Bulgaria
Adriatic League gets underway
The 2014/2015 Adriatic League tipped off today with two games making up the first day of Round 1 at the start of the Regular Season. The rest of Round 1 will be completed on Saturday, October 4th with the remainder of the teams getting their campaigns underway. Tonight Crvena Zvezda Belgrade crushed Adriatic League newcomers…
Read MoreVasil Kyosev heads to Cluj
Vasil Kyosev (196) will play club Basketball outside of Bulgaria for the first time after signing with CS Universitatea Cluj in the Romanian Liga Nationala. The guard has spent last season playing for Tundja Yambol after signing from Cherno More Port Varna (Bulgaria, NBL). With Yambol he played 25 games and offered numbers of 5.4…
Read MoreAndre Collins added by Spirou
Andre Collins (183 cm, Loyola College’06) will continue his professional career with Belgacom Spirou Charleroi (Belgium-Ethias League) this 2014-15 season. Collins is a 32-year-old American player who also holds a Bulgarian passport. In 2013-14 the guard played for Sigma Barcellona from Italy’s Lega 2 Gold. He logged 34 games for them and was able to…
Read MoreDallis Joyner inks with Tundja Yambol
Dallis Joyner (203 cm, Stony Brook’12) has agreed to terms with Tundja Yambol from Bulgaria’s NBL for the 2014-15 season. He was originally expected to play for Swiss LNA team Lugano Tigers, before signing with Yambol. In 2013-14 the 24-year-old forward played for MBK Rieker Komano (Slovakia-Extraliga). In 41 games Joyner was able to produce…
Read MoreFIBA 2015 Eurobasket teams decided
After a frenetic night of Basketball action around Europe, we now know the participant nations for next year’s FIBA 2015 Eurobasket tournament. There was plenty of drama along the way as teams fought it out on the court, while others cruised through to the tournament. Group A Iceland will play in a European Championships for…
Read MoreEurobasket 2015 2nd Qualifying Round Day 5
After five days of exciting action in the Eurobasket 2015 second qualifying round, we have our first few teams who have booked their tickets, signed and sealed. Latvia’s impeccable 5-0 record allows them to cruise on through, while Bosnia and Herzegovina managed a 3-0 slate in their smaller three-team group to secure their berth as…
Read MoreEurobasket 2015 2nd Qualifying Round Day 4
Latvia is the only team in the Eurobasket 2015 2nd qualifying round that has played in all four days and has come out with as many wins. Only Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina can lay claim to being undefeated as well, but both countries are in three-team groups and have only played twice putting them…
Read MoreEurobasket 2015 2nd qualifying round Day 3
In the aftermath of Day 3 of the second qualifying round for Eurobasket 2015, four teams have managed to remain undefeated to lead their respective groups. They are Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-0), F.Y.R. Macedonia (3-0), Latvia (3-0) and Italy (2-0). Group A In this three-team group Bosnia and Herzegovina managed to fend off Iceland 72-62,…
Read More2015 EuroBasket qualifiers day 2
Day 2 of the 2015 Eurobasket qualifiers took place last night and the groups are now starting to take shape after twelve games took place. Group A The United Kingdom continued to struggle as they fell to defeat against Bosnia 67-80 to slip to the bottom of Group A after also losing to Iceland in…
Read MoreTerry Smith added by Lukoil Academic
Terry Smith (185 cm, Mercyhurst’08) will continue his professional career this 2014-15 with Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria-NBL). The 28-year-old journeyman veteran began the 2013-14 season playing for SK Cherkasy Monkeys from Ukraine’s Superleague. He logged 16 games for them and averaged 15.2 ppg and 3.7 apg. Terry left the team in February 2014 and a…
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