Montenegro
ABA Liga: Buducnost stops Red Star
It’s been nearly 10 years since Red Star has made the trip to Podgorica, Montenegro to take on Buducnost VOLI and come away with a win. With the hosts sitting at 3-2 in the ABA Liga and the visitors at 4-1, the motivation to snap the lengthy streak was high. Unfortunately, a 9:2 run through…
Read MoreMilko Bjelica remains with Laboral Kutxa
Spanish Liga Endesa team Laboral Kutxa Vitoria has opted to keep Serbian-Montenegrin player Milko Bjelica (205 cm) for at least one more month. The deal involves an option for it to be extended. Bjelica has been a member of the Montenegro National Team in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013. Milko, if awarded a full-season contract,…
Read MoreSead Sehovic signs with Bayreuth
Sead Sehovic (196 cm) has signed with German BBL team Medi Bayreuth for the 2013-14 season. Sehovic has dual citizenship from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. He has been a member of the Montenegrin National Team from 2010 up to the present. Sead started the 2012-13 season playing for Sutor Montegranaro from Italy’s SerieA. He…
Read MoreTakais Brown signs for Tivat
Takais Brown (205 cm, Georgia´07) has been picked up by Montenegrin Erste Liga team Teodo Tivat for the upcoming season. The forward has previously played for Alpos Sentjur in the Slovenian Liga UPC where he spent the 2008/2009 season. Over that campaign the American offered numbers of 14.5 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. In…
Read MoreVladimir Dragicevic comes to Stelmet ZG
Montenegrin big man Vladimir Dragicevic (206 cm) will be joining Polish club and new Euroleague addition, Stelmet Zeilona Gora this 2013-14 season. He was a former member of the Montenegrin National Team from 2010 to 2012. Vladimir spent the last two seasons of his career playing for Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia-PBL). In 2012-13 he averaged…
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…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Ukraine stops Germany to go 3-0
Day 3 of EuroBasket 2013 was split into two days with Groups A and B playing Friday and Groups C and D to play on Saturday. Coming into Friday’s competition, there were three clubs, Ukraine, Serbia, and Latvia, that were undefeated. By the end of the day, the sole holder of a 3-0 record was…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Spain falls to Slovenia on Day 2
With Day 2 of EuroBasket 2013 in the books, there are only seven of the 24 teams still undefeated with some serious shakeups in the groups going on. In Group A the sole undefeated club is Ukraine after defeating Israel Thursday and Belgium on Wednesday. Group B sports two unblemished marks with Serbia and Latvia…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Day 1, Groups C and D
EuroBasket 2013 is underway in Slovenia with 24 teams battling for six spots in the 2014 FIBA World Cup to be held in Spain. Round 1 consists of four groups of six teams that will play each other once with the top three teams from each group moving on to the second round. Group C…
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