Tyson Ward has signed a new contract through 2024 with Telekom Baskets Bonn.
The North Dakota State product averaged 7 points and 3.7 rebounds in the last BBL season.
Nachdem bereits der Vertrag mit @LeonKratzer verlängert wurde, bleibt den Baskets-Fans ein weiterer Spieler der grandiosen vergangenen Saison erhalten: @Tyson_Ward24 hat seinen Vertrag bei den Telekom Baskets Bonn bis 2024 verlängert! 💪
Alle Infos: ⤵️#HEARTBERG— Telekom Baskets Bonn (@TelekomBaskets) June 15, 2022
Tyrus McGee was among the stars of Hapoel Holon’s excellent year, as the team won the Winner League and reached the semifinals in the BCL.
According to israelhayom, the 31-year-old guard has reportedly received a major offer from China and is close to a deal.
McGee averaged 20 points on 44 percent shooting from long range in the Winner League playoffs.
The Iowa State product ended the regular season with 17 points (49% FG, 44% 3p, 92% FT) and 2.7 assists per game.
The New Zealand Breakers have made official the signing of Dererk Pardon.
Last season, Pardon averaged 14.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, one steal and 1.6 blocks per game in Winner League play for Hapoel Beer Sheva.
According to Mody Maor, his new coach, Pardon ‘plays every possession with the toughness and intensity you only find in the best kiwi athletes’.
Dererk will not be asking for a pardon of the NBL defenders on his way to the hoop in #NBL23! 🏀 pic.twitter.com/ROF93gAFqa
— Sky Sport New Zealand Breakers (@NZBreakers) June 14, 2022
According to ElCorreo, Baskonia and Valencia are among the teams that are monitoring Ziga Samar with interest.
The Slovenian point guard has a release clause of around 200,000 euros in his contract with Fuenlabrada.
Samar, a projected second round pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, ended last year with 7.6 points (48% FG, 47% 3p, 77% FT), 4.7 assists and 1 steal in 20 minutes per game.
Unicaja Malaga in talks with Nihad Djedovic as reported by diariosur.es
Bosnian forward averaged 9.7 points this season in EuroLeague.
Djedovic has another year of contract with Bayern.
Telekom Baskets Bonn is in advanced talks with TJ Shorts, Robert Heusel reports.
The point guard spent last season with Crailsheim Merlins, producing 20.6 points, 6.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game in BBL and 17.6 with 6 assists in FIBA Europe Cup.
💣 Dem Vernehmen nach steht TJ Shorts in fortgeschrittenen Verhandlungen mit den @TelekomBaskets! Der Vize – MVP der @easyCreditBBL könnte dort MVP Parker Jackson – Cartwright nachfolgen.#easyCreditBBL pic.twitter.com/Mc5dMzjWQm
— Robert Heusel (@RobertHeusel) June 14, 2022
Fenerbahce has reached an agreement with Johnathan Motley, according to reporter Yagız Sabuncuoglu.
The power forward will sign a contract for the next two seasons.
Motley averaged 21.2 points and 7 rebounds per game in the last Eurocup with Lokomotiv Kuban, shooting 62 % from the field and 73% from the foul line.
Fenerbahçe Beko, Lokomotiv Kuban'dan Johnathan Motley ile 2 yıllık anlaşmaya vardı.
— Yağız Sabuncuoğlu (@yagosabuncuoglu) June 14, 2022
Le Mans announced the arrival of Tres Tinkle on a contract for the upcoming season.
The forward played his first year in Europe with Vanoli Cremona, averaging 12.8 points (47% FG, 38% 3p, 82% FT), 5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in the LBA.
𝑩𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒖 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒔 @tres_tinkle3 ! 😀👋
↪️ Toutes les infos sur notre nouvelle recrue : https://t.co/l7TfnF4Gzq pic.twitter.com/8xutlwkd4Q
— MSB_Officiel 🦁 (@MSB_Officiel) June 14, 2022
Bruno Mascolo is leaving Bertram Derthona after 3 seasons, the Italian team announced.
The guard averaged 5.8 points and 2.4 assists in 17 minutes per game this year.
Paulius Sorokas is close to joining Treviso Basket, sources tell Sportando.
The Lithuanian forward will remain in Serie A after his season with Varese.
