Bosna Sarajevo is targeting several players for the next season. From KK Dubrovnik, the Bosnain team wants to land guard Marko Radic and forward Filip Kruslin. Another option is the Montenegrin forward Nemanja Vranjes, who was playing for Danilovgrad in his country.
SOURCE: Dvevni Avaz
Chorale Roanne, now playing the semifinals in the LNB, has inked three players for the next season: as expected, Philippe Braud, from Chalon, was signed to a two-year contract, the same as Jean-Michel Mipoka, who arrives from Saint-Vallier, in the LNB ProB. The third player is Alexis Tanghe, from Dijon, signed to a three-year contract by Roanne.
SOURCE: Basketnews
The veteran 37-year-old guard Kevin Ollie is close to retirement. The player of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a professional since 1995, has averaged 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds in 10.5 minutes per game this season. Ollie wants to become a coach, and could accept to be an assistant for Jim Calhourn in the University of Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant
Juan Manuel Rivero is the new signing for Atenas de Córdoba. The 25-year-old guard arrives from Regatas Corrientes, where he averaged 9.9 points and 1.3 rebounds in 25 minutes per game. The next target of Atenas is to re-sign Diego Lo Grippo, who is on the radar of Quimsa for the next season.
SOURCES: Basquetplus, Infoliga
Cristian "Kily" Romero is the new signing for Olímpico de La Banda. The 26-year-old forward arrives from Atenas de Córdoba, where he averaged 7.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game for the Argentinian LNB runner-up. Olímpico is now interested Leonel Schattman, from Unión de Sunchales, also on the radar of Obras Sanitarias.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Lietuvos Rytas has announced the arrival of five new players. As expected, Arvydas Siksnius was signed from Siauliai. Zydrunas Kelys, Paulius Dambrauskas, Eimantas Bendzius and Giedrus Staniulis, from Perlas Vilnius will complete the Lietuvos Rytas roster for the next season.
SOURCE: BC Lietuvos Rytas
The brief stint of Martynas Mazeika in AEK Athens could be over. The 25-year-old Lithunian guard, who arrived to the Greek team last January from VEF Riga, is at the end of his contract. Mazeika, who has averaged 4.1 points and 1.1 assists in AEK Athens, wants to play at least another year in Greece.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
Obras Sanitarias are close to land Leonel Schattmann and Alexis Elsener for the next season. Schatmann was playing last season in Unión de Sunchales, averaging 14.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game, while Elsener helped El Nacional to promote to the LNB posting 14.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in the TNA.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
Brian Goorjian is the new head coach of the DongGuan New Century Leopards, replacing Jun Sun. The 56-year-old coach, born in the United States, is one of the most succesful coaches in the Australian basketball, with six NBL titles. Goorjian was in charge of the Leopards Youth team since last year.
SOURCE: Asia-Basket
Finally, Federico Kammerichs won't leave Argentina, despite his early interest in playing in Spain. The 28-year-old forward, one of the best players in the Argentinian LNB, has extended his contract with Regatas Corrientes. Kammerichs has averaged 13.5 points and 11.8 rebounds this season with Regatas.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Marco Pellin, who has played this season for Chorale Roanne, is in talks to join Le Mans next season. The 22-year-old guard averaged 4.1 points and 4.0 assists with Roanne. Le Mans is also interested in Ben Dewar, who will leave ASVEL Villeurbanne. The 28-year-old forward has posted 9.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in the LNB this season.
SOURCE: Basketnews
The extension of Txemi Urtasun is getting more difficult, and the Spanish guard is reported to be close to Cajasol. His team last season, Meridiano Alicante, could replace him with Álex Urtasun, twin brother of Txemi, who was playing last season in Baloncesto León, in LEB Oro, on loan from CAI Zaragoza. Gran Canaria 2014 could be also interested.
SOURCE: Información
The only player ever to have his jersey retired in the Idaho Stampede, Randy Livingston, is back to the D-League team to become the new head coach. Livingston, who was an assistant coach for the Maine Red Claws last season, will replace Bob McKinnon, who decided to step down almost a month ago.
