Basket rumors

6 January 2023

06/01/2023 09:24

Virtus Bologna CEO Baraldi: We won’t sign any player, roster equipped to achieve our goals

Virtus Bologna CEO confirmed what Sergio Scariolo said in press conference after win to Barcelona: Virtus Bologna won’t make any move on the market.


“There will not be any move. We have received requests for some of our players but we have refused them and we will not even sign any player because we believe we have a roster equipped to achieve the seasonal targets”.

Virtus Bologna was interested in Achille Polonara.

6 January 2023

06/01/2023 08:35

Tyler Dorsey works out for Lakers

Tyler Dorsey has worked out for the Lakers on Thursday.
The Greek-American guard is drawing serious interest form Euroleague teams as Monaco, Fenerbahce and Olympiacos.

General Manager Rob Pelinka and head coach Darvin Ham were both in the gym watching Dorsey, as reported by Krysten Peak.

5 January 2023

05/01/2023 19:20

Joe Young signs with GeVi Napoli

Gevi Napoli Basket announced the arrival of Joseph Michael Young.

The guard started the season in Greece with Promitheas.

In the Hellenic league the guard scored 16 points per game, with 2.2 rebounds and 2.2. assists.

Young is also Eurocup’s leading scorer with 23.4 points per contest plus 3.9 assists.

5 January 2023

05/01/2023 11:18

Achille Polonara once again close to joining Virtus Bologna

Achille Polonara is once again close to joining Virtus Bologna which offered him a deal through 2025, a source told Sportando.
Polonara is set to leave Anadolu Efes Istanbul after Chris Singleton’s return in Turkey.

Polonara was close in the summer to joining Virtus Bologna but at the end of the day he decided to accept the proposal made by the two-time EuroLeague champions.

Polonara was also a target of Crvena Zvezda but the ban imposed by EuroLeague on the Serbian team that won’t be allowed to register new players till February 28 has stalled the discussions.

Virtus Bologna is in first position in Serie A and is fighting for a spot in EuroLeague playoffs.

Basketnews reported the news as well.

5 January 2023

4 January 2023

04/01/2023 14:22

Asvel loans Noam Yacoov to Hapoel Jerusalem

Asvel loaned Noam Yacoov to Hapoel Jerusalem for the remainder of the season.
The 2004 born player was averaging 17.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.1 assists in LNB Espoirs this season.

4 January 2023

4 January 2023

4 January 2023

4 January 2023

3 January 2023

03/01/2023 21:44

MKS Start Lublin lands Gabe DeVoe

Gabe DeVoe is a new player of MKS Start Lublin.

The Canadian comes from Fos sur Mer in France where he was averaging 8.8ppg.

 

3 January 2023

03/01/2023 15:35

Limoges CSP inks Tomas Kyzlink

Tomas Kyzlink is a new player of Limoges CSP, as announced by the French team.

The guard spent last year in Germany with Brose Bamberg (9.1 points, 4 rebounds, 1.5 assists).

2 January 2023

2 January 2023

02/01/2023 16:07

Jabari Parker’s agent denies player is close to signing with KK Partizan

Jabari Parker’s agent, Nuno Pedroso, denied that the former NBA player is close to reaching an agreement with Partizan Belgrade, as reported by Telegraf.rs.

via Hoopshype. “Jabari Parker is currently is looking for overseas opportunities now. He had offers from two NBA teams and was close to signing, but in the end there was no agreement and now we are looking at other options, primarily overseas. As for Partizan, nothing is close. We just informed the club that he is on the market and that he is a free agent. The stories that negotiations are underway are not true,” Nuno Pedroso told Mozzart Sport.

2 January 2023

02/01/2023 11:30

Fenerbahce and Olympiacos reportedly the two teams left in the race for Tyler Dorsey

Turkish reporter Yağız Sabuncuoğlu weighs in on the Tyler Dorsey situation.

After parting ways with the Dallas Mavericks a number of Euroleague teams reportedly submitted offers for the former Oregon guard, but now seems that the last two left in the race are Fenerbahce and Olympiacos.

Dorsey reportedly turned down a rich offer from AS Monaco because he plans to sign a contract for next year as well, while the French team’s proposal was until the end of this season.

The guard spent last year with Olympiacos, scoring 12.8 points with 2 assists per game in Euroleague

2 January 2023

02/01/2023 10:04

Anadolu Efes, Isaiah Taylor part Ways

Anadolu Efes and Isaiah Taylor have agreed to part ways, the Turkish team announced.

The pointguard averaged 2.9 points in 11 minutes per game in Euroleague.

 

2 January 2023

1 January 2023

01/01/2023 19:26

Anwil Włoclawek lands Malik Williams

Malik Williams is a new player of Anwil Włoclawek, as announced by the Polish team.

Williams is a rookie center out of Louisville (9.2 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 1.2 SPG last year).

 

1 January 2023

01/01/2023 19:19

Luke Fischer leaves SLUC Nancy to join Real Betis

SLUC Nancy has announced the departure of Luke Fischer.

The big man is headed to Spain, where – according to Theo Quintard– he will sign with Real Betis.

Fischer was producing 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds with 43% from long range in BetClic Elite.

 

31 December 2022

31 December 2022

30 December 2022

29 December 2022

29/12/2022 20:52

Nick Young to play in 2023 Dubai International Championship with Philippine team Strong Group

Nick Young, 37-year-old guard with 11 NBA seasons under his belt, will play in the 2023 Dubai International Championship with Philippine team Strong Group.

Swaggy P confirmed the news on Twitter.

His new coach, Charles Tiu, commented on the deal (via Spin.ph): “I got a chance to speak with Nick a few weeks ago just to see how serious he was to play for our team. It was a nice chance to get to know him a bit. He said he wants to prove he can still play and has been staying in shape,”

For the tournament, scheduled for Jan. 27 to Feb. 5, Strong Group also signed Renaldo Balkman and Sedrick Barefield.

29 December 2022

27 December 2022

27/12/2022 19:50

Anadolu Efes signs on loan Furkan Haltali

Anadolu Efes signs on loan Furkan Haltali until the end of the season.

Besiktas, former Furkan Haltali’s team, officially signs two Anadolu Efes player in the same deal: big man Egemen Guven and point guard Omer Can Ilyasoglu.

26 December 2022

26 December 2022

26/12/2022 13:56

Anadolu Efes reportedly acquiring Furkan Haltalı

According to Caglar Torun, Anadolu Efes has agreed with Besiktas on a trade that will bring big man Furkan Haltalı to Coach Ataman’s team in exchange for Egemen Guven and Omercan İlyasoğlu.

Haltalı is a 20-year-old center who was producing 6.2 points and 4 rebounds in 15 minutes per game with Besiktas.

25 December 2022

25/12/2022 12:30

Frutti Extra Bursaspor, Sindarius Thornwell part ways

Frutti Extra Bursaspor and Sindarius Thornwell have agreed to part ways, the turkish team announced.

Thornwell (5 points, 3.5 rebounds in 4 games) was the No.48 pick of the 2017 NBA Draft.

25 December 2022

24 December 2022