Pini Gershon has expressed to the board of Maccabi Tel Aviv his desire of leaving the head coach duties to become the new team manager. In that case, the Israeli team has Blatt as the top candidate to replace Gershon, who could also decide to leave the club. Blatt, also coach of the Russian national team, was in charge of Aris Thessaloniki last season.
SOURCE: One
Jamont Gordon is the main alternative for Cajasol to Earl Calloway, in case the American guard signs with Maccabi Tel Aviv next season. Gordon, who has averaged 13.9 points and 4.9 rebounds in the last Euroleague for Cibona Zagreb, is also on the radar of several teams like Caja Laboral, Lottomatica Roma or Khimki.
SOURCE: Diario de Sevilla
The new project of Pepe Sánchez, new owner of Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, keeps on tracking the market. The new two targets are Ed Nelson and Mariano Fierro. The 28-year-old American center would arrive from Quilmes, after ruling out the signing of Tyler Field. Fierro, an Argentinian 24-year-old forward, played last season for Boca Juniors.
SOURCE: Basquet Plus
After the end of the Greek league, Vassilis Spanoulis will have to decide his future. The 27-year-old guard could stay in Panathinaikos, his current team, but has also other choices, like trying to go back to the NBA (Spanoulis played for the Houston Rockets in the 2006-07 season) or playing in another European team. Real Madrid is reported to be interested in him. The player doesn't know anything yet, and told that the decision is not in his hands.
SOURCE: Sport24
Panagoitis Giannakis won't probably stay as the head coach of Olympiakos next season. The Greek coach is at the end of his contract, and it seems unlikely the club will extend it. Olympiakos, despite having one of the most expensive rosters in Europe, has only won the Greek Cup this season.
SOURCE: Sport24
Despite having another year of contract, Louis Bullock could leave Real Madrid this summer after 6 years in the Spanish team. The club would try to negociate the termination of the 34-year-old guard contract, who would become a free agent. Bullock has averaged 10.1 points and 1.5 assists this season.
SOURCE: As
Steven Smith is one of the targets for Aris Thessaloniki for the next season. The 27-year-old American forward, who played in Greece in the 2008-09 season for Kolossos Rhodes, has averaged 16.9 points and 7.5 rebounds in 11 games this season for Ironi Nahariya, where he arrived last January.
SOURCE: Basketnet
According to a Spanish newspaper, Sergio Rodríguez is the first signing of Real Madrid for the next season. The 23-year-old guard could have been signed to a 3-year contract, earning €1.5 million per season ($1.8 million). Rodríguez, who was at the end of his expiring contract with the New York Knicks, would be back to Spain after four years in the NBA.
SOURCE: Marca.com
Rimas Kurtinaitis, recently released from Lietuvos Rytas, is attracting the interest of several European teams for the next season. One of them is Efes Pilsen, who could be the final destiny of the Lithuanian coach. Other teams reported to be behind Kurtinaitis are Benetton Treviso, Khimki and Unics Kazan, in case they decide to part ways with their respective coaches (Jasmin Repesa, Sergio Scariolo and Valdemaras Homicius).
SOURCE: Lietuvos Rytas
The Israeli prospect Bar Timor has left his team, Hapoel Haifa, and could be close to land in the other important club of the city, Maccabi Haifa. The 18-year-old guard, one of the better players of Israel in the last Albert Scheitzer tournament, averaged 6.8 points and 2.1 asists in the National League last season.
SOURCE: One
Nemanja Bjelica hasn't signed any contract with Nemanja Bjelica, according to Bojan Tanjevic, agent of the player, despite the reports about an agreement between both parts. Tanjevic also told that Bjelica is expecting to enter in the first round of the next NBA draft, and hasn't negociate with any European team.
SOURCE: Sportske
After six years in TBB Trier, James Gillingham has left the German team. The 28-year-old Canadian guard arrived in 2004 to Trier from the University of Bradley. Last season, Gillingham averaged 6.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. Gillingham is undecided about keep on playing basketball.
