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01/07/202021:56

Peristeri B.C. sign Abdul Gaddy

Greek side Peristeri B.C. announced the signing of Abdul Gaddy for the 2020/21 season.

The point guard out of Washington spent last season in G League with the Oklahoma City Blue, with averages of 12.3 points and 8.2 assist, shooting 43% from long range.

01/07/202021:16

Helios Suns added Tadej Ferme to their roster

Sharpshooter Tadej Ferme is joining Slovenian side Helios Suns, the team announced on their official website. Experienced 28-years old guard left Rogaška after one season and joined their league rivals. Last season he played in 19 ABA 2 league games, averaging 14,2 points and 3,2 assists per game.

Next season Helios Suns will again play in the ABA 2 league. After point guard Danijel Vujasinović, this is their second reinforcement coming from Rogaška.

01/07/202021:10

Gal Mekel inks two-years extension with Unicaja Malaga

Unicaja Basketball has reached an agreement with Gal Mekel for the Israeli international to continue at Unicaja for two more seasons. The guard, who arrived just before the suspension of the competition due to the coronavirus pandemic, has only played 6 games with the green shirt, enough to convince the team of his worth.

01/07/202020:21

Barcellona, Svetislav Pesic part ways

Barça and Svetislav Pesic have reached an agreement to terminate the coach’s contract. The club is grateful to the Serbian for his dedication and wishes him good luck, both personally and professionally.

Two Cups

During Pesic’s second stage with the club, which lasted two and a half years since his arrival in February 2018, the coach won two Copas del Rey; in 2018 at Las Palmas, and in 2019, in Madrid.

Barça played in the Euroleague Playoffs again in the 2018/19 season, and finished third (but tied with second) in 2019/20. The team had earned 22 wins and suffered 6 defeats before the cancellation of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

More than 300 matches

In both stages as coach, Svetislav Pesic was in charge for a total of 322 official matches, which included 235 wins, one Euroleague (2003), two ACB Leagues (2003 and 2004) and three Copas del Rey (2003, 2018 and 2019).

The coach’s farewell

“Before starting the Final Phase of the ACB in Valencia, we agreed with the club that this would be my last season as team coach because my job was already done and the time had come to give another person the chance to assume the role.”

“I am proud of my work and the work of the players during these seasons, and I will always be at Barça’s disposal.”

“I want to thank the fans and the board for their support and I wish Barça every success.”

01/07/202020:05

Jordan Loyd joins KK Crvena Zvedza

Jordan Loyd is a new player of KK Crvena zvezda, the team announced.
The guard just ended this season with Valencia, where he averaged 11.9 points, 2.2 assist and 1 steal between ACB and Euroleague, shooting 41% from long range.

01/07/202019:42

Asvel, Monaco among teams interested in William Howard

After his NBA experience in Utah and Houston, former Limoges swingman William Howard will return to the Jeep Elite next season, L’Equipw reports.

Two teams are working to secure its services, Asvel Villeurbanne and Monaco.

This year Howard played 36 G League games between the Salt Lake City and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, with averages of 12.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.6 assist

01/07/202019:34

Isaia Cordinier remains with Nanterre despite interest from Euroleague teams

Isaia Cordinier will not activate his exit clause for a European club, L’Equipe reports.
Several major teams have shown interest in the swingman, including Baskonia and Bayern Munich, but in the end the player will stay at Nanterre for another season.
This year Cordinier averaged 14.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.5 assist per game in Jeep Elite, shooting 51% from the field, 32% from beyond the arc and 90% from the foul line.
He has been named best french player of the year in Jeep Elite.
The Brooklyn Nets hold his draft rights.

01/07/202016:40

Rokas Giedraitis agreed to terms with Baskonia

Rokas Giedraitis agreed to terms with Baskonia .

Lithuanian forward averaged 13.8 points and 4 rebounds this season in EuroLeague with Alba Berlin .

01/07/202016:09

Zenit St. Petersburg looking for a big name at guard position

Zenit St. Petersburg has yet to start the transfers for next season but the Russian powerhouse has already some players on their radars.

A league source told Sportando that Zenit is showing interest in Nemanja Nedovic, Klemen Prepelic and Kevin Pangos.

Nedovic spent the past two seasons with Olimpia Milano and he averaged

7.9ppg in EuroLeague plus 12.2ppg in Serie A in 2019-2020 before both seasons were suspended due to coronavirus pandemic.

