Basket rumors

23 July 2022

23/07/2022 22:14

Tremont Waters joins Metropolitans 92

Tremont Waters is a new player of Metropolitans 92, as announced by the French team.

The LSU product was the 51st pick of the 2019 NBA Draft.

Waters last played in BSN with the Carolina Gigantes, where in 28 games he produced 17.8 points and 7.8 assists (second best passer in the league) per game and was named best Rookie of the year.

Waters will play alongside super NBA prospect Victor Wembanyama.

23 July 2022

23/07/2022 22:02

Youn Makoundou signs 4-year deal with AS Monaco

AS Monaco continues to announce all the new additions to the team that will approach next season with major ambitions. The latest, but only in order of time, is Yoan Makoundou, who has signed a 4-season deal.

The 21-year-old power forward arrives from Cholet, where last year he averaged 10.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 23 minutes per game.

 

23 July 2022

23/07/2022 21:45

Casademont Zaragoza lands Marcel Ponitka

Casademont Zaragoza made official the arrival of Marcel Ponitka with a contract for the 2022-23 season.

The 24-year-old Polish guard spent last year between Parma Basket Perm and Fraport Skyliners (10 PPG, 4.5 APG, 1.7 SPG in BBL).

 

23 July 2022

23/07/2022 20:32

Allianz Trieste lands Frank Bartley IV

Frank Bartley IV is a new player of Allianz Trieste, as announced by the Italian team.

Bartley IV spent the past year between Denmark and Israel (16.9 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 3.4 APG).

23 July 2022

23/07/2022 19:18

Kenny Kadji joins Hapoel Holon

Kenny Kadji is a new player of Hapoel Holon, the Israeli team announced.

The veteran big man spent last year in France with BCM Gravelines, averaging 11.2 points and 4.7 rebounds in 19 minutes per game in BetClicElite.

Kadji previously played in Spain, Greece, Germany, Italy and Turkey

23 July 2022

23/07/2022 19:10

Sagaba Konate signs 2-year deal with Ratiopharm Ulm

Ratiopharm Ulm announced the arrival of Sagaba Konate on a two-year deal.

The big man last year produced 8.8 points, 6 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game with Allianz Trieste.

Konate will make his Eurocup debut.

 

23 July 2022

23 July 2022

23/07/2022 08:33

Reyer Venezia reportedly targeting Yankuba Sima

Eurocup and LBA side Umana Reyer Venezia is targeting Spanish center Yankuba Sima, according to newspaper Il Gazzettino

Sima, since 2018 at Manresa, has a contract extension offer in hand but could play abroad for the first time in his career, with Venezia looking for a seventh foreign player to strenghten its Eurocup roster

23 July 2022

22 July 2022

22 July 2022

22/07/2022 18:19

Valencia Basket signs Kyle Alexander

ACB and EuroLeague team Valencia Basket signs Kyle Alexander for next season.

Valencia Basket has reached an agreement to incorporate Canadian center Kyle Alexander (2.08, North York, 10/21/96, 25 years old) to its men’s first team for the next season. The player comes from Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, where he has played the last two seasons. This year he has averaged 9.8 points and 5 rebounds for 12.1 efficiency credits in Liga Endesa, adding 1.5 blocks per game, a figure that has helped him to be the second best player in the competition in this facet.

Long college career

Alexander began his career at the University of Tennesee-Knoxville, where he played 4 years with the Tennesee Volunteers. In this team he went from less to more, finishing his last year with an average of 7.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. That last season, the Tennesee Volunteers were among the top 16 college teams in the country in the NCAA tournament.

Career in the United States

After not being drafted in 2019, the Miami Heat gave him the opportunity to participate in the Summer League, where he averaged 4.8 points, 6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.

After this performance, Miami decided to offer him a contract in their G-League team, where he had numbers of 10.6 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.2 blocks. In addition, he was also able to debut in the NBA, where he participated in two games.

This year he repeated experience in the Las Vegas Summer League with the Portland Trail Blazers, where Xavi Albert, coach of Valencia Basket LEB Plata last season, also participated, winning the final title. Kyle participated in 4 games averaging 7.5 points, 5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 16.4 minutes on average, highlighting also his two-point shooting percentage (76.5%).

Spain as his first European experience

Liga Endesa is his first experience in Europe. In December 2020 he signed a contract with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, where he has competed the past two seasons. His averages have been 9.8 points, 5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game playing an average of 21 minutes.

A great defender under the hoops

Alexander has established himself as one of the best blockers in the Endesa League during the past two seasons, being among the top five in this aspect in both years in Fuenlabrada. Since the 2015-2016 season, the Canadian has been averaging more than one block per game. He is also prodigious when it comes to smashing the rim, being the fourth player with the most dunks last season.

Valencia recently signed Jonah Radebaugh.

22 July 2022

22/07/2022 17:39

Astoria Bydgoszcz signs Ben Simons

Astoria Bydgoszcz announced the signing of Ben Simons.

The 31year old shooter spent last season in Spanish Leb Gold with Gipuzkoa averaging 11.6 points and 3 rebounds per contest.

The contract with the Polish team is for one season.

Marek Popiołek : “I am very happy that Ben Simons will join our team. He is a highly experienced player who has played at various levels in Europe. Among other things, he has played in strong leagues – such as Spanish and German, where he successfully played in European Cups. We hope that his maturity in the game will help us a lot. A player with such experience will also be a very good example to be followed by the younger players we have in the squad and will give us things that are not measurable in the statistics. When it comes to the sports side, his great advantage is the three-pointer  During his career, he was a small and strong forward, which means that he is tactically advanced on both the offensive and defensive side.. 

22 July 2022

22/07/2022 15:14

Fenerbahce signs Nigel Hayes

Fenerbahce signs Nigel Hayes for the next season.

