News: Daily Brief News & Rumours

BRA/ARG: Argentinian Gonzalo García is the new head coach of Flamengo.

GRE/MKD: Panathinaikos is interested in Macedonian guard Vlado Ilievski.

ISR: Hapoel Holon could be close to signing forward Yotam Shiran.

ITA/USA: Milano hired Dan Peterson as their new head coach.

UKR: MBC Mykolaiv released forward Igor Loktionov.


Source: acb.com, eurobasket.com, thehoop.blogspot.com, twitter.com/thehoopsmarket, forums.interbasket.net, liganacionaldebasquete.com.br, nba.com, portalangop.co.ao, proexposure.com/itranswire, sportando.net, talkbasket.net

News: Daily Transfer Market

Basketligan
Andrew Mitchell -> Norrköping Dolphins

NBB
Tony Stockman -> Assis

KLS
Goran Ćakić -> Mega Vizura

Prva Liga
Marjan Mladenović -> Ultimate Basket Prilep
Carlos Morban -> Lirija
Kiril Pavlovski -> Lirija

Superleague
Hamed Hosseinzadeh -> Gorgan


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

News: Daily Transfer Market

A1
Miloš Vujanić -> Panionios (end of season)

BLB
Maxime De Zeeuw -> Gent (end of season on loan from Spirou Basket Charleroi)

CBA
Zhang Zhaoxu -> Shanghai

FLB
Jameel Watkins -> Sagesse

NBB
Pedro Calderón -> Assis

Prva Liga
Jerry Cheves -> Lirija
Richard Jeter -> Lirija

Superleague
Rotislav Kryvych -> Odessa (1 year + 1)


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

News: Daily brief news and rumours

GRE: Guard Nikos Pappas will keep playing for Kolossos Rhodes next season on loan from Bilbao.

ITA/GER: Benetton Treviso is interested in German power forward/centre Jan-Hendrik Jagla.

ITA/MKD/USA: Virtus Roma re-signed Macedonian-American guard Darius Washington for next season.

LAT: Liepāja hired Agris Galvanovskis as their new head coach.

USA: Guard Shannon Brown will continue with the Los Angeles Lakers for the next two years.


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/LTU: Lithuanian forward Mindaugas Katelynas will continue with Alicante for next season.

ESP/GRE: Greek centre Lazaros Papadopoulos could move to Unicaja Málaga.

GER/SRB: MBC re-signed Serbian guard Radenko Pilčević for one season.

GRE/MKD: PAOK parted ways with Macedonian centre Todor Gečevski.

ITA/LTU: Cantù re-signed Lithuanian power forward Arminas Urbutis for one more year.

LTU: Forward Mindaugas Katelynas will not be part of the Lithuania national team for the upcoming World Championship due to injury.

UKR/ESP: Budivelnyk hired Spaniard José María Berrocal as their new head coach.

UKR/SRB: Serbian Saša Obradović is the new coach of Donetsk.

USA: The Detroit Pistons re-signed guard Will Bynum for the next three seasons.

USA: Forward Rasual Butler will keep playing for the Los Angeles Clippers.


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

News: Daily rumours and short lines (Notícia: Rumores e breves do dia)

BEL/ISR: Dexia Mons-Hainaut re-signed Israeli coach Arik Shivek for two seasons.
(O Dexia Mons-Hainaut renovou contrato com o técnico israelita Arik Shivek por duas épocas.)

ESP: Fuenlabrada re-signed forward Javier Vega for two seasons.
(O Fuenlabrada renovou com o extremo Javier Vega por duas temporadas.)

ESP/CZE: Unicaja Málaga parted ways with Czech forward Jiří Welsch.
(O Unicaja Málaga dispensou o extremo checo Jiří Welsch.)

GER: Ludwigsburg hired Markus Jochum as their new head coach.
(O Ludwigsburg contratou Markus Jochum como novo treinador.)

GER: Former Germany national team centre Stephen Arigbabu retired at the age of 38.
(O antigo poste da selecção alemã, Stephen Arigbabu, abandonou a competição aos 38 anos.)

GRE/SRB: Serbian Željko Obradović will coach Panathinaikos for two years more.
(O sérvio Željko Obradović vai orientar o Panathinaikos por mais dois anos.)

MKD/SRB: Kavadarci extended Serbian centre Dušan Knežević's contract for one season.
(O Kavadarci prolongou o contrato do poste sérvio Dušan Knežević's por uma época.)

