The Chinese adventure of the Puerto Rican center Peter John "P.J." Ramos is over, after his team, the Zheijang Lions, was eliminated in the CBA play-offs. Ramos, now a free agent, will be back to his homecountry to play for the Piratas de Quebradillas, as the former NBA center told in his Facebook. The 24-year-old player will arrive to Puerto Rico next Monday.
SOURCE: El Nuevo Día
Washington Wizards have announced that Cartier Martin, who was at the end of a 10-day contract with the NBA franchise, will be extended until the end of the season, which ends next Wednesday. Martin, who was called up from the D-League team Iowa Energy, is averaging 8.0 points and 2.6 rebounds in 5 games with the Wizards.
SOURCE: Insidehoops
Boston Celtics have waived forward Marcus Landry, according Yahoo! Sports. Landry was just recalled by the Celtics five days ago from the D-League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws. The undrafted rookie forward was acquired last February via trade from the New York Knicks along with Nate Robinson, in exchange of Eddie House, Bill Walker and J.R. Giddens.
SOURCE: Twitter Adrian Wojnarowski
One of the most valuable players of Cibona, Jamont Gordon, has missed the last two practices with the team because of the three monthly salaries the Croatian club owes to him. The young American guard could decide to leave Cibona soon to move to another European team. Top continental clubs like Caja Laboral, Khimki, Armani Jeans Milano or Lottomatica Roma are reported to be interested in Gordon.
SOURCE: Vecernji
The Chicago Bulls have announced the signing of Rob Kurz for the remainder of the season. Kurz was called up from the D-League, where he was averaging 17.5 points and 10.1 rebounds for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. At the same time, the Bulls have waived center Jerome James, acquired in February 2009 via trade, who hasn't played a single game since then.
SOURCE: Insidehoops
Forward Alexander Johnson, who was playing for the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the D-League, was called up by the Houston Rockets and signed for the remainder of the season. The Rockets also waived center Hilton Armstrong, who was averaging 1.1 points and 0.7 rebounds in 9 games since being acquired via trade from the Sacramento Kings.
SOURCE: Insidehoops
Chorale Roanne has announced the signing of Mamoutou Diarra to replace injured Marc Antoine Pellin, who is out for the rest of the season. The 29-year-old French-Malian forward played 5 games for Air Avellino between last November and January, averaging 4.8 points and 3 rebounds in 19.2 minutes per game.
SOURCE: Le Progrés
As expected, Manu Ginóbili will play for the San Antonio Spurs until 2013, after being officially signed by the NBA franchise to a 3-year extension. The Argentinian forward will earn almost $40 million in these 3 years. The 32-year-old All-Star is playing for the Spurs since 2002.
SOURCE: ESPN
Jeremiah Massey continues sidelined by his coach in Xacobeo Blu:Sens, Curro Segura, and the situation is complicated for both parts. The solution can come from the former team of Massey before moving to Spain. Aris Thessaloniki, with the OK of the coach David Blatt, is trying to sign the American-Macedonian forward for the rest of the season, and is pushing to find a deal with the Spanish club and the player to bring Massey back to Greece.
SOURCE: Metrosport
After releasing Alex Acker, Armani Jeans Milano is looking for another American guard to replace him. The two top candidates are Jannero Pargo and Quincy Douby. Pargo would come if his current team, the Chicago Bulls fail, to qualify for the NBA play-offs, while Quincy Douby is rumoured to terminate his contract with Darufassaka.
SOURCE: La Gazzetta dello Sport
Finally, the new signing for Real Madrid will be Morris Almond. The American guard, who has finished the D-League regular season with the Maine Red Claws, is close to land in the Spanish team. Playing for the Red Claws, the 25-year old averaged 22.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: As
Despite the rumors appeared yesterday about the deal between Caja Laboral and David Logan that would bring the current player of Asseco Prokom to Vitoria next year, so far both parts are only in talks. The Spanish team is working on the signing of Logan, but there's nothing closed yet. The American-Polish guard has averaged 15.3 points and 3.4 assists in the last Euroleague.
SOURCE: Noticias de Álava
The Oklahoma City Thunder will have up to 4 players assigned to the Tulsa 66ers, the affiliated D-League team. Besides B.J. Mullens and Mustafa Shakur, the 66ers will have guard Kyle Weaver and forward D.J. White to fight for the D-League championship. This will be the third assignment for both players this season.
