According to Superbasket, Tezenis Verona is very close to bringing Jacob Pullen back to Italy.
The veteran point guard last season scored 14.7 points with 2.5 assists per game for GeVi Napoli.
Pullen also led Napoli to a surprising victory in the Italian Cup.
Jawun Evans is Legia Warszawa’s new point guard, as announced by the Polish club.
The 28-year-old former Oklahoma State spent last year between Slask Wroclaw and JDA Dijon.
💣 𝗝𝗮𝘄𝘂𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗼𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗲𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗶 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗮!💥
🇺🇸 Amerykański rozgrywający dołącza do naszej drużyny!
Witamy Jawun! 🤝
📰 Więcej szczegółów👉https://t.co/1pxHk6NdKt #TransferyLegiaKosz by LOTTO #legiakosz #legia #warszawa #basketball #plkpl… pic.twitter.com/oyAnzJyFvR
— Legia Kosz (@LegiaKosz) August 10, 2024
Filou Oostende announced the signings of Marcus Zegarowski and Timmy Allen.
Zegarowski comes from a season in Italy with Vanoli Cremona (10.4 points, 2.3 assists in 21 minutes), while Allen spent his rookie year between Memphis Grizzlies and Memphis Hustle.
Met Marcus Zegarowski stellen we graag onze vierde nieuwkomer voor. De 26-jarige point-guard werd gedraft (NBA) in 2021, speelde daarna twee seizoenen in de G-League (Windy City Bulls en de Austin Spurs) waarna hij afgelopen seizoen aan de slag was in Italië (Cremona). pic.twitter.com/J3rSjC3wdq
— Filou Oostende (@FILOU_Oostende) August 8, 2024
De 24-jarige Timmy Allen (USA) is onze derde versterking voor dit seizoen. Als forward was hij afgelopen seizoen aan de slag bij de Memphis Hustle (G-league) en de Memphis Grizzlies (NBA). pic.twitter.com/UhQeQFCQ0S
— Filou Oostende (@FILOU_Oostende) August 8, 2024
AD Alessandro Dalla Salda revealed to La Repubblica that GeVi Napoli next season will rely on the talent of Dragan Bender, a 26-year-old Croatian power forward who is recovering from a serious knee injury.
“Bender is part of the team philosophy we are building. But to get back on top he needs time, so we may sign a player while waiting for his return.”
Before the injury, in the 2022-23 season the 4th overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft was scoring over 17 points with 6 rebounds per game in ACB with Obradoiro.
Daryl Macon is a new player for Maccabi Tel Aviv, as announced by the Israeli club.
The guard signed a 1+1 contract.
Macon spent 2023/24 in the CBA with Shenzhen, scoring 18.9 points (41% from three) with 6 assists per game.
The former Arkansas previously played in Euroleague in 2021/22 with Panathinaikos (13 points, 3.6 assists per game).
לכל הפרטים > https://t.co/88lQpg5Ctj@_dmacon4 pic.twitter.com/2TNeAKNWA9
— Maccabi Tel Aviv BC 🇮🇱 (@MaccabiTLVBC) August 11, 2024
Devin Cannady is a new player of Panionios, the Greek team announced.
The guard spent last year in G League with the Birmingham Squadron (9 PPG, 2 APG, 1 SPG).
Gran Canaria strengthens the backcourt with the signing of Joe Thomasson.
The guard returns to Spain, where last year he was producing over 14 points and 3 assists per game with Manresa before joining Maccabi Tel Aviv.
📝 El Dreamland Gran Canaria firma a Joe Thomasson.
▪ El escolta de Ohio refuerza el juego exterior del conjunto amarillo.
➡ https://t.co/J8hg0DzgAD pic.twitter.com/6gKjXnmCJ8
— Dreamland Gran Canaria (@GranCanariaCB) August 9, 2024
FC Porto has announced the signing of Toney Douglas, a 38-year-old point guard fresh off a successful two-year stint with arch-rivals Benfica.
Last year Douglas averaged 10.1 points, 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game in the Portuguese league.
In two seasons with Benfica Douglas helped the club to win two Portuguese championships, a Portuguese Cup, a Hugo dos Santos Cup and a Super Cup.
Yes, he’s here! 😎
Welcome, Toney Douglas🏀 #FCPortoBasket pic.twitter.com/ZdZyKGTfWQ
— FC Porto (@FCPorto) August 9, 2024
According to Christos Tsaltas, Aek Athens has reached an agreement with Hunter Hale, an outside back from an excellent year with Promitheas.
