As expected, Orhan Haciyeva is the new player of Turk Telekom. The 21-year-old forward arrives to the team based in Ankara from Darufassaka, averaging 4.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Haciyeva also played games during the last season for the affiliated team of Darufassaka, Pertevniyal, in the TB2L, posting 21.9 points and 12.8 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
Cenk Akyol won't be back to Avellino, and DeMarcus Nelson will try to go back to the NBA, where the 24-year-old American guard played during his rookie 2008-09 season, so the Italian team is already looking for new guards. K.C. Rivers, from Benetton Treviso, is another candidate. The 23-year-old guard averaged 12.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in the last Lega A.
SOURCE: Corriere dello Sport
Cornelius Adler is the first arrival to BG Göttingen for the next season. The German team has signed the 21-year-old guard to a one-year contract. Adler arrives from the Pro A league team Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule, where he averaged last season 13.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: Schoenen Dunk
As expected, Olympiakos has announced that Panagiotis Gianakkis is no longer the head coach of the team. The Greek club is already looking for a replacement. The 51-year-old coach arrived to Olympiakos in 2008, after leaving the Greek national team. The former player has also coached Panionios and Maroussi during his career.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Thomas Kelati could become one of the most wanted free agents of the summer. The 27-year-old American-Eritrean guard, close to get a Polish passport, admitted that Real Madrid, Regal Barcelona and Asseco Prokom has shown interest to sign him for the next season. Caja Laboral and Unicaja are also reported to have Kelati on the radar. At the same time, the Los Angeles Lakers (where Kelati played last preseaason) have offered him a guaranteed one-year contract to land in the NBA, though the player will likely stay in Europe. Kelati played last season for Power Electronics Valencia, averaging 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per season.
SOURCE: Sports.pl
Despite the rumors from Israel about a possible comeback of Lior Eliyahu to Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Israeli 24-year-old forward will likely stay next season in Caja Laboral. Eliyahu is happy in the Spanish team, and told that the decision is up to the club, which will probably decide not to move the Israeli player, who arrived last season from Maccabi.
SOURCE: Noticias de Álava
With Matteo Boniciolli confirmed to stay as the head coach of Lottomatica Roma, the Italian team is already tracking the market, and three names have emerged as candidates to be signed. The targets of the team could be the guard Gary Neal (who finished last season in Unicaja and will probably become a free agent), the center Eric Williams (from Scavolini Pesaro) and Earl Calloway (from Cajasol, also on the radar of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Air Avellino)
SOURCE: La Gazzetta dello Sport
As expected, Jeff Foote has joined Maccabi Tel Aviv. The 22-year-old American center was signed to a three-year contract in his first stint as a professional. Foote arrives to Maccabi from the University of Cornell, averaging 12.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. The Israeli club plans to sent him on loan next season.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Joe Ingles could be closer to leave his current team, CB Granada, to play next season for Power Electronics Valencia. The 22-year-old Australian forward could soon reach to an agreement with the Spanish team, through CB Granada could match the offer from Valencia to keep the player. Ingles averaged 11.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in the last ACB league.
SOURCE: Superdeporte
The runner-up of the last LNB Pro A league, Le Mans, have added three new players in a Arow for the next season. The French team has signed, as expected, the French guard Marco Pellin (who played during the last six seasons for Chorale Roanne) and the American forward Ben Dewar (recently released by ASVEL Villeurbanne). The third player will be the American center Ryvon Covile, who left Orleans days ago.
SOURCE: Basketnews
New landing for Paris Levallois in his second season in a row in the LNB Pro A. The French team has signed Guillaume Yango, who played last season for Le Mans, the runner-up of the league. The 28-year-old French center averaged 5.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game last season.
SOURCE: Basketnews
Unicaja could try to sign Carlos Cabezas, one year after the 29-year-old Spanish guard left the team to play for Khimki. The player could be open to leave the Russian team this summer. Another target for Unicaja would be Juan Dixon. The American guard is expecting his sanction due to test positive in an anti-doping control. Unicaja would be willing to wait for his ban to end to land him in the roster for the next season. On the other hand, Unicaja has turned down the chance to extend automatically the contract of Omar Cook, to negociate a lower salary with the player.