SOURCES: Inside Hoops, NBA.com
The San Antonio Spurs have announced that Alonzo Gee was assigned to the D-League affiliated, the Austin Toros. The forward will be back to the Toros, where he played 36 games this season, before being called up first by the Washington Wizards, and then by the Spurs. Gee, who averaged 21.0 points and 6.6 rebounds in his previous stint in the D-League, will help the Toros in the upcoming play-offs.
SOURCE: Our Sports Central
Finally, the former Brazilian National Team head coach Moncho Monsalve won't take the reign of the Lebanese NT. The Federation of the Asiatic country and the veteran Spanish coach didn't found an agreement about the length of his contract. Monsalve refused a 4-year contract to coach the National Team.
SOURCE: Lebanese Basketball
Capitanes de Arecibo have signed another import player. The Puerto Rico team have landed Tim Pickett, who has played this season in China for the Shaanxi Dongshen Kylings, averaging 29.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. The 28-year-old American forward was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets in 2004, but has never played in the NBA.
SOURCE: El Nuevo Día
As expected, Filip Videnov and Duane Woodward were signed by FMP Zeleznik for the rest of the season. The Serbian team also announced the signing of Dragan Zekovic, a Montenegrin center who arrives from the Austrian team Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions. FMP Zeleznik has waived, to make room for the new acquisitions, Nemanja Protic and Predrag Stamenkovic.
SOURCE: B92
Arik Shivek, who was named as the Israel National Team last December, will leave his current club, Dexia Mons, next season. The 53-year-old coach replaced Chris Finch in Dexia Mons when the British NT coach left the club to lead the D-League franchise Rio Grande Valley Vipers last summer.
SOURCE: One
PAOK Thessaloniki has finally agreed to terminate Branko Milisavljevic's contract with the Serbian guard, as expected since weeks ago. The 33-year-old player, who arrived last summer from Cajasol, is now a free agent. At the same time, the Greek team has also announced officially the signing of the Lithuanian guard Tomas Delininkaitis, who was waived on February by CB Murcia.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Tomas Pacesas, head coach of Asseco Prokom, was asked about the rumor of the interest of Real Madrid to sign inmediately Qyntel Woods. According to the Lithuanian coach, Asseco Prokom hasn't receive any formal offer for Woods. The Polish team is about to start the PLK play-offs, where Asseco Prokom will try to retain the national championship.
SOURCE: Sports.pl
Moncho Monsalve could be named soon as the new head coach of the Lebanon National Team. The veteran Spanish coach was without a team since qualifying Brazil for the next World Championship, and then leaving the South American national team. Monsalve would lead the Lebanon in Turkey next summer.
SOURCE: Piratas del Basket
The Mets de Guaynabo have decided to replace Marcus Fizer, signed a couple of months ago. The veteran forward has a groin injury, and has been replaced by Sean Williams. The former Nets forward, who was playing for the Chinese team Fujian SBS XunXin, has been signed to a renewable weekly contract with the Puerto Rican team until the fully recovery of Marcus Fizer. Before the injury, Fizer was averaging 15.3 points and 6.8 rebounds in 8 games with the Mets.
SOURCE: El Vocero de Puerto Rico
Portland Trail Blazers are planning the next season assuming the leaving of Rudy Fernández. The NBA franchise is considering to sign Finnish player Petteri Koponen, drafted by the Blazers in 2007 next year. The 20-year-old guard is currently playing for the Italian team Virtus Bologna.
SOURCE: Tuttobasket
The physical problems of Andre Hutson has forced Lottomatica Roma to find a replacement for the American forward, and it's likely to come from the same team as one of the last signings, Tadija Dragicevic. The Red Star forward Vladimir Stimac is reported to land next week to Rome.
SOURCE: Tuttobasket
According to the Spanish media, Caja Laboral could have inked David Logan for next season. The American-Polish guard, currently playing for Asseco Prokom, was also on the radar of Real Madrid, but Logan could have already accepted the offer from Caja Laboral. His comunitarian passport and his good season with Prokom makes Logan a valuable addition for the 2010-11 season.
