Player Movement
Maccabi Tel Aviv lands Lorenzo Brown
Maccabi Tel Aviv has a new weapon in its backcourt after signing point guard Lorenzo Brown to a two-year contract, the club announced on Wednesday. Brown (1.96 meters, 31 years old) spent last season in Russia with UNICS Kazan, with which he ranked second in the EuroLeague in assists with 6.1 per game in 24 appearances. He…
Read MoreValencia signs Chris Jones
Valencia Basket announced Monday that it had signed combo-guard Chris Jones, who comes off a breakout season with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. The contract is for one season. Jones (1.88 meters, 29 years old) averaged 13.1 points and 3.6 assists and was fifth in the EuroLeague with 1.5 steals per game last season with ASVEL. He also…
Read MoreLos Angeles Lakers fire head coach Frank Vogel
The Los Angeles Lakers have fired head coach Frank Vogel. Vogel was the 27th head coach in franchise history. During his tenure, Vogel compiled a 127-98 (.564) record and led the Lakers to their 17th NBA championship during the 2019-20 season. Per the Los Angeles Times, “the Lakers fired coach Frank Vogel on Monday just…
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 MoreOhod Medina inks Viacheslav Kravtsov
Ohod Medina has signed Ukrainian big man Viacheslav Kravtsov (212 cm). The 33-year-old veteran started the season with Dnipro in his homeland. Once the war broke out with neighboring Russia, the Ukrainian league stopped, and most of the players left the country and signed with foreign clubs. Ohod Medina is currently in 4th place of…
Read MorePatrick Beverley agrees to 1-year, $13 million extension with Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley has agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract extension. Beverley has been in the final season of a three-year, $40 million contract, so the new agreement will take him through the 2022-2023 season. After arriving in an offseason trade to the Timberwolves, Beverley has made a significant impact on the franchise’s rise into…
Read MoreFenerbahce adds Markel Starks to the backcourt
Injury-plagued Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul added another piece to its backcourt by signing guard Markel Starks for the remainder of the season. Starks (186 cm, 30 years old) arrives from BC Igokea of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he averaged 10.2 points on 45.2% three-point shooting, 5.6 assists, and 2.1 rebounds in the ABA League, as well…
Read MoreDenver Nuggets Sign DeMarcus Cousins to 10 Day Contract
The Denver Nuggets officially signed DeMarcus Cousins to a 10-day contract on Friday. The agreement comes after the veteran big man was let go by the Milwaukee Bucks after a very productive stint on Jan. 9. The Nuggets brought him in for a physical and a testing process with plans to sign Cousins after the Bucks waived him nearly…
Read MoreMaccabi Tel Aviv signs shooting guard Khyri Thomas
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv added another weapon to its backcourt with the signing of shooting guard Khyri Thomas for the remainder of the season. Thomas (191 cm, 25 years old) arrives from Spanish club Bilbao, where he averaged 12.0 points on 4-of-9 three-point shooting in two games this season. A two-time Big East Conference Defensive…
Read MorePanathinaikos inks Stefan Jovic
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens bolstered its frontcourt by inking experienced Serbian playmaker Stefan Jovic for the remainder of the season, with an option to extend his contract until the end of the 2022-23 campaign. Jovic (198 cm, 31 years old) last played with Khimki Moscow Region, where he appeared in eight EuroLeague games last season and posted 4.4…
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