Pistoia win Italian LegaDue

Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia has been crowned the champions of LegaDue in Italy after overcoming Centrale del Latte Brescia in the deciding game of the finals series. Pistoia emerged victorious by a comfortable margin, securing the league title with a 60:47 win in front of the club’s home fans. Indeed the margin of victory went…

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Magounis pens with Barcellona

Spyros Magounis (200 cm) has joined up with Sigma Barcellona (Italy, LegaDue) to help the team with its play-off run. The 27-year old has been playing the last two seasons with Panelefsiniakos in his native Greece. Last season he was promoted to the Greek A1 with the team and during 22 games with the club…

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Diego Fajardo joins Pistoia

Diego Fajardo (208 cm) is returning to his native Italy to play with Lega2 team Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia for the remainder of the season. The 37-year old center has been on the roster at Hamyari Shahrdari Zanjan (Iran, Superleague) but only managed to play one game with averages of 13 points, 18 rebounds, and…

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Shawn Huff joins Capo d’Orlando

Shawn Huff (198 cm, Valparaiso’07) will join up with UPEA Capo d’Orlando in Italy’s Lega Due from fellow Italian outfit Vanoli Cremona (Serie A). The player has agreed terms with Capo d’Orlando after previously turning down the first offer from the club. This season Shawn Huff has been with Vanoli Cremona since the start of…

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Dwight Hardy moves to Barcellona

American point guard Dwight Hardy (188 cm, St. Johns’11) has signed with Italian team Sigma Barcellona (Italy, Lega 2) until the end of the 2012-2013 season. Hardy has been playing in Italy since turning pro in 2011 and last season he played in Lega 2 with Tuscany Pistoia. With Pistoia the 26-year old played 41…

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Melvin Sanders to leave Barcellona

Sigma Barcellona (Italy, Lega 2) has reached an agreement with American Swingman Melvin Sanders (196 cm, Oklahoma State’03) that will see the player leave the team. Sanders joined Sigma Barcellona at the start of the 2012-2013 season and has played 17 games with the team while averaging 8.4ppg, 5.7rpg and 1.3apg. 32-year old Sanders is…

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Dimitri Lauwers signs with Verona

Tezenis Verona (Italy, Lega2) has announced the signing of Belgian guard Dimitri Lauwers (187 cm) for the remainder of the campaign. Lauwers has yet to play this season as he has been between clubs but he will now hit the court with a Verona team that is currently 9th in the Lega 2 standings with…

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Troy Bell leaves Sigma Barcellona

American point guard Troy Bell (186 cm, Boston’03) has been released by Sigma Barcellona (Italy, Lega 2) despite an impressive season so far. The 33-year old has played 15 times with Sigma since joining the team at the start of the campaign, and over those games he has averaged 15.6ppg, 5.2rpg, and 2.3apg. Known as…

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Jobey Thomas signs with Barcellona

American guard Jobey Thomas (194 cm, Charlotte’02) is making his way back to Italy to join the roster of Sigma Barcellona (Italy, Lega 2). 32-year old Thomas has recently parted ways with Acegas Aps Trieste (Italy, Lega 2) due to the financial difficulties impacting the club forced him to move on. He will now join…

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Brandon Brown and Trieste part ways

Brandon Brown (202 cm, Tulane’03) and Italian Legadue team Acegas Aps Trieste have parted ways. Brown played 12 games this season for the Italian team and averaged 10.8 ppg. Last season Brandon Brown played in the Italian Serie A for Banca Tercas with whom he averaged 10.1 ppg and 5.8 rpg. With the exception for…

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