News: Daily transfer market

ACB
Josh Asselin -> Estudiantes
Justin Doellman -> Alicante

BSL
Erez Marckovich -> Ashkelon
Raymar Morgan -> Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Divizia A
Michael Harrison -> CSU Sibiu

Lega A
Gabriele Ganeto -> Armani Jeans Milano
Eric Williams -> Enel Brindisi

PBL
Lonny Baxter -> Enisey Krasnoyarsk

Pro A
Carl Ona Embo -> Poitiers
Kenny Grant -> SLUC Nancy

Superleague
Christian Burns -> Ferro-ZNTU Zaporozhye
Eric Coleman -> Hoverla
Keddric Mays -> Ferro-ZNTU Zaporozhye
Dante Swanson -> Hoverla


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com, forums.interbasket.net, liganacionaldebasquete.com.br, nba.com, sportando.net, talkbasket.net

News: Daily brief news and rumours

BEL/USA: Dexia Mons-Hainaut re-signed American forward for next season.

GRE: Prospect forward Linos Chrysikopoulos is being targeted by Panathinaikos.


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com, forums.interbasket.net, liganacionaldebasquete.com.br, nba.com, sportando.net, talkbasket.net

News: Nesterović in red Olympiacos jersey

Former Slovenia national team centre will end a 12-year career in the NBA and return to Europe. Greek powerhouse Olympiacos reached an agreement with the 34-year-old for next season and will materialise what he had already hinted at last year. A holder of Greek citizenship (under the surname Makris), Nesterović was currently without a contract as he had signed with the Toronto Raptors for just one season. This will be his second time playing in the Greek league, since he wore the jersey of PAOK between 1993 and 1995.
Before heading to the NBA in 1999 (Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, Raptors and Indiana Pacers later on), Nesterović also played for Olimpija in his home country and Virtus Bologna (Italy) with which he won a Euroleague title in 1998. Last season he had averaged of 3.9 points and 2.1 rebounds over 42 games.

UPDATE: Nesterović signed for two seasons.


Source: redplanet.gr

News: Daily transfer market

1st Division
Vonteego Cummings -> Keravnos

A1
Jamine Peterson -> Kolossos Rhodes

ACB
James Augustine -> Valencia
Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca -> Bilbao
Judson Wallace -> Gran Canaria

BBL
Michael Jordan -> MBC

BLB
Marcus Faison -> Oostende
Shan Foster -> Dexia Mons-Hainaut

BSL
Gal Mekel -> Gilboa Galil
Yuval Naimi -> Hapoel Jerusalem

KBL
Gavin Edwards -> Anyang KT&G Kites

LBL
Patrick Sanders -> VEF

Lega A
Brian Sacchetti -> Dinamo Sassari

LKL
Arnas Butkevičius -> Sakalai

LNB
Chris Jeffries -> Estudiantes Bahía Blanca

NBA
Joey Graham -> Cleveland Cavaliers

PBL
Jermaine Anderson -> Triumph Lyubertsy

PLK
Paul Miller -> Anwil Włocławek
Ivan Žigeranović -> Turów Zgorzelec

Pro A
Alex Gordon -> Chorale Roanne


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com, forums.interbasket.net, liganacionaldebasquete.com.br, nba.com, sportando.net, talkbasket.net

News: Daily brief news and rumours

BRA: Bauru re-signed centre Douglas Nunes for next season.

ESP/USA: Joventut could sign American guard Russell Robinson soon.

GER: Telekom Baskets Bonn re-signed forward Alex King for one more year.

GRE: Olympiacos proposed a cut of 25% in the salary of players signed until last season.

GRE/USA: American guard Jamon Lucas is being targeted by Olympiakos.

ISR/CRO: Maccabi Tel Aviv is negociating a transfer with Croatian centre Nikola Vujčić.

ITA/AUS: Virtus Roma is interested in Australian guard Patrick Mills.

POL/USA: Anwil Włocławek extended American guard Dru Joyce's for one more season.

USA: The Oklahoma City Thunder released guard Kyle Weaver.


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com, forums.interbasket.net, nba.com, sportando.net, talkbasket.net

Videos: Pan American Games, McDonald's Open

Pan American Games
1995 preliminary round:
Argentina vs USA

McDonald's Open
1988 semi-finals:
Real Madrid vs Pesaro *


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News: Messina could have quit Real Madrid

Following a season in which he failed to bring any trophy to Real Madrid, Ettore Messina could have resigned as coach of the team. If officially confirmed, this would be the second time the 50-year-old Italian offered to quit, although now in a definite manner. There is already the name of Evgeniy Pashutin, who recently left CSKA Moscow, on the table to guide the Spanish team, which is already missing newly departured basketball operations director Antonio Maceiras.
Messina was hired mid last year to replace Joan Plaza and is one of the winningest ever coaches in Europe, having guided Virtus Bologna and CSKA to two Euroleague titles each, besides conquering various domestic championships and cups.

UPDATE: Citing several sources, tubasket.com assures Messina will keep coaching Real Madrid.


