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Ben Bentil pens with Chalons-Reims
Ben Bentil (206 cm, Providence’16) will continue his professional basketball career this 2017-18 on the roster of Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket (France-Pro A). Ben is a 23-year-old Ghanian-American international basketball player, who will be playing for a European team for the first time. He had a busy rookie season in 2016-17, seeing stops in the NBA…
Read MoreDanny Gibson added by Limoges
Danny Gibson (177 cm, Southern Indiana’06) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Limoges CSP Elite (France-Pro A) this 2017-18 season. Gibson is an American-Cameroonian international player who spent the 2016-17 season playing for Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria-NBL). He played two games in the Basketball Champions League and averaged 4.0 ppg and…
Read MoreTeam World wins in NBA Africa Exhibition Game
Team World bested Team Africa 108-97 in the NBA Africa exhibition game held over the weekend in Johannesburg, South Africa. The game was in support of UNICEF and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The game was the culminating event that capped off a series of basketball camps as part of the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders program.…
Read MoreChristian Eyenga joins Fuenlabrada
Christian Eyenga (201 cm) will remain in Spain this 2017-18 after landing a deal to play for Montakit Fuenlabrada (Spain-Liga Endesa). Eyenga is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and played for their national team in 2007. He ended 2016-17 playing six games for Unicaja Malaga (Spain-Liga Endesa), where he averaged 9.7 ppg and 3.3…
Read MoreFIBA Afrobasket 2017 Draw Results
The official draw for Afrobasket 2017 took place in Balaclava, Mauritius over the weekend. During the event, a new Afrobasket trophy was unveiled. The new trophy will be given to the tournament champions this September. FIBA Afrobasket 2017 will be held in two locations: Dakar, Senegal, and Tunis, Tunisia. Tunis will host groups A and…
Read MoreStephane Lasme pens with Unics
Unics Kazan (Russia-VTB) is bringing in Gabonese big man, Stephane Lasme (203 cm, Massachusetts’07) for the 2017-18 season. Lasme spent the 2016-17 playing in the NBA D-League for the Texas Legends. He logged 19 games for them and registered averages of 11.8 ppg and 7.0 rpg. Stephane last saw action in Europe back in 2015-16,…
Read MoreDwight Hardy signed by Galatasaray
Dwight Hardy (188 cm, St. John’s’11) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul (Turkey-BSL) this 2017-18 season. Hardy is a 30-year-old American international player who also holds a Congolese passport. He is already a veteran of the Turkish league, having spent the last three seasons on the roster of…
Read MoreJunior MBida to play for Orleans
Entente Orleans 45 (France-Pro A) has bolstered its roster for the upcoming 2017-18 season with the recent addition of Cameroonian big man, Junior MBida (204 cm). The 27-year-old MBida has some serious experience playing in France, having spent his entire pro career on the roster of various French teams. In 2016-17 Junior played a dozen…
Read MoreStan Okoye reunites with Varese
Stan Okoye (198 cm, VMI’13) will be reuniting with former club, Openjobmetis Varese (Italy-Serie A) for the 2017-18 season. Okoye is a Nigerian-American international player who has seen stints with the Nigerian national team in 2013 and 2015. He played for Varese in the 2014-15 season. This will be an upgrade in competition for Stan,…
Read MoreKenny Kadji joins Tofas Bursa
Tofas Bursa (Turkey-BSL) has already bolstered its roster for the upcoming 2017-18 season in preparation for their promotion to the Turkish BSL. They have added Cameroonian international player, Kenny Kadji (211 cm, UMF’13) to their ranks with the hopes of making a splash in their return to Turkey’s premier league. The 29-year-old big man is…
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