The American big comes from Barcelona.

The press release of Fenerbahce on Nigel Hayes’ signing.

Born on December 16, 1994 in Westerville, Ohio, the played for Wisconsin in his college career. Nigel Hayes-Davis averaged 14.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 2016-17, the season he graduated from Wisconsin.

Nigel Hayes-Davis, who had experience in the NBA Summer League with the New York Knicks in the summer of 2017, had short-term contracts with the NBA teams New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors and Sacramento Kings in the same season, but he had the most serious chance with the Westchester Knicks, one of the G-League teams.. 

Nigel Hayes-Davis decided to come to Europe in the summer of 2018 and signed a contract with Galatasaray. Having a very successful season in his first European experience, the US forward averaged 12.6 points (50.68% two points, 37.40% three points), 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the Basketball Super League, and 15.7 points (57.4% two points) in the EuroCup. , 43.2% three points), 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 17.8 PIR stats.

The successful performance of Nigel Hayes-Davis in his first season in Europe opened the doors of the EuroLeague to him. He signed a contract with Lithuanian team Zalgiris Kaunas in the summer of 2019, Hayes scored 6.3 points (43.8% two points, 37.2% three points), 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists in his first season in EuroLeague with this team; In his second season, he averaged 9.5 points (44.3% two points, 44.3% three points), 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists. With Zalgiris, Hayes-Davis won the Lithuanian Cup in 2020 and 2021, and the Lithuanian League in 2021.

The forward transferred to Barcelona in the summer of 2021, coached by his former coach Sarunas Jasikevicius. Nigel Hayes-Davis, who appeared in 37 EuroLeague games with the Spanish team, averaged 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 6.7 PIR. While Hayes won the Spanish Cup with Barcelona, ​​he also played in the EuroLeague finals.

22 July 2022

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21 July 2022

21/07/2022 21:09

Hapoel Jerusalem lands Or Cornelius

Or Cornelius is a new player of Hapoel Jerusalem, the Israeli team announced.

Last year the forward averaged 7 points per game with Hapoel Galil Gilboa.

 

21 July 2022

21/07/2022 20:59

Promitheas reportedly showing strong interest in Joe Young

According to Christos Tsaltas, Promitheas has a strong interest in Joe Young, ‘the main target’ for the Greek team.

The scorer from Oregon last year returned to the G League after 3 seasons in China.

In the G League Young produced 18.3 points and 4.7 assists in 44 games with the Birmingham Squadron.

21 July 2022

21/07/2022 19:43

Matthew Strazel signs multi-year deal with AS Monaco

Matthew Strazel signed a deal with AS Monaco for the next three seasons, the French team announced.

Strazel last season won the French title with Asvel, scoring 5.1 points with 2 assists per game.

21 July 2022

21 July 2022

21/07/2022 17:51

Basquet Girona lands Kameron Taylor

Basquet Girona signs for next season Kameron Taylor.

The guard born in 1994 spent last season between SIG Strasbourg and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Taylor averaged 11.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 20 Betclic Elite games while in BCL he scored 12 points adding 4.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

The guard had 5.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in Winner League for Maccabi Tel Aviv while in EuroLeague the points scored have been 2.7 per game.

Girona recently announced the signing of Roko Prkacin.

21 July 2022

21/07/2022 17:27

Joventut Badalona reportedly close to Kyle Guy

Joventut Badalona is close to signing Kyle Guy, according to Spanish reporter Gerard Sole on Twitter.

Guy has played 19 games for the Miami Heat this season averaging 3.9 points.

He has also played in G League with Canton Charge averaging 23.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 14 games and with Sioux Falls scoring 15.7 points with 3.5 rebounds and 3 assists in 6 appearances.

Badalona announced today the signing of French scorer William Howard.

21 July 2022

21/07/2022 17:12

Chorale Roanne signs Kyle Foster

Chorale Roanne signs for the next season Kyle Foster.

The rookie guard will start his pro career in French Betclic Elite.

Foster comes form Howard University where he averaged 15.8 points as a senior in NCAA shooting 46% from the arc.

Jean-Denys Choulet said after Kyle Foster: “We were looking for a shooter and Kyle fits this profile well, this is the piece we were looking for because he is quite reliable from long range. He takes a lot of shots, but he doesn’t just do that. He’s a young player who will progress.”

Kyle Foster: “I am very excited to start my professional career in Roanne. I can’t wait to get to work.”

21 July 2022

21/07/2022 16:51

Nutribullet Treviso adds Derek Cooke jr

Nutribullet Treviso signs Derek Cooke for the upcoming season.
The big man completes the roster of the Serie A and BCL team for the year 2022-2023.

Cooke has already played in Italian Serie A with Pallacanestro Trieste averaging 5.5 points and 6 rebounds in 2019-2020 season.

Last season Cooke started the year with Brose Bamberg before moving in Hapoel Gilboa Galil where he scored 10 points and 8 rebounds per game in Israeli Winner League and 9.5 points and 7 rebounds in FIBA Europe Cup.

21 July 2022

21/07/2022 16:37

Arged BM Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski lands Quentin Snider

Polish team Arged BM Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski announces the signing of Quentin Snider.

The guard born in 1995 spent last season with AEK Larnaca in Cyprus.

Stal Ostrow signed Snider after he averaged 16.2 points, 6.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds in Cypriot league while in the only Basketball Champions League game he scored 11 points.

20 July 2022

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20 July 2022

20/07/2022 17:20

Telekom Baskets Bonn re-signs Jeremy Morgan

Telekom Baskets Bonn re-signed Jeremy Morgan.
The player averaged 13.1ppg, 3.8rpg and 1.8apg in Bundesliga.