Source: blogdebasket.com

News: Daily transfer market

A1
Giannis Kalambokis -> Ikaros Esperos

ACB
Mario Fernández -> Granada
Taurean Green -> Gran Canaria
Rafa Huertas -> Menorca
Nacho Martín -> Valladolid
Maximiliano Stanic -> Valladolid

BLB
Chris Copeland -> Aalstar
Len Matela -> Liège

Divizia A
LeRoy Dawson -> Politehnica Iaşi

Lega A
Daniel Hackett -> Pesaro
Malik Hairston -> Siena
David Hawkins -> Milano
Bobby Jones -> Montegranaro
Giuseppe Poeta -> Virtus Bologna

LKL
Edvinas Jezukevičius -> Sakalai
Žydrūnas Stankus -> Sakalai

NBA
Eddie House -> Miami Heat
Kevin Seraphin -> Washington Wizards
Von Wafer -> Boston Celtics

NBB
Mark Borders -> Araraquara
Daniel Filé -> Araraquara
Daniel Gaúcho -> Araraquara
Fernando Mineiro -> Araraquara
Guilherme Schneider -> Joinville
Renato Scholz -> Joinville
Jefferson Sobral -> Araraquara

NBL
Tre Simmons -> ČEZ Nymburk

PBL
Pavel Sergeev -> Enisey Krasnoyarsk
Artem Yakovenko -> Nizhny Novgorod

PLK
Jerel Blassingame -> Czarni Słupsk
Piotr Dąbrowski -> Basket Poznań
Deonta Vaughn -> Polpharma Starogard Gdański

Superleague
Lance Allred -> Khimik
Toni Bizaca -> Khimik
Rostislav Kryvych -> Azovmash Mariupol
Saša Vasiljević -> Donetsk

TBL
Vladimir Golubović -> Banvit


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com, forums.interbasket.net, liganacionaldebasquete.com.br, nba.com, sportando.net, talkbasket.net

News: Daily brief news and rumours

ESP/SRB: Serbian guard Uroš Tripković is close to Unicaja Málaga.

GER/SVK: Brose Baskets Bamberg re-signed Slovakian guard Anton Gavel for two seasons.

GRE: Vasilis Fragias is the new coach of Ilisiakos.

POR: Illiabum re-signed guard Guard Daniel Félix and forward Vasco Estêvão for next season.

RUS/USA: Russian-American guard J.R. Holden ruled out joining the Russian national team for the upcoming World Championship.

TUR/USA: American forward Tyler Smith will remain with Bornova two more years.

USA: Stan Van Gundy will keep at the helm of the Orlando Magic for three more seasons.

USA: The Washington Wizards re-signed forward Josh Howard for one year.

USA: Guard Kenny Hasbrouck will keep playing for the Miami Heat.

USA: Centre Jason Collins will remain with the Atlanta Hawks.

USA: Formr NBA power forward/centre Lorenzen Wright was found dead in a wooded area outside Memphis with a gunshot wound.


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com, forums.interbasket.net, nba.com, sportando.net, talkbasket.net

Videos: McDonald's Open

McDonald's Open
Semi-finals 1988:
Boston Celtics vs Yugoslavia *


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News: Bjelica will play for Caja Laboral Baskonia

There were Olympiacos, Benetton Treviso and even the team that drafted him in the NBA, the Minnesota Timberwolves, but Nemanja Bjelica decided to go elsewhere. Spanish champions Caja Laboral Baskonia will land the Serbia national team power forward for the next four seasons and the contract will have an NBA clause through which the promising youngster can leave after the 2011-2012 season. The deal is worth 7 million Euros and Baskonia could have paid 1 million Euros for the player.
After playing in Austria for Lions Traiskirchen, the 22-year-old moved to Crvena Zvezda for which he played the last three years. In the Eurocup last season he averaged 8.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal over 12 games.

UPDATE: Bjelica signed for five seasons.


Source: b92.net

News: Daily transfer market

A1 Liga
Karlo Vragović -> Cibona

BSL
Denis Clemente -> Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Lega A
Kevin Fletcher -> Teramo
Luca Garri -> Caserta
Gran Jurak -> Biella
Marc Salyers -> Biella

LKL
Petras Baločka -> Lietuvos Rytas

LNB
Anthony Glover -> Monte Hermoso
Jaycen Harring -> Monte Hermoso

NBA
David Andersen -> Toronto Raptors

NBL
Yemi Gadri-Nicholson -> Prostějov

PBL
Jermareo Davidson -> Krasnye Krylya Samara
Viktor Keyru -> Dynamo Moscow
Alexey Nesterov -> Triumph Lyubertsy

PLK
Marko Brkić -> Turów Zgorzelec
Brian Gilmore -> Polpharma Starogard Gdański
Łukasz Wiśniewski -> Basket Poznań

TBL
Lukša Andrić -> Galatasaray
Aubrey Coleman -> Aliağa Petkim
Jerome Randle -> Aliağa Petkim
Preston Shumpert -> Galatasaray
Lawrence Roberts -> Efes Pilsen


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com, forums.interbasket.net, nba.com, sportando.net, talkbasket.net