SOURCE: As
Real Madrid is willing to bring Qyntel Woods to Spain as soon as possible. The Spanish club is planning to make an offer for the American forward without waiting to next season to strenghten the team in the ACB play-offs. Anyway, it seems unlikely that Asseco Prokom, also facing the PLK final stage, agrees to part ways with one of the best players of the Polish team.
SOURCE: As
As expected, Damir Rancic is the new addition for Xacobeo Blu:Sens. The Croatian guard left his former team, KK Zadar, to sign for the Spanish squad until the end of the season. Rancic will replace injured forward Kostas Vasileiadis, out for one month. The 26-year-old player was averaging 9.9 points and 1.7 assists in the Adriatic League.
SOURCE: Obradoiro CAB
Khimki has officially slammed the reports about the interest of the Russian team in adding Bojan Bogdanovic next season. According to the press release, the Croatian forward, now in Cibona, is not in the list of the main interest for the coaching staff. Khimki also pointed Bogdanovic's agent as the source of the rumor.
SOURCE: Championat
The Ukrainian team Dnipro-AZOT has announced Augustinas Vitas is no longer a member of the roster. The Lithuanian center, who arrived to Dnipro last December for BC Donetsk, was averaging 9.1 points and 4.6 rebounds in 17 games played with Dnipro-AZOT. The 27-year-old player is now a free agent.
SOURCE: Dnipro-AZOT
The brief stint in Ukraine of guard Brian Wethers and center Larry Abney, both signed last month by Khimik, is over. The two American players have agreed with the Ukrainian team to terminate their contracts. Wethers just played 13 minutes per game for Khimik (averaging 3 points), while Abney averaged 24 minutes and 9 points for his already former team.
SOURCE: BC Khimik
As expected, Victor Samnick is no longer player of ASVEL Villeurbanne after agreeing to the termination of his contract. The French team signed the 30-year-old Cameroonian forward last October, and has averaged 8.3 points and 3.0 rebounds in the LNB this season. The recovery of Curtis Borchardt made Samnick not necessary in the current French league champion.
SOURCE: LNB
Spanish LEB Oro team Bàsquet Mallorca and Daniel Northern have agreed to terminate the contract of the player. The American center arrived to Mallorca last summer, and has averaged 7.9 points and 5.7 rebounds in 20 minutes per game. The Spanish team has accomplished the main goal of avoiding relegation.
SOURCE: Bàsquet Mallorca
The Phoenix Suns have announced that Taylor Griffin has been re-assigned to the affiliated D-League franchise, the Iowa Energy. This will be the third time the rookie forward is assigned to the Energy, after playing 12 games and averaging 9.6 points and 6.2 rebounds in 28.9 minutes per game.
SOURCE: Our Sports Central
A 3-year, $40 million extension will make Manu Ginóbili to keep playing for the San Antonio Spurs for almost the rest of his professional career. Despite the rumors about a possible leaving to Real Madrid, the Argentinian forward would stay in San Antonio until 2013 if the deal, almost close according to sources, gets finally done.
SOURCE: Yahoo! Sports
As expected, Xacobeo Blu:Sens has signed Paul Davis for the rest of the season, as the Spanish club has announced today. The 25-year-old American center, who also played for Los Angeles Clippers and the Washington Wizards in the NBA, has just finished the D-League regular season with the Maine Red Claws. His arrival will imply the leaving of one of the other two American players, probably Maurice Bailey, signed to a temporary contract.
SOURCE: Obradoiro CAB
Damir Rancic is no longer player of KK Zadar, after agreeing with the Croatian club to terminate his contract. The Croatian guard averaged 9.9 points and 1.7 assists in the Adriatic League. Though Rancic has offers from the Greek League, Xacobeo Blu:Sens is the top candidate to sign him soon.
SOURCE: Vecernji
Lenny Wilkins, one of the most legendary coaches in the history of the NBA, will assist the South Korean National Team in the next Asiatic Games. The 72-year-old coach, who was inactive since his last stint with the Knicks in 2005, is close to lose his leading position in total wins (1332) in the NBA, after Don Nelson tied his mark a couple of days ago.
SOURCE: Yahoo! Deportes
Maccabi Tel Aviv has missed the target of being one of the top four teams in Europe after being defeated by Partizan in the Euroleague. The historical Israeli team is already planning next season, and the president Simon Mizrahi told he would like to welcome back Lior Eliyahu, in case he parted ways with his current team, Caja Laboral. The young Israeli forward is reported not to be happy in the Spanish team.
