Shannon Shorter will continue to wear the KK Split jersey for the 2024/25 season, the Croatian club announced.
The point guard will thus begin his fourth season with Split, a rarity for a U.S. player.
Last year Shorter produced 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
Shannon Shorter još jednu sezonu nosit će dres Splita s brojem 2. Ugovor je potpisan rano jutros. Svi u klubu sretni smo zbog ostanka Shortera, koji će tako ući u četvrtu sezonu u dresu Splita što je pravi raritet i dovoljno govori o odnosu ovog vrsnog profesionalca i Žutih.💛💪 pic.twitter.com/S8ex81JD7o
Isaiah Reese is a new player of Merkezefendi, as announced by the Turkish club.
The guard comes from an excellent year in the VTB League with Parma Basket Perm, where he produced averages of 14.5 points, 5.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
VTB Ligi’nde Parma formasıyla harikalar yaratan, 15.1 sayı ve 6.2 asist ortalamalarıyla göz dolduran oyun kurucu Isaiah Reese, 2024/25 sezonunda Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi’nde ter dökecek.
Fabien Causeur, after seven successful seasons at Real Madrid, is now in the details with Olimpia Milano.
The Frenchman, born in 1987, is known for his experience and versatility, having won 2 EuroLeagues, 4 ACB and other important titles.
Fabien Causeur officially leaves Real Madrid after seven extraordinary seasons, culminating in winning two EuroLeagues. The 1987 class guard is in negotiations with Olimpia Milan: the parties are now at the final details pic.twitter.com/XI7B6CqGd2
— Alessandro Luigi Maggi (@AlessandroMagg4) July 23, 2024
Following the announcement of his farewell to Barcelona, Rokas Jokubaitis has reached an agreement on a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, with an option for a third season. Jokubaitis, 23, is expected to succeed Lorenzo Brown.
With six years of experience in the Euroleague between Zalgiris Kaunas and Barcelona, he averaged 5.3 points and 2.7 assists per game last season.
In addition to Jokubaitis, Roman Sorkin has signed a five-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, confirming his return after attempting to get a contract in the NBA.
Polski Cukier Start Lublin has signed 33-year-old Tyran De Lattibeaudiere, a former Legia Warsaw player, for the 2024/2025 season.
Last season, Lattibeaudiere averaged 9.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 11 ORLEN Basket Liga games, and 10.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in four Basketball Champions League games.
Boom 💣
Polski Cukier Start Lublin w końcu pozyskał pierwszego nowego zawodnika przed sezonem 2024/2025. Został nim 33-letni Tyran de Lattibeaudiere, który ostatnio grał w Legii Warszawa.
Sasha Vezenkov has decided to waive $6.6 million of his NBA contract for the 2024/25 season and the Toronto Raptors have released him.
The Bulgarian forward must wait another 48 hours to get the final release and return to Olympiacos. During that time, Vezenkov will remain on the waivers list and, if no NBA team selects him, the Greek club can officially announce his signing.
Given Vezenkov’s strong desire to return to Europe, he is unlikely to be claimed by another NBA team.
On the future of Filip Petrusev Olympiacos player’s agent Misko Raznatovic takes the floor.
The BeoBasket president clarifies how to date there have been no contacts between the Greek club and Red Star for Petrusev’s transfer: “And this is how it will be until Olympiacos has reinforcements at the position of ‘4’.”
Olympiacos has been waiting for a positive solution to the Sasha Vezenkov telenovela for a long time..
Da li je moguce da srpski mediji prenose ovo i tvrde da je transfer propao! Ko je izvor? 18k pratilaca???
Nikakvih razgovora nije bilo niti ce ih biti dok eventualno Olym ne dobije pojacanje na poziciji 4! To je zakljucak od pre 2 sedmice i nista se nije promenilo…nestvarno https://t.co/uWaAoNQBQ6
Ricky Rubio has accepted a proposal from Joventut de Badalona to return to the verdinegra jersey, 15 years after his departure. The news was launched by the Efe agency and confirmed by Mundo Deportivo.