Under the boards the No.1 target of the Greek team is RaiQuan Gray, a powerful power forward from Florida State who spent a two years in the NBA with Nets and Spurs.
Gray made his mark in the G League with the Austin Spurs: 17.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.9 steals, shooting 59 percent from the field and 74 percent from the foul line.
Anwil has announced the signing of center Nick Ongenda.
The former DePaul big man comes from a stint in the Canadian league with the Scarborough Shooting Stars (9.7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks).
Ongenda previously played the G League season with the Salt Lake City Stars (5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks).
Transfery 2024/2025 ✍️
🔵 Nick Ongenda
⚪️ Środkowy
🟢 🇿🇦Młodość, energia i wielki potencjał – obręcze będą urwane 🔥#plkpl pic.twitter.com/hPk6Mtex35
— Klub Koszykówki Włocławek (@Anwil_official) August 8, 2024
ASVEL is finalizing the last details for the return of Theo Maledon after four seasons in the NBA.
The news was reported by Gabriel Pantel-Jouve.
The 23-year-old point guard was selected by the 76ers with the No. 34 pick of the 2020 NBA Draft, and then traded to the Thunder after a few months.
Maledon produced 10.3 points and 3.4 assists per game as a rookie, numbers that will remain his career highs.
He moved to the Hornets on a Two-Way contract, but without convincing the team enough to grant him a permanent roster spot.
Last year Maledon played 13 games with the Hornets and 4 with the Suns.
Once his return is finalized, ASVEL will look to complete the roster with a big man.
Baskonia announced the arrival of Trent Forrest with a deal until 2026.
The club has acquired the services of the 1.94m tall American guard, who arrives in Spain after four seasons in NBA between Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks (2.2 PPG, 2.4 APG last year).
With the arrival of Trent Forrest, Baskonia adds a valuable piece to the team that in the coming weeks will start the preseason under the orders of Pablo Laso.
✍️ ¡OFICIAL! 🏀
𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, potencia física para la dirección de Baskonia 🔵🔴
Ongi etorri, @TForrest_11!#GoazenBaskonia | 🗞️ https://t.co/qpmX1j5JUp pic.twitter.com/VOk2kquXBr
— Baskonia (@Baskonia) August 8, 2024
Trapani Shark announces that it has reached an agreement with Tibor Pleiss, a 218 cm and 122 kg German center from Anadolu Efes (Turkey).
Here are the first words of the player after the official announcement of his agreement with the club of President Valerio Antonini: ‘I am excited to announce that I will be joining Trapani Shark. I want to help the club achieve its goals and I can’t wait to meet my new teammates and all the fans who have been described to me as very warm. Together we can achieve great success: let’s get to work!’
President Antonini, euphoric, wanted to share a message with the fans: ‘Dear fans, I imagine you sitting this morning having breakfast, sitting in a city bar or in any familiar place, expressing a wish related to your favorite sport, to your favorite team… and boom, the wish suddenly becomes reality: Tibor Pleiss gives up the EuroLeague and chooses to join us. Because we are Trapani Shark… where dreams come true! Welcome, Tibor! Let’s go win together!’
PROFILE
Tibor Pleiss, born on November 2, 1989, in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, is a modern center known for his impressive height and outside shooting ability.
He started his youth career with RheinEnergie Köln, making his professional debut in the 2006/07 season. From the beginning, Pleiss showed enormous potential, emerging as one of the best talents in German basketball.
After his beginnings in Germany, Pleiss played for various prestigious European clubs, including Brose Bamberg, with whom he won three consecutive German championships from 2010 to 2012. During the 2011/12 season, he averaged 10.1 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game in the Bundesliga.
Subsequently, Pleiss signed with Saski Baskonia in Spain, where he played for two seasons (2012-2014). In the 2014/15 season, he moved to FC Barcelona, averaging 5.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in the EuroLeague.
In 2015, Pleiss embarked on an NBA adventure, signing with the Utah Jazz. During the 2015/16 season, he played 10 games, averaging 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game, also spending time in the D-League with the Idaho Stampede.