Sorokas averaged 10.1ppg and 6.3rpg this season.
Germani Brescia announced the signing of CJ Massinburg.
The guard comes from Limoges and penned a deal through June 2024.
Maccabi Tel Aviv will be in talks with Oded Kattash as reported by Sport5.
Israelian powerhouse already interviewed Katash to replace Ioannis Sfairopoulos this season.
Kattash worked with Maccabi in 2007-2008 season until January 2008.
Also Sale Djordjevic is in the mix, a source told to Sportando.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is in talks with Oded Katash as reported by Sport5.
Sale Djordjevic in also in the mix, Im told.
— 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕠 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕚 (@AlessandroMagg4) June 14, 2022
Alex Mumbru is headed to Valencia as reported by Fabrizio Lorenzi.
Mumbru left Bilbao where he arrived as player in 2009.
🔜 Valencia 🇪🇸 w/ @martolina_87 😂 https://t.co/elORvSLqLH
— Fabrizio Lorenzi (@fabry23lorenzi) June 6, 2022
The Crailsheim Merlins have announced the arrival of Otis Livingston II.
The point guard spent last season in Serbia with KK Mladost Admiral Zemun, scoring 18.5 points with 5.7 assists per game.
Der erste Neuzugang steht fest! 🧙♂️💥
Point Guard Otis Livingston II wird künftig im Merlins-Dress auflaufen! 💙
Alle Infos: https://t.co/hOtObh76if#magicmonday pic.twitter.com/Y0dVwAIEVa
— HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim (@hakromerlins) June 13, 2022
Maurice Kemp has signed a contract extension until 2024 with Bnei Herzliya, the Israeli team announced.
Last year the forward averaged 13.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.
הוא הגיע באמצע העונה והפך לאקס פקטור שנמצא בכל מקום במגרש! כמה כיף להודיע שמוריס קמפ ממשיך איתנו לשנתיים נוספות 💙 pic.twitter.com/EMnOEROVDu
— Bnei Herzliya BC | בני הרצליה (@BHerzliya) June 13, 2022
Valencia Bakset part ways with Mike Tobey so the American center ends his time at the Club once his contract has ended after five seasons as a taronja player. Tobey arrived in Valencia for the first time with a temporary contract to join the team that won the 2016-17 Endesa League championship and after a season at Lenovo Tenerife, he returned to Valencia in the summer of 2018 to play the last four seasons defending the taronja jersey. A journey in which he expanded his achievements with the 2018-19 7DAYS EuroCup championship. Tobey is also the third American player with the most games played in the history of Valencia Basket, with 227 games.
The Club would like to thank the professionalism, dedication and impeccable work ethic shown by Mike Tobey during the time he has defended the taronja jersey and wishes him the best in his future, both professionally and personally.
🧡👋
¡𝙈𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚, @miketobey10!Cas 👉 Agradecimiento y despedida a Mike Tobey tras cinco temporadas en Valencia Baskethttps://t.co/pmcFrSTOnC
Val 👉 Agraïment i comiat a Mike Tobey després de 5 temporadeshttps://t.co/8GA3NmXBJJ
Eng 👉 https://t.co/uy8YRSkZQH pic.twitter.com/oWamdMGLDe
— Valencia Basket Club (@valenciabasket) June 13, 2022
BJ Johnson will stay for another season with Coosur Real Betis, as announced by the Spanish team.
The swingman last year produced 10.9 points and 5.5 rebounds in 8 games (7 wins).
📣 OFICIAL | BJ Johnson renueva con el #CoosurBetis hasta 2023📝🤝
¡Felices de seguir teniéndote en nuestro equipo, @Bean_J20! 😊
➡ https://t.co/EvIwyE7ZO9#LigaEndesa pic.twitter.com/8RTPgWXa0P
— Coosur Real Betis (@RealBetisBasket) June 13, 2022
Dinamo Sassari has announced the contract extensions of Ousmane Diop and Kaspar Treier.
Both players signed contracts that will keep them in Sassari until June 30, 2024.
⛹🏻♂️ 𝗗𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗹'𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 ⛹🏿♂️
🖋️La Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari è lieta di comunicare di aver raggiunto l’accordo per il prolungamento dei contratti di 𝙊𝙪𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙤𝙥 e 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙚𝙧 fino al 2024⬇️https://t.co/15EfO073VQ
🤍💙— Dinamo Sassari (@dinamo_sassari) June 13, 2022
Veteran guard Marvelle Harris signed a contract for the upcoming season with Fukuoka Rizing Zephyr in Japan, his agent Charles Misuraca of SLASH Sports told Sportando.
