University, has spent his first two years as a professional in the NBA G League with the Grand Rapids Drive. He averaged 10.7 points and five rebounds per game this past season.

02/07/202017:16

Jordan Brangers agrees to deal with Randers Cimbria

Jordan Brangers has agreed to a deal with Randers Cimbria of the Danish Basketligaen, a source told Sportando.

The guard from JUCO’s South Plains is coming off a brief stop in Mexico where he averaged 25.8 points, five rebounds and 6.5 assists in four games for Rayos de Hermosillo. He also played in Germany’s Bundesliga in his rookie year.

02/07/202016:39

Matt Tiby agrees to deal with Medi Bayreuth

Former Milwaukee forward Matt Tiby has agreed to a deal with Medi Bayreuth of the German Bundesliga, sources tell Sportando.

Last season, Tiby played six games for Vanoli Cremona in the Italian Serie A. He then moved to Germany to spend the rest of the season with the Giessen 46ers.

02/07/202014:50

D.J. Seeley re-signs with Zaragoza

D.J. Seeley has re-signed with Casademont Zaragoza, the Spanish team announced.

Seeley averaged around 11 points, three rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League this past season.

02/07/202014:30

Bursaspor trying to re-sign Perry Jones III

After making the return of Chris Jones official, Turkish side Bursaspor is now trying to re-sign forward Perry Jones III. The EuroCup team offered him a deal to come back, as reported by Turkish media and confirmed to Sportando.

The former NBA player averaged 13.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this past season in the Turkish BSL.

02/07/202014:12

Trieste in advanced talks with Devonte Upson

Italian side Pallacanestro Trieste is pursuing center Devonte Upson, a source told Sportando. The two sides are in advanced talks on a potential deal.

Upson played most of the 2019-20 season with Polish team Asseco Arka Gdynia in the Energa Basket Liga and EuroCup. He then joined Strasbourg but played only one game with the French side before the pandemic.

02/07/202009:00

Barcelona-Sarunas Jasikevicius: done deal. Saras returns in blaugrana

Sarunas Jasikevicius will be the new head coach of Barcelona according to several reports.

Lithuanian coach takes over from Svetislav Pesic who closed his experience in Barcelona yesterday.

Jasikevicius returns to Barcelona for the third time in his career. In blaugrana he won two ACB and one EuroLeague.

With Zalgiris Kaunas Saras won 5 national championship and partecipated in the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four.

01/07/202022:52

Jaume Ponsarnau extends with Valencia

Jaume Ponsarnau and Valencia Basket have reached an agreement for the Catalan coach to continue being the coach of the first male squad for at least one more season, until June 30, 2021.

Ponsarnau joined the Valencia Basket coaching staff in the summer of 2016 and after two seasons as assistant coach, he took over the team as head coach for the 2018-19 season. In his two courses at the helm of the team, Ponsarnau has classified the Taronja team twice in third place in the Endesa League and last season added the seventh title to the Club’s record by winning the 2018-19 EuroCup.

01/07/202022:49

Barcellona reportedly offered head coach job to Sarunas Jasikevicius

Barcellona made an offer to Sarunas Jasikevicius to make him the next head coach, a few hours after parting ways with Svetislav Pesic.

According to turkish reporter Ugur Ozan Sulak, Jasikevicius has already finalized the deal with the Spanish club, and is expected to sign in the coming days.

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