After his overseas experience, Pleiss returned to Europe, signing with Galatasaray in Turkey for the 2016/17 season. He continued his European career with Valencia Basket (2017-2018) and finally with Anadolu Efes, where he has been playing since 2018. With Anadolu Efes, Pleiss achieved significant success, winning the EuroLeague in 2021 and 2022.
In the 2022/23 season, Pleiss averaged 6.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in the EuroLeague.
In the 2023/24 season, Tibor Pleiss played 23 games with Anadolu Efes in the EuroLeague, averaging 7.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, with an excellent field goal percentage of 52.3%, an exceptional three-point accuracy of 43.5%, and a free throw accuracy of 88.9%.
Pleiss has also been a pillar of the German national team, representing his country in numerous international competitions, including the European Championships and World Championships.
His personal trophy case includes: 2 EuroLeague titles, 3 German championships, 3 Turkish championships, 4 German Cups, 1 Turkish Cup, 2 German Super Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup, and 3 President’s Cups.
Best of luck to Tibor Pleiss in his new adventure.
Malachi Flynn has signed a one-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Flynn played 14 minutes a game on average for the Pistons last season, scoring 8 points.
Gevi Napoli is always considering whether to reactivate Dragan Bender and is contemplating signing Zeljko Sakic to a short-term contract until December, when the former NBA and Maccabi Tel Aviv player might return.
The 36-year-old forward has played for Montegranaro in the past and was with Tofas last year.
This was reported by La Prealpina.
Trapani Shark has reached an agreement with the center they wanted to complete the roster, German Tibor Pleiss.
The player’s agency announced the deal, also presenting the long list of accolades he has earned during his career.
The 34-year-old big man moves to Italy after 6 successful seasons in Turkey with Anadolu Efes (7.8 points and 3.6 rebounds with 43% from three in the last Euroleague).
At this point the announcement of the ambitious Sicilian club is a formality, Tibor Pleiss is the last piece of the group that will be led by coach Repesa.
Tibor Pleiss will sign with Trapani Shark in Italy’s top division. The 7’3″ stretch five will bring great experience and leadership to the team. His accolades include:
Turkish Cup Final MVP (2022)
Turkish Cup winner (2022)
2× EuroLeague champion (2021, 2022)
3× Turkish League… pic.twitter.com/fdxN5WC7pe— BDA Sports INTL (@BDASportsINTL) August 7, 2024
Trevon Bluiett is a new player of Limoges CSP, as announced by the french team.
The swingman spent last year in Italy wirh Pesaro, averaging 10.2 points (43% from long range) and 3 rebounds per game.
Le Limoges CSP officialise le recrutement, pour une saison, de l’américain Trevon Bluiett. Fort d’une riche expérience aux USA et en Europe, il a apportera toutes ses qualités à l’effectif mené par JMD 💚
L’article 👉https://t.co/1p5iLDziJp pic.twitter.com/xa82z5AXY5
— Limoges CSP (@limogescsp) August 7, 2024
Limoges has reached an agreement with Trevon Bluiett.
A 1994 class guard, Bluiett comes from a season at VL Pesaro with a 10.2 point average and 3 rebounds. His team was relegated at the end of the LBA season.
🏀 Le Limoges CSP aurait trouvé son dernier extérieur. Il s’agirait de Trevon Bluiett, ancienne star de l’université de Xavier qui a d’ailleurs retiré son maillot. Ce poste 2-3 shooteur sort d’une saison à Pesaro à plus de 40 % à 3 points.@LePopu_sports
— Matthieu Marot (@MatthieuMarot7) August 7, 2024
Valerio Antonini, president of Trapani Shark, spoke to TG Sud about his Telesud Trapani.
ON TIBOR PLEISS
“We have reached 3,000 basketball subscribers. I believe and hope that an announcement can be made tomorrow (today, ed). We have made a very important offer to Tibor Pleiss, an exceptional player, a great champion who will change the balance of our team and, I believe, of the LBA. Having a player like him would give us the decisive piece to make an assault on the Scudetto.
“Of course, as a newly promoted player, this almost sounds like blasphemy, but I’m used to not setting myself any limits and I believe that the team we’re building has nothing to fear from Milan and Bologna.
ON JASMIN REPESA
“We negotiate together. He helps me convince players like Galloway, Robinson, Petrucelli and Yeboah to come and join the Trapani project. The team needed to improve, it needed to make a leap in quality, but I think what we are doing is there for all to see. With Pleiss, we would be in the top three for the Scudetto, also because you know me, if we need an addition during the season to win the Scudetto, we will be ready.
