Italy
David Jackson inks for Monferrato
American David Jackson (193 cm, West Illinois’08) has joined Novipiu Casale Monferrato (Italy, Lega Due Gold) for the coming season. The shooting guard has been playing European Basketball since leaving West Illinois in 2008. Last season he played for PGE Turow Zgorzelec in the Polish PLK for the second year. Jackson picked up averages of…
Read MoreIan Young will play for Imola
Ian Young (191 cm, Auburn’05) has penned a deal with Aget Service Imola in Italy’s Lega Due Gold for the coming 2013/2014 season. The experienced point guard has played in several countries including the USA and France but he is best known in Latin America where he has played in Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and…
Read MoreBen Woodside added by Vanoli Cremona
Ben Woodside (180 cm, North Dakota State’09) has been added by Vanoli Cremona from Italy’s SerieA for the 2013-14 season. Ben will be reinforcing Italian club’s backcourt. He spent the 2012-13 playing in Turkey for Optimum TED Kolejiler Ankara. Woodside logged 33 games in the Turkish league and averaged 11.5 ppg and 7.1 apg. He…
Read MoreCraig Callahan added by Tezenis Verona
Craig Callahan (203 cm, NC-Wilmington’03) has spent the last two seasons playing in Italy’s Lega Due. In 2013-14 he remains in the league, but this time he will suit up Tezenis Verona. Callahan has dual citizenship from USA and Italy. In 2012-13 he played for Sigma Barcellona (Italy-Lega Due). He logged 31 games for them…
Read MoreKim English to Montepaschi
Kim English (198 cm, Missouri’12) has signed for Italian Serie A champions Montepaschi Siena next season it is being reported tonight. The forward was in his native USA last season playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. He took to the court plenty of times with the franchise but from limited…
Read MoreFrank Hassell to Cimberio Varese
Cimberio Varese (Italy, SerieA) have agreed a deal with Frank Hassell (203 cm, Old Dominion University’11) that will see the power forward play for the team during the 2013/2014 season. The American was in the Israeli Winner League last season playing for Hapoel Holon where he played 26 games and notched up averages of 17.9…
Read MoreDeron Washington signs for Pistoia
Deron Washington (201 cm, Virginia Tech’08) is the new swingman for Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia (Italy, Lega Due Gold). The American will join the club for the 2013/2014 season after recently completing a year with Israeli Winner League team GreenTops Netanya where he posted solid averages. Over 31 games he logged numbers of 13.1 points,…
Read MoreJamie Skeen added by Sutor Montegranaro
Sutor Montegranaro from Italy’s SerieA have added Jamie Skeen (205 cm, VCU’11) for the upcoming 2013-14 season. The 25-year-old Skeen signed with Maccabi Ashdod from Israel’s Premier League for the 2012-13 season. Jamie played 27 games for them and averaged 11.6 ppg and 4.7 rpg, also helping them reach the semifinals of the Israeli Cup…
Read MoreOthello Hunter signs with Montepaschi
Othello Hunter (203 cm, Ohio State’08) will be playing for Italy’s Montepaschi Siena this 2013-14 season. He initially signed with Sidigas Avellino (Italy-SerieA) for the season, then later signed with Siena. Hunter began the 2012-13 season playing in Spain’s Liga Endesa for Blancos de Rueda Valladolid. He played in 19 games for them and averaged…
Read MoreFIBA U16: Four unbeaten in Euro Championships
Four teams remain undefeated after Day 1 of Round 2 in the FIBA U16 European Championship for Men being held in Kyiv, Ukraine. Turkey and Greece came out of the first of three games in Round 2 with wins to sit on top of Group E with 3-0 records, while Croatia and Serbia sport similar…
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