SOURCE: TBB Trier
Dan Grunfeld is the new player of Bnei Hasharon. The Israeli team has announced the signing of the 26-year-old forward, who has played in Blancos de Rueda Valladolid during the last season, averaging 5.8 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. The new player of Bnei Hasharon is also the son of the General Manager of the Washington Wizards, Ernie Grunfeld.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
The General Manager of Canadian Solar Bologna, Massimo Faraoni, admitted the arrival of Deivydas Gailius to the Italian team, expecting him to become an important player in the future of the club. The 22-year-old Lithuanian forward was signed to a two-year contract by Siauliai last summer, averaging 16.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in the Baltic League.
SOURCE: El Corriere dello Sport (pdf)
Juan Figueroa isn in talks to move to Brazil. The Argentinian guard could join Pinheiros next season. Figueroa, who played last season for Atenas de Córdoba, was also on the radar of Unión Formosa. The 24-year-old player averaged 6.1 points and 3.1 assists per game last season for Atenas, runner-up of the Argentinian LNB.
SOURCE: La Voz
Galatasaray has made an offer for Furkan Aldemir, one of the best young players in the Turkish league. The 19-year-old center has played for Pinar Karsiyaka since 2007, averaging 7.8 points and 7.9 rebounds last season. Galatasaray could have offer $1.5 million for the young prospect.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
The name of Erman Kunter has emerged as another candidate (besides Neven Spahija) to be the next coach of Efes Pilsen and replace Ergin Ataman. The Turkish coach is in charge of Cholet Basket since 2005, and was reported to leave next season the French club. Kunter doesn't work in the Turkish basketball since leaving Galatasaray in 2003.
SOURCE: Sabah
Earl Calloway could be a candidate to replace the recently released guard Andrew Wisniewski. The American player of Cajasol, who arrived last summer to the ACB league from Cibona Zagreb, is on the radar of the Israeli powerhouse for the next season. The 26-year-old guard has averaged 9.4 points and 4.2 assists last season.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Bnei Hasharon is interested in signing one of the best players in the last Turkish league, Joshua Sheep. The 24-year-old American forward averaged 18.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for Bornova, being one of the top scorers of the TBL in his first year as a professional.
SOURCE: One
One of the best Israeli prospects, Nimrod Tishman, has left the University of Florida after one year in the NCAA. The 19-year-old guard played only 7 games in his freshman season after being one of the best players of the last U19 European Championship, averaging 18.3 points and 4.0 rebounds. Tishman, who played in the youth teams of Maccabi Tel Aviv, wants to play in the Israeli Super League next season.
SOURCE: One
As expected, Tom Thibodeau was signed by the Chicago Bulls to a three-year contract to become the new head coach of the franchise. The current Boston Celtics assistant will replace Vinny del Negro, fired a month ago. The deal won't be official until the end of the Finals, because NBA rules do not allow the announcement of significant transactions like a trade or coaching hire during the event.
SOURCE: Bulls.com (blog Sam Smith)
Hapoel Jerusalem hasn't still decided who will be the next head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem to replace Guy Goodes. The new candidate to join the short list is Muli Katzurin. The Israeli coach, currently in charge of the Czech team CEZ Nymburk, could be back to his country next season, after leaving the national team in 2004.
SOURCE: One
Ivan Déniz is back to the Mexican league. The Spanish coach, who has been in charge of the LEB Oro team Tenerife Rural and, most recently, the Venezuelan team Trotamundos de Carabobo, was signed by the Halcones de Xalapa. This will be the second stint of Déniz in Mexico after coaching the Soles de Mexicali from 2007 to 2009.
SOURCE: Mexicali Sport
The Coca-Cola Tigers have signed John Williamson as the third import of the season, after James Penny and Rashad Bell, who was signed less than a month ago. The American 24-year-old forward has played this season in Poland for Znicz Jaroslaw (17.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game) before moving to Sweden to sign for Plannja Basket Lulea (23.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game).
SOURCE: Gmanews.tv
Energa Czarni has signed Zbigniew Bialek. The Polish 27-year-old forward is back to the team based in Slupsk, after playing there between 2001 and 2004. Bialek, who played in the 2004 Summer League with the Los Angeles Lakers, averaged 12.0 points and 6.2 rebounds last season with PGB Basket Poznan.