SOURCES: Sur, Sur
As expected, Matías Lescano is back to Argentina. The 30-year-old forward was playing for CAI Zaragoza since 2003, since he left Atenas de Córdoba. Now, the Argentinian team has brought Lescano back, after reaching to an agreement with the player. Now, Atenas de Córdoba will try to sign Víctor Baldo, recently released by Blancos de Rueda Valladolid, who was also playing in Spain since 2001.
SOURCE: La Mañana de Córdoba
Lawrence "Larry" Abney will be the second import player of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia for the next season. The veteran American 33-year-old forward will be back to Argentina, after starting last season in Olímpico de La Banda before moving to Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca. Abney also played for Halcones Rojos de Veracruz, in Mexico, and for Khimik, in Ukraine.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
After Erman Kunter decided to turn down the offer from Efes Pilsen to coach the Turkish team, a new list of three candidates has emerged. Jasmin Repesa (last season in Benetton Treviso), Svetislav Pesic (without a team since coaching Red Star in the 2008-09 season) and Velimir Perasovic (last two seasons in Cibona) are the three names considered to replace Ergin Ataman in Efes Pilsen.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
Dirk Bauermann, head coach of the German national team, was also the chosen one to take over Bayern Munich, now in the ProA league (the German second division). The target of Bayern is to be soon a contender for the BBL title, and Bauermann dreams of working with the best German player ever, Dirk Nowitzki, and not only in the national squad. According to the coach, to sign in a near future the 31-year-old forward, now in the Dallas Mavericks, is possible.
SOURCE: Sport1
The Antwerp Giants have announced the arrival of Darnell Wilson. The 25-year-old American forward was the 4th top scorer in the last Belgian league with Pepinster, averaging 15.6 rebounds and 4.4 rebounds per game in his first season in Belgium. Previously, Wilson played in Holland.
SOURCE: Antwerp Giants
Avi Ben-Chimol is the first signing of Maccabi Haifa for the next season. The 26-year-old guard will play in the Israeli team during the next two seasons. Ben-Chimol arrives to Haifa after averaging 8.4 points and 4.7 assists (3rd best) per game in the last Israeli Super League for Maccabi Rishon-LeZion.
SOURCE: Maccabi Haifa Basket
Elishay Kadir is the new player of Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Israeli squad has announced that the 22-year-old forward as signed to a three-year contract. Kadir arrives to Maccabi after two seasons in Galil Gilboa, averaging 14.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in the Israeli Super League, helping his team to win the championship.
SOURCE: Sport5
The Sacramento Kings and the Philadelphia 76ers have reached to an agreement to send Andrés Nocioni and Spencer Hawes to the 76ers, and Samuel Dalembert to the Kings, according to ESPN. Nocioni expressed his desire to leave Sacramento days ago, while Dalembert will bring his $12.9 million expiring contract to the Kings.
SOURCE: ESPN
Panathinaikos has decided not to activate the extension clause of Sarunas Jasikevicius,so the Lithuanian 34-year-old guard is now a free agent, and the most interested team in singing him is his former club, Maccabi Tel Aviv. Panathinaikos, though, could negociate with the player a lower salary to resign him. Jasikevicius, in Panathinaikos since 2007, averaged 8.0 points and 2.5 assists per game last season in the Greek A1 league.
SOURCE: Sport24
As expected, Zoran Planinic is the second signing of Khimki for the next season after Sergey Monya. The 27-year-old guard arrives from CSKA Moscow, where he has played during the last two years. Planinic averaged last season 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds for CSKA in the Russian Super League.
SOURCE: BC Khimki
As expected, Carl English told that he won't be back next season to Caja Laboral. The Canadian 29-year-old guard admitted he's not in the plans of the champion of the last ACB league, which has an option to extend his contract for another year. English, who told he wants to play in the Euroleague next season, denied any offer from Bizkaia Bilbao Basket.
SOURCE: EFE
According to Ermal Kuqo, friend of Kosta Perovic, the 25-year-old Serbian center could land in Caja Laboral to replace Tiago Splitter, who is reported to be close to leave the Spanish team to play in the NBA. Perovic averaged 8.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game last season in Power Electronics Valencia, which could let the player go due to his high salary.
