Hedo Turkoglu admitted to a Turkish newspaper that he's not happy in Toronto. The forward arrived to the Raptors last summer after a sign-and-trade with the Orlando Magic, where he was playing since 2004. Turkoglu, who couldn't help his team to qualify to playoff. Turkoglu is disappointed with his season after reaching the NBA finals last season with the Magic.
SOURCE: Gazetesport
Chris Bosh has a short list of teams he would like to play for the next season. This list includes Toronto Raptors (his current team), Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. About this last team, the Raptors would agree to sign-and-trade Bosh in exchange of either Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum, but the Lakers wouldn't be interested in trade any of these players, espeacially if they win the NBA title this season. Another option for the Raptors, in case they can't retain Bosh, would be to sign-and-trade the All-Star forward to New York in exchange of David Lee.
SOURCE: ESPN
The Atléticos de San Germán have announced the acquisition of Rod Benson to the Puerto Rican team. The 25-year-old forward has played this season in the Reno Bighorns, averaging 14.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in the D-League. The Atléticos have also decided to release Leroy Hickerson, who arrived last March.
SOURCE: Primera Hora
As expected, Doug Collins will be the new head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, as the NBA team has announced officially. The veteran coach, who has worked as a TV analyst since leaving the Washington Wizards in 2003, will replace Eddie Jordan. The 76ers has signed Collins to a 4-year contract.
SOURCE: Insidehoops
The New Orleans Hornets have reduced the list of candidates to replace the still GM Jeff Bower as the head coach of the team to two names. The assistants of the Boston Celtics, Tom Thibodeau, and the Portland Trail Blazers, Monty Williams, are currently the front-runners for the Hornets' coaching job.
SOURCE: The Times-Picayune
The Philadelphia 76ers were one of the winners in the last draft lottery, earning the second pick, but the NBA franchise is considering to trade it. The 76ers want to get rid of the $51 million, 3-year contract of Elton Brand, and would demand to include the forward in any trade discussion. The Minnesota Timberwolves could be interested in the second pick, though it seems unlikely they would agree to land Brand.
SOURCE: ESPN
Gran Canaria 2014 is interested in hiring Álex Urtasun for the next season. The Spanish guard has played last season in the Spanish LEB Oro for Baloncesto León, though his rights are owned by CAI Zaragoza. Álex Urtasun, brother of the Meridiano Alicante player Txemi, would replace Josh Fisher in Gran Canaria, who is set to leave the team.
SOURCE: Diario de León
Jurgen Van Meerbeeck is the new head coach of Leuven Bears, arriving from Pepinster. Four players have decided to follow Van Meerbeck from his former team: John Tofi, Chris Devine, Niels Marnegrave and Thomas Creppy. Dior Lowhorn, a senior from the San Francisco college, will also join the Belgian team
SOURCE: Sport.be
Olímpico de la Banda has signed Lucas Picarelli for the next season. The 28-year-old Argentinian guard played last season for Regatas Corrientes, averaging 7.9 points and 2.2 rebounds in 22 mintues per game. Picarelli has also played for River Plate, Estudiantes de Olavarría, Ben Hur de Rafaela and Peñarol during his career.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Ratiopharm Ulm has announced the first signing for the 2010-11 season. The German club will land Walt Baxley, who arrives from the Pro A team Saar-Pfalz Braves. The 26-year old guard, who has also played during his career in Iran and Poland, averaged 19.0 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last season.
SOURCE: Basketball Ulm
Miljan Goljovic, former player of teams like Partizan, Trabzonspor or Lietuvos Rytas, has decided to retire as a professional player. The 38-year-old Slovenian forward played last season in his country for KK Lasko, averaging 12.9 points and 4.5 rebounds in 29.1 minutes per game during his last season as a player.
SOURCE: Siol
TBB Trier has signed to a 3-year contract Henrik Rödl as the new head coach of the German team. The former European champion as a player arrives to Trier from the second team of ALBA Berlin, where he was also the head coach of the senior team between 2005 and 2007. Rödl will replace Aaron McCarthy, hired last March.
SOURCE: TBB Trier
Kareem Reid will remain in Vichy for two more seasons, despite the rumors about his arrival to Dijon. The American 34-year-old guard will have as a teammate Curtis Sumpter. The 26-year-old forward is back to Vichy, where he played in the 2007-08 season. Sumpter arrives from Dexia-Mons, in Belgium.
