Posts Tagged ‘Sankt Petersburg’
Hodge to St. Petersburg
Walter Hodge (183 cm, Florida’09) parted company with Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (Spain, Liga Endesa) and has signed for Russian VTB League team Zenit Saint Petersburg. The American with Puerto Rican citizenship has been playing in the BSN during the summer for Capitanes de Arecibo and over 47 games he averaged 16.5 points and 2.9 rebounds…
Read MoreVTB United League roundup
The first round of the VTB United League 1/8 finals has been completed and it was a good round to travel as only one club managed to pick up a home win. The teams celebrating taking a 1-0 series lead are Spartak St Petersburg, Krasnie Krilya, Nizhny Novgorod, and Lokomotiv Kuban. Spartak St. Petersburg vs.…
Read MoreJosh Bostic joins Spartak St. Petersburg
Josh Bostic (196 cm, Findlay, Ohio’09) is moving to Spartak St. Petersburg from Russia’s VTB league. He started off the 2013-14 season with ES Chalon-Sur-Saone from France’s ProA. Bostic represented Chalon in four Eurocup games and averaged 5.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg. He also managed to play in six games in the French ProA and…
Read MoreJared Homan joins Spartak St. Petersburg
Russia’s Spartak St. Petersburg (PBL) have landed 30-year-old Bulgarian-American Jared Homan (206 cm, Iowa State’05) as the latest addition to their roster for 2013-14. Spartak’s latest import was a former member of the Bulgarian National Team in 2010. Homan played for German BBL club FC Bayern Muenchen in 2012-13. He logged in 40 games for…
Read MoreDonnie McGrath to Spartak St. Petersburg
Russian team Spartak St. Petersburg has added Irish-American player Donnie McGrath (193 cm, Providence’06) to their roster for the 2013-14 season. McGrath began the 2012-13 season playing in Greece’s A1 for PAOK Thessaloniki, where he notched averages of 13.3 ppg and 3.8 apg in 16 games. Donnie moved on to play for Lithuanian powerhouse B.C.…
Read MoreJurij Zdovc fired by St Petersburg
Jurij Zdovc is no longer the head coach at Spartak Saint Petersburg (Russia, VTB United Leage and PBL) after the club officially announced that it has relieved the Slovenian of his duties. Zdovac took the helm at Spartak in 2011 and signed a three year deal with the St Petersburg club, but after a moderately…
Read MoreJohnson-Odom joins St. Petersburg
Spartak Sankt Petersburg (Russia, PBL) are welcoming 24-year old American point guard Darius Johnson Odom (187 cm, Marquette’12) to their ranks. Johnson Odom is only in his first year as a pro player, but he is already clocking up the air miles while also posting some impressive averages. In 2012, he was drafted by the…
Read MorePatrick Beverley leaves Spartak for the NBA
Patrick Beverley (185 cm, Arkansas’08) will leave his Russian team Spartak Sankt Petersburg and sign with NBA team Houston Rockets until the end of the 2014/2015 season. The head coach of Spartak Sankt Petersburg, Slovenian Jure Zdovc, confirmed this today and said: “Beverly received an offer from the Houston Rockets which he will accept. We…
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