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04/03/202020:13

Sports events in Italy to be played behind closed doors until April 3

All the sports events in Italy will be played behind closed doors until April 3rd, 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak in the country, it is announced in a new ordinance by the Italian government.

The Government decreed that athletes, coaching staff members, managers, and other team members shall undergo medical tests in order to avoid the diffusion of the virus.

04/03/202015:48

Gal Mekel leaving Reggio to sign in Malaga

Gal Mekel is leaving Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia to sign in Spain with Unicaja Malaga.
The Israeli point guard was averaging 12.1 points and 5.6 assists in Serie A for Reggio Emilia.

04/03/202011:22

Tony Parker on Edwin Jackson: I thought he was smarter

Asvel president Tony Parker criticized Edwin Jackson.
The French guard signed a multi-year deal with Asvel last summer but a few weeks ago he was sent to Estudiantes on loan.

“My first reaction? I was disappointed. I thought he was smarter than that. At this stage of his career, you know very well that you can’t tell what’s going on in a locker room at a journalist. Anyone can be frustrated but there are things you can’t say. After he spoke, there was not much to do. I had to defend the coach, nobody is above the club, the project. It will always be the most important. The coach is still important in our club, we did a double last year. Edwin was not there. Of course it must be tiring sometimes to have someone screaming and asking for discipline. If you can’t play for a coach like that, you have to change club because we ASVEL want to win titles here at Asvel”.

03/03/202019:54

Hapoel Tel Aviv ink Karam Mashour

Karam Mashour signed unitl the end of the year for Hapoel Tel Aviv, the Israeli team announced.
The forward started the season for Gries Oberhoffen BC in Pro B, where he averaged over 14 points and 5 rebounds per game.

03/03/202019:49

Boris Savovic joins BC Parma

Boris Savovic is a new player of BC Parma, his agent announced.
The forward started the year in KBL for the Goyang Orions, where he averaged over 15 points and 5 rebounds per game.

03/03/202012:41

Kassius Robertson, Fortitudo Bologna part ways

Kassius Robertson and Pompea Fortitudo Bologna have parted ways, as said by GM Marco Carraretto.
Robertson will miss at least two months with hand fracture and Fortitudo decided to buyout his contract.
Robertson has been replaced by Jerome Dyson.
The Canadian was averaging 14.1 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists in Serie A.

03/03/202011:05

Jerome Randle leaves Fuenlabrada after gruesome injury

Jerome Randle and Fuenlabrada have parted ways.
The guard left the ACB team after only one game due to a gruesome injury he suffered against Baskonia.
Randle has played only 12 minutes, scoring 7 points, for the Spanish team.

This is the message shared by Randle on Twitter.

02/03/202012:31

Allerik Freeman extends contract with Shenzhen

Allerik Freeman has extended his contract with Shenzhen for the remainder of the season, agent Charles Misuraca of Slash Sports told Sportando.

“In early January, Freeman signed a two-month guaranteed deal for six figures per month,” Misuraca said. “He was one of the only players to remain in China during the Coronavirus outbreak. The team rewarded his commitment, loyalty and performance by guaranteeing the contract for the remainder of the season plus an additional amount.”

The CBA season is currently suspended due to the Coronavirus. Sportando’s Emiliano Carchia reported that the season is expected to resume in April.

Freeman has played four games for Shenzhen, averaging 25.5 points, six rebounds and four assists.

02/03/202012:23

CSKA Moscow signs Joel Bolomboy to two-year contract extension

Forward/center Joel Bolomboy (204 cm, 26 y.o.) signed new contract with our club until the end of 2021-22 season.

Joel put on the red and blue colors in the summer of 2018 as a promising big man with experience of playing in American college and pro basketball. In his first season Bolomboy helped CSKA win the titles both in EuroLeague and VTB United League as his role on the court was growing gradually. In 95 games for the Muscovites Joel averaged 5.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.4 blocked shots in 14.9 minutes.

In the Autumn of 2018 Donetsk-born player obtained Russian citizenship. He played for Team Russia in World Cup and Eurobasket qualifiers.

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

We are happy to have Joel with us. His development is evident and we are looking forward for much more as he has a lot of space to improve. Everybody in the club is happy with him, so we continue our collaboration and we hope to have much more success altogether.

Joel Bolomboy, CSKA forward/center:

I’m extremely excited to remain in the CSKA family! I want to thank Andrey [Vatutin], Coach Itoudis, Natalia [Furaeva], my parents, Russia, [wife] Nicole, [son] Trey, Adam [Pensack, agent], my teammates, coaching staff, medical team and everyone else that made this possible. It’s a blessing and an honor to continue my career here. I have grown as a player and person since day 1 and am excited to be able to continue that. I look forward as this journey continues. CSKA!

02/03/202010:36

Varese parts ways with Jason Clark after player asked to leave due to coronavirus outbreak in Italy

Varese and Jason Clark have officially parted ways.

Jason Clark asked to leave Openjobmetis Varese due to coronavirus outbreak in Italy and Lombardia.
Clark’s wife is pregnant and is expected to give the birth of their first child on March 20.

For this reason, Clark, as reported by La Prealpina, wanted to go back to USA because he was scared of being put in quarantine for two weeks in Italy.

Lombardia has the highest number of infected in Italy.

02/03/202010:03

Jaime Smith parts ways with Bandirma, Dinamo Sassari trying to sign him

Jaime Smith and Bandirma have reached an agreement to part ways, a source told Sportando.

Smith is becoming free agent and is expected to continue his career outside Turkey.

Dinamo Sassari, which is one of the most interested teams in Smith, is trying bring him back to the team where he has played in 2018-2019 but the deadline to register new player for Basketball Champions League next rounds expire at midnight and it won’t be easy to get the letter of clearance from Bandirma.

Smith was averaging more than 14 points per game in both BSL and BCL this season.

01/03/202020:28

Waverly Austin leaves Chemidor

Center Waverly Austin has left Chemidor due to the Iranian league being stopped for the Coronavirus outbreak, Sportando has learned.

Austin averaged 7.6 points and 6.6 rebounds in five games for Chemidor.

01/03/202015:45

Jordan Tolbert joins Brussels

Jordan Tolbert is a new player of Brussels Basketball, the team announced.
Last year the former SMU forward played for Caen in the second french division, with averages of 11.6 points and 9 rebounds per game.

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