Czech Republic
BK Opava shocks world record-holder Nymburk
Czech team BK Opava caused the biggest upset of the season by beating ERA Nymburk 100-98. It was the first loss of Nymburk in the Cezch league since November 15 last year. That loss ended a 73 game winning streak in the Czech league, but they bounced back after last year’s loss and had a…
Read MoreColbey Ross to Nymburk
Colbey Ross (185 cm, G) is on the move to the Czech Republic. There he will join ERA Basketball Nymburk and coach Aleksander Sekulic. Nymburk is enjoying a great start to the NBL season as they are atop of the standings with a 3-0 record. Ross lands his first pro job with Nymburk and will…
Read MoreOndrej Sehnal leaves the Czech Republic
Ondrej Sehnal (196 cm, G) has played his entire professional career for USK Praha. However, he is now on his way to Braunschweig where he signed for the BBL club Basketball Loewen Braunschweig. Ondrej Sehnal steadily improved his games each of the six seasons he played at Praha. So much so that the 23-year-old was…
Read MoreWill Brown signs with J.Hradec
Will Brown (213 cm, C) signed in the Czech Republic. He joins newly-promoted GBA Lions Jindrichuv Hradec in the NBL. Brown played this season in Romania for Constanta. In his rookie year, he averaged 6.7 ppg and 4.7 rebounds in 23 Liga Nationala games. Will Brown played Division II college basketball at Fayetteville where he…
Read MoreWorldrecordholder Nymburk wins the Czech title, again.
Nymburk beat Opava with 108-89 in the Czech League final series and won the national title for the SEVENTEENTH time in a row. Nymburk has not lost a play off game since 2011 (28-0)! That’s a world record. Nymburk had already won the first game (102-73) in the best-of-three final series and had no problems…
Read MoreBlake Schilb signs with USK Praha
Blake Schilb (201 cm, F) is on the move to the Czech Republic. There he will join USK Praha. Praha is 16-12 this season and sits in fourth place in the NBL standings. Schilb is no stranger to the Czech Republic. The 37-year-old American also has a Czech passport and played for the national team…
Read MoreAapeli Alanen signs with Brno
Aapeli Alanen (201 cm, F) has left Kataja. He has signed in the Czech Republic’s NBL with Mmcite 1 Basket Brno. Kataja just lost the quarter-final series in the Finnish PlayOffs, and that ended Alanen’s season. It didn’t take him long to find a new team. He averaged 13.6 ppg and 5.6 rebounds in 24…
Read MoreNymburk adds Retin Obasohan
Czech powerhouse Nymburk has added Belgian national team player Retin Obasohan (191 cm, G) to its roster. Last season Obasohan played in the German BBL for Brose Baskets Bamberg. He also saw some action in the NBA Summer League. Since leaving Belgium in 2011, Obasohan played college basketball in the US (University of Alabama), and…
Read MoreCzech NBL league suspended
The Czech NBL league will be suspended for two weeks after this weekend, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Czech government declared a state of emergency on Monday, October 5, and plans to introduce tougher measures to contain the virus’s spread. One of them will be to suspend all sports activities for a period of two weeks,…
Read MoreFIBA World Cup: Serbia, USA win final games
Serbia and Team USA may have had disappointing runs in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, failing to make it into the semifinals. Both teams, however, were able to end the tournament on a high note, securing wins in their final games. True to form, Bogdan Bogdanovic capped off a string of inspirational performances in the…
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