SOURCES: Basketnews, Basketnews
Telekom Bonn won't have on the next season roster two of the most important players of the team: Artur Kolodziejski and John Bowler. The 30-year-old Polish guard, who was the captain of the team, agreed to terminate his contract after five years in Bonn, while the 26-year-old American center, in the team since 2006, expressed his desire to leave the German league next season.
SOURCES: Telekom Baskets Bonn, Telekom Baskets Bonn
Kavala has decided to hire Dimitris Priftis to replace Vangelis Alexandris, recently released from the Greek team. The new head coach was working as an assistant of David Blatt in Aris Thessaloniki, and is also assistant of Jonas Kazlauskas in the Greek national team.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Rimas Girskis could accept to become the new head coach of Nevezis next week. The 60-year-old coach is without a team since leaving Azovmash Mariupol at the start of this season. Girskis would be back to Lithuania for the first time since 1999, after coaching in Russia, China and Ukraine.
SOURCE: Lietuvos Rytas
Uros Tripkovic has ended the ACB season after failing his team, DKV Joventut, to qualify for the playoffs. The 23-year-old Serbian guard is considering to play next season in an Euroleague team, despite having another year of contract with Joventut. One option could be to go back to his former team, Partizan, though it doesn't seem realistic, according to the player.
SOURCE: Sportske
As expected, The Philadelphia 76ers have reached to an agreement with Doug Collins. The 58-year-old coach will finally be the replacement of Eddie Jordan in the NBA team. The 76ers will sign Collins to a 4-year contract, and his announcement could be made today. Collins is expected to hire former player Aaron McKie as an assistant.
SOURCE: Philly
One of the finest French prospects, Leo Westermann, was signed by ASVEL Villeurbanne for two seasons (with an extra two-year team option). The 17-year-old guard was one of the stars of the INSEP, the French farm team that recently won the last Nike International Junior Tournament, in Paris, and will have his first chance in the professional basket in Villeurbanne.
SOURCE: ASVEL Basket
Juventud Sionista has made the first two signings for the next season. The Argentinian team will add the guard Pedro Franco, a former player of Sionista who has spent the last three seasons in Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, and the guard Pablo Moldú, who has played the last three seasons for Libertad de Sunchales. Both players were signed by Sionista to a two-year contract
SOURCE: Infoliga
Maccabi Haifa has decided the replacement for the recently released head coach Avi Ashkenazi. The Israeli club has appointed the young 30-year-old coach Elad Hasin to take the reign of the club next season. Hasin was an assistant of Ashkenazi during the last two seasons. Hasin also served in 2003 as a scout at the University of Memphis with John Calipari.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Asked about the interest of one of the candidates to president of Regal Barcelona, Sandro Rosell, in signing him, Rudy Fernández didn't rule out that option, and admitted indirect contacts between both parts. The Spanish guard, though, is under contract by the Portland Trail Blazers, and would have to negociate his leaving with the NBA franchise.
SOURCE: El Mundo Deportivo
Sergiy Gladyr, drafted by the Atlanta Hawks with the 49th pick in 2009, won't try to earn a spot next season in the NBA. The 20-year-old forward has played this season in Suzuki Manresa, averaging 9.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in the Spanish ACB league. Gladyr will stay another season in Manresa.
SOURCE: El Punt
The owner of Zalgiris Kaunas, Vladimir Romanov, decided to give the head coach duties to Marcus Brown before the Game 6 of the LKL Finals against Lietuvos Rytas. Dainius Salenga, captain of Zalgiris, was the unofficial coach of the Lithuanian team after the firing of Darius Maskoliunas a week ago.
SOURCE: Basketnews.lt
The head coach of Meridiano Alicante, Óscar Quintana, doesn't expect Mindaugas Katelynas to play another year in Spain. According to Quintana, Katelynas wants to be back to his country, Lithuania, to stay closer to his family. Zalgiris Kaunas is already reported to be interested in the 26-year-old forward, who has averaged 11.2 points and 5.0 rebounds this season in the ACB league.
SOURCE: EFE
Despite agreeing to take the reign next season of Libertad de Sunchales, the new head coach of the Mets de Guaynabo, Flor Meléndez, is considering to sign a long-term contract with the Puerto Rican team. Meléndez is waiting to know if the dates of the Argentinian and the Puerto Rican leagues allow him to take the reign of both teams.
