Mexico
Miami and San Antonio will reportedly play a regular season game in Mexico City
There will be a 2022-23 regular season NBA game when the schedule is released in the coming days. Under current NBA plans, the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs are scheduled for a Dec. 17 game in Mexico City, one that will count against the San Antonio Spurs’ home schedule. It will be the Heat’s…
Read MoreQuincy Taylor signs with Halcones de ciudad de Obregon
Quincy Taylor (183 cm, G) has signed with Mexican team Halcones de ciudad de Obregon. The 31-year old American point guard started the season in Europe, where he played for Tallina Kalev from Estonia and averaged 10.5 ppg and 4.3 aspg. The Mexican CIBA COPA League (second tier in the country after the LNBP) starts…
Read MoreMexico upsets USA in FIBA World Cup Qualifiers
Mexico caused a major upset by winning at home against the USA 97-88 in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. The USA dominated the first two quarters, scoring 57 points in the first 20 minutes. However, Mexico’s physical offense was hard to contain, and the USA only led by nine going into the half. Mexico scored…
Read MorePaul Stoll signs with BC Rytas Vilnius
Paul Stoll (180 cm, G) has signed with Rytas. Rytas is 14-5 in the LKL and sits in second place behind Zalgiris. Coach Giedrius Zibenas and Rytas also played in the ChampionsLeague but have been eliminated. Stoll started this season in the ProA in France. There he played three league games and three EuroCup games.…
Read MoreJorge Gutierrez moves to Peristeri GS Athens
Jorge Gutierrez (191 cm, G) has signed with Peristeri. Gutierrez started the season in the German BBL. There he averaged 11.7 ppg and 5 assists in 10 games for BG Göttingen. Gutierrez played last season in the BBL as well. He played 13 games for Hamburg. Gutierrez has also played in Italy, Mexico, Spain, and…
Read MoreJulian Washburn will play in Mexico
After playing the last two seasons in the G League, Julian Washburn (203 cm, F) will now play in Mexico. He has signed with Dorados de Chihuahua. Washburn actually did get some NBA minutes while he was playing in the G League. He was called up by the Memphis Grizzlies and played 17 games for…
Read MoreSleeping giants China and Mexico just can’t get it right
Both China and Mexico are sleeping giants who just can’t their basketball on track. Despite the potential and talent. What’s going on? China China just cannot get it right under CBA president Yao Ming (the best Asian basketball player of all time). I give him a lot of credit for thinking out-side-the-box and trying new…
Read MoreCapitanes Ciudad de Mexico first G League team outside the USA and Canada. What’s next?
Capitanes Ciudad de Mexico will be the first G League team outside the USA and Canada. It has been speculated and rumored for years. Now the NBA finally made it official last month during its annual NBA Mexico City Games. The NBA will finally have a team in Mexico, the largest market in Latin America……
Read MoreGlen Rice Jr. reunites with Halcones Obregon
Glen Rice Jr. (198 cm, Georgia Tech’12) is taking his talents back to Mexico in 2019 after agreeing to terms with former club, the Halcones de Ciudad Obregon (Mexico-CIBACOPA). Rice Jr. played for them back in 2017, so there is definitely some history and familiarity here. Rice is coming off a six-game stint playing for…
Read MoreNate Barfield joins Tijuana
Nate Barfield (206 cm, Langston’12) is a recent addition to the roster of the Zonkeys de Tijuana (Mexico-CIBACOPA). He’s actually already made his debut for his new teams and scored six points in 16 minutes on the floor. Before heading to Mexico, Barfield played the 2018-19 season in Asia for Pelita Jaya Energi-MP Jakarta (Indonesia-IBL),…
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