Pau-Orthez sold to American investors

Paul-Orthez, nine times French basketball champion, has been taken over by the investment fund CounterPointe Sports Group (CSG), club president David Bonnemason-Carrère, the mayor, said on a video on Monday. de Pau François Bayrou and three representatives of CSG. The American company, represented by Tom Huston, Greg Heuss, and Stu Jackson, has pledged to pay…

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Ioannis Kouzeloglou from Aris to Pau

Ioannis Kouzeloglou (204 cm, F) is finished with the Greek A1 season. His team Aris, has one more game to play in the regular season but decided to let the Greek forward go. With immediate effect, Kouzegoglou joins Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez in the French ProA. Pau is 6-15 and is emerged in a relegation battle…

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Jay Threatt tabbed by Pau-Orthez

Jay Threatt (180 cm, G) is on the move to France. There he will join Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez. Pau is 4-13 this season and sits in second to the last place in the ProA standings. Threatt started this season in the Polish EBL. Threatt averaged 12.4 ppg and an amazing 9.5 assists for Stargard. Last…

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C.J. Williams signs with Pau Orthez

C.J. Williams (196 cm, G/F) has signed with Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez. Williams has played in France before. During the 15/16 season, he averaged 11.9 ppg and 2.7 rebounds in 34 ProA games for Dijon. Williams, since that season, has played in the GLeague and the NBA. In 49 NBA games, he scored 248 points. He…

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Manu Lecomte from Germany to France

Manu Lecomte (180 cm, G) has left the Frankfurt Skyliners. He has signed in the ProA France with Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez. Lecomte only played one game for the Skyliners this season. He scored five points. Lecomte played the previous two seasons in the ACB in Spain. Last season he averaged 5.4 ppg and 1 assists…

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Rick Pitino, group seeking to buy Pau Orthez

Rick Pitino, the current Iona University and Greece national team coach, is spearheading an investment group that’s expressed interest in purchasing the French club Pau Orthez. Pitino’s group includes former NBA player Jamal Mashburn and ex-NBA coach and league executive Stu Jackson. In an interview with Gazzetta.gr, Pitino, who returned to the NCAA ranks with…

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Kyan Anderson to Pau-Lacq-Orthez

Kyan Anderson (180 cm, TCU’15) will be reinforcing the backcourt rotation of Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France-Pro A) for the 2017-18 season. The 25-year-old Anderson had a solid 2016-17 season lending his talents to Medi Bayreuth (Germany-BBL). In 36 games Kyan was able to produce averages of 12.0 ppg and 3.6 apg. Anderson spent his rookie…

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French Pro A: Monaco keeps on rolling

AS Monaco Basket maintains its dominant position in the French Pro A league. They are now 25-3 and are taking down some of their stiffest competition along the way. The most recent casualty in Monaco’s string of wins is Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez. The league leader crushed them 73-85. The loss drops Pau-Lacq-Orthez to 19-9 and…

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John Cox signs with Pau-Lacq-Orthez

John Cox (194 cm, USF ’05) agreed to terms with Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France-Pro A). Cox makes the move to the French team after playing this season with the Bucaneros De La Guaira (Venezuela-LPB). The Venezuelan team brought the 35-year-old guard off the bench with averages 10.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 1.9 apg in 14 LPB games. The…

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Danny Agbelese to Pau-Lacq-Orthez

 Danny Agbelese (206 cm, Hampton’12) will be strengthening the roster of Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France-Pro A) this 2017. The team is making improvements for the post-season. They are currently in third place in the French Pro A standings with a 17-6 record. Danny is a 27-year-old Nigerian-American international player who started the 2016-17 season playing…

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