All around the orange ball
Jerome Jordan hasn't received an offer from the New York Knicks, the franchise that holds his NBA rights, and will finally start his professional career in Serbia. Hemofarm will be the next team for the 23-year-old Jamaican center, who averaged 15.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game during his senior year with the University of Tulsa.
SOURCE: Novosti
Kwame Brown will continue his career in the Charlotte Bobcats. The NBA franchise has signed the 28-year-old center to a one-year contract. Brown, a former No.1 overall draft pick, was a free agent after two years in the Detroit Pistons, averaging 3.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game last season.
SOURCE: ESPN
DeMarcus Nelson will continue his career in France. The current champion of the LNB ProA league, Cholet Basket, has announced the signing of the 25-year-old American guard to a one-year contract. Nelson, a former player of the Golden State Warriors, played last season in Italy for Air Avellino, averaging 8.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in the Lega A.
SOURCE: Cholet Basket
J.K. Edwards, who was recently on the radar of Aris Thessaloniki, will finally play next season in Ukraine, according to the French media. The 26-year-old American forward, who has played during his entire career as professional in France, has accepted an offer from BC Donetsk. In the last LNB, Edwards averaged 14.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per game for Gravelines Dunkerque, his team since 2008.
SOURCE: La Voix des Sports
Jeremy Pargo has emerged as a more economic option than Sarunas Jasikevicius to replace Mikhail Torrance, currently recovering from a collapse during a practice, in the roster of Maccabi Tel Aviv for the next season. The 24-year-old American guard started his professional career last season in Israel, helping Galil Gilboa to win the national league.
SOURCE: One
Obi Muonelo will start his professional career. EWE Baskets Oldenburg has offically announced the signing to a one-year contract of the 20-year-old Nigerian guard. Muonelo arrives to his new team after playing during the last four seasons for the University of Oklahoma State, averaging 13.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game during his senior year.
SOURCE: Schoenen Dunk
Goran Dragic doesn't want to be back to Europe until he considers his NBA career is over. The 24-year-old Slovenian guard, currently playing for the Phoenix Suns, told via email that it was a misunderstanding, and that he wanted to say that he would only be back to Europe to end his career as a professional basketball player.
SOURCE: AZ Central
After missing the second half of the last season due to an injury, Gerrit Major will play next season for Pepinster. The Belgian team has signed the 30-year-old guard, who played just nine games last season for Spirou Charleroi, averaging 1.6 points and 1.4 assists per game.
SOURCE: RBC Verviers-Pepinster
After playing during the last season and a half in the Italian LegaDue for Umana Reyer, Kristaps Janicenoks is back to Latvia. VEF Riga has announced the signing of the 27-year-old forward. Janicenoks arrives to his new team after averaging 14.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in the last LegaDue.
SOURCE: VEF Riga
BC Siauliai has landed another prospect. The Lithuanian team has officially announced the signing to a multi-year contract of Roman Gomenyuk. The 22-year-old Ukrainian center played last season in his country for BC Kyiv and BC Odessa, appearing in just nine games during the Super League.
SOURCE: BC Siauliai
Ben Jacobson will become the new import signing of Ikaros Esperos. The recently promoted Greek team is close to land the 26-year-old American guard for the next season. Jacobson has played during the last three seasons for BG Göttingen, averaging 8.7 points and 3.2 assists per game in the 2009-10 BBL.
SOURCE: Basketblog
Blaz Cesnar will continue his career in the Baltic League. Nevezis has signed the 24-year-old Slovenian center, who played last season for Valmiera. Cesnar averaged 12.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in the 2009-10 Baltic League for the Latvian team, being one of the best centers of the competition.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
As expected, Mamadou Samb is officially a member of CB Granada. The Spanish club has announced the signing to a four-year contract (with an early termination option in the second year) of the 20-year Senegalese-Spanish center. Samb will play next season in the ACB league after averaging 12.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game in the LEB Oro for CB Cornellà, the affiliated team of Regal Barcelona.
SOURCE: ACB.com
As expected, Preston Shumpert will play next season for Galatasaray. The Turkish team has officially announced the signing of the 30-year-old American forward, a free agent after being released by Efes Pilsen a couple of months ago, after two seasons in the team. In the 2009-10 TBL, Shumpert averaged 11.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: Galatasaray
As expected, CAI Zaragoza will land Pablo Aguilar on loan next season. The recently promoted team has reached an agreement with the 21-year-old forward and with Real Madrid, his current team. Aguilar, who averaged 9.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in the last ACB league, was playing since 2008 for CB Granada.
SOURCE: Diario Equipo
Aris Thessaloniki is targeting a former NBA player for the next season. According to the Greek media, Ndudi Ebi is on the radar of Aris. The 26-year-old Nigerian forward, who played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, would arrive from the Italian LegaDue, where Ebi averaged 15.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game for Rimini.
SOURCE: Athilitika Nea
Carlos Cabezas could be back to the ACB league. The 29-year-old Spanish guard is under contract with Khimki, where he arrived last summer, but the Russian team already told him to find another team. Caja Laboral has already shown interest for Cabezas, who averaged 6.2 points and 3.1 assists per game in the last Russian Superleague, though the Spanish team hasn't made any offer yet. In case both parts reach an agreement, Unicaja would have the right to match the offer.
SOURCE: Noticias de Álava
Tyler Demos will continue his career in his city. The Wollongong Hawks have signed the 22-year-old Australia guard, who has played during the last three seasons in the NBL for the Gold Coast Blaze. In the 2009-10 season, Demos averaged 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: NBL.co.au
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