Bobby Dixon inks with Fenerbahce Ulker

Bobby Dixon (178 cm, Troy’06) has agreed to terms on a deal with Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey-TBL) for the upcoming 2015/16 season. Bobby is a 32-year-old American player who recently received his Turkish citizenship this 2015. Dixon is moving from another Turkish TBL, Pinar Karsiyaka SK Izmir, where he has played the last three seasons.…

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Andrew Goudelock leaves Fenerbahce Ulker

Andrew Goudelock (190 cm, Charleston’11) has left Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey-TBL) this 2015 and is now a free agent. Goudelock played 29 games for his former team in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and posted averages of 17.0 ppg and 2.1 apg. The 26-year-old former Los Angeles Laker logged 34 games for Fenerbahce Ulker in the…

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Nemanja Bjelica named Euroleague MVP

Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul’s dynamic forward, Nemanja Bjelica (Serbia) has been named the Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2014/15 Most Valuable Player. The 27-year-old Bjelica has been a big reason for the team’s success this season. He has been a nightmare for opposing teams to match-up against due to the combination of his size, speed, and shooting ability.…

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Marko Tomas loses arbitration vs. Fenerbahce

Croatian player Marko Tomas filed a claim against former club Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey-TBL) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, bonuses, penalties and interest. The player submits that the team made only partial payments, under his contract. The Turkish club, in its answer, argued that it paid the player, deducted a fine,…

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Fenerbahce eliminates reigning Euroleague champs

CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce entered Game 3 of the Euroleague Play-offs with the chance of punching their respective tickets to the Final Four in Madrid. Both clubs were leading their best of five series’ 2-0, but both also faced tricky road encounters in Game 3. As it was, Monday proved to be a thrilling evening…

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Fenerbahce and CSKA Moscow stay perfect at home

Both Fenerbahce and CSKA Moscow kept up winning momentum by securing victories in Game 2 of their best of five Euroleague Play-off series’. Russian powerhouse CSKA had already put Panathinaikos Athens to the sword in Moscow on Tuesday and it was very much a repeat performance this evening. The VTB League club looked formidable in…

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Euroleague Playoffs, CSKA and Fenerbahce open with wins

The Top 16 only wrapped last week, but it is full steam ahead for the Euroleague Play-offs as two contests opened the first knock-out stage of the competition. The remaining eight clubs in the competition have been drawn into four two best of five series’, the winner on aggregate booking a berth in the Final…

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Panathinaikos and Efes complete Euroleague Play-offs

Panathinaikos and Anadolu Efes celebrated Euroleague success. The door has closed on the Play-offs as the final week of the Euroleague Top 16 started on Thursday. There were key and deciding battles around Europe, and tomorrow’s three clashes are merely formalities after this evening solved the Play-off picture. There were just two places up for…

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Euroleague, Barca, ALBA Berlin, and Laboral Kutxa Vitoria impress

There was an abundance of huge games in the Euroleague on Thursday as the Top 16 entered its thirteenth week of action. The evening threw up historic derby games and huge contests that went some way to clearing the qualification picture for the Play-offs. With the Euroleague Top 16 just two weeks away from closing…

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