Erdem Can will be the new coach of Anadolu Efes, and he will bring over two players from Turk Telekom Ankara, Tiryque Jones and Erkan Yilmaz.
Jones was named MVP of the Turkish league.
The Xavier product averaged 13.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game between BSL and Eurocup.
Yilmaz produced over 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game between the two competitions.
The news was reported by Eurohoops.
French prospect Juhann Begarin is a new player of Nanterre 92.
Begarin last year scored 11 points per game in BetClic Elite and 12.5 in Eurocup with Paris Basketball.
The guard is joining Nanterre 92 for the next two seasons.
"J’aimerai dire merci à Pascal pour l’opportunité et la confiance qu’il me donne. J’ai hâte de commencer à travailler avec lui et toute la team. Je suis fier de rejoindre la Nanterre Family !" @BegarinJuhann https://t.co/B1wNmovOFe
— Nanterre 92 (@Nanterre92) June 9, 2023
Brazilian big man Cristian Felicio has signed a new one-year deal with Granada, as announced by the Spanish club.
The former Chicago Bulls player this season has averaged 12.8 points and 5 rebounds in 22 minutes per game.
𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 || Cristiano Felicio renueva y jugará la próxima temporada en la @ACBCOM con el @Coviran Granada.
ℹ️📹 https://t.co/ZUthvfQJPg https://t.co/uLh040RyEw pic.twitter.com/C5JqFr9ISA
— Fundación CB Granada (@FundacionCBG) June 9, 2023
Darussafaka captain Doğuş Özdemiroğlu has agreed to a deal with Anadolu Efes Istanbul, reports Yagız Sabuncuoglu of Sports Digitale. Özdemiroğlu averaged 12.2 ppg and 4.8 apg in this season’s Basketball Champions League.
Turkish side Besiktas is reportedly in “advanced talks” with Slovenian head coach Jure Zdovc, who last coached Zalgiris Kaunas in 2021/22, according to Eurohoops. Zdovc would replace Igor Milicic, who arrived in Istanbul last December.
Italian basketball federation is considering to naturalize Portland Trail Blazers center Drew Eubanks, reports Orazio Cauchi of BasketNews. Eubanks has Italian origins and could play for Italy NT should he receive a passport in the upcoming months. He averaged 6.6 ppg and 5.4 rpg in his 6th NBA season for the Blazers.
Dinamo Sassari announced that Filip Kruslin will remain with the team one more season.
The Croatian averaged almost 10ppg in Serie A this past season adding the 46% from three.
Italian powerhouse Olimpia Milano is reportedly interested in French center Ismael Kamagate, according to Eurodevotion. EA7 would sign him to a 2-year deal after a strong season in Eurocup with Paris, averaging 9.6 ppg and 7.8 rpg. Kamagate remains an option also for the Denver Nuggets, as told to beIN Sports by Michael Malone: “He should be with us this summer and next season. He’s a good guy, he has a lot of potential. He is fast, tall, athletic… He can take rebounds, counter. We expect a lot from him in the future”.
Fonte: Eurodevotion.
Reyer Venezia announced the contract extension of Jordan Parks.
The American forward has appeared in 45 games with Reyer Venezia this season averaging 10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest.
Dwight Howard has been offered a huge paycut by the Taoyuan Leopards to remain in Taiwan one more season.
Howard averagted 23.2 points, 16.2 rebounds and 5 assists per game in 20 games in Taiwanese league.
Per Taiwannews, In an interview with TVBS on Wednesday (June 7), Howard said the Leopards offered him a contract that would provide 65% less in salary than what they gave him in his first season. He said this was “very disrespectful” as he felt that he had “brought value to the team.”
Howard said the pay cut was “very disappointing” and he felt that he deserved more. The team’s CEO, Chang Chien-wei (張建偉) told the news agency that Howard’s salary next season would be based on a new calculation method.
Chang said that during this past season, Howard played 20 out of 30 games and missed the rest due to injuries. Therefore, under the new payment scheme, there is a “winning bonus, losing bonus, and non-bonus for not playing, combined with a fixed base salary.”
The CEO said that with the new incentive package, he hopes Howard can “play seriously and play hard.” He said that as long as Howard plays in the games and wins, the bonuses combined with the base pay rate will ensure his wage will not be lower than his previous salary.
Anadolu Efes Istanbul will keep Elijah Bryant, as reported by Basketnews.
The American has the contract set to expire at the end of the season but he reached an agreement with the Turkish powerhouse to re-sign the deal.
Bryant averaged 8.5 points and 4.1 rebounds in EuroLeague this season.
Sergio Scariolo commented on La Gazzetta dello Sport the rumors about the Toronto Raptors.
