Latvia
BC Siauliai wins Baltic League
BC Siauliai kept its grip on the Baltic League by retaining the title it won last year, this time defeating KK Ventspils 88-80 after the game went to overtime. Ventspils was holding a two point lead from leg 1 (70-68) but knew that heading to Siauliai would be a tough test. And so it proved…
Read MoreC.J. Harris inks with VEF Riga
C.J. Harris (191 cm, Wake Forest’13) is moving to VEF Riga (Latvia-LBL) after beginning the season with Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany-BBL). He played six games for them in the EuroChallenge where he posted averages of 4.5 ppg and 0.8 apg as a reserve. The 24-year-old Harris also logged 19 games in the domestic German Bundesliga and…
Read MoreRihards Kuksiks signed by Nizhny Novgorod
BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russia-VTB) has landed Latvian forward Rihards Kuksiks (197 cm, Arizona State’11) for the remainder of the season. Nizhny Novgorod will be the third team he will be playing for this 2014/15. He began the season in his home Latvia playing for BK Jekabpils (LBL). Rihards played two games for them in the…
Read MoreMartins Berkis deals with Bystrica
Martins Berkis (198 cm) is the second player added by Slovakian SBL club SKP Banska Bystrica this weekend. The Latvian is heading to the club alongside American newcomer Kevin Thompson. Berkis has played for BK Iskra Svit (Slovakia) in the top flight Extraliga so far this season and from 22 games he has averaged 10.6…
Read MoreErnests Kalve pens with Fehervar
Hungarian A Division club Alba Fehervar has tabbed Ernests Kalve (200 cm) the club announced, bringing the Latvian in on a contract until the end of the current 2014/2015 season. The forward has spent the first half of the campaign in his homeland playing for Barons/LDz (LBL and Baltic League). In the LBL he featured…
Read MoreDovydas Redikas joins Kvartals Riga
Dovydas Redikas (192 cm) will continue his career in Latvia after deciding to play for BK Barons Kvartals Riga (LBL). The young Lithuanian started the 2013/2014 season playing for LKL giant Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius in his home country and from ten Baltic League games he averaged 10.0 points. He had been with Lietuvos Rytas for…
Read MoreEurocup Last 32 decided
The Eurocup Last 32 picture has been completed as Round 10 of the Regular Season wrapped the groups and decided which clubs would progress to the next round. Of course, the competition will now await the results from the Euroleague this week to see which eight teams dropping from that competition will join the 24…
Read MoreEurocup, five more in Last 32
The Eurocup Regular Season entered its penultimate round of competition this week and it was a round of celebration as a further five teams progressed to the Last 32, while a further three ensured first place in their respective groups. Group A Paris-Levallois vs. Telekom Baskets Bonn, 87-80 OT Paris-Levallois booked its place in the…
Read MoreSam Dower inks with Valmiera
Sam Dower (206 cm, Gonzaga’14) has been picked up by BK Valmiera (Latvia-LBL) for the 2014-15 season. He was recently released by SO Maritime Boulogne (France-ProA). He did not live up to the expectations of the club and the organization decided to find other options. Dower averaged 4.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg during his brief seven-game run with…
Read MoreEurobasket 2015 Draw Results are In!
The Eurobasket 2015 Draw took place in Disneyland, Paris and the results have been announced! Next year, 24 of Europe’s best national basketball teams will compete in one of the sport’s premier events. There will be four host nations for the event and the group stages will take place in Zagreb, Croatia; Montpellier, France; Berlin,…
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