After ending his contract with Barça on June 30, Rubio was not included in the derecho de tanteo, allowing any team to freely negotiate with him. During the last few weeks, Rubio had conversations with Joventut executives and weighed the options of retiring or returning to the Badalonese club, finally opting for the latter.
Rubio left Joventut in 2009 to sign with Barça, with whom he won a Euroleague, and later began his career in the NBA. He returned to Barça last season and played 28 games averaging 5.3 points and 4.1 assists per game.
Rubio’s return to Joventut closes a controversial chapter in his career that began with his departure in 2009, when the player had contested a 4 million exit clause. With this return, Rubio will strengthen Joventut’s roster, which already counts on point guards Guillem Vives and Keye Van der Vuurst, and ‘combo’ Devon Dotson.
However, according to Mark Stein, NBA teams are monitoring the player and could sign him by Thursday, the deadline to enforce his contract with the Serbian club. If that does not happen, Jones will begin his adventure with Partizan.
League sources tell @TheSteinLine there is a brief window until Thursday for NBA teams to pursue South Sudan’s Carlik Jones before his new Partizan Belgrade deal takes full effect.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is in advanced talks to sign Lithuanian point guard Rokas Jokubaitis, 23, who has played the past three seasons with Barcelona. With a height of 1.93 meters, Jokubaitis could become the first point guard under Oded Kattash.
Barcelona had the option to extend Jokubaitis’ contract for another season, but decided not to exercise this option, paving the way for his transfer. If the deal is finalized, Jokubaitis will join Jordan Loyd in Maccabi’s backcourt, which also hopes to complete the signing of Daryl Macon soon.
Last Euroleague season, Jokubaitis averaged 5.3 points and 2.8 assists per game. His best season was in 2021/22, also with Barcelona, averaging 7.1 points and 2.6 assists per game. Raised in Zalgiris, Jokubaitis was selected 34th overall in the 2021 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder, but has not yet played in the NBA. He recently participated in the Summer League with the New York Knicks, averaging 9.8 points and 3.8 assists per game.
As published on Friday (https://t.co/Lqu8pF2POj) Maccabi Tel Aviv joined the race for Rokas Jukobaitis, talks are going in a positive direction and the sides seems to be getting closer.
Pallacanestro Trieste is following Denzel Valentine with great interest, according to a report by Superbasket.
Before joining Milan for the latter part of the season, Valentine recorded averages of 12.1 points with 5.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game with Sydney in the NBL, in his first experience away from the States.
Previously the forward spent 6 NBA seasons with career-averages of 7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
Segafredo Virtus Bologna is working on three major signings.
So many names are in the mix, let’s start with the most important- in terms of status but also salary-, experienced forward Will Clyburn.
La Gazzetta dello Sport speaks of a two-year contract close to signing, while for La Prealpina there would be an agreement in principle between the parties for around $1.5 million.
For the backcourt, with the probable exit of Dobric, the Italian team should add a point guard and a swingman.
La Gazzetta lists the names of Xavier Moon and Matt Morgan for the point guard position, while La Prealpina talks about a major offer for former Venice player Rayvon Tucker.
The Resto del Carlino speculates that the club will announce over the weekend the signings of Clyburn, Tucker and Morgan, in addition to the already known ones of Akele, Visconti and Grazulis.
We close by pointing out Matt Morgan’s outstanding ballistic performance last night at the Las Vegas Summer League: 36 points in 22 minutes shooting 11/11 from the field and 7/9 from the foul line in the Hornets’ win over the Trail Blazers.
Morgan spent last season with the London Lions, where he produced averages of 17.2 points and 3.6 assists per game between the English league (45 percent from three) and Eurocup (36 percent).
According to Il Corriere del Trentino, Daulton Hommes has reportedly exercised the clause to leave Dolomiti Energia Trentino in case of an offer from a Euroleague club.
It is unclear where the former Baskonia forward will end up.
Dolomiti Energia Trentino will therefore have to find one more piece on the market in addition to the two already missing to finalize the roster.
Ognjen Dobrić, known as “Kobra,” is set to return to Crvena Zvezda after a year with Virtus Bologna. The news has been confirmed by Meridian Sport. During his previous tenure with Crvena Zvezda (2016-2023), Dobrić won numerous titles, including four Adriatic League championships and six national championships. His return now depends on the decision of Virtus Bologna, which must approve the transfer.