SOURCE: Primera Hora
After a disappointing season, DKV Joventut is already planning the next one with a lot of changes in the roster. Despite having another year of contract, Kristaps Valters will leave the Spanish club this summer. The 28-year-old Latvian guard, who arrived from Ayuda en Acción Fuenlabrada, has averaged 7.5 points and 4.3 assists per game in the ACB league.
SOURCE: El Punt
Energa Czarni has added the first player for the next season. The Polish team has signed Paweł Leończyk to a two-year contract. The 24-year-old forward played last season in Turow Zgorzelec, averaging 8.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. Leonczyk will be back to Energa Czarni, where he played in the 2008-09 season
SOURCE: Polski Kosz
As expected, Damir Markota is no longer player of Bizkaia Bilbao Basket, after agreeing with the Spanish team the termination of his contract. The 24-year-old Croatian forward arrived to Bilbao in January 2009 from ViveMenorca and has averaged 4.3 points and 3.4 assists in the ACB league this season.
SOURCE: Bilbao Basket
Valdis Valters, who left temporary his duties as head coach of VEF Riga weeks ago due to health problems, won't be back to the Latvian team bench. The former point guard has accepted to be the new vice president of basketball operations of VEF Riga. The Latvian team is also trying to sign the center Kaspars Kambala, now in Enisey Krasnoyarsk, for the next season.
SOURCE: TV Net
Dragan Todoric, manager of Partizan, denied the Serbian team is interested in bringing back Luka Bogdanovic next season. The 25-year-old forward could leave DKV Joventut next summer, after two years in the Spanish team. Bogdanovic, who played for Partizan between 2004 and 2007, has averaged this season 9.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in the ACB league,
SOURCE: Sportske
The former head coach of the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings, Eric Musselman, was finally appointed to take the reign of the Dominican Republic national team. The 45-year-old coach, who was working as a TV analyst, was signed until 2012, when the Domincan Republic will try to play in the Olympic Games, in London.
SOURCE: El Caribe
The agent of Mark Worthington slammed the rumors about the possible signing of the 26-year-old forward to the Townsville Crocodriles. Worthington, who played last season for the Melbourne Tigers posting 15.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, wants to keep on playing in Europe. The Australian forward has finished the season in Germany with Brose Baskets Bamberg, averaging 5.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in 13 games.
SOURCE: Townsville Bulletin
Libertad de Sunchales have signed Álex Galindo for the next season. The Puerto Rican forward has played recently in the Uruguayan team Cader and in the Indios de Mayagüez, posting 21.1 and 7.3 rebounds per game in the BSN league. Libertad has also added the American guard Robert day, recently playing for the Lobos Grises de Durango, in Mexico.
SOURCE: Infoliga
The health problems of Bogdan Tanjevic could force Fenerbahce to hire a new head coach for the next season. Along with Neven Spahija, currently in talks to extend his contract with Power Electronics Valencia, the Turkish team is also exploring to sign Harun Erdenay. The former player of Fenerbahce between 1993 and 2003 could be the first option, while Aydin Örs, who won the league as head coach for the Turkish team in 2007, could also be back to Fenerbahce.
SOURCE: Basketball Haber
The Mets de Guaynabo are trying to qualify for the playoff of the BSN league, and have decided to change their head coach. Pepo Martínez was fired by the Puerto Rican team, that hired to replace him Flor Meléndez for the rest of the season. The Mets are trying to sign the former coach of the Trotamundos de Carabobo to a multi-year contract, though Meléndez is set to take the reign of Libertad de Sunchales when the next Argentinian league starts.
SOURCE: Primera Hora
The recently promoted Trabzonspor keeps on building the team in his comeback to the TBL. After adding Evren Büker from Galatasaray, the Turkish team has extended the contract of the former NBA player Harold Jamison, who arrived to Trabzonspor last February, and has added 27-year-old forward Cevner Özer, who was playing since 2006 in Besiktas.
SOURCES: Turk Basket, Basketbol Haber
The brief stint of Rotislav Kryvych in Hoverla is over. The Ukrainian team has decided to part ways with the 31-year-old guard, who arrived to Hoverla last February from the folded team BC Donetsk. Kryvych averaged 10.2 points and 2.6 rebounds before being swept in the Ukrainian Super League quarterfinals by Budivelnik.