SOURCE: GP24
Pep Clarós was appointed as the new head coach of the Mexican national team for the next Centrobasket. The Spanish coach is also working as an assistant of Pepu Hernández in DKV Joventut. Clarós has experience with the Mexican basketball, having coach Ciudad Victoria and Correcaminos de Reinosa previously.
SOURCE: Penya
As expected, Frank Vitucci is the new head coach of Air Avellino. The Italian coach was signed to a two-year contract to replace Cesaro Pancotto, released by Avellino a week ago. Vitucci was without a team since being fired by Benetton Treviso last January, after working there, first as an assistant, and there as the head coach, since 2001.
SOURCE: Scandone Basket
Neven Spahija is still undecided about his future after leaving Power Electronics Valencia a couple of weeks ago. The Croatian coach is reported to have offers from several European clubs (like Efes Pilsen or Fenerbahce), but is also considering another choice: moving to the United States to become an assistant for a NBA team. Spahija also said he wouldn't mind to be back to Valencia in a couple of years.
SOURCE: Las Provincias
According to Eurohopes, Nemanja Bjelica could have signed a contract with Regal Barcelona. The Spanish club hasn't decided yet if Bjelica would join the ACB team or would be loaned to his current team, Red Star. Barcelona was already reported to be behind the 22-year-old forward about two months ago. Bjelica is averaging 18.7 points and 7.2 rebounds in the Serbian Super League.
SOURCE: Twitter Eurohopes
Unics Kazan is reported to be interested in several guards for the next season. Yohev Ohayon (Hapoel Jerusalem), Milt Palacio (Caja Laboral) and Aleksandar Rasic (Partizan) are in the short list of the Russian team for the next season. The Russian team is currently fighting for the third place in the national league.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Several teams are interested in loaning Xavi Rey for the next season, and have made offers to Regal Barcelona for him. The 22-year-old center won't continue next season in Cajasol, when he has played during the last year and a half, and is back to his club. Rey averaged 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game last season.
SOURCE: Sport
The New Orleans Hornets will sign Monty Williams to a three-year contract to be the new head coach of the NBA franchise. Williams, currently an assistant coach in the Portland Trail Blazers, was the second choice after Tom Thibodeau decided not to accept the offer from he Hornets. Thibodeau would prefer to take over the Chicago Bulls.
SOURCE: Yahoo! Sports
Unicaja sent three players on loan last season around the ACB league: Alfonso Sánchez (Xacobeo Blu:Sens), Paulo Prestes (CB Murcia) and Rai López (Lagun Aro GBC). None of them will make the Unicaja roster next season, as the Spanish club has decided. Sánchez won't be extended and will become a free agent, while Prestes and López could be sent on loan again.
SOURCE: Diario Sur
Finally, Diego Lo Grippo will play for Quimsa. One of the best players of the Argentinian LNB was signed to a two-year contract, after spending last season in Atenas de Córdoba. Lo Grippo, who go back to Argentina last season after 6 seasons in Spain, averaged 18.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in the last LNB.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Tibor Pleiss, one of the most interesting German prospects, wants to play next season in the Euroleague, and could have already offers from important clubs. The 20-year-old center, projected as a lottery pick for the 2011 draft, would move later to the NBA. Pleiss, the rookie of the year of the BBL, will play the German finals with his team, Brose Baskets Bamber, after averaging 8.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game during the season.
SOURCE: Sport1
Ricky Rubio told in an interview he won't leave his current team, Regal Barcelona, at least until 2011, ruling out any chance of moving to the NBA next summer. Rubio, drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves last year with the 5th pick, considers that he will fit in the NBA whenever he decides to play there. According to "Star Tribune", Rubio intends to exercise a $1.4 million opt-our clause to play in the NBA before the 2011-12 season.
SOURCES: Associated Press, Star Tribune
Hyères-Toulon has made six signings in a row for the next season. The French team has landed Paccelis Morlende (last season in Gravelines Dunkerque), Kevin Houston (without a team since being released by Rouen last December), Damir Krupalija (from Dijon), Jonte Flowers (from Vichy), Shaun Fein (from the ProB team Fos) and Rick Hughes (from Apoel Nicosia).
