All around the orange ball
David Blatt is making changes in his new team. Aris Thessaloniki has signed Americanforward Rob Kurz, currently playing in D-League franchise Fort Wayne Mad Ants, and they will release Serbian forward Dragan Labovic. Kurz played last year in Golden State Warriors, in the NBA
SOURCE: Sport 24
Efes Pilsen ruled out the arrival of former Real Madrid player. His physical condition is not optimal, according to the club trainers. The new target of the Turkish team is American forward James Gist, currently playing for Lokomotiv Kuban in the Russian Super League
SOURCE: Gazete Vatan
D-League Reno Bighorns have adquired former first-rounder 2005 NBA draft pick Yaroslav Korolev in exchange for Marcus Hubbard, coming from Alburquerque Thunderbirds. Russian forward Korolev, who played two seasons for Los Angeles Clippers, is averaging 11.3 points and 5.8 boards. Forward Marcus Hubbard averaged in Bighorns 9.9 points and 6.4 rebounds
SOURCE: The Reno Gazette-Journal
Taquan Dean and Unicaja are negociating the buy out of the contract both parts signed until the end of the season. Unicaja is reported to pay more than 200.000 euros to release Dean, who will become a free agent. Armani Jeans Milano and Aris Thessaloniki are interested in the American guard.
SOURCE: Diario Sur
36-years-old Italian center Andrea Camata is being tested by LegaDue team Umana Reyer to improve the technical level of training and, at the same time, to evaluate a possible addition to the roster. Camata is at the end of a great basketball career, and had played for several Lega teams and even in Spanish ACB
SOURCE: Vesport
New movement in Lietuvos Rytas. After bringing back Jonas Valanciunas from Perlas, now Lukas Bradzauskis is going the opposite way, and will be loaned to secondary Vilnius team by Rytas. After the arrival of Kenan Bajramovic, there was no place for the young forward in the Lietuvos Rytas roster.
SOURCE: Lithuania Basketball
Former Celtics guard Gabe Pruitt is back to the D-League just a couple of days after being waived by Los Angeles D-fenders. Pruitt has signed with the team he played last year as an asignee by the Celtics, the Utah Flash. The rookie alumni of UCLA, Joe Darger, is also a new signing for Flash. Lee Cummard and injured Jason Richards leave the team to make room for the two new additions
SOURCE: Salt City Hoops
Cleveland Cavaliers have made a run at David West, the All-Star power forward of New Orleans Hornets, and are willing to offer Zydrunas Ilgauskas in exchange for West. The plan would be that Hornets buy Ilgauskas contract out, to let Cleveland sign again the Lithuanian center 30 days after. That would make New Orleans avoid to pay the luxury tax
SOURCE: The Mourning Journal
Current Euroleague champion Panathinaikos wants to replace Kostas Tsartsaris for the Top 16 which is about to start next week. Names like Bostjan Nachbar, Miroslav Raduljica and Kostas Kaimakoglou are on the mix, but the favourite player is Andre Hutson, from Lottomatica Roma.
SOURCE: Gazzeta
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