RUS/LTU: Lithuanian forward Saulius Štombergas left UNICS Kazan.
(O extremo lituano Saulius Štombergas abandonou o UNICS Kazan.)

TUR: Faruk Akagün is the new coach of Türk Telekom Ankara.
(Faruk Akagün é o novo treinador da Türk Telekom Ancara.)

USA: Avery Johnson will be the next head coach of the New Jersey Nets.
(Avery Johnson será o próximo treinador dos New Jersey Nets.)

VEN: Cocodrilos Caracas crowned Venezuelan champions after beating Marinos Anzoátegui 111-102 in overtime in game 6 of the playoff finals.
(O Cocodrilos de Caracas sagrou-se campeão venezuelano com uma vitória por 111-102, após prolongamento, sobre o Marinos de Anzoátegui no sexto jogo das finais dos "playoffs".)

News: Daily rumours and short lines (Notícia: Rumores e breves do dia)

ESP/LAT: Latvian guard Kristaps Valters is set to leave Joventut.
(O base letão Kristaps Valters vai abandonar o Joventut.)

GBR: David Titmuss stepped down as coach of the Worthing Thunder.
(David Titmuss abandonou o comando técnico dos Worthing Thunder.)

GER/USA: Bonn parted ways with American centre John Bowler.
(O Bona dispensou o poste norte-americano John Bowler.)

MKD: Kavadarci is the new Macedonian champion after beating Vardar Osiguruvanje 86-72 in game 6 of the playoff finals.
(O Kavadarci sagrou-se novo campeão macedónio, ao bater o Vardar Osiguruvanje por 86-72 no sexto jogo das finais dos "playoffs".)

ROM: Ploieşti won its seventh league title with a win by 72-67 over Univ Cluj-Napoca in game 4 of the playoff finals.
(O Ploieşti conquistou o seu sétimo campeonato com uma vitória por 72-67 sobre o Univ Cluj-Napoca no quarto jogo das finais dos "playoffs".)

SYR: Al Jeish won the Syrian title with a win over Al Jalaa by 88-92 in game 3 of the playoff finals.
(O Al Jeish arrecadou o título sírio com uma vitória sobre o Al Jalaa por 88-92 no terceiro jogo das finais dos "playoffs".)

UKR: Hoverla released guard Rostislav Kryvych.
(O Hoverla dispensou o base Rostislav Kryvych.)

News: Daily rumours and short lines (Notícia: Rumores e breves do dia)

GER/USA: Frankfurt Skyliners parted ways with American guard Drew Gibson.
(O Frankfurt Skyliners rescindiu contrato com o base norte-americano Drew Gibson.)

LIB: Champville is trying to convince Fadi El Khatib to stay with the club for the next four years. The forward had commited to Syria's Al Jalaa for that same period of time.
(O Champville está a tentar convencer Fadi El Khatib a permanecer no clube por mais quatro anos. O extremo tinha acordado transferir-se para o Al Jalaa, da Síria, pelo mesmo período de tempo.)

MKD: Kavadarci won the FYR of Macedonia Cup after beating Torus 81-67 in the final.
(O Kavadarci venceu a Taça da ARJ da Macedónia ao bater na final o Torus por 81-67.)

SRB: Coach Svetislav Pešić revealed in an interview that he might come back to the helm of a team next season.
(O treinador Svetislav Pešić revelou numa entrevista que poderá voltar a orientar uma equipa na próxima época.)

USA: Centre Eddy Curry is out for the remainder of the season with a right calf injury.
(O poste Eddy Curry vai estar fora de competição até ao fim da época, na sequência de uma lesão na coxa direita.)

News: Signings of the day (Notícia: Contratações do dia)

A1
Stefon Jackson -> Olympia Larissa

BBL
Marcus Hall -> Ludwigsburg

LPB
Anthony Brown -> Barreirense

NBA
Mario West -> Atlanta Hawks

NBB
Paulinho Boracini -> Paulistano

Pro A
Marcellus Sommerville -> Cholet

Prva Liga
Nick Stallings -> Kavadarci

SBL
Alexus Foyle -> Taiwan Mobile Leopards

Superleague (Superliga)
Artem Butskyi -> MBC Mykolaiv

News: Daily rumours and short lines (Notícia: Rumores e breves do dia)

BRA: Carlos Alberto Rodrigues is the new coach of Assis.
(Carlos Alberto Rodrigues é o novo técnico do Assis.)

