Morris Finley signs with Lagun Aro

Morris Finley (180 cm, Alabama Birmingham’04) has signed with Spanish ACB team Lagun Aro Gipuzkoa BC. Towards the end of last season he signed in Turkey for powerhouse Fenerbahce, where he averaged 2.6 ppg in only five games. The four seasons prior to that he played in Italy and before that also in Belgium, Greece,…

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Neven Spahija to coach Chinese national team?

Neven Spahija leaves for China this weekend. He has been invited by the Chinese Basketball Federation to tour the country for two weeks and give clinics. The 50-year-old Croatian coach also confirms that the Chinese want to discuss a “serious project” with him, but stopped short of saying exactly what that was. China does not…

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Mike Batiste released, will play tonight

Mike Batiste has been released by the Greek authorities this morning. It turned out that his former team Panathinaikos had in fact paid the EUR 200.000 in taxes that was claimed. The American big man will play with his current team Fenerbahce in tonight’s Euroleague game against his former team Panathinaikos.

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Wunderkind Dario Šarić finally signs

KK Cibona officially announced at a press conference this afternoon that they had signed super-talent Dario Šarić (208 cm, 1994) to a 4-year contract. A surprise move, since Cibona has known financial problems and is struggling to pay their bills and salaries on time. Recently the Croatian club had to travel by bus to Germany…

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Fenerbahce Ulker downs Boston Celtics 97-91

In the first game of the four-game NBA Europe Live 2012 series, the host squad, Fenerbahce Ulker, took advantage of a sloppy contingent from the NBA’s Boston Celtics to treat their fans to a 97-91 victory over the 17-time NBA Champions. Celtics Coach Doc Rivers stated, “Our goal was 14 (turnovers) and we had that…

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Ernest JR Bremer signs with Fenerbahce

Ernest JR Bremer (194 cm, St.Bonaventure´02) has signed with Fenerbahce from Turkey. Last season JR Bremer split his time between Russia and Italy, where he lost the finals with Olimpia Milano against Siena. The coach of Siena Simone Pianigiani, is now the coach of Fenerbahce. Until recently it looked like JR Bremer would sign with…

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