Basket rumors

Hapoel Beer Sheva lands Tidjan Keita

Hapoel Beer Sheva  announced the signing of Tidjan Keita for the next two seasons.

The Guinean big man spent last season in Germany with the Noma Iserlohn Kangaroos (14.2 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 1.6 BPG in Pro B).

 

Juan Nunez reportedly signing multi-year deal with Ratiopharm Ulm

According to Florian Kurth, point guard Juan Nunez -MVP of the Under-20 European Championship- is leaving Real Madrid to sign a multi-year contract with Ratiopharm Ulm.

The 18-year-old Spaniard made his national team debut in the friendly game against Greece.

 

Derrick Alston Jr joins Rostock Seawolves

Derrick Alston Jr is a new player of the Rostock Seawolves, as announced by the German team.

The Boise State product moves to Germany after a good rookie season in G League with the Salt Lake City Stars (19.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game).

Slask Wroclaw signs Conor Morgan

Slask Wroclaw signs big man Conor Morgan.

The Canadian spent last season with MoraBanc Andorra averaging 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in ACB and 7.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in EuroCup.

Slask Wroclaw announced signings of Artsiom Parakhouski and Jeremiah Martin in the past days.

Ray McCallum joins Legia Kosz

Legia Kosz announced the signing of Ray McCallum for the upcoming season.

The 31-year-old point guard – the No. 36 pick of the 2013 NBA Draft- spent last season between Spain, Germany (11.5 PPG, 2.9 PPG in Eurocup with Hamburg Towers) and France, where he scored 13.4 points with 5.1 assists per game in Jeep Elite.

McCallum will replace Jonathan Stark, who was released yesterday.

Jonathan Kasibabu to join Rio Breogan

Jonathan Kasibabu has reached an agreement with Rio Breogan, Galicia en Goles reports.

The big man spent last year in French with Nantes, where he averaged 7.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 18 minutes per game.

 

Manisa BBSK lands Michal Michalak

Manisa BBSK has announced the arrival of Michal Michalak.

The Polish guard spent last season in Germany with EWE Baskets Oldenburg, scoring 13.1 points in 21 minutes per game in BBL.

 

Alex Barcello signs with Kolossos

Kolossos announced the arrival of rookie Alex Barcello for the upcoming season.

The 23-year-old point guard finished his senior season at BYU with 16.7 points and 3.3 assists, shooting an excellent 42 percent from three on six attempts per game.

Girona keeps Josep Franch, Maxi Fjellerup and Èric Vila

Girona has announced that Josep Franch, Maxi Fjellerup and Èric Vila will remain on the roster for the upcoming season.

Franch ended last year with 9.1 points and 3 assists per game.

Fjellerup, a 24-year-old swingman from Argentina, averaged 12.9 points and 4.6 rebounds, while Vila as a rookie scored 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

 

Shannon Scott joins Cairns Taipans

The Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of point guard Shannon Scott, completing their roster for NBL23.

The 29-year-old boasts international experience in Germany, Greece, Lithuania and Venezuela, as well as playing for the Long Island Nets in the G-League in recent seasons.

Scott spent last year in Germany with Brose Bamberg, where he averaged 4.4 points and 2.7 assists in 15 minutes per game.

London Lions sign Aaron Best

The London Lions sign of Aaron Best.

The guard comes from a season between France and G League.

Best performed for Boulazac averaging 10.8ppg in Betclit Elite and in G League for Raptors 905 where he scored 10.6 points with 5.2 rebounds.

The British team recently announced former NBA forward Sam Dekker.

U-BT Cluj-Napoca re-signs Karel Guzman

U-BT Cluj-Napoca has announced that Karel Guzman will remain with the team for the upcoming season. Guzman (1.95 meters, 27 years old) averaged 9.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 33 Romanian League matches for Cluj last season. In addition, he posted averages of 8.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.4 steals in 17 Basketball Champions League games during the 2021-22 campaign. Guzman is entering his third season on Cluj’s roster.

Guzman, a native of Cuba and a member of the Cuban national team, began his professional career in the 2017-18 season, as he played for Ciclista Juninense of Argentina. He then went on to represent Ciclista Olimpico, also of Argentina, for the next two years before moving to Romania to join Cluj in 2020. While he has been with Cluj, Guzman has lifted two Romanian League titles.

Via EuroCup.

Slask Wroclaw announce signings of Jeremiah Martin and Artsiom Parakhouski

Slask Wroclaw announced the signings of Jeremiah Martin and Artsion Parakhouski for next season.

Martin (1.90 meters, 26 years old) joins from Goettingen of Germany, where he averaged 16.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals in nine German League matches last season. He also spent the first part of the 2021-22 campaign with New Zealand Breakers, averaging 12.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 10 Australian League games. Martin will make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut next season.

Parakhouski comes from Parma Perm in Russia where he averaged 9.4ppg and 5.2rpg in VTB League and 10.6ppg and 5.5rpg in FIBA Europe Cup.

Virtus Bologna reportedly objected to Milos Teodosic agreement with Crvena Zvezda

Speaking in an interview with Pink TV, Crvena Zvezda president Nebojsa Covic said that they had an agreement in place with Milos Teodosic for his return to ABA Liga, but the deal was opposed by Virtus Bologna

“I’ve spoken at length with Teodosic and we agreed on pretty much everything about him joining us. It was Virtus who said no, because it would have made things difficult for the club and because their supporters are fond of Teodosic”, Covic said

Matt Mooney joins Chemnitz Niners

The Chemnitz Niners have made official the signing of Matt Mooney, the latest addition to the roster that will be led by coach Rodrigo Pastore.

The guard from Texas Tech made his European debut last year with Unicaja Malaga, scoring 7.2 points with 2.3 assists and one rebound in 22 games between ACB and BCL.