Adrian Banks and Treviso Basket have parted ways.
Banks spent the season in Treviso averaging 16.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Adrian Banks is officially a free agent.
In Italy's top division this season with Treviso, Banks averaged:
16.8 PPG
2.3 RPG
2.3 APG @iadrianbanks pic.twitter.com/tpBnJhQaQt— BDA Sports INTL (@BDASportsINTL) June 14, 2023
Pallacanestro Varese has an agreement in place with Vincent Shahid, as reported by la Prealpina.
The point guard will replace Colbey Ross.
Shahid comes from Icelandic league where he has been the top scorer averaging 28.5 points and 9.3 assists with the jersey of Thor.
According to Emiliano Carchia of Sportando, Olimpia Milano has an agreement with Nikola Mirotic.
The Montenegrin forward still has two years left on his contract with Barcelona.
DONE DEAL: Olimpia Milano has an agreement with Nikola Mirotic
— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) June 14, 2023
Chris Dowe is leaving Dinamo Sassari to sign with Bertram Derthona, as confirmed by Sportando.
The point guard, born in 1991, averaged 13.8 points per game this year in Sardinia, along with 4 rebounds and 4.8 assists.
Chris Dowe lascia la Dinamo Sassari per firmare con la Bertram Derthona. La notizia arriva dal nostro @mcarniglia20 . L’accordo è definito.
Il play classe 1991 ha prodotto 13.8 punti di media in Sardegna quest’anno con 4 rimbalzi e 4.8 assist.
— Alessandro Luigi Maggi (@AlessandroMagg4) June 14, 2023
Happy Casa Brindisi is rumored to be interested in Alessandro Gentile’s return, sources tell Sportando. Gentile has played for Italian A2 side Udine this season, averaging 13.5 ppg and 7.4 rpg. He was in Brindisi in 2021/2022.
Tyson Carter will remain at Unicaja Malaga for another two years, as reported by l’Opinion.
The club and the player are in advanced talks following his loan season from Zenit.
Carter, a 193 cm guard, has averaged 10.3 points in the ACB league.
Besiktas is in talks with Italian national team coach Gianmarco Pozzecco, Bjkbasket reports.
Besiktas will not confirm Igor Milicic (CT of Poland), and would be ready to make a major offer to bring the Italian CT to Turkey.
Justus Hollatz will sign with Cedevita Olimpija as reported by Eurohoops.
The young German point guard averaged 7.9 points per game with 51.4% from inside the two-point range and 32.2% from beyond the arc with Rio Breogan.
Reyer Venezia officially announced the re-signing of Jeff Brooks.
The American/Italian forward has spent the past two seasons with Venezia.
Chris Dowe is expected to remain in Serie A and move from Dinamo Sassari to Derthona Basket, as reported by Orazio Cauchi of Basketnews.
Dowe spent the season with Dinamo Sassari averaging 13.8ppg in Serie A and 7ppg in BCL.
Sergio Scariolo is expected to leave Virtus Bologna after this season despite one year left on his contract, according to Tuttosport.
Virtus Bologna has had contacts with Sasha Djordjevic, who led Virtus to the Serie A championship two years ago and Walter De Raffaele.
Another hot name is Gianmarco Pozzecco who is the coach of Italbasket.
According to a report from Spanish radio program Bar Canales, Italian powerhouse Olimpia Milano is in advanced talks with Barcelona star Nikola Mirotic, who could leave the team this summer after turning down a proposal to lower his contract.
Según hemos podido saber en @BarCanaletes La cúpula directiva del Barça instó a Mirotic a bajarse el sueldo pero Nikola no está por la labor y está en conversaciones muy avanzadas para fichar por el Olimpia de Milano pic.twitter.com/7ijgK3OY9R
— Bar Canaletes (@BarCanaletes) June 11, 2023
German powerhouse and Euroleague side Bayern Munich is targeting Argentinian point guard Leandro Bolmaro, as reported first by Relevo. Former Barcelona player is believed to be a priority target for the team’s new head coach, Pablo Laso.
Bolmaro spent the 2022-23 season between the NBA with the Utah Jazz (with just 6 games played) and its G-League affiliate before returning to Europe and signing with Tenerife on March 2.
Okben Ulubay, whose contract with Beşiktaş has expired, has reached an agreement with Türk Telekom according to Basketfaul.
The forward has averaged 7.8 points this season in the BSL.
Türk Telekom will entrust the bench to Nenad Canak next season, as reported by Basketfaul.
The Serbian coach is coming from Lietkabelis.
Brose Bamberg officially signs Justin Gray for next season.
Gray averaged 7.1 points and 3 rebounds this season with Lavrio.
🚨KADER UPDATE🚨@Justin_Gray11 ist unser erster Neuzugang für die kommende Saison!
🗞️Alle Infos zur Neuverpflichtung: https://t.co/v8SU9UNush.#BambergistBasketball pic.twitter.com/Hi9a6ZtzSS
— Brose Bamberg (@BroseBamberg) June 12, 2023
Chorale Roanne announced the arrival of Antoine Diot on a two-year contract.
The experienced French guard spent 4 seasons with ASVEL, the last one with 3.8 points per game between BetClic Elite and Euroleague.
Antoine Diot est un joueur de la @ChoraleRoanne ✍️
Après 4 saisons avec @LDLCASVEL, l'international tricolore a paraphé un contrat de 2⃣ ans pour venir jouer un rôle majeur sur les postes 1 et 2 🔵⚪
Le communiqué officiel 👉 https://t.co/9DNhELzA0P#ChoraleNation pic.twitter.com/oVKzgstXOg— Chorale Roanne Basket (@ChoraleRoanne) June 10, 2023
Zalgiris Kaunas re-signs Tomas Dimsa with a new two-year deal, Basketnews reports.
The guard ended this year with 7.7 points per game in LKL and 5.9 in Euroleague.
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.
