Brandon Paul is in advanced talks with Buducnost, Donatas Urbonas reports.
The Illinois product last season helped ratiopharm Ulm win the German league for the first time in history, averaging 11.2 points and 1.1 steals in 23 minutes per game.
Paul played also 6 game in CBA with Shandong.
Only the official announcement is missing for Ignas Brazdeikis’ move to Olympiacos.
The Lithuanian forward, still under contract with Zalgiris Kaunas, did not played in the friendly against Red Star.
“That’s the plan, to get on the plane and go to Greece tomorrow. Some details still remain to be finalised,” the former Orlando Magic forward said to COSMOTE TV (Via Eurohoops).
Brazdeikis is looking forward to joining the Greek team: ‘Bartzokas is a great coach, a legend. We had a good talk. I am looking forward to playing for him. Olympiacos has a good system, I think I will fit in without any problems and I will be able to do whatever is asked of me.”
The Michigan product made his Euroleague debut last season, scoring 11.6 points in 22 minutes per game.
Olympiacos will pay Zalgiris a buyout of €500,000, reports SDNA.
Dinamo Sassari officially signs Alfonzo Mckinnie to a guaranteed contract until the end of the season.
After five seasons in the NBA, the athletic forward spent last year in G League with the Mexico City Capitanes, where he averaged 14.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1 steal per game.
Hapoel Alufa B.C. strengthens the roster on the perimeter with the arrival of Cassius Stanley.
The explosive former Duke guard arrives in Europe for the first time after three seasons spent between NBA and G League (15.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG and 2.4 APG last year with Rio Grande).
Stanley was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the No. 54 pick of the 2020 NBA Draft.
קסיוס סטנלי, בוגר אוניברסיטת דיוק ששיחק בעבר באינדיאנה ובדטרויט, משלים את הסגל של הפועל עפולה pic.twitter.com/r7cteEbxE8
— Winner League (@WinnerLeague) September 21, 2023
Former Virtus Bologna head coach Sergio Scariolo is reportedly evaluating to sue his former employer, team president and owner Massimo Zanetti, for saying that he held talks with Real Madrid earlier this summer, according to Spanish outlet Relevo.
In Luca Banchi’s press conference, Zanetti lashed out at Scariolo saying he undervalued Virtus Bologna by holding talks with Toronto Raptors and Real Madrid. While a meeting with Toronto Raptors actually took place, as confirmed by Relevo, with Virtus Bologna’s proper authorisation (including in written form), the media says that a meeting between Scariolo and Real Madrid actually never took place.
❗ El cruce de declaraciones entre Scariolo y el presidente de la Virtus puede acabar en los tribunales.
📌 El entrenador estudia denunciar a Massimo Zanetti por asegurar que se reunió con el Real Madrid, cuando, según él, no es cierto.
✍️ @noeliagomezmhttps://t.co/SBbyNDSkOi
— Relevo (@relevo) September 19, 2023
Zaragoza signed Tomasz Gielo with an annual contract with the option of the Spanish team to break him in December.
Gielo arrives to replace the injured Borisa Simanic and has already played in Spain with Joventut, Lenovo Tenerife and MoraBanc Andorra.
Casademont Zaragoza announced the signing of Andrea Cinciarini.
The veteran pointguard, the best assist-man in the history of the Italian league, spent the last two years with UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia.
🔝 𝗘𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮 𝗲𝗻 #CasademontZaragoza
Benvenuto @cincia20! ❤️🦁
Más información ➡️ https://t.co/4YJfiwInFz pic.twitter.com/uHAyUP4RWN
— Casademont Zaragoza (@CasademontZGZ) September 18, 2023
Arturs Zagars, the young Latvian playmaker who shone in the FIBA World Cup 2023, has signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahce.
In the first season of the agreement, Zagars will be on loan to BC Wolves, a Lithuanian team participating in the EuroCup.
During the 2022-2023 season, Zagars averaged 15.4 points, 4.4 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in 22 games in the Lithuanian League with Nevezis.
Kulübümüz, 2023 FIBA Dünya Kupası’nda harika bir performans göstererek turnuvanın en iyi ikinci beşine seçilen Letonyalı genç oyun kurucu Arturs Zagars ile üç yıllık anlaşmaya vardı. ✍️💛💙
Oyuncumuz, anlaşma kapsamında ilk sezonunu EuroCup’ta mücadele edecek Litvanya temsilcisi… pic.twitter.com/FWu0n8jx62
— Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) September 18, 2023
Cremona has reached an agreement with the combo guard Marcus Zegarowski, 25 years old, to fill the void left by the early departure of Jordan Bone.
Zegarowski, selected at number 49 in the 2021 NBA Draft by the Brooklyn Nets, will arrive in Europe for the first time after three seasons at Creighton University, where he averaged 14.1 points with a 42% three-point shooting from 2018 to 2021.
In the last season, he played in the G League with the Nets, Bulls, and especially the Spurs, where he averaged 8.7 points with 2.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
The player is known for his perimeter skills and will fit into Vanoli Cremona’s playing system.
