Adriatic League
Rashaun Freeman signs with Siroki
Rashaun Freeman (206 cm, Massachusetts’07) has signed with Adriatic league team WWin Siroki from Bosnia (Croatian part). Freeman comes from Nanterre with whom he played only two games in the Pro A this past October. Previously Freeman played in China, Israel, Belgium, Puerto Rico and Germany. WWin Siroki recently sold its star player Darko Planinic…
Read MoreFormer three-time European champ saved from the abyss
Croatian- and Adriatic team KK Split was saved tonight from bankruptcy by the town council of Split. The Dalmatian team won the Euroleague three times in a row in 1988/1989, 1989/1990 and 1990/1991 under the name “Jugoplastika” and “Pop’84”. KK Split was officialy voted the best European basketball club of the 20th century by the…
Read MoreRed Star finds sponsor and changes name
Serbian club Red Star Belgrade has found a new sponsor in Telecom Serbia and will have a name change on the 1st of January 2013 to “Red Star Telecom” (Crvena zvezda Telekom). Until now, the name was “Red Star DIVA” or in Serbian “Crvena zvezda DIVA.” The sponsorship agreement will be in effect for one year…
Read MoreJoffrey Lauvergne possibly joining Partizan?
Lauvergne started the season in his native France where he played with ES Chalon-Sur-Saone in both the Euroleague and the French Pro A championship. He joined Valencia in November and so far averaged 5.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg in the ACB. Lauvergne had a short-term contract with Valencia, who might be interested to keep him.…
Read MoreNational team player Andjusic leaves Partizan
Danilo Andjusic has left Serbian team Partizan Belgrade. The member of the Serbian U18 national team is not satisfied with his playing time. Andjusic even made it to the Serbian senior national team this summer, and although he is only 18 years old he feels that he deserves more playing time in a team where…
Read MoreAdriatic League leader Igokea loses vs Buducnost
Adriatic League leader, Igokea from Bosnia (Serbian part), lost on the road against Budunost from Montenegro 71-76. It was only the third loss so far
Read MoreCoach Velic leaves Siroki WWin
Head coach Ivan Velic has left Adriatic League team Siroki WWin from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian part). The Bosnian-Croat was Adriatic League coach of the year last season and won the Bosnian title with his team in 2011 and 2012. He was also the head coach in the past of both the Bosnian U18 national…
Read MorePanathinaikos sends Derwin Kitchen to Cedevita
Greek team Panathinaikos Athens has sent Derwin Kitchen (193 cm, Florida State’11) on loan to Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb. Kitchen will play for Cedevita for the rest of this season and then return to Panathinaikos where he is under contract for the 2013/2014 season as well.
Read MoreThriller in Zadar
Croatian team Zadar played against visiting Serbian team Partizan Belgrade tonight in the Adriatic league and it turned out to be a nail-biting thriller. In a packed gym, the 7000 spectators saw a game in which neither one of the teams ever had more than a five-point-lead. With only fourteen seconds to go Partizan was…
Read MoreCoach Vujosevic suspended after attack on ref
Partizan head coach Dusko Vujosevic has been suspended. Again. This time for an incident after the Adriatic league game in which last placed team Hungarian Szolnok surprised Partizan Belgrade from Serbia with a 70-68 victory. After the game coach Vujosevic verbally threatened referee Alfred Jovovic (also Serbian by the way) and then “made physical contact…
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