Georgia
Dinamo Tbilisi routs Kutaisi in Game 1 of Finals
Dinamo Tbilisi put out a statement in Game 1 of the Georgian Superleague Final series by smashing Kutaisi 104-55 at home to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The Regular Season winner fired its intent to win a first title since 2003 by putting nearly 50 points on fellow finalists Kutaisi to take early…
Read MoreMelvin Sanders parts with Valladolid
Melvin Sanders (196 cm, Oklahoma State’03) is parting ways with Spanish Liga Endesa team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid. Sanders is an American player who also holds a passport from Georgia. Melvin has played a total of four games for BdR Valladolid and averaged just 5.0 ppg and 3.8 rpg in 21.3 minutes per game. In…
Read MoreMilos Pesic heads to Dinamo Tbilisi
Georgian Superleague team Dinamo Tbilisi has acquired Serbian Milos Pesic (205 cm) for the 2013-14 season. Milos had already started off the season playing in Hungary for Kaposvari KK. He was able to log four games before the move and averaged 7.5 ppg and 3.0 rpg. Prior to that signing, Pesic had spent the rest…
Read MoreLasha Parghalava joins Esteghlal Qeshm
Georgian player Lasha Parghalava (191 cm, Montana State-Billin’10) is headed to Asia to play in Iran’s Superleague for Esteghlal Qeshm. Lasha is a former member of the Georgian National Team in 2011. He was initially with Olimpi Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleague), before deciding to test the waters in Iran. After he graduated, Lasha spent his pro career…
Read MoreSergo Atuashvili inks with Al Arabi
Sergo Atuashvili (223 cm) has been added by Al Arabi of the Kuwaiti Division 1 for the upcoming 2013/2014 season. Atuashvili is a giant Georgian native who stands at 223 cm and will become the tallest player in the Middle East after joining Al Arabi. Last season the center had a particularly good season playing…
Read MoreNikoloz Tskitishvili joins Al Sharjah
Former NBA big man Nikoloz Tskitishvili (212 cm) is reportedly headed to the United Arab Emirates after signing a deal to play for An Nahl Sharjah (D1) for the 2013-14 season. The 30-year-old Georgian player was drafted fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2002 NBA Draft. He has also been a member of…
Read MoreViktor Sanikidze to join CAI Zaragoza
Spanish Liga Endesa team CAI Zaragoza has added former San Antonio Spurs player Viktor Sanikidze (203 cm) to their ranks. Viktor is from Georgia and has been a member of the Georgian National Team from 2004 up the present. He represented his home country as they participated in the ongoing Eurobasket 2013. In the five…
Read MoreGiorgi Tsintsadze moves to BC Donetsk
Giorgi Tsintsadze (192 cm) is moving teams within the Ukraine’s Superleague. The 27-year-old Georgian will be playing for BC Donetsk this 2013-14. He played for Budivelnyk Kyiv in 2012-13. He’s been a member of the Georgian National Team since 2004, up to the present. Tsintsadze played 16 games for Budivelnyk in the Eurocup and was…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Round 2 advancement papers given
Round 1 of EuroBasket 2013 is complete and the clubs moving on to Round 2 have been determined. Groups C and D were cut and dry with three top teams and no tiebreakers needed, but in Groups A and B the tiebreakers were complex as there were three teams tied for third place at 2-3,…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: OTs, Upsets, Italy stands alone
Coming into Day 4 of the EuroBasket 2013 competition, there were four undefeated teams. As the dust settled on Ljubljana, Jesenice, Celje, and Koper, Slovenia Sunday, the only club that made it out of Day 4 unblemished was Italy after their big 81:72 win over previously undefeated Greece. France knocked off unbeaten Ukraine 77:71 in…
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