News: Daily Brief News & Rumours

CRO: Cibona hired Dražen Anzulović as their new head coach.

ESP/ISL: Granada's Icelandic guard Jón Stefánsson will be out for about two months due to a right knee injury.

ESP/USA: Caja Laboral Baskonia is on the verge of releasing American power forward Marcus Haislip.

EST: Rock Tartu won the Estonian Cup by beating Tarvas Rakvere 81 to 51.

ISR: Maccabi Haifa sacked coach Elad Hasin.

ITA: Enel Brindisi dismissed coach Giovanni Perdichizzi.

ITA/USA: Enel Brindisi is close to signing American guard Zabian Dowdell.

LTU: Former coach Rimas Girskis died of cancer at 61.

LTU/GRE/SRB: Lietuvos Rytas released Greek-Serbian guard Igor Milošević.

POL/USA: Prokom Gdynia parted ways with American guard J.R. Giddens.

SLO: Olimpija is interested in centre Mirza Begić.

UKR: Oleg Yushkin is the new head coach of Odessa.


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

A1
Georgios Georgakis -> Kavala

BSL
Sylvester Seay -> Ashkelon
Romeo Travis -> Netanya

LKL
Martynas Mažeika -> Neptūnas

LNB
Scott Rodgers -> Regatas Corrientes

NBL
Kevin Braswell -> New Zealand Breakers

Pro A
Haywood Owens -> Gravelines

Úrvalsdeild
Níels Páll Dungal -> ÍR
Hjalti Friðriksson -> ÍR
Gerald Robinson -> Haukar


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

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

1. A SKL
Klemen Prepelič -> Helios Domžale

BBL
Tim Schwartz -> Gießen 46ers

LKL
Eimantas Bendžius -> Lietuvos Rytas
Paulius Dambrauskas -> Lietuvos Rytas
Giedrius Staniulis -> Lietuvos Rytas

NBL
Branislav Brliť -> Opava

PLK
Marcin Dutkiewicz -> Starogard Gdański

Pro A
Jonathan Aka -> Vichy

Úrvalsdeild
Arnar Jónsson -> Keflavík
Hreggviður Magnússon -> KR Reykjavík

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

BRN: Al Muharraq is the new Bahrain Cup champion after beating Al Manama 99-95 in game 3.
(O Al Muharraq é o novo campeão da Taça do Bahrain, depois de vencer o Al Manama por 99-95 no terceiro jogo.)

CRO: Cedevita hired Aleksandar Petrović as their new head coach.
(Aleksandar Petrović é o novo técnico do Cedevita.)

EGY: Al Ittihad proclaimed Egyptian champion after winning the game against Somouha 83 to 68.
(O Al Ittihad proclamou-se campeão egípcio, depois de vencer o jogo frente ao Somouha por 83-68.)

ESP/BRA: Baskonia's Brazilian centre Thiago Splitter was elected ACB best player for the month of April after averaging 20.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, two assists and one steal per game.
(O poste brasileiro do Baskonia, Thiago Splitter, foi eleito o melhor jogador da ACB durante o mês de Abril, ao obter médias de 20,3 pontos, 9,7 ressaltos, duas assistências e um roubo de bola por jogo.)

FRA: Jean-Philippe Besson will be the new coach of Vichy.
(Jean-Philippe Besson será o novo treinador do Vichy.)

ISL: Snæfell became the new Icelandic champion yesterday after trashing Keflavík 105-69 in game 5 of the playoff finals. Snæfell's Hlynur Bæringsson was the best on court with 21 points, 15 rebounds and six assists.
(O Snæfell tornou-se, ontem, campeão islandês, ao esmagar o Keflavík por 105-69 no quinto jogo das finais dos "playoffs". Hlynur Bæringsson, do Snæfell, foi o melhor em campo com 21 pontos, 15 ressaltos e seis assistências.)

VEN/ARG: Guaros Lara dismissed Argentinian coach Guillermo Vecchio.
(O Guaros de Lara dispensou o técnico argentino Guillermo Vecchio.)

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

BBL
TJ Thompson -> Ludwigsburg

NBA
Jason Hart -> New Orleans Hornets
Chris Richard -> Chicago Bulls

PLK
Brandon Brown -> Kotwica Kołobrzeg
Brett Winkelman -> Anwil Włocławek

Superleague (Superliga)
Aaron Pettway -> Dnipro

Úrvalsdeild
Đorđe Pantelić -> Stjarnan

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

1st Division (1ª Divisão)
Rob Summers -> IRT Tanger

BSL
Niv Berkowitz -> Hapoel Holon

FLB
Jeral Davis -> Champville

JBL
Alfred Aboya -> Tochigi Brex

PLK
Chris Johnson -> Turów Zgorzelec

Superleague (Superliga)
Raheim Brown -> Gasco

Úrvalsdeild
Denis Hvalec -> Ísafjörður
Igor Tratnik -> Ísafjörður

News: Stefánsson new Benetton Treviso player (Notícia: Stefánsson novo jogador da Benetton Treviso)

Italian Lega A Benetton Treviso inked Jón Arnor Stefánsson until the end of the season. The 26-year-old guard, who already played in Italy for Napoli and Roma, started his career in KR Reykjavik, having played afterwards in Germany (Trier), Russia (Dynamo St Petersburg) and Spain (Pamesa Valencia).
The Iceland international was recently named MVP of the Icelandic league playoff finals after leading KR Reykjavik to the title averaging 18.5 points, 5.6 assists and 4 rebounds per game.

(A Benetton Treviso da Lega A italiana contratou Arnor Stefánsson até ao fim da temporada. O base de 26 anos, que já tinha jogado em Itália pelo Nápoles e Roma, iniciou a carreira no KR Reiquejavique, tendo posteriormente jogado na Alemanha (Trier), Rússia (Dínamo S. Petersburgo) e Espanha (Pamesa Valência).
O internacional islandês foi recentemente nomeado MVP das finais dos "playoffs" da liga islandesa, depois de liderar o KR Reiquejavique rumo ao título com médias de 18,5 pontos, 5,6 assistências e 4 ressaltos por jogo.)


Source (Fonte): benettonbasket.it