Slovenia
Rasid Mahalbasic joins Nizhny Novgorod
BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russia-VTB) has agreed to terms with Rasid Mahalbasic (210 cm) and will be adding him to their roster this coming 2015/16 season. Mahalbasic has dual citizenship from Austria and Slovenia. He has been a member of the Austrian national team from 2008 to 2014. In the 2014/15 season Rasid played for BC…
Read MoreTajfun Sentjur breaks Slovenian duopoly for league title
There has been a wind of change in Slovenian Basketball as the Telemach League has a new champion, Tajfun Sentjur. The club downed Rogaska Crystal 67-65 to win the championship series 3-1 and break a two club monopoly that had dominated the league for the last seven years. Those two clubs are of course Krka…
Read MorePrimoz Brezec agrees with Al Kuwait
Al Kuwait SC (Kuwait-D1) has landed the services of Slovenian big man Primoz Brezec (216 cm) this 2015. He is coming off a brief stint playing for Petrolina AEK Larnaca (Cyprus-Division A). Primoz signed with the club in February 2015 and was able to play 11 games for them and average 15.0 ppg and 7.4…
Read MoreUros Zadnik wins arbitration vs. KK Zadar
Slovenian player Uros Zadnik filed a claim against his former team, KK Zadar (Croatia-A1) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, taxes, and interest. Zadnik was on the roster of KK Zadar during the 2011/12 season. The arbitrator of the case issued an award without reasons. The aforementioned award reads as follows: 1.…
Read MoreKlemen Prepelic arbitration vs. Banvit
Slovenian guard Klemen Prepelic filed a claim against his former team Banvit Basketbol Kulubu (Turkey-TBL) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, buyout payment, benefits, penalties and interest. He submitted that the team did not allow him to rejoin the club for the second season of his three-year contract. The club, in its…
Read MorePetras Balocka added by Grosuplje
GA Grosuplje from Slovenia’s Telemach League has acquired Lithuanian player Petras Balocka (205 cm, Hawaii’10) to strengthen their roster for the postseason. The 28-year-old spent the early part of the 2014/15 season playing for the BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers (Austria-A Bundesliga). In 17 games Balocka was able to produce averages of 11.3 ppg and 8.7…
Read MoreAleksandar Capin pens with MZT Skopje
Aleksandar Capin (186 cm) has agreed to terms with KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga) this 2015. Capin is a Serbian player who also holds a Slovenian passport. He began the 2014/15 season playing in Montenegro for KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica (Erste Liga). Aleksandar played eight games for them in the Adriatic league and…
Read MorePrimoz Brezec landed by AEK
Petrolina AEK Larnaca (Cyrpus-Division A) has landed former NBA big man Primoz Brezec (216 cm) for the 2014/15 season. The Slovenian has already played his first game for AEK and Brezec managed to tally 15 points while grabbing six rebounds. AEK is the first team Primoz will be playing for outside of Russia, since leaving the…
Read MoreKrka ends Red Star’s Adriatic win streak at 20
The historic winning streak of Crvena Zvezda “Red Star” Telekom Beograd in the Adriatic league has finally ended at 20 wins! They fell on the road to Slovenian club Krka Novo Mesto, 77-67. With the loss, the dream of a perfect regular season record is over for Red Star. Nonetheless, the Serbian franchise has set…
Read MoreIvan Marinkovic inks with Wilki Morskie
King Wilki Morskie Szczecin (Turkey-TBL) is shaking up its roster with yet another recent addition. This time they are adding young Serbian-Slovenian prospect Ivan Marinkovic (209 cm). He is coming from KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). Marinkovic played a dozen games for his former club in the Adriatic league and averaged 8.9 ppg…
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