The Canadian team is interested in the Italian coach to replace Nick Nurse.
“I cannot comment on a process that is still ongoing. I want to express my gratitude to Virtus and Toronto for their understanding and flexibility for tshown in considering the mutual reasons that emerged in this week of contacts”.
Scariolo will coach Virtus Bologna in Serie A finals against Olimpia Milano from Friday.
Hapoel Jerusalem announced the contract extension of Zach Hankins until 2025.
The big man was voted MVP of the 2022-23 Winner League (13 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game).
Hankins was also included in the BCL first team.
ה-MVP נשאר אדום!
זאק הנקינס חתם בהפועל לשנתיים נוספות >>> https://t.co/uQnw0l9Sdc pic.twitter.com/QUkb7nDTfT— Hapoel Jerusalem BC (@JerusalemBasket) June 8, 2023
Maccabi Tel Aviv may opt out of the contract with Alex Poythress. According to Arel Ginsber, the club is looking elsewhere for a forward/center for the upcoming year.
Alex Poythress returned in April after suffering a severe injury in November. Last summer, he signed a two-year contract in Israel.
🚨🚨Source tells that Maccabi Tel Aviv decided NOT to extend the contract of Alex Poythress and he’ll leave the team after this season.
The Israeli club will look for other options while their main goal is to get a big man who can play both PF/C positions.@WallaSport
— Arel Ginsber (@ArelGinsber8) June 5, 2023
Semaj Christon has opted out of his two-year contract with Bertram Derthona. The news, initially reported by La Prealpina, has been confirmed by Sportando.
Born in 1992 and a product of Xavier, Christon has been one of the top players in the league, a candidate for the LBA Awards as MVP, with 15.8 points and 4.8 assists for Derthona, where he served as a leader, up until the semifinals, which they lost 3-0 to Virtus Bologna.
There is already interest in the player from Reyer Venezia.
Barcelona also enters in the mix for Kevin Punter. The American guard, long associated with Panathinaikos, is also in the sights of Barcelona.
Born in 1993, Kevin Punter comes from a season averaging 16.1 points in EuroLeague. On Tuesday, June 6th, he will compete in game 3 for access to the ABA-Liga semifinals.
With his contract expiring with Partizan, the player is also awaiting moves from the Serbian team. Eurodevotion, today, also mentions a possible NBA opportunity.
Not only Panathinaikos and Partizan work on Kevin Punter for next season. Also Barcelona is in the mix for american guard, im told
— Alessandro Luigi Maggi (@AlessandroMagg4) June 4, 2023
Only @euroleague in the future of Kevin Punter?
Mercato, novità importanti su Kevin Punter https://t.co/nPydf4OCYX
— Eurodevotion (@eurodevotion) June 4, 2023
Omari Spellman and Darryl Monroe have signed a new deal with Anyang KGC, the Korean team announced.
Spellman averaged over 19 points and 9 rebounds in the last KBL season, while Monroe produced 4.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 10 minutes per game.
According to George Zakkas, both Fenerbahce and Baskonia are considering to offer Virtus Bologna and Italian national team point guard Nico Mannion a multi-year deal.
The Greek reporter also lists Olimpia Milan among the teams interested in Mannion.
The 22-year-old Arizona product has a contract expiring at the end of the season.
Mannion this year has put together averages of 9.9 points and 3.1 assists in the italian LBA, and 5.9 points with 2.6 assists in Euroleague.
BC Igokea announced the arrival of Stefan Moody for next season.
The point guard from Ole Miss is coming off a year in France at Roanne with averages of 10.8 points, 7.2 assists and 1.7 steals.
Novi plejmeker u Igokea m:tel https://t.co/qfGGMRL9jN pic.twitter.com/yGWtE4bHl6
— Igokea m:tel (@BCIgokea) June 3, 2023
Sito Alonso will remain at the helm of UCAM Murcia next season, the Spanish club announced.
The 47-year-old coach helped the team reach ninth place in the ACB and the quarterfinals in the BCL.
🚨 OFICIAL 🚨
🏀 Sito Alonso continúa en el UCAM Murcia CB.
📰 https://t.co/NsuetkrpWJ#TheLegacy pic.twitter.com/tGmoqnX1wK
— UCAM Murcia (@UCAMMurcia) June 3, 2023
French center Mathias Lessort is drawing interest from Euroleague teams after his stellar season for Partizan Belgrade. Serbian media Telesport reports that Panathinaikos has offered a 2-year, €3M deal while Virtus Bologna could also target him as Nikola Milutinov seems destined to return to Olympiacos.
