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Euroleague: CSKA, Barca, and Olympiacos in Top 16
The busiest Thursday of the Euroleague season so far tipped off this evening with eight games getting Round 6 underway. We are past the halfway stage of the Regular Season now and are starting to see the teams that look most likely to progress to the last 16. However, there is all to play for…
Read MoreEurocup Round 6 of Regular Season
We are deep into the competition now as the Eurocup Round 6 brought another week of action to the continents second biggest club competition. There were plenty of thrills through the two days, and the odd spill too as only two teams now remain unbeaten, one of them booking passage to the Last 32, the…
Read MoreGergely Somogyi parts ways with Latina
Gergely Somogyi (216 cm, UCSB’12) has parted ways with Latina Basket (Italy, A2 Silver) and will look for a new post through the 2013/2014 season. The Hungarian has played in eight games so far for Latina and through his appearances offered averages of 6.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. During the summer the center…
Read MoreJonny Flynn leaves Upea Capo d’Orlando
Former NBA guard Jonny Flynn (183 cm, Syracuse’09) has left Italian Serie A club Upea Capo d’Orlando after logging two games this 2014-15 season. He averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.5 apg in 27 minutes of action. In 2013-14 he played in Asia for the Sichuan Blue Whales (China-CBA). Before that, Flynn was with the Melbourne Tigers(Australia-NBL).…
Read MoreEuroleague, Real Madrid slip to Efes
Round 5 of the 2014/2015 Euroleague season brought with it a big surprise as Anadolu Efes Istanbul shocked Real Madrid to hand the Spanish club its first defeat of the season. Elsewhere on Friday CSKA Moscow stayed perfect in the Euroleague this term, as did Barcelona by gunning down Panathinaikos in a clash of the…
Read MoreEuroleague Regular Season, week 5
The fifth round of the Euroleague Regular Season tipped off with seven games on Thursday, including an all-Russian clash and plenty of other mouth-watering match ups. The group campaign is now in full swing as we reach the midway point and the tables are starting to reveal the teams in the mix for qualification, as…
Read MoreZare Markovski now coaching JuveCaserta
Pasta Reggia JuveCaserta (Italy-SerieA) has found a new head coach in Zare Markovski and he will now take over the helm of the club. After a disappointing 0-5 start for the 2014-15 season, the club let go of former head coach Emanuele Molin. Coaching assistant Vincenzo Esposito was initially assigned to be the interim coach.…
Read MoreChristian Eyenga to OpenjobMetis Varese
OpenjobMetis Varese (Italy-SerieA) has landed the talents of former NBA forward Christian Eyenga (201 cm) for the 2014-15 season. Eyenga is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and was a one-time member of their national team in 2007. He spent the preseason with Polish club PGE Turow Zgorzelec (TBL), but was not kept by the…
Read MoreEurocup, close games aplenty in Round 5
Round 5 of the Eurocup regular season saw perhaps the closest hoops of the 2014/2015 campaign so far, with a number of games going right to the wire. The groups are now taking shape and the fight for the Last 32 is officially heating up, with all tables having runaway leaders and a chasing pack…
Read MoreGiorgi Shermadini pens with Cantu
Acqua Vitasnella Cantu (Italy-SerieA) has landed Georgian big man Giorgi Shermadini (216 cm) to bolster their frontcourt for the 2014-15 season. Shermadini has been a long time member of the Georgian national team from 2006 up to the present. He began the 2013-14 season playing for CAI Zaragoza from Spain’s Liga Endesa. Giorgi played 16…
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