SOURCE: iSport
Luis Cequeira will play next season for Obras Sanitarias. The Argentinian 25-year-old guard played recently for Juventud Sionista, arriving to the semifinals of the LNB league and averaging 14.1 points and 4.4 assists per game. Cequeira will play the next South American Club Championship with Obras Sanitarias next July.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Kavala has decided to release Vangelis Alexandris as the head coach of the Greek team. The 59-year-old coach, former winner of a Saporta Cup with Maroussi and an EuroCup with Aris Thessaloniki, arrived this season to Kavala from Kolossos Rhodes, leading his team to avoid relegation with an 8-18 balance.
SOURCE: Basketnet
The future of Gianluca Basile could be far from Regal Barcelona, The 35-year-old Italian guard is at the end of his contract, and his current club is reported to sign Rafa Martínez or Rudy Fernández for the shooting guard position. In that case, despite he doesn't want to leave Barcelona, Basile wants to continue playing in the top European competition with another team.
SOURCE: Euroleague
The Philadelphia 76ers are close to announce the new head coach who will replace Eddie Jordan. The leading candidate is reported to be the veteran coach and TV analyst Doug Collins, while Avery Johnson and Sam Mitchell could be the alternatives. Other names like Dan Majerle, Bill Laimbeer, Monty Williams and Elston Turner could be already ruled out.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Daily News
Rossen Barchovski is back to the Bulgarian national team, after being appointed by the national basketball federation. Barchovski was in charge of Bulgaria in 1995, in 1997 and from 2004 to 2006, and will replace Pini Gershon. The former coach of CSKA Sofia will lead the Bulgarian NT in the next EuroBasket 2011 qualification stage this summer
SOURCE: FIBA
The Portland Trail Blazers assistant Dean Demopolous will be interviewed by the Atlanta Hawks for their coaching vacancy. The Hawks are looking for a replacement for Mike Woodson, recently released. Demopolous worked with Rick Sund, the Hawks general manager, in their stint with the Seattle SuperSonics.
SOURCE: Sports Illustrated
After solving his bureaucratic issues with his former team in Germany, Ludwigsburg, Richard Chaney has officially signed his contract in Puerto Rico with the Cangrejeros de Santurce, and will play tonight his first game against the Capitanes de Arecibo. The 26-yerar old forward averaged 8.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in the BBL.
SOURCE: Cangrejeros de Santurce
Kosta Perovic could be another target of Maccabi Tel Aviv for the next season. The 25-year-old Serbian center, now playing in Spain for Power Electronics Valencia, is on the radar of Maccabi, though the Israeli team hasn't talk with his representatives. The ACB club could transfer Perovic to get extra funds to extend the contract of Neven Spahija. The former player of the Golden State Warriors, who signed a three-year contract with Valencia in 2008, has averaged 8.4 points and 4.9 rebounds this season.
SOURCE: Sport5
After two years in DKV Joventut, Luka Bogdanovic could leave Spain and be back to his former team, Partizan, where the Serbian 25-year-old forward played between 2004 and 2007. Bogdanovic, who has averaged 9.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in the ACB league, will be a free agent this summer.
SOURCE: El Punt
After finishing in the third place in the last LKL league, Siauliai is already planning the next season, and the first signingn is Darius Gvezdauskas. The 21-year-old guard played last season with Nevezis, averaging 16.0 points and 2.7 assists in the LKL. Gvezdauskas will have the chance to play in the EuroCup with his new team.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
Stanislav Eremin, now head coach of Triumph Lyubertsy, could be signed next season by Unics Kazan. Eremin would replace the Lithuanian former player Valdemaras Homicius, in charge of Unics since 2007. Both coaches faced each other in the quarterfinals of the Russian Super league, with victory for Unics Kazan.
SOURCE: Basketnews.lt
After Renaldas Seibutis, the next players to leave Bizkaia Bilbao Basket, besides Paco Vázquez, will be Jerome Moiso and Damir Markota, as the coach Fotis Katsikaris has confirmed. The French center arrived last summer to Bilbao from DKV Joventut, while the Croatian forward was signed by the Spanish team from ViveMenorca in January 2009.
SOURCE: El Correo
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