SOURCE: One
As expected, Kavala has made an important signing to face the final games of the season. The Greek team has landed the American guard Taquan Dean, wishing him to be the leading scorer of the roster. Dean was a free agent since leaving Caja Laboral a month and a half ago, and is the second important signing of Kavala after Cedric Simmons.
SOURCE: Sport 24
The Spanish team Power Electronics Valencia keep on tracking the Adriatic League to find new talents. After the reported interest on Krunoslav Simon, current captain of KK Zagreb, now the Serbian media has published that Milan Macvan, the young center from Hemofarm, is also on the radar of Valencia. The 20-year-old center is one of the top Serbian prospects, and has already played with the National Team winning the silver medal in the last Eurobasket.
SOURCE: Sportal
The Houston Rockets are interested in the Greek center Sofoklis Schorsanitis, according to the media from Greece. Scouts from the Rockets has watched some games of the Olympiakos player, and could try to sign him. The NBA rights of the 24-year-old player are owned by Los Angeles Clippers, so Houston would have to negociate with the Californian franchise for Schorsanitis.
SOURCE: Sport 24
Toronto Raptors are reported by the Israeli media to be interested in the American center D'Or Fischer, and in the Gabonese forward Stephane Lasme, both from Maccabi Tel Aviv. In the last years, the Raptors have also signed two other players from the Israeli team, Maceo Baston and Anthony Parker. Lasme played briefly for the Golden State Warriors and the Miami Heat in the 2007-08 season before moving to Partizan, in Serbia, and was signed by Maccabi last summer. Fischer played in college for the Northwestern State University and for West Virginia, and is currently in his second season in the Maccabi roster.
SOURCE: One
Despite some informations, it is still possible that Stephon Marbury lands in Xacobeo Blu:Sens. But last reports are not optimistic. According to that sources, the negotiations between the Spanish club and Marbury are almost broken. Tomorrow could be definitive for one of the greatest suprises in the basketball market this year.
SOURCE: As
The Polish team PBG Basket Poznan and Nenad Misanovic have agreed to terminate the contract of the Serbian center. Misovanovic, who arrived last January to Poznan from Radnicki, had to leave the court during last game due to an arm injury, and has decide to undergo rehabilitation in Belgrade. Before the injury, the Serbian player was averaging 4.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in the PLK.
SOURCE: Sports.pl
Metalac is improving the roster to try to do something great in the last stage of the Serbian Super League. After the arrivals of Jovan Teodosic, Mile Ilic and Bojan Bakic, the team based in Valjevo has announced the signing of Ivan Maras. The Montenegrin center comes from the Adriatic League team Budocnost, and has averaged 7.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in the top regional competition.
SOURCE: Sportal
The D-League franchise Austin Toros have announced the acquisition of forward Cory Underwood (recently waived by the Dakota Wizards) and forward Emmanual Jones (waived in February by the Idaho Stampede). Both players will replace Dwayne Jones (called up by the Phoenix Suns) and Eric Dawson (waived due to an injury).
SOURCE: Our Sports Central
21-year-old center Stevan Jelovac is training with Red Star. The Serbian team will have three days to decide his signing before the start of the next stage of the Serbian Super League. Jelovac comes from Mega Vizura, the same team as the last two acquisitions of Red Star, Stefan Stojajic and Dusan Katnic.
SOURCE: Mondo
Indiana Pacers are close to call up Marcus Williams. The 23-year-old guard is currently playing in the D-League for the Austin Toros, where he arrived a couple of weeks ago from the Chinese league. In 8 matches played with the Toros, the former San Antonio Spurs draftee has averaged 24.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.
SOURCE: Ridiculous Upside
More movements in Xacobeo Blu:Sens. Besides the reported conversations between the Spanish team and Stephon Marbury, another former NBA player could land soon in Xacobeo. Paul Davis. The 25-year-old center, who was playing for the Maine Red Claws in the D-League, has been linked by the Spanish club, and probably will replace suspended forward Jeremiah Massey.
SOURCE: As
According to Radio Galega, Xacobeo Blu:Sens is currently in talks to sign former NBA player Stephon Marbury for the rest of the season. The Spanish team is fighting to avoid relegation. The American guard left Chinese team Shanxi days ago after the end of the CBA regular season.
SOURCE: CRTVG
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