SOURCE: NBA Fanhouse
Spartak St. Petersburg, coached by the Israeli coach Davon Jefferson, is interested in signing Davon Jefferson for the next season. The 23-year-old forward has been one of the best foreign players in the Israeli Super League, averaging 17.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in Maccabi Haifa, where Jefferson is playing since 2008.
SOURCE: One
The coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kurt Rambis, attended the Serbian Super League game between Red Star and Radnicki to watch Nemanja Bjelica in action. The Serbian forward will be elegible in the next NBA draft, and could be picked in the second round. Bjelica is averaging 18.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in the Serbian league.
SOURCE: Sportske
Montepaschi Siena could be close to land the young prospect Nicolò Melli, who played last season for Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia. The 19-year-old forward was reported to be next to Armani Jeans Milano, but Montepaschi could finally sign him after playing 222.000 euros to Reggio Emilia. The current Italian champion is also interested in signing Doron Perkins, and could have offered a contract to the American guard, who has played last season for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
SOURCES: Informazione di Reggio Emilia, Walla Sport
Air Avellino could have found the replacement for Cesare Prancotto, recently released from the Italian team. The new head coach will be Stefano Pillastrini, who has been in charge of Cimberio Varese. The 48-year-old Italian team was also on the radar of Vanoli Cremona for the next season.
SOURCE: La Gazzetta dello Sport
Maccabi Tel Aviv hasn't activated the contract extension of Andrew Wisniewski, so the American 29-year-old guard is now a free agent. Wiskiewski, who arrived to Maccabi last summer from Spartak St. Petersburg, averaged 8.8 points and 2.6 assists per game in the last Euroleague.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Cajasol could be close to land the first to signings of the new season. The Spanish team is the front-runner in the fight to ink Txemi Urtasun, who will likely leave Meridiano Alicante, replacing Andrés Miso. The other player to land in Cajasol could be Robert Archibald. The British center is at the end of his expiring contract with Unicaja.
SOURCES: El Diario de Sevilla, Sur
Kavala, after hiring Dimitri Pritfis as the new head coach, is starting to track the market for new signings. The Greek team wants the return of Milt Palacio, who was signed by Caja Laboral for the rest of the season, and the signing of Alexis Kyritsis, playing for PAOK Thessaloniki since 2008.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Maccabi Netanya is interested in two players for the next season, after finish fourth in the last Israeli Super League: the 32-year-old Israeli forward Ido Kozikaro, from Maccabi Haifa since 2008, and the 25-year-old American guard Justin Dentmon, who has played last season for Hapoel Alufa.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Vichy has signed Jonathan Aka for the next season. The 24-year-old center arrives from Bouzalac, from the Frenche LEB ProB. Aka, who has played for several ProA teams like ASVEL Villeurbanne, Pau-Orthez and Dijon during his career, averaged 10.7 points and 6.1 rebounds in 23.5 minutes per game last season.
SOURCE: La Montagne
BBC Bayreuth has announced the first signing for the next season. The German team, which has promoted this season to the BBL, has landed Steve Wachalski. The 27-year-old forward arrives from Osnabrueck, where he averaged 17.2 points and 5.7 rebounds, being one of the best players of the ProA.
SOURCE: Schoenen Dunk
Regatas Corrientes has announced the signing of Eduardo Villares. The Argentinian 31-year-old guard arrives from Olímpico de La Banda, where he averaged 14.6 points and 2.0 rebounds last season. Regatas is now tracking a point guard (Raymundo Legaría is the top choice) and a foreign center (Djibril Kante and Derrick Alston are the main candidates)
SOURCE: Infoliga
Panathinaikos could be close to land an important NBA star, still not revealed, for the next season. The Greek powerhouse, according to the Greek media, wants to repeat the experience of signing former NBA players like Dominique Wilkins or Byron Scott. One of the candidates could be Peja Stojakovic. The 32-year-old Serbian guard, now in the the New Orleans Hornets, played in Greece for PAOK Thessaloniki between 1994 and 1998, and could decide to terminate his contract with the Hornets to finish his career in Europe.