SOURCE: Twitter Ermal Kuqo
Lamine Kanté won't play next season in Poitiers. The 23-year-old forward arrived to the French team in 2007 from Chalon, and averaged 5.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last season in the LNB ProA. Kanté will listen to offers from other French teams to decide his future.
SOURCE: Basketnews
Kresimir Loncar could be on the radar of Khimki for the next season. The 27-year-old center would be the third addition of the Russian team after Sergey Monya and Zoran Planinic (not official yet). Loncar has played during the last two seasons in Unics Kazan, averaging 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in the last Russian Super League.
SOURCE: Championat
The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters have signed Rod Nealy. The 30-year-old American forward will be back to Philippines, where he played for he Barganay Ginebra Kings last season. Nealy moved to the Portuguese League, to play for Vitoria Guimaraes this season, averaging 18.7 points and 10.2 rebounds. The new signing of the Elasto Painters will replace Jai Lewis.
SOURCE: GMAnews
Khimki could announce in the next hours the signing for the next two seasons of Zoran Planinic, who has played during the last two seasons in CSKA Moscow, and is at the end of his contract. The 27-year-old Croatian guard, with NBA experience in the New Jersey Nets, averaged 7.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in the last Euroleague.
SOURCE: Sport Express
Despite the reports about the arrival of Dan Shamir to Maccabi Tel Aviv to become the new assistant of David Blatt, Bnei Hasharon doesn't accept the movement. Shamir has a remaining two-year contract with the Israel team without any exit clause, and Bnei Hasharon doesn't allow him to leave, at least for free.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Simas Jasaitis won't play next season in Turkey to try to go back to Spain, and his desire could be accomplished. The 28-year-old, who played for Galatasaray last season averaging 13.6 points and 6.0 rebounds, could be on the radar of Unicaja, according to the Turkish media, and could be already in talks to land Jasaitis next season.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
The future of Omar Asik seems to be in the United States. The 23-year old Turkish center, currently playing for Fenerbahce since 2007, could land in the NBA to play in the Chicago Bulls, the team that owns the rights of Asik. The future of the center will be decided in the next days.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
Aliaga Petkim has reached to an agreement with five players for the next season. The new signings are the forward Erden Türetken, the guard Baris Güney and the center Levent Bilgin (all three from Kepez Belediyespor), the forward Polat Kaya (from Darufassaka), the forward Önder Külcebas (from Antalya) and the American forward Dalron Johnson (which last team was Maccabi Rishon LeZion).
SOURCE: Basketbol Haber
Antonio Graves is back to Turkey, after reaching to an agreement with Banvit for the next season. The 25-year-old guard, who played for Galatasaray in the 2008-09 season, arrives from Hapoel Holon, averaging 10.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. Graves landed in Israel in January after leaving Cibona due to the payment delays of the Croatian club.
SOURCE: Basketbol Haber
Adem Örem is back to Turk Telekom. The 31-year-old center arrives to the team based in Ankara from Besiktas, where he has played during the last two seasons, averaging 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game in the last TBL. Örem played for Turk Telekom between 2004 and 2006, and in the 2007-08 season.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
Adam Waczynski is the first signing of Trefl Sopot for the next season. The 21-year-old forward is back to his former team after playinf during the last two seasons for Gornik Walbrzych and PBG Poznan, where he averaged 9.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in the last PLK.
SOURCE: Ultrasport
Roko Ukic will stay two more years in Fenerbahce, after agreeing to an extension with the Turkish team. The 25-year-old Croatian guard arrived to Fenerbahce last January after playing in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks. The Turkish club has also signed, as expected, Engin Atsür to a two-year contract. The 26-year-old guard arrives from Besiktas, where he played last season.
SOURCES: Fenerbahce Ulker, Turkbasket
As expected, Stefano Pillastrini was officially announced as the new coach of Sutor Montenagraro to replace Fabrizio Frates. The Italian club signed to a three-year contract the 48-year-old coach, who will be back to Montenagraro after working there since 2003 and 2007. Pillastrini left recently Cimberio Varese after two seasons.
SOURCE: Sutor Basket
As expected, Dan Shamir has left his job as the head coach of Bnei Hasharon to become the assistant of the new coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv, David Blatt. Oren Aharoni, who was the assistant of Shamir in Bnei Hasharon, will be the new head coach of the team.