Argentinian star Facundo Campazzo has a deal in place with Real Madrid, as reported by Aris Barkas of Eurohoops. Agreement is for a 3-year contract and a €9 million deal in gross salary. Campazzo previously represented Real jersey from 2014 to 2020.
Is there a sense of revolution at Olimpia Milano at the end of the playoffs? According to Basketnews and Eurohoops, there are suggestions of goodbyes from Kevin Pangos and Brandon Davies.
The two players, who arrived last summer with a two-year contract, have experienced a complex season. The Canadian point guard, coming from a half-season after a broken NBA dream, first had to recover from an injury, while in these playoffs he is in competition with Devon Hall for the last spot among foreign players in the roster.
In the latest challenge, game-3 playoffs in Sassari, he remained seated in the stands, next to Brandon Davies. The center, who has accumulated positive stats in EuroLeague and LBA this season, is out of playoff rotations in favor of Johannes Voigtmann and Kyle Hines.
Hence the hypotheses of farewell forcefully relaunched by Basketnews and Eurohoops, anticipated in recent weeks also by realolimpiamilano.com (here and here).
The new front office structure of the Washington Wizards is taking shape under the new President, Michael Winger.
The new Senior VP of Player Personnel is Travis Schlenk, formerly the President of Basketball Operations for the Atlanta Hawks.
The Wizards are hiring former Hawks President of Basketball Operations Travis Schlenk as Senior VP of Player Personnel, sources tell ESPN. New Wizards president Michael Winger lands a well-regarded talent evaluator and executive as he continues his search for a general manager.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 1, 2023
LBA (and probable Eurocup) side Dolomiti Energia Trentino has announced the appointment of Paolo Galbiati as the new head coach on a 3-year deal. Galbiati comes off a strong season in Varese as Matt Brase’s assistant coach. He also served as an assistant coach for Italy NT at the Tokyo Olympics, plus as a head coach for Torino and Cremona in LBA.
Umana Reyer and Michael Bramos jointly announce the retirement of the orogranata captain from playing basketball after 13 seasons as a professional, 8 of which in Reyer jersey.
Dear Michael,
in this very special moment for you and for us, on behalf of the entire organization that I have the honor of representing, we want to say thank you.
Thank you for your 389 matches with our colours, the first ever in the history of the Club, always played with the same commitment and determination.
Thank you for your disposability, your smile and the example you have always passed on to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.
Thank you for the Champion that you are, for always putting the group and the common good before everything.
Now begins a new chapter in your life and it will never be the same for us too, we wish you the best for you and your family and we know that you will face all life’s challenges with the same determination and positivity that you have always brought to the gym .
Your name is already a legend for Reyer colours.
We will miss you, but this is and will always be your home.
We look forward to celebrating you as you deserve, thank you Michael.
The President Federico Casarin
Kevin Punter is reportedly on the verge of agreeing to a deal with Panathinaikos. The news, which has been in the air for some time, was reiterated recently by encestando.es. According to the Spanish website, the agreement is near.
Punter, after a season with Olimpia Milano, is in his second year with Partizan, a team he led to the controversial EuroLeague playoff against Real Madrid.
Derek Willis reportedly has an agreement with Efes. According to Eurohoops, the Turkish club is just waiting for the green light from Ergin Ataman’s successor, who has not yet been defined.
Therefore, Derek Willis’ adventure with Reyer Venezia would have lasted only one season. Having returned to Italy after his experience in Brindisi, the power forward has averaged 12.9 points in the EuroCup.
For Venezia, this would be another departure after that of Jayson Granger, officially announced on May 31st.”
Sarunas Jasikevicius is prepared to do whatever it takes to stay in charge of Barcelona, while news from Turkey reports of a meeting with Efes.
Following Ergin Ataman’s departure, the Turkish club is searching for a new leader. Sports Digitale reveals an actual meeting between Efes and Jasikevicius, which concluded without an agreement due to a substantial gap between demand and offer.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE | Anadolu Efes, in line with its search for a new coach for the new season, held a meeting with Sarunas Jasikevicius.
Due to the large difference between the financial expectations of the two parties, an agreement was not reached in the first meeting.
📰 @anilevicius pic.twitter.com/A7m9QgI0Mq
— Sports Digitale (@SportsDigitale) June 1, 2023
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Jaka Lakovic, Slovenian coach of Dreamland Gran Canaria, discussed his future after falling in the quarterfinals of the Liga Endesa against Real Madrid. Despite rumors, Lakovic stated: “I have a contract with Gran Canaria and I am very happy here. I think these are just rumors. Barcelona has a very good coach and we’ll see what happens with him, but I don’t know why my name is being mentioned”. Lakovic also discussed participation in the next season of the Euroleague, stating that the final decision rests with the club, but the intention is to compete at the highest level possible.