This is reported by La Prealpina.
According to reports from Superbasket, Andrea Cinciarini is finalising the last details for his move to Casademont Zaragoza in Spain.
The 37-year-old point guard spent the last two years in Reggio Emilia, dominating the LBA assists ranking and becoming the best assistman in the league’s history.
Former NBA guard Damyean Dotson has signed a contract with the Ningbo Rockets.
Dotson spent last year in Turkey with Gaziantep, where he produced averages of 14.8 points and 3 assists per game between BSL and FIBA Europe Cup.
FC Bayern Munich made its ambitions apparent this season with the blockbuster signing of Serge Ibaka, one of the game’s toughest big men. After 14 seasons in the NBA, power forward Ibaka (2.08 meters, 33 years old) returns to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, where he won a championship ring (2018-19) and was chosen to the NBA All-Defensive First Team three times (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14).
The New Taipei Kings strengthened the roster with the signings of Jeremy Lin and Tony Mitchell.
Lin comes from three seasons in CBA, the last one with the Guangzhou Loong Lions.
Mitchell, the 37th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, spent the last two years in the Venezuelan league.
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According to Giuseppe Malaguti, Luca Banchi will be the new coach of Segafredo Virtus Bologna.
The Italian team recently announced the firing of Sergio Scariolo.
Banchi just concluded a triumphant World Championship at the helm of Latvia, finishing in 5th place with wins over Spain, France and Lithuania among others, and with the award for best coach of the competition.
Maccabi Ironi Ramat-Gan announced the signing of Isaiah Miles.
The 29-year-old power forward spent the 2022/23 season with Aek Athens (8.8 PPG, 4.7 RPG).
מכבי עירוני רמת-גן שניצחה אמש 84:93 את בני הרצליה בשמינית גמר גביע ווינר, החתימה הלילה את אייזיה מיילס (30, 2.03 מטר) ששיחק בעונת המשחקים 2020/2021 בהפועל חולון, שם שיחק 29 דקות בממוצע בהן קלע בממוצע 12.1 נקודות למשחק וקטף בממוצע 4 כדורים חוזרים.
צילום: אתר מנהלת ליגת העל— Maccabi Ironi Ramat-Gan Basketball Club (@IroniGan) September 15, 2023
Virtus Bologna announced the firing of Sergio Scariolo.
Also his assistant Andrea Diana has been dismissed from his position.
The coach’s statements released to the press on 13 September 2023, which follow those released during the end-of-season press conference on 27 June 2023, unfortunately undermine the serenity and enthusiasm of the Virtus environment and of the group that is preparing to face the first official commitments of the new sporting season with the aim of achieving important results at both a national and international level.
The owner of Virtus Bologna, Massimo Zanetti, was very irritated by the words of Sergio Scariolo in a press conference so much that he assessed the dismissal, writes La Repubblica.
The situation remains suspended, adds La Repubblica.
Scariolo still has a year of contract, so the dismissal would involve legal battles considering that the employment of the coach, always according to the Republic, is about one million euros plus benefit.
The new regulation prevents the Blazers and Lillard from agreeing for him to stay away from the team while Portland waits for a trade offer that it thinks to be acceptable, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, a former Nets executive. It wasn’t apparent whether either party was interested in going down that road, but Marks says it’s no longer an option. The NBA will intervene and say that it will fine you and that fine will be large if Portland and Lillard decide that we’re going to shut you down, according to Marks. We’ll watch how things unfold with James Harden and Damian Lillard (who has asked Philadelphia for a trade). . The practice of benching a player who may be engaged in trade negotiations will no longer be practiced.
Zunder Palencia has announced the arrivals on loan of Ousmane Ndiaye and Agustin Ubal, from Baskonia and Barcelona respectively.
Ndiaye, a 2004-born big man, last year produced over 9 points and 7 rebounds per game in LEB Silver, while Ubal (a 20-year-old Uruguayan guard) played on loan with Bilbao (2.5 PPG in ACB).
🆕 ¡Ousmane Ndiaye se une al #SentimientoPalentino! 🙌🏿
🇸🇳 ¡El pívot internacional por Senegal llega cedido por una temporada procedente de @Baskonia! 🤝🏼👋🏼 Bienvenue à Palencia, Ousmane! 😎 pic.twitter.com/g2Bgdoz80t
— Súper Agropal Palencia (@Palencia_Basket) September 14, 2023
🇺🇾🆕 ¡El base uruguayo, @agus_ubal nuevo jugador del @ZunderPalencia!
👍🏼 Agustín llega en calidad de cedido por una temporada procedente del @FCBbasket.
🙌🏼💜 ¡Bienvenido al #SentimientoPalentino, Agustín! pic.twitter.com/RezaGi1QNy— Súper Agropal Palencia (@Palencia_Basket) September 13, 2023
Valencia has paid a €250,000 clause to acquire Serbian playmaker Stefan Jovic from Casademont Zaragoza.
During the 2022-2023 season, Jovic averaged 8.7 points and 4.2 assists in the ACB.