SOURCES: The Player, Basketnet
Galatasary has hired Oktay Mahmuti as the new head coach of the Turkish team. The 42-year-old Macedonian-Turkish coach was without a team since leaving at the end of the 2008-09 season Benetton Treviso. The former coach of Efes Pilsen will replace Cem Akdag in Galatasaray.
SOURCE: Basketbol Haber
The Cairns Trapans have announced the signong of Ayinde Ubaka. The 25-year-old guard played last season in the Australian NBL with the Gold Coast Blaze, averaging 16.3 points and 4.2 assists per game. Ubaka played in Belgium and in Germany before moving to the Australian league.
SOURCE: NBL.co.au
According to the Turkish media, Meridiano Alicante could be interested in signing Cehver Ozer for the next season. The 27-year-old forward, playing for Besiktas since 2006, would love to play in Spain. Ozer averaged 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in 28.7 minutes per game in the last TBL.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
The Beijing Ducks are interested in landing Hamed Haddadi. The 25-year-old Iranian center, currently playing in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies, is the main target of the Chinese team for the next season. The contract of Haddadi, who averaged 1.7 points and 2.1 rebounds this season, doesn't expire until the end of the next one.
SOURCE: Sina
Lietuvos Rytas has started to planning the next season with a new head coach, Drazen Anzulovic. The Lithuanian team are expected to sign a power guard and a center, both foreigner, while Aron Baynes, Stepas Babrauskas, Donatas Zavackas, Vidas Ginevicius and Justas Sinica, will probably leave the team this summer.
SOURCE: Lithuania Basket
Txemi Urtasun could be one of the names of the post-season market in the ACB league. The 26-year-old guard is in talks with his current team, Meridiano Alicante, to extend his expiring contract, but has also attracted the interest of other teams. Besides Cajasol and Estudiantes, Power Electronics Valencia, CB Granada and Lagun Aro could also make an offer for Urtasun.
SOURCE: Información
More changes for ASVEL Villeurbanne after a disappointing season. Mindaugas Lukauskis won't finally stay in the French team, after not reaching to an agreement for an extension. Rawle Marshall, who arrved last November, will also leave the team, besides the confirmated departures of Curtis Borchardt, Eric Campbell, Ben Dewar and Aymeric Jeanneau.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
Juan Pedro "Juampi" Gutiérrez confirmed the interest of Obras Sanitarias to land him next season. The 26-year-old Argentinian center played there between 2001 and 2004, before being signed by his current team, CB Granada. Gutiérrez will decide this summer to accept an extension offer from Granada or to go back to Argentina.
SOURCE: Ideal
The rumor about an agreement between Sergio Rodríguez and Real Madrid is false, according to the player's agent, José Ortiz, who considered the reports "an invention". The 23-year-old Spanish guard is still undecided about where to play next season, and is still unknown if he will play another year in the NBA or will be back to Europe.
SOURCE: La Opinión de Tenerife
David Logan has finished the season and his contract with Asseco Prokom. But despite some informations about a contract signed with Caja Laboral, Logan is also waiting for an extension offer from the Polish team. The 27-year-old American-Polish guard, MVP of the last PLK, would ask a €1 million per year contract to stay in Asseco Prokom.
SOURCE: Sports.pl
After leaving temporary the duties as the Turkish national team, Bogdan Tanjevic could be back to work in August 1st. The veteran Montenegrin coach, former European champion with Bosna Sarajevo in 1979, will take over again the national team and will be in charge in the next World Championship, to be celebrated in Turkey.
SOURCE: Basketbol Haber
Jason Rabedeaux is the new head coach of Shanxi. The American coach, who was in charge of Jiangsu Dragons before being sacked in round 32, will replace Bob Weiss. Rabedaux is a former college coach, having being in charge of the UTEP between 1999 and 2002.
SOURCE: Asia-Basket
Hapoel Jerusalem is already finding a replacement for Guy Goodes, who left the team after the end of the Israeli Super League. The three main candidates are Oded Katash (winner of the league with Galil Gilboa), Sharon Drucker (assistant of Pini Gershon in Maccabi Tel Aviv) and Arik Shivek (head coach of the Israeli NT and Dexia Mons).