According to BeBasket, experienced guard Yakuba Ouattara will leave AS Monaco to sign with Paris Basketball.
The 32-year-old has spent 8 of the last 9 seasons with the Principality’s team, but has reportedly decided to move to another team in order to have a bigger role.
Last year Ouattara averaged 4.2 points per game in Euroleague and 6 in BetClic Elite.
D’Moi Hodge is a new player of Aris, as announced by the Greek team.
The guard spent his rookie season as a Two-Way Player for the Los Angeles Lakers.
After parting ways with the Lakers, Hodge played 28 games in the G League with the Rip City Remix (13.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals).
‼️ O D’MOI HODGE ΣΤΟΝ ΑΡΗ Midea #Welcome to#TheEmperor
@d_moi5Read more 👉 https://t.co/r27mmoGYCD#ARISBC#ARISFAMILY#ARISBCTRANSFERS pic.twitter.com/KW5aEDoQjy
— ARIS B.C. (@ARISBCgr) August 5, 2024
Maccabi Tel Aviv announced the contract extension of Rafi Menco for next season.
The 30-year-old Israeli forward last year scored 8 points with 4.4 rebounds per game in Winner League, while in Euroleague he played 8 minutes per game.
Coach Kattash’s comment, “Rafi is an important player for our team, when he enters the court he always tries to give his all.”
— Maccabi Tel Aviv BC 🇮🇱 (@MaccabiTLVBC) August 6, 2024
Nutribullet Treviso announced the signing of JP Macura. The shooter comes from Derthona where he averaged 13ppg in the past two seasons in Serie A.
Jordan Nwora is a new player of Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Nwora has played more than 200 games in the NBA averaging 7.3ppg.
Efes penned Nwora to a 1+1 deal.
Mario Nakić leaves Igokea m:tel to join Euroleague club Partizan Mozzart Bet. After starting his youth career at Zemun and winning the Junior Euroleague with Real Madrid, Nakić played for Ostend, Andorra and Igokea.
Last season, Nakić averaged 8.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game..
Iz Igokea m:tel u Evroligu https://t.co/jrNGnyYGtu #našakuća #republikasrpska #bcigokea pic.twitter.com/AQ2TOb5sJQ
— Igokea m:tel (@BCIgokea) August 4, 2024
The Trapani Shark is looking to sign an experienced pivot to complete its roster and has set its sights on Tibor Pleiss.
The 218 cm German centre, with a past in prestigious teams like Barcelona, Galatasaray, Valencia and Efes Istanbul, would bring quality and the ability to handle pressure to the Sicilian team.
Pleiss is considered a complete pivot thanks to his size and ability both under the basket and in shooting from outside.
The alternative to Pleiss according to the Sicilian newspaper would even be Kyle Hines, Olimpia Milano’s centre who could consider retirement. The choice of Pleiss seems the most likely to strengthen the team next season.
Source: Giornale di Sicilia
Xavier Moon is ready to sign in Russia with Zenit.
A 1995 class forward, Moon produced an average of 7 points with 3.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists in Summer League with the Orlando Magic.
Xavier Moon is joining Zenit Saint Petersburg on a one-year deal.
— Artem Komarov (@art_basket) August 2, 2024
Confirmations from Russia on the now finalised agreement between Kevin Pangos and GeVi Napoli.
According to the website sports.ru, Unics has reportedly withdrawn from the race for the former Olimpia Milano and Valencia point guard.
No Fenerbahce for Damian Jones. The USA centre has signed in CHINA with Zhejiang Chouzhou.
Last season he averaged 7.3′ with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA.
Damion jones signed with Zhejiang Chouzhou, sources tell @Sportando
— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) August 2, 2024
GeVi Napoli has chosen Kevin Pangos as their new point guard in order to confirm their position among the protagonists of Serie A. The agreement between the Neapolitan club and the Canadian point guard is said to be in its final details.
The Canadian director with Slovenian passport, who did not shine in the last two seasons with Olimpia Milano and Valencia, has been selected to lead coach Igor Milicic’s team.
Pangos’ contract is around $300,000, a considerable sum for the Neapolitan club, which is banking on the player’s desire for redemption.
Napoli is hoping that Pangos can regain the form that had made him a standout in the past, and help lead the team to the top of the league.
Source: La Prealpina