ESP/DOM: Valladolid will not count on Spanish-Dominican power forward Eulis Báez for three to four weeks due to a right knee injury.
(O Valladolid não poderá contar com o extremo-poste dominicano-espanhol Eulis Báez durante três a quatro semanas, na sequência de uma lesão no joelho direito.)

MKD/UKR: Gryfony Simferopol from Ukraine and Macedonian guard Jane Petrovski parted ways.
(O Gryfony Simferopol, da Ucrânia, e o base macedónio Jane Petrovski acordaram a rescisão do contrato.)

ITA/USA: Italian side Montegranaro released American guard Robert Hite.
(Os italianos do Montegranaro dispensaram o base norte-americano Robert Hite.)

SRB: Serbian Power forward Ognjen Aškrabić could be heading to Crvena Zvezda.
(O extremo-poste sérvio Ognjen Aškrabić poderá rumar ao Crvena Zvezda.)

SRB/CYP: Apollon from Cyprus hired Dragan Raca as their new head coach.
(O Apollon, do Chipre, contratou o treinador Dragan Raca.)

News: Daily rumours and short lines (Notícia: Rumores e breves do dia)

ESP/MKD: Bilbao could sign Pero Antić (FYR of Macedonia) to replace released Jérôme Moïso.
(O Bilbao poderá contratar Pero Antić (ARJ da Macedónia) para substituir o dispensado Jérôme Moïso.)

GRE/USA: According to their coach, Greek side Kavala will release forward Demetrius Alexander and guard Richard Shields.
(Os gregos do Kavala, segundo o treinador, vão dispensar o extremo Demetrius Alexander e o base Richard Shields.)

IRI: Petrochimi's new coach could be Safa Ali Kamalian, as negociations are already in progress.
(O novo técnico do Petrochimi poderá ser Safa Ali Kamalian, havendo já negociações entre as duas partes.)

News: Signings of the day (Notícia: Contratações do dia)

BLB
Thomas Gardner -> Antwerp Giants

BSL
Chris Watson -> Ironi Ramat Gan

LNBP
Christopher Moore -> Ángeles Puebla

Pro A
Terrell Everett -> Chalon

Prva Liga
Darko Sokolov -> Kavadarci

Superleague (Superliga)
Justin Love -> MBC Mykolaiv
Slavko Stefanović -> Odessa

News: Daily rumours and short lines (Notícia: Rumores e breves do dia)

ESP: Unicaja Málaga's Saúl Blanco will be sidelined for approximately one month. The guard injured his right leg in a training session yesterday.
(Saúl Blanco, do Unicaja Málaga, vai estar fora de competição durante cerca de um mês. O base lesionou-se na perna direita durante um treino realizado ontem.)

SLO: A member of Helios Domžale since 2007, centre Matej Krušič saw his contract terminated. In the Adriatic League this season, he averaged 2.9 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
(O poste Matej Krušič, jogador do Helios Domžale desde 2007, foi dispensado pelo clube. Na Liga do Adriático, esta temporada, obteve médias de 2,9 pontos e 2,2 ressaltos por jogo.)

TUR/MKD: Macedonian Zare Markovski could become the new coach of Fenerbahçe, as the club will dismiss Bogdan Tanjević. Markovski already coached a Turkish team, Darüşşafaka, during the 1998-1999 season.
(O macedónio Zare Markovski poderá ser o novo treinador do Fenerbahçe, já que o clube irá dispensar o técnico Bogdan Tanjević. Markovski já orientou uma equipa turca, o Darüşşafaka, na época 1998-1999.)

USA: A trade between the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks is being negociated, with the possibility of Tyrus Thomas and Jerome James going to the Knicks and the Bulls acquiring Al Harrington.
(Está a ser negociada uma troca entre os Chicago Bulls e os New York Knicks, com a possibilidade de Tyrus Thomas e Jerome James passarem a integrar os Knicks e os Bulls adquirirem Al Harrington.)

USA: Los Angeles Clippers centre Kris Kaman declared he's not against being traded to another team, although he's not pushing the situation. There are rumours that put him in the Detroit Pistons.
(O poste dos Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Kaman, declarou estar disposto a ser alvo de troca para outra equipa, embora não esteja a fazer pressão para que tal aconteça. Existem rumores acerca de uma transferência para os Detroit Pistons.)

