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.
Sarunas Jasikevicius’ future in Barcelona is still up in the air despite a contract signed in 2020.
Barcelona made three straight EuroLeague Final Four reaching only once the Final plus the Lithuanian coach led the Catalan powerhouse to one ACB title during his tenure at the helm of the team.
Barcelona will have a huge cut in its budget for next season.
According to Mundo Deportivo, Sarunas Jasikevicius is ready to cut his salary to remain in Barcelona.
If he leaves, Ioannis Sfairopoulos is one of the main candidates to replace him in Barcelona.
Virtus Bologna will play in EuroLeague next season but it will have to cut its budget $6 million, according to Il Corriere di Bologna.
A 20% cut compared to the current season because “it will have to respect the parameters dictated by the financial fair play” of the competition.
The budget will therefore drop to 24-25 million euros, €16 for the team, similarly to the 2021-2022 season according to the newspaper, which specifies how these regulations are more stringent for those in possession of only the wild card at the top continental competition.
Guglielmo Caruso will be playing for Olimpia Milano in the upcoming season. The Prealpina newspaper has announced that he has signed a three-year contract with the team. Additionally, Olimpia Milano will pay a buyout fee of €20,000 to Varese.
Even before the start of this season, Ettore Messina had shown interest in the player. Last summer, Caruso had declined the opportunity to remove the opt-out clause from his contract with Varese, which was set to expire on June 30, 2024.
In the national team circuit this year with Matt Brase as the coach, he has averaged 9.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 30 matches. He has a shooting percentage of 94/140 from 2-point range and 13/32 from 3-point range.
El Correo talks about Baskonia point guard Darius Thompson, the target of many Euroleague teams including Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna.
According to the Spanish site, Olimpia Milano would be the favorite in the race for Thompson, and has reportedly let Baskonia know that they’re ready to pay a buyout of around 600,000 euros.
The point guard ended his rookie year in the Euroleague as the best passer with an impressive 6.7 assists per game, as well as 12.6 points and 1.7 steals.
Joventut Badalona and Pau Ribas have reached an agreement on a multi-year extension, the Spanish team announced.
Ribas, whose contract was set to expire on June 30, 2023, extends his bond with La Penya with a 2+1 contract.
The guard is producing 7.9 points and 3.1 assists per game this year.
💚🖤 𝑳𝒂 𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒂
🤝 El Joventut renova @PauRibas fins al 2026. L’escorta, que va arribar al Club quan només tenia 4 anys, continuarà vinculat a l’equip de la seva vida
🔗 La notícia: https://t.co/ITFYF4OwDM#BadalonaÉsFutur pic.twitter.com/chpKduzm0z
— Club Joventut Badalona (@Penya1930) May 30, 2023
ASVEL and Mbaye Ndiaye have reached an agreement, as reported by bebasket. The Senegalese forward is set to make his debut in the EuroLeague after spending three seasons in Blois, first in Pro B and then in Betclic ELITE.
The former Bourg player averaged 10.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks in 30 minutes of play in Pro A.
The relationship between Nikola Mirotic and Barcelona seems close to an end, four years after the forward returned to Spain.
According to Home of Glory, the two sides will part ways despite a contract worth about 10 million a season until 2025.
Mirotic would already have one foot out the door, the termination of the contract and his departure is described by Mundo Deportivo as a “very real possibility”.
Basketnews also confirms the news, reporting ongoing negotiations to solve the contract
ESSM Le Portel announced the signing of Bastien Vautier for the next two seasons.
The player comes from Lille and had the best evaluation in Pro B with 21.2 points.
Jeff Brooks is set to stay in Reyer Venezia.
The American forward with Italian passport has agreed on a new two-year deal with Reyer Venezia, sources tell Sportando.
Brooks has spent the past two seasons with Reyer Venezia.
Ricky Rubio joined the Cleveland Cavaliers’ drive for the playoffs in January after being finally given the all-clear.
The seasoned point guard reconsidered his alternatives outside of the North American-based league and decided against entering his 12th season in the NBA.
He stated during an appearance on the podcast La Sotana, “I am starting to consider my return,” regarding his desire to bring his skills back to Europe. “Returning home. Spain, Barcelona. around where you are from.”
Rubio’s desire to play in Europe when his son begins school confirms the eventual goal. The NBA’s timetable, which was revealed in December, was “in two or three years.”
During his 33 games, including two starts, in the Regular Season, Rubio, 32, averaged 5.2 points, 3.5 assists, and 2.1 rebounds per game. In the playoff series against the New York Knicks, he only appeared in three games and 5.7 minutes of action each.
His NBA debut was postponed till the beginning of the 2011–12 season after the Minnesota Timberwolves selected him with the fifth overall choice in the 2009 draft. He joined Barca in 2010 as a winner of the EuroLeague, and he has since attended 712 NBA games.
via Eurohoops.
Olympiacos has reportedly put forth an offer of 1.5 million euros per season to Nikola Milutinov, according to Sport24.
According to Stavros Barbarousis, the contract would be for two years. Sport24 doesn’t rule out an increased bid from Virtus Bologna, which would have to offer well over one and a half million per season to persuade the Serbian center to leave the Piraeus club and Greece, where he has lived since his first stint with the team.
As reported to Sportando, once the season in Greece concludes, Olympiacos will announce the renewal of Kostas Sloukas’ contract and the signing of Nikola Milutinov.
Ronald March signs with Prometey for the next season.
March averaged 21.4 points this season with Chorale Roanne in Betclic Elite.
OFFICIAL: Prometey signed a deal for next season with G Ronald March
During last 3 seasons March played in France for Chorale Roanne, scoring 21,4 pts in average last year (2nd in Betclic Elite only after Wemby)
1st new import player for Eurocup semifinalists.
— Oleksandr Proshuta (@alex_proshuta) May 29, 2023