El @valenciabasket paga 250.000 euros al @CasademontZGZ y se lleva al base Stefan Jovic, según nos confirman.
El club maño está ya en el mercado para fichar un sustituto pic.twitter.com/SFxht62O2B— www.encestando.es (@webEncestando) September 14, 2023
The South East Melbourne Phoenix have announced the signing of Tyler Cook.
The power forward is headed to the NBL to replace Alan Williams (out indefinitely due to a knee injury).
Cook spent 2022/23 in G League with the Salt Lake City Stars (15 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 3.3 APG).
Welcome to the Heartland Tyler! 💚✍️ @iamtc25
We’ve signed NBA experienced big man Tyler Cook as an injury replacement player for Alan Williams. 🤝
— South East Melbourne Phoenix (@SEMelbPhoenix) September 11, 2023
According to Spanish reporter Marc Mundet, Serge Ibaka has signed a one-year contract with Bayern Munich.
The 33-year-old big man would return to Europe after 14 seasons in the NBA, with career-averages of 12 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocks, an NBA title won with the Raptors and two years as the league’s best shot blocker.
Ibaka spent the last two years with the Milwaukee Bucks, playing in 35 total games.
‼️EUROLEAGUE | Breaking news
Serge Ibaka signs one year contract with Bayern Munchen, according my sources. pic.twitter.com/7LPcDWa748
— Marc Mundet (@MarcMundet78) September 13, 2023
AS Monaco has announced the contract extension of Yakuba Ouattara.
The Ghanaian-born guard with a French passport has been playing with the Principality’s club since 2015 (only in 2020/21 he moved to play with Real Betis in ACB).
Last year Ouattara scored 7 points per game in BetClic Elite and 3.7 in Euroleague.
ʏᴀᴋᴜʙᴀ ᴏᴜᴀᴛᴛᴀʀᴀ ʀᴇsᴛᴇ sᴜʀ ʟᴇ ʀᴏᴄʜᴇʀ 🔴⚪️
⏩️ C'est le début d'une 8️⃣e année au club pour le Yak', un longévité et une fidélité exceptionnelles 🫡
🪖 Leader par l'exemple sur le terrain et dans les vestiaires, son apport est essentiel à la #RocaTeam 😤🇲🇨 pic.twitter.com/c7nsAZVsTT
— AS Monaco Basket 🇲🇨 (@ASMonaco_Basket) September 13, 2023
Valencia Basket is reportedly close to signing Serbian point guard Stefan Jovic for the rest of the season. The move comes as a response to the physical issues plaguing Icelandic player Martin Hermannsson.
Jovic, who recently won a silver medal with Serbia in the World Cup and will turn 33 in November, initially renewed his contract with Casademont Zaragoza earlier this summer. However, his contract includes an exit clause that will likely facilitate the move to Valencia. While the signing is not yet finalized, Jovic is the chosen option for Valencia.
Source: Information reported by EFE.
Justin Patton will continue his career in China with Shanxi.
The former NBA player spent the past two seasons in Israel with Hapoel Eilat and in France with Cholet.
In LNB he averaged 10.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest.
Arturs Zagars, 23, is nearing a deal to sign with Fenerbahce and will be loaned to BC Wolves for the start of the 2023-24 season.
Zagars was a standout in the recent FIBA World Cup, averaging 12.4 points, 7.4 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game over eight appearances.
He also set a new record for the most assists in a single World Cup game with 17 against Lithuania.
Source: Eurohoops
Crvena Zvezda is showing interest in acquiring Serbian basketball player Nemanja Bjelica, according to Serbian sources. The interest has been confirmed after Bjelica was sidelined by his current team, Fenerbahce. Once his contract with Fenerbahce is resolved, Bjelica could join the Serbian club’s training sessions.
Last Season’s Stats:
Source: Sport24, Eurobasket
Vanoli Cremona and Jordan Bone have agreed to part ways.
The Italian team returns to the market to complete the roster ahead of the start of the season.
Panathinaikos and Georgios Kalaitzakis have agreed to part ways, as announced by the Greek team.
The 24-year-old forward, who spent the 2021/22 season between NBA and G League, last year scored 6.9 points per game in the Greek league and 2 in Euroleague.
Γιώργο Καλαϊτζάκη, σε ευχαριστούμε για την προσφορά σου στην ομάδα μας και σου ευχόμαστε καλή συνέχεια στη ζωή και την καριέρα σου! ☘️#WeTheGreens #paobc pic.twitter.com/v6nvPzUxNv
— Panathinaikos BC (@Paobcgr) September 4, 2023
Vincent Sanford is a new player of Hapoel Galil Elion, as announced by the Israeli team.
‘Vee’ spent 2022/23 in the Italian Legadue with Unieuro Forli, producing 12.4 points with 3.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game.
הגארד הוותיק וינסנט סנפורד, ששיחק בשנים האחרונות באיטליה ובצרפת, חתם בהפועל "נופר" גליל עליון pic.twitter.com/clMF7XvmzU
— Winner League (@WinnerLeague) September 3, 2023