USA: Matt Harpring, an NBA veteran currently playing for the Utah Jazz, will miss the rest of the season. The forward is suffering the effects of multiple injuries throughout his career and may end his career, as he is no longer able to play at NBA level, doctors say.
(Matt Harpring, veterano da NBA, actualmente ao serviço dos Utah Jazz, irá falhar o resto da temporada. O extremo está a sofrer os efeitos de várias lesões ao longo da carreira e poderá pôr um ponto final na mesma, uma vez que, segundo os médicos, já não tem capacidade para jogar num nível como o da NBA.)

News: Daily rumours and short lines (Notícia: Rumores e breves do dia)

• ISR: Yirmi Olmert, former president of the Israeli league (BSL) was arrested for attacking a journalist at a game in Ganei Tikvah. The reasons for the assault are still not known.
  (Yirmi Olmert, antigo presidente da liga Israelita (BSL), foi detido por atacar um jornalista durante um jogo em Ganei Tikvah. Desconhecem-se ainda as razões do sucedido.)
  

• LTU/GRE: Šarūnas Jasikevičius is expected to return top action tomorrow as Panathinaikos faces Milano in Euroleague's round 6. The Lithuanian was still recovering from a surgery performed some months ago.
  (Šarūnas Jasikevičius deverá regressar ao activo amanhã, quando o Panathinaikos defrontar o Milão, na sexta jornada da Euroliga. O lituano encontrava-se ainda a recuperar de uma cirurgia realizada há alguns meses.)
  

• SLO/MKD/BEL: After being released by Orléans, Slovenian forward Marko Milič could sign with Oostende from Belgium, which is coached by countryman Memi Bečirovič. The team is also reportedly interested in signing Todor Gečevski.
  (Depois de ter sido dispensado pelo Orléans, o extremo esloveno Marko Milič poderá rumar à Bélgica e assinar pelo Oostende, cujo técnico é o compatriota Memi Bečirovič. A equipa estará também interessada em contratar Todor Gečevski.)
  

• USA: General manager Kiki Vandeweghe is the new New Jersey Nets coach, following the dismissal of Lawrence Frank.
  (O director geral Kiki Vandeweghe é o novo treinador dos New Jersey Nets, na sequência do despedimento de Lawrence Frank.)
  

• USA/ITA: Benetton Treviso parted ways with American guard Cartier Martin, who is already flying back to the USA.
  (A Benetton de Treviso rescindiu com o base norte-americano Cartier Martin, que já se encontra de volta aos Estados Unidos).

News: Eurobasket squads (Notícia: Selecções do Eurobasket)

BULGARIA (BULGÁRIA)
Earl Rowland
Bozhidar Avramov
Todor Stoykov
Filip Videnov
Chavdar Kostov
Dimitar Angelov
Kaloyan Ivanov
Stanislav Slaveykov
Vassil Evtimov
Deyan Ivanov
Stefan Georgiev
Boyko Mladenov

CROATIA (CROÁCIA)
Roko Leni Ukić
Zoran Planinić
Marko Popović
Davor Kus
Marin Rozić
Mario Stojić
Marko Banić
Sandro Nicević
Krešimir Lončar
Nikola Vujčić
Mario Kasun
Nikola Prkačin

FRANCE (FRANÇA)
Antoine Diot
Nicolas Batum
Aymeric Jeanneau
Alain Koffi
Ian Mahinmi
Tony Parker
Yannick Bokolo
Florent Piétrus
Nando de Colo
Boris Diaw
Ronny Turiaf
Ali Traoré

FYR OF MACEDONIA (ARJ DA MACEDÓNIA)
Vrbica Stefanov
Dimitar Markovski
Riste Stefanov
Pero Blaževski
Todor Gečevski
Pero Antić
Aleksandar Dimitrovski
Jeremiah Massey
Predrag Samardžiski
Vojdan Stojanovski
Damjan Stojanovski
Dime Tasovski

GERMANY (ALEMANHA)
Lucca Staiger
Heiko Schaffartzik
Sven Schultze
Konrad Wysocki
Steffen Hamann
Demond Greene
Patrick Femerling
Tim Ohlbrecht
Jan-Hendrik Jagla
Tibor Pleiß
Elias Harris
Robin Benzing

GREAT BRITAIN (GRÃ-BRETANHA)
Kieron Achara
Rob Archibald
Andy Betts C
Flinder Boyd
Dan Clark
Joel Freeland
Nick George
Jarrett Hart
Mike Lenzly
Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Nate Reinking
Andrew Sullivan