SOURCE: One
9 de Julio de Río Tercero has agreed with Unión de Sunchales to swap places in the Argentinian league, and will be in the next LNB. The promoted team will try to sign Diego Osella in the new stint in the top Argentinian division. The veteran 40-year-old is without a team since being released by Atenas de Córdoba, and was considering retirement.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
As expected, Sergey Monya was signed to a two-year contract by Khimki, after four seasons in Dynamo Moscow. The 27-year-old forward averaged 13.8 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in the last Russian Super League. Khimki won't also extend the contracts of Sergei Toporov and Petr Gubanov. On the other hand, the Russian team could be eyeing Romain Sato, from Montepaschi Siena, for the next season.
SOURCES: Sport Express, Krepsinis
Regal Barcelona will exercise the option to terminate the contract of Lubos Barton. The 30-year-old Czech forward, who arrived in 2008 from DKV Joventut, has only played 6 games in the ACB league with Regal Barcelona after starting the season injured, averaging 5.2 points and 0.8 rebounds.
SOURCE: Sport.es
Caja Laboral is planning the next season assuming that Tiago Splitter won't continue in the team to move to the NBA. The arrival of a replacement could also make the Spanish team not to extend the contract of Stanko Barac. The future of the 23-year-old Croatian coach, who averaged 8.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season, depends of the salary of that new center. Milt Palacio, Vladimir Golubovic and, probably, Carl English, will leave the team.
SOURCE: El Correo
Estudiantes could be interested in Josh Asselin. The 31-year-old American center finished last season in CB Murcia, averaging 7.9 points and 6.0 rebounds last season, and could be the replacement of Petar Popovic if the Serbian player leaves the team. Two other players that could be released this summer are Javier Beirán and Daniel Clark.
SOURCE: As
Erman Kunter has rejected the one-year offer from Efes Pilsen to take over the Turkish team. Kunter could finally decide to stay three more years in his current team, Cholet Basket. Efes Pilsen is already looking for another coach, and could have Svetislav Pesic in the top of the candidates list to replace Ergin Ataman.
SOURCE: Turk Basket
Dusko Vujosevic could be also another possible choice in the list of candidates to replace Panagiotis Giannakis in Olympiakos. The 51-year-old coach is in charge of Partizan since 2001, and of the Montenegrin national squad since 2007. Olympiakos could be also interested in signing another important key piece of Partizan, the Australian-Serbian 25-year-old center Aleks Maric, according to the Greek media.
SOURCE: Sportnet
Air Avellino could sign Marques Green soon. The 28-year-old American guard played last season for Scavolini Pesaro, averaging 11.9 points and 5.0 assists in the last Lega A. Other targets of Avellino were Earl Calloway, from Cajasol, and Aaron Miles, from Aris Thessaloniki. The Italian team could be also interested in Andrea Pecile, who finished last season in the LegaDue with Riviera Solare Rimini. On the other hand, DeMarcus Nelson and Dee Brown will probably leave the team to try to play in the United States.
SOURCE: Il Mediano
Oyak Renault has landed Kerem Özkan for the next season. The 21-year-old center arrives to the team based in Bursa after three seasons in Besiktas. Özkan averaged 2.9 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in just 8.4 minutes per game in the last TBL. The next target of Oyak Renault is now to sign a Turkish point guard.
SOURCE: Turkbasket
Thomas Larrouquis will play for Vichy next season. The 25-year-old guard arrives to his new team after two seasons in Cholet Basket, averaging 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in just 16 games played with the champion of the French LNB. Larrouquis also played in the ProA league for Limoges in the 2007-08 season.
SOURCE: L'Équipe
Nicolás De Los Santos is the new signing for Olímpico de La Banda for the next season. The 22-year-old Argentinian guard arrives to Olímpico after two seasons in Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia, averaging 8.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in the last one
SOURCE: Infoliga
Sergey Monya could be the first signing of Khimki for the next season. The 27-year-old Russian forward is playing for Dynamo Moscow since 2006, after his unsucessful stint in the NBA in the Portland Trail Blazers and the Sacramento Kings. Monya, who averaged 13.8 points and 7.9 rebounds in the last Russian Super League, could have a two-year contract, $1.2 million per year offer from Khimki to leave Dynamo as a free agent.
SOURCE: Championat
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