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Partizan is targeting the young prospect Igor Hadziomerovic. The 18-year-old Australian-Bosnian guard is currently playing for the Melbourne Tigers reserve team, but will likely land in Europe next season. Another team interested in the young prospect is Virtus Bologna.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
It's official. As expected, Drazen Anzulovic, former coach of Cibona Zagreb, Ural Great, Spirou Charleroi and BC Donetsk, is the new head coach of Lietuvos Rytas ro replace Rimas Kurtinaitis. The Lithuanian team signed the Croatian coach to a one-year contract to lead the team in the next Euroleague.
SOURCE: Lietuvos Rytas
Manolo Hussein will be finally the new head coach of Power Electronics Valencia for the next two seasons. The former coach of Gran Canaria, Cáceres and CB Murcia (until last summer) will be announced officially tomorrow by the ACB club. Hussein will replace Neven Spahija, who left the team weeks ago.
SOURCE: ACB.com
Sergio Scariolo has slammed the reports about a possible departure from Khimki in his personal website. The Italian coach denied any contact with other teams, and told he's willing to stay in the Russian team next season, when his contract expires. The original rumor said Scariolo could accept an offer from Armani Jeans Milano to take over the Italian team.
SOURCE: SergioScariolo.com
Trabzonspor will have next season in the roster the top scorers of the French league, Derrick Obasohan, and the Polish league. The Turkish team has signed Michael Wright, who averaged 19.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in the PLK with Turow Zgorzelec. The 30-year-old forward also played in the TBL for Turk Telekom between 2007 and 2009.
SOURCE: Salsabasket
Neven Spahija has another team interested in Turkey, besides Fenerbahce. The Croatian coach, who left recently Power Electronics Valencia, is reported to be in talks to take over Efes Pilsen and replace Engin Ataman, who is closer to leave the team this summer. Efes Pilsen could finish the season without any title if Fenerbahce wins the TBL Finals.
SOURCE: Superbasket
It's official. Rimas Kurtinaitis is no longer the head coach of Lietuvos Rytas, after agreeing both parts to terminate the contract of the Lithuanian coach. The replacement for Kurtinaitis could be Drazen Anzulovic, as reported, but also Jure Zdovc, from Union Olimpija, and a not-divulgated yet foreign coach.
SOURCE: Lietuvos Rytas
Rimas Kurtinaitis is reported to have been replaced by Drazen Anzulovic as the Lietuvos Rytas head coach. The Lithuanian coach still hasn't heard anything officially, though two Spanish teams could have already showed interest in hiring him for the next season. In the ACB league, the only vacancy confirmed is in Power Electronics Valencia after the departure of Neven Spahija.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
Despite having another year of contract, the recent scandal involving referees in the Russian Super League could make Sergio Scariolo to leave his job in Khimki. The 49-year-old Italian coach, also in charge of the Spanish national team, could agree to take over Armani Jeans Milano next season, according to the Italian media.
SOURCE: Sportevai
The new Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, with Pepe Sánchez as the new owner (and player) is planning the next season. Players like the veteran Alejandro Montecchia (last year in Regatas Corrientes), Cedric Moddie (Boca Juniors), Jamaal Levy (Lanús) and Tyler Field (Libertad de Sunchales) are also in the short list of Sánchez. The coach could be Néstor Rafael García, now in the Halcones de Xalapa, in Mexico.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Renaldas Seibutis could not go too far next season. The 24-year-old Lithuanian guard was released a couple of weeks ago by Bizkaia Bilbao Basket. Lagun Aro GBC is reported to be interested in signing Seibutis, and the player doesn't rule out to play in San Sebastian, a city only an hour away from Bilbao.
SOURCE: El Correo
Despite the interest of Regatas Corrientes to sign Juan Pablo Cantero, the 22-year-old forward will play next season for Libertad de Sunchales. The Argentinian team will probably release the American center Tyler Field, and is interested in James Williams, from Union de Sunchales, to replace him.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
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