Klemen Prepelic dominated in Badalona averaging 21.7ppg in ACB with 1.7rpg and 3apg in 27 games. The 2017 Eurobasket champion added also 17ppg in EuroCup in 15 contests.

Kevin Pangos spent the past two seasons in Barcelona but this year he was stopped by an injury that kept him out of the entire season. Pangos had his best season in Europe in 2017-2018 when he led Zalgiris to the EuroLeague Final Four (12.7ppg, 2.3rpg and 2.7apg).

01/07/202015:44

Baskonia opts out of Semaj Christon’s contract

Semaj Christon will not continue with Baskonia next season, a source told Sportando and Chema de Lucas.
The new ACB champions have decided not to pick up the option in the contract of the former NBA guard that becomes free agent.

 

Christon, that started the season in Limoges, averaged 9.1ppg in EuroLeague with 3.7apg and 9ppg plus 3.2rpg and 2.7apg in ACB.

01/07/202014:57

Unicaja Malaga ans Baskonia target Alec Peters

Unicaja Malaga reportedly made an offer for Alec Peters , that is now free agent after the release from Anadolu Efes .

As reported by Juan Carlderòn of diariosur.es Peters  declined the offer preferring a new opportunity in EuroLeague.

As reported by Chema de Lucas also Baskonia targets Alec Peters .

01/07/202012:54

Alvark Tokyo seriously interested in DeShaun Thomas

Japanese back-to-back champions Alvark Tokyo are showing serious interest in DeShaun Thomas, a source. told Sportando.

The forward selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2013 NBA draft with the 58th overall pick spent the past two seasons with Panathinaikos averaging 13.9 points and 4.4 rebounds in EuroLeague before suspension due to coronavirus pandemic.

Thomas was rumored to join Baskonia but the news was denied by Chema de Lucas because the forward is seriously considering the proposal coming from Japan.

01/07/202011:30

Domagoj Proleta signs one-year deal with Svitavy

Croatian power forward Domagoj Proleta (1998, 207cm) has signed a one year deal with 3rd team of the Czech league – Dekstone Turi Svitavy.
Previous 2019-2020 season the player has averaged 12.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.3 asst, 0.6 steals, FT 72.3%, 2FGP 62.6%, 3FGP 40.0% for team of USK Praha, also from Czech Republic.

01/07/202011:13

Former Golden State scout is taking over MBC Mykolaiv

American coach Chris Thomas is taking over Ukrainian club MBC Mykolaiv, the club officialy announced on their Facebook page. Former Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz scout coached Bambitious Nara in the Japanese B.League this season.

He already has some European experiences, coaching Slovenian side Zlatorog Laško two season ago. For two years he was also a part of the coaching staff for Slovenian National team, working with Božidar Maljković and Jure Zdovc.

01/07/202011:00

CSKA Moscow set to announce Toko Shengelia

Sides are moving close to having an official agreement in place in coming week for Toko Shengelia to transfer to CSKA Moscow, a source told Sportando.

The Georgian forward is leaving Baskonia after six seasons and as ACB Champion after the win in Liga Endesa Final against Barcelona.

George Zakkas of SDNA first reported about the agreement between Shengelia and CSKA Moscow.

01/07/202010:40

Bandirma showing interest in Kyle Vinales

Turkish side Bandirma is showing interest in Kyle Vinales, a source told Sportando.

Vinales has a huge season in Estonia with Kalev/Cramo where he averaged  15.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists in Estonian-Latvian league and 17.6 points with 3 rebounds and 4.6 assists in VTB League.

01/07/202010:07

Cedevita Olimpija resigned with Mikael Hopkins

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana officialy announced that they have resigned with American forward Mikael Hopkins. Georgetown alumni will stay in Stožice for a least two more years.

He joined a Slovenian team last summer after a short stint in Bulgaria. He played 21 games in the ABA league last season, averaging 9.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.

01/07/202009:52

Igokea in talks with Anthony Clemmons

Igokea is in negotiations with Anthony Clemmons, a source told Sportando.
The American is there top target at guard, a source added.
Clemmons spent the season with Monaco scoring more than 10ppg in both Jeep Elite and EuroCup.
The player has to decide whether to accept or not the proposal of the Bosnian team.

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