Ukraine
Euroleague: Home comforts on Friday night
It was a case of home comforts in the Euroleague on Friday as only Anadolu Efes collected a win on the road with a 66-76 victory over Strasbourg. The rest of the round 2 games proved one sided for the home teams, with the close 72-67 win for CSKA Moscow over Budivelnyk Kiev being the…
Read MoreDominique Coleman signs with BC Kyiv
Dominique Coleman (190 cm, Colorado’07) will be testing the waters in the Ukraine after signing with BC Kyiv for the upcoming season. Even though the 29-year-old Oakland native spent most of his pro career in the NBA D-League, he got a taste of European hoops in 2012-13 when he played in Finland’s Korisliiga for Lapua…
Read MoreMladen Pantic inks with Kryvbasbasket
Serbian veteran of international hoops Mladen Pantic (209 cm) will be returning to the Ukrainian Superleague after signing with Kryvbasbasket-Lux Kryvyi Rih this 2013-14. Pantic had originally signed with Radnicki Kragujevac (KLS) from his home Serbia, but only stayed with the team up to the pre-season. He began the 2012-13 season playing at KK Borac…
Read MoreKervin Bristol newcomer at MBC Mykolaiv
Kervin Bristol (208 cm, Fordham’12) will get tested in Ukraine’s Superleague this season, after signing with MBC Mykolaiv this 2013-14 season. Bristol played his rookie season as a pro in Turkey’s TB2L for Istanbulspor this 2012-13. He played 19 games as a member of the starting five and proved to be a very capable defender.…
Read MoreAmadi McKenzie to Dniprodzerzhynsk
Amadi McKenzie (201 cm, Tenn Tech´08) will play professionally outside of France for the first time after signing for SK Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk (Ukraine, Superleague). The American power forward has been playing for Boulazac Basket Dordogne (France, ProA) for the last three seasons. During the 2012/2013 campaign he made twenty appearances and averaged 13.9 points…
Read MoreOlympiacos hoists Rixos Cup after OT Thriller
Not only did it take an extra session to determine a winner in the Rixos Cup on Friday, it also took a last second shot to force the OT frame and a last second shot to win the contest. In both cases the two-time defending Euroleague champion Olympiacos Piraeus was benefitting from the last-second heroics…
Read MoreRixos Cup: Olympiacos – Besiktas in finals
With Day 3 of the Rixos Cup 6 completed on Thursday the championship match-up has been determined with Olympiacos Piraeus set to square off against Besiktas on Friday. The preliminary round completed on Thursday with two matches, Olympiacos Piraeus defeated Anadolu Efes 83:78 in the first match of the day and Zalgiris Kaunas downed Fenerbahce…
Read MoreRixos Cup 6: Besiktas, Olympiacos take Game 1
The Sixth Annual Rixos Cup tipped off in Istanbul on Tuesday with the first two games of the preliminary round. In the annual pre-season tip-off competition, the Rixos Cup features six teams divided into two groups that play over three days to determine the rankings within the groups, with the first place team from each…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Croatia, Lithuania move on to SFs
The next round of the EuroBasket 2013 competition is now set as all four semifinalists have been determined and the match-ups scheduled. After Wednesday’s quarterfinals, the top half of the semifinal bracket was established with old rivals Spain and France set to hit the hardwood at Stozice Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia in the second game…
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…
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