SOURCE: Basketnews
Nicolás Aguirre is the new point guard of Unión Formosa next season. The Argentinian team has signed the 22-year-old guard, who played last season in Boca Juniors. Aguirre averaged 9.7 points and 3.0 assists per game in the last LNB, and will join his former teammate in Boca, Gabriel Milukas, in his new team.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Ergin Ataman is without a team after not being re-signed by Efes Pilsen after two years in the Turkish club. According to the coach, though, Ataman has several offers from other teams to continue his career. The 44-year-old coach has worked in his country and in Italy for two teams, Montepaschi Siena and Fortitudo Bologna.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
Lietuvos Rytas could have closed the roster with two new signings: the American guard Jerry Johnson and the Turkish center Cemal Nalga. Johnson arrives from Spirou Charleroi, averaging 13.2 points and 3.7 assists in the Belgian league, while Nalga ended the season in Alba Berlin, posting 3.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: Basketnews.lt
After being close to sign Leroy Hickerson on March, the Air21 Express have finally landed the American forward, who was without a team since being released by the Puerto Rican team Atléticos de San Germán a couple of weeks ago. Hickerson will replace Reggie Larry, signed on last April.
SOURCE: Gmanews.tv
Benson Egemonye will play next season for the Leuven Bears. The Belgian team have agreed to terms with the Nigerian 27-year-old center, who played last season in the Turkish TB2L team Optimum TED Kolejliler Ankara, averaging 14.7 points and 11.1 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: Sport.be
Nathan Crosswell is the new signing of the Townsville Crocodriles for the next season. The 30-year-old guard arrives from the Melbourne Tigers, where Crosswell has played during the last three seasons. In the last one, Crosswell averaged 8.3 points and 3.4 assists per game.
SOURCE: NBL.co.au
Poitiers is in talks with Garry Chathuant for the next season. The 27-year-old forward is at the end of his contract with Bourg after three seasons in the LNB ProB team. Poitiers is also close to sign the 17-year-old guard Evan Fournier, one of the top French prospects, who was playing also in the ProB league for Nanterre.
SOURCE: Le Nouvelle Republique
Gabriel Mikulas is the new player of Unión Formosa. The 29-year-old forward, who played last season for Boca Juniors, was signed to a two-year contract by his new club. Mikulas averaged 13.1 points and 6.7 rebounds last season in the LNB. The next target of Unión could be Juan Figueroa, recently in Atenas de Córdoba.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
Zack Moss will play next season in Orleans. The French team has announced the arrival of the 29-year-old forward, who has played during the last four seasons in Vichy. Moss, who will replace Ryvon Covile in the rotation of Orleans, averaged 13.2 points and 5.5 rebounds last season in the LNB ProA.
SOURCE: Basketnews
Martynas Andriuskevicius is still undecided about his future. The 24-year-old Lithuanian center, who has played during the last three seasons in Meridiano Alicante after an unsucessful NBA career, has offers from several teams, according to the player's agent. Staying in the Spanish team, though, is also a possibility for Andriuskevicius, who has averaged 8.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in the ACB league.
SOURCE; Krepsinis
The Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves are in talks to trade Anthony Randolph to the Wolves. The 20-year-old forward, who played just 33 games this season due to several injuries, averaged 11.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. The Timberwolves are very interested in landing Randolph.
SOURCE: ESPN
As expected, Zoran Kalpich is the new head coach of Khimik. The Ukrainian team has announced the signing of the Croatian coach for the next season, who will replace Valentin Voronin. This won't be the first experience of Kalpich in Ukraine, after working as an assistant for BC Donetsk last season.
SOURCE: BC Odessa
Cibona Zagreb wants to bring back to Croatian Alan Anderson, a former player of the team. The 27-year-old forward, with Croatian passport, could leave Maccabi this summer after a disappointing first year, and could agree to join Cibona again, where he played at the end of the 2008-09 season. Andarson is reported to be also on the radar of Real Madrid.
SOURCE: One
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