Harris played this season with the Bakken Bears in Denmark where he won the national championship and was named Finals MVP. He also played 15 games in the FIBA Europe Cup with the Bears, averaging 15.3 points and 2.5 assists.
Harris is not new to Japanese basketball as he previously played with the Kumamoto Volters in 2020-21.
Germani Brescia and John Petrucelli will continue together till June 2024.
The player penned a contract extension with Brescia for two more seasons.
Petrucelli also got Italian passport and will play as Busman next season.
Derthona Basket announced the signing of Semaj Christon for the next two seasons.
Christon comes from Tofas Bursa where he averaged more than 12ppg in both EuroCup and BSL.
Unicaja Malaga announced the signing of Kendrick Perry.
The American point guard with passport from Montenegro started the season with Panathinaikos and then moved to Buducnost.
Fonte: Unicaja Malaga.
Virtus Bologna targets Donatas Motiejunas as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Lithuanian big man left Monaco where he averaged 9.7 points, 4.6 rebounds in EuroLeague.
Gran Canaria targets Jaka Lakovic as new head coach as reported by encestando.es.
Lakovic worked in the last three seasons with Ulm in Germany.
Zenit buyout request for highly appreciated coach Pascual keeps him far and away from Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Israelian powerhouse targets also Velimir Perasovic.
Clarification, Zenit buyout request for highly appreciated coach Pascual keeps him far and away from Maccabi Tel Aviv. At this moment deal is unlikely to happen, however that doesn’t mean it’s 100% no go as in for sure won’t happen
The list of candidates also include
Perasovic— Moses (@MosesB1) June 11, 2022
According to Moshe Barda of One.co.il, Zenit has asked Maccabi Tel Aviv for a 3 million euro buyout for coach Xavi Pascual.
A Russian source contacted by the reporter said the 49-year-old Spanish coach ‘is not going anywhere’.
The reporter adds that the Israeli team has begun evaluating other options, including Velimir Perasovic and Dusan Alimpijevic.
The Brydens Lawyers Sydney Kings are pleased to announce star big man Xavier Cooks has re-signed with the reigning NBL champions for the next three years.
The 26-year-old is coming off a breakout season where he was a dominant force in NBL22 including winning the finals NBL MVP, All NBL Second Team, Kings Defensive Player of the Year and joint winner of Kings members MVP award.
Cooks ended the NBL22 with 15.5 points, 10 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2 blocks per game,
Re-signed for another 3 years 🔒
See what he has planned for the NBL 23 season: https://t.co/ccNGlylXVC#WeTheKings | @xaviercooks10 pic.twitter.com/5h0G3IgCCj
— Sydney Kings (@SydneyKings) June 7, 2022
SIG Strasbourg has announced the return of Lucas Beaufort.
The 20-year-old guard spent last season on loan in ProB with Aix-Maurienne, where he produced averages of 7.9 points, 2.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 24 minutes.
🚨𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 🚨
La SIG Strasbourg officialise le retour de Lucas Beaufort, formé au club, et qui intègre l’effectif professionnel à compter de la saison à venir.
Bon retour à Strasbourg @lucas_beaufort ! 😉
📰Communiqué ⤵️https://t.co/yNbIIBWsUz pic.twitter.com/AyLdSZ9x91
— SIG Strasbourg (@sigstrasbourg) June 10, 2022
According to Telesport, KK Crvena Zvedza is on the market to add a center to the roster for the upcoming season.
The two main targets are reportedly Filip Petrusev and Kaleb Tarczewski.
The Serbian big man, whose NBA rights belong to the 76ers, will leave Anadolu Efes after a season where he played less than expected.
Tarczewski does not seem to be part of Olimpia Milano’s future plans.
The former Arizona center played in 24 games in the Italian league this year, producing 6.1 points and 4.9 rebounds in 16 minutes.
Kyle Collinsworth is likely to sign with San En NeoPhoenix in Japan, sources tell Sportando
Former Mavs guard would remain in Japan after two seasons with SeaHorses Mikawa
