Turkey
Trabzonspor terminates unpaid foreign imports
The political in-fighting at Turkish BSL club Trabzonspor took a new twist this weekend as all foreign imports on the roster left the team. Such a scenario had been brewing since the import players had gone on strike for round 25 of the BSL against Eskisehir. The group had not been paid by the club…
Read MoreMarin Maric joins Demir Insaat Buyukcekmece
Marin Maric (211 cm, De Paul’18) will begin his professional basketball career this 2018 with a stint with Demir Insaat Buyukcekmece Basket (Turkey-BSL). He is a 24-year-old Croatian player who just recently graduated from De Paul University. In his senior year at De Paul the big man registered averages of 13.3 ppg and 6.7 rpg…
Read MoreAEK, Monaco Bag Wins in Basketball Champions League Q-Finals
The first leg of the Basketball Champions League Quarterfinals is now complete. AEK Athens and AS Monaco bagged wins against their respective opponents. Neither team was able to come away with double-digit margins, but wins are wins and now the pressure is on the other teams to post a higher aggregate score in the end. The…
Read MoreToney Douglas deals with Anadolu Efes
Toney Douglas (188 cm, Florida State’09) has reached an agreement to play for Anadolu Efes Istanbul (Turkey-BSL) this 2017-18. He’s done a stint in China in 2014-15, but this will be Douglas’ first run with a European club. He played for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2016-17. Douglas appeared in 24 games and produced averages of…
Read More7Days EuroCup: Zenit Advances to Top 16
There was some post-Christmas celebration for some teams as the 7Days EuroCup regular season drew to a close yesterday. Teams from three of the groups to the court as some fought to punch their ticket to the next round, while others played for a better standing into the final 16. Group A Unics Kazan secured…
Read MoreNBA’s Enes Kanter faces jail in Turkey over tweets about president
NBA player Enes Kanter, a center for the New York Knicks, faces jail time in his native Turkey after the government accused him of insulting the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A report from the Associated Press suggests the Turkish government is pushing for at least a four-year sentence over controversial remarks Kanter made in…
Read MoreMarko Banic signs with Pinar Karsiyaka
Marko Banic (205 cm) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Pinar Karsiyaka SK Izmir (Turkey-BSL) and will be joining the team this season. This will be the first signing for Banic this 2017-18. He is a 33-year-old Croatian player who played for the Croatian National Team from 2004 to 2010. Banic…
Read MoreWalter Hodge pens with Gaziantep
Walter Hodge (183 cm, Florida’09) has agreed to terms on a deal to play for Gaziantep Basketbol (Turkey-BSL) this season. He is a 31-year-old international basketball player who has triple citizenship from the USA, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has been a member of the U.S. Virgin Islands National Team since 2009.…
Read MoreRobert Carter added by Gaziantep
Robert Carter (206 cm, Maryland’16) is a recent addition to the roster of Gaziantep Basketbol (Turkey-BSL) after the player signed a deal to play for the team this 2017-18 season. Carter moved there after starting the season playing for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania-LKL). He played five games for them in the Eurocup and averaged 7.4…
Read MoreFan Outbursts Interrupt Trabzonspor-Fenerbahce Game
Referees were forced to stop a game between Trabzonspor Medical Park Basketbol in Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul in the Turkish BSL. Things got out of hand as fans in attendance got too rowdy and began throwing objects onto the court after Trabzonspor’s Chris Obeka pushed Fenerbahce forward Jan Vesely to the ground. Obeka reacted to an…
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