GREECE (GRÉCIA)
Giannis Kalambokis
Giannis Bourousis
Nikos Zisis
Vasileios Spanoulis
Kostas Kaimakoglou
Antonis Fotsis
Giorgos Printezis
Andreas Glyniadakis
Nick Calathes
Kostas Koufos
Stratos Perperoglou
Sofoklis Schortsanitis

ISRAEL
Moran Rot
Moshe Mizrachi
Gal Mekel
Yuval Naimi
Guy Pnini
Yotam Halperin
Tal Burstein
Lior Eliyahu
Raviv Limonad
Ido Kozikaro
Yaniv Green
Amit Tamir

LATVIA (LETÓNIA)
Uvis Helmanis
Aigars Vītols
Armands Šķēle
Jānis Blūms
Kristaps Valters
Kristaps Janičenoks
Andris Biedriņš
Ernests Kalve
Rolands Freimanis
Artūrs Štālbergs
Gatis Jahovičs
Kaspars Kambala

LITHUANIA (LITUÂNIA)
Andrius Mažutis
Mantas Kalnietis
Jonas Mačiulis
Darjuš Lavrinovič
Mindaugas Lukauskis
Tomas Delininkaitis
Simas Jasaitis
Linas Kleiza
Kšyštof Lavrinovič
Artūras Jomantas
Marijonas Petravičius
Robertas Javtokas

POLAND (POLÓNIA)
Maciej Lampe
Krzysztof Roszyk
Michał Chyliński
Krzysztof Szubarga
Iwo Kitzinger
Szymon Szewczyk
Adam Wójcik
Michał Ignerski
David Logan
Marcin Gortat
Robert Witka
Łukasz Koszarek

RUSSIA (RÚSSIA)
Sergey Bykov
Egor Vyaltsev
Alexey Zozulin
Anton Ponkrashov
Vitaly Fridzon
Andrey Vorontsevich
Nikita Kurbanov
Fedor Dmitriev
Kelly McCarthy
Sergey Monya
Timofey Mozgov
Dmitry Sokolov

SERBIA (SÉRVIA)
Milenko Tepić
Uroš Tripković
Miloš Teodosić
Stefan Marković
Nemanja Bjelica
Ivan Paunić
Milan Mačvan
Miroslav Raduljica
Novica Veličković
Kosta Perović
Bojan Popović
Nenad Krstić

SLOVENIA (ESLOVÉNIA)
Samo Udrih
Domen Lorbek
Erazem Lorbek
Jaka Lakovič
Goran Dragič
Boštjan Nachbar
Jurica Golemac
Uroš Slokar
Primož Brezec
Matjaž Smodiš
Jaka Klobučar
Goran Jagodnik

SPAIN (ESPANHA)
Pau Gasol
Rudy Fernández
Ricky Rubio
Juan Carlos Navarro
Víctor Claver
Felipe Reyes
Carlos Cabezas
Raül López
Sergio Llull
Marc Gasol
Alex Mumbrú
Jorge Garbajosa

TURKEY (TURQUIA)
Bekir Yarangüme
Sinan Güler
Engin Atsür
Ömer Onan
Ersan İlyasova
Barış Hersek
Kerem Tunçeri
Oğuz Savaş
Semih Erden
Ender Arslan
Ömer Faruk Aşık
Hidayet Türkoğlu


Source (Fonte): forums.interbasket.net

News: Macedonian preliminary squad (Notícia: Selecção preliminar da Macedónia)

Serbian Jovica Arsić names the 16 Macedonian players which chances to make the final group for Eurobasket 2009. Veteran Vrbica Stefanov, who already retired from club basketball, was called and will play his last international tournament.
FYR of Macedonia is in group A of the tournament with Croatia, Israel and Greece.

(O sérvio Jovica Arsić elegeu os 16 jogadores macedónios com possibilidades de fazer parte do grupo final que disputará o Eurobasket 2009. O veterano Vrbica Stefanov, que já se retirou no basquetebol a nível de clubes, foi também convocado e jogará o seu último torneio internacional.
A ARJ da Macedónia está enquadrada no grupo A do torneio com a Croácia, Israel e Grécia.)

Vrbica Stefanov
Vlado Ilievski
Jane Petrovski
Dimitar Mirakovski
Riste Stefanov
Aleksandar Dimitrovski
Darko Sokolov
Vojdan Stojanovski
Damjan Stojanovski
Dime Tasovski
Pero Blazevski
Pero Antić
Jeremiah Massey
Todor Gečevski
Predrag Samardžiski
Bojan Trajkovski


Source (Fonte): basketball.org.mk