George Conditt IV is close to an agreement with Gran Canaria.
The Puerto Rico centre averaged 12.8 points and 8.4 rebounds last season in the G League.
🚨 George Conditt IV y el Dreamland Gran Canaria están a punto de llegar a un acuerdo para que el boricua se incorpore al conjunto amarillo. Más información en @EurohoopsES
Pallacanestro Reggiana announces it has reached an agreement for the 2024/2025 season with American athlete Cassius Winston.
A 1998 class point guard, 185 centimetres tall, Winston was born in Detroit, where he remained until the end of high school. He attended Michigan State for the next four years: in 2019 he was named the best player in his conference, leading the Spartans to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament and becoming the best assist man in Big Ten history. In 2020, his senior season was cut short by the Covid pandemic: he was then chosen with the 53rd pick of the NBA Draft by Oklahoma. After playing 31 games in the ‘pros’ with the Washington Wizards’ jersey, he arrived in Europe in the summer of 2022, signing with the Euroleague club Bayern Munich.
With the German team he won the German Cup and participated in the Euroleague, where in 29 games he averaged 11 points and 3.4 assists in almost 20 minutes of usage.
Last season, he moved to Turkey with Tofas Bursa, playing in the FIBA Basketball Champions League in addition to the national championship. He ended the season with an average of 14.7 points and 5 assists in almost 30 minutes of usage.
Coach Dimitris Priftis describes him as follows: ‘Winston is a talented player with a lot of potential, especially in the offensive half of the court. Before coming to Europe he had a great college career behind him. He has an excellent ability to pass the ball and knows how to find his teammates, characteristics that will help our game. We are ready to work together with him to build the right team chemistry with his graft’.
These are Cassius Winston’s first words: ‘I am really galvanised by the idea of starting a new chapter in my career with this club and this organisation. I want to arrive in Reggio and compete from day one, the goal is only one: to give everything to win as many games as possible’.
Edmond Sumner in the crosshairs of Trapani Shark? The news is reported this morning by La Prealpina.
We read: ‘Trapani tries to open the foreign market with a bang. Edmond Sumner, 28-year-old former Brooklyn Nets and Zalgiris Kaunas playmaker, has an important economic proposal in his hand: he may not give up the cups but he’s wavering’.
Play or second handler, born in 1995 with 193 centimetres, Sumner left Zalgiris Kaunas at the end of a 6.8 points average season in EuroLeague with 1.8 assists.
‘Between Virtus and Clyburn one Partizan less’ headlines the Corriere dello Sport, Bologna edition, today on pages 17 and 22.
Thus Dario Cervellati: ‘An agreement in principle with Virtus already seems to be there. There is still something to be ironed out between the request and the possible financial offer, but it is clear that before closing the deal with the former Efes player, there are some corporate issues to be resolved’.
Barcelona is reportedly close to signing Justin Anderson.
American forward ended the season at Valencia, where he produced 6.1 points and 2.2 rebounds on average in the EuroLeague.
El Barça té previst tancar en les properes hores el fitxatge de Justin Anderson. El club vol ara tancar l’operació abans que el 4-5. L’interès pel jugador el va avançar @BarCanaletes#LigaEndesapic.twitter.com/7aTKzEvG2e
James Nunnally is looking for a new team after his time with Partizan Belgrade came to an end. However, the former Olimpia Milano player might have already found an agreement: in fact, a cryptic post appeared on his X account, indicating that a deal is about to be finalized.
Since the beginning of July, the name of James Nunnally has been mentioned in connection with Virtus Segafredo Bologna, although there is currently no major confirmation.
Unicaja Malaga and Yankuba Sima have reached a two-year contract extension agreement.
Since his arrival at Unicaja in January 2023, Sima has grown as a player, establishing himself in both Liga Endesa and the BCL.
With Sima, the number of players who will remain under Ibon Navarro’s orders rises to 11, a group that has delighted fans and achieved great success in the past two seasons.