Bo McCalebb could be player of the Regal Barcelona next season. The Spanish team could have reached to a verbal agreement with the American guard, who has played this season for Partizan. His arrival to Barcelona could lead to the departure of the Slovenian guard Jaka Lakovic, who will leave the team despite having another year of contract.
SOURCE: Superbasket
Gordan Giricek is no longer player of Fenerbahce, after agreeing both parts to terminate the player's contract. The Serbian guard arrived to the Turkish team, who arrived two years ago from the Phoenix Suns after 6 years in the NBA, has averaged this season in the TBL 7.1 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: NTV Spor
The Turkish Basketball Federation is considering to hire Panagiotis Gianakkis to replace Bogdan Tanjevic, who left temporary the National Team head coach duties due to health issues. Gianakkis, current coach of Olympiakos, has received already an offer from the Turkish Federation, which will host the next World Championship.
SOURCE: Sportnet
In an interview for a Greek radio, Jeremiah Massey told he wants to go back to Aris Thessaloniki next season, and confirmed the interest of his former team in landing him. The American forward was recently released by Xacobeo Blu:Sens, after a brief and troubled stint in the Spanish team.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Olympiakos won't finally loan Zoran Erceg to Canadian Solar Bologna, due to bureaucratic problems related with the former team of the Serbian forward, Panionios. Erceg was supposed to sign for the Italian team for the rest of the season, but finally will have to wait for the next one to try to earn a spot in Olympiakos.
SOURCE: Superbasket
JDA Dijon has finally hired Jean-Louis Borg as the new head coach. The French team will play next season in the ProB league. The signing of Borg for three years could also mean the arrival of two former players of Vichy, the latest team of the head coach: the American guard and streetball star Kareem Reid and the French guard David Mélody, captain of Vichy.
SOURCE: Bien Public
Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, have slammed the report about the firing of Mike Brown as the head coach of the team. According to Gilbert, the team is evaluating the future of Brown, who could be released offically in the next days after being unable to qualify the Cavs to the Eastern Conference Finals.
SOURCE: AP
Mike Woodson won't be the only coach to be released today in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired Mike Brown. This decision comes the day after being defeated in the Conference semifinals by the Boston Celtics. Brown, named Coach of the Year last season, was in his fifth year in charge of the Cavs.
SOURCE: Sports Illustrated
The owner of Zalgiris Kaunas, Vladimir Romanov, has decided that the captain of the team, Dainius Salenga, will also be, formally, the head coach for the rest of the season. Salenga took the responsability in the last game of the LKL Finals against Lietuvos Rytas, won by Zalgiris, after the firing of Darius Maskoliunas
SOURCE: Krepsinis
Mike Woodson, coach of the Atlanta Hawks during the last six seasons, was informed by the NBA franchise that he would not be offered a new contract. Despite improving the results of the team from the 13 victories in the 2004-05 season to the 53 of this one, the poor performances of the Hawks in the postseason have costed Woodson his job.
SOURCE: NBA.com
Ali Traoré could be a target of Montepaschi Siena for next season. The French-Ivorian center, who is playing in ASVEL Villeurbanne since 2008, has refused an extension offer from his team until 2012, and could have an offer from Siena. Traoré averaged 14.5 points and 5.4 rebounds in the last Euroleague.
SOURCE: Le Progrès
The assistant of the Houston Rockets, Elston Turner, will be interviewed by representatives of the Chicago Bulls as a candidate to be the next head coach of the franchise. Turner, who has been an assistant coach during the last 14 years, is also on the radar of the Philadelphia 76ers to take the reign of the team.
SOURCE: The Houston Chronicle
The stint of Jesse Pallot-Rosa in Israel is over after his team, Maccabi Haifa, was defeated in the Super League playoff. The American guard, who has averaged 17.1 points per game, will be back to the BSN league in the next days to play with the Atléticos de San Germán. The Puerto Rican team have also signed Karim Malpica to take the spot left by Donald Copeland, released due to an injury. The Mexican guard arrives from the Soles de Mexicali, where he averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 assists per game.
SOURCE: Victoria 840
Real Madrid is also tracking the market looking for a big man, and the main target for the frontcourt is now Sasha Kaun. The 25-year-old Russian center, playing currently his second season with CSKA Moscow, has averaged 9.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in the last Euroleague. Kaun, who has also attracted the interest of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has another year of contract with CSKA.
SOURCE: As
The talks about the extension of Neven Spahija's contract with Power Electronics Valencia are right now on stand-by. The Spanish club wants to keep the Croatian coach, but the economical demands of Spahija could force Power Electronics Valencia to sell a player to afford his salary. The main candidate to leave is the Serbian center Kosta Perovic. Teams like Caja Laboral could be one of the teams that would be interested in Perovic. Matt Nielsen, another target of Caja Laboral, could also decide whether to stay or not in Valencia depending on the renewal of Spahija's contract.
SOURCE: Las Provincias, Superdeporte
The Caciques de Humacao have announced the signing of Clarence Matthews to replace James Mays due to an injury. Mays was averaging 17.9 points and 9 rebounds per game in the Puerto Rican BSN. The new player of the Caciques, Matthews, arrives from the Gigantes de Guayana, after being the top scorer of the LPB with 22.9 points per game.
SOURCE: BSN Puerto Rico
BBC Optima Gant has hired Erez Bittman as the new head coach. Bittman, a formar assistant of Maccabi Tel Aviv will replace Eric Rogiers in the Belgian team. The 42-year-old Israeli coach has been in charge during his career of SISU Copenhague, in Denmark, and BG Karlsruhe, in Germany.
SOURCE: HLN
JDA Dijon will play next season in the French ProB league after finishing in the last position of the ProA. The team is already planning the new season, and is looking for a new head coach. The main candidate is Jean-Louis Borg, recently released from Vichy. Another candidate is the former coach of Paris Levallois, Jean-Marc Dupraz. The current coach, Henrik Dettmann, is not ruled out to continue in Dijon though.
SOURCE: Basketnews
Suad Sehovic, captain of Bosna Sarajevo, is considering to leave his current team next season due to the bad results of the Bosnian team this year. The 23-year-old Montenegrin guard, who has played for Bosna since 2005, has averaged 13.7 points and 5.4 rebounts this season in the Adriatic League
SOURCE: Dvevni Avaz
The Philadelphia 76ers continue looking for a replacement for the fired head coach Eddie Jordan. Another candidate is Houston Rockets assistant Elston Turner, who will go to Philadelphia to discuss the vacancy with the NBA franchise. Turner is now in his third season with the Rockets, after spending six season with the Sacramento Kings, and four with the Portland Trail Blazers.
SOURCE: Philly.com
As expected, Lottomatica Roma has announced the signing of Josh Heytvelt. The 23-year-old American center has played this season for the Turkish team Oyak Renault, averaging 17.3 points and 10 rebounds per game in the TBL. Heyvelt will play for Lottomatica for the rest of the season.with a team option for the next one.
SOURCE: Virtus Roma
Jeremiah Massey is no longer player of Xacobeo Blu:Sens, after agreeing both parts to terminate the contract of the American forward. Massey arrived to the Spanish team last February, after being released the month ago from Real Madrid, but was sidelined from the team after some personal problems with his coach, Curro Segura.
SOURCE: ACB
Olímpico de Lavanda has agreed terms with Guillermo Narvarte, who will become the new head coach of the Argentinian team. The last team of the 45-year-old coach was the Toros de Aragua, in Venezuel. Narvarte has been also in charge of the Argentinian NT in 2008 and will replace Fernando Duró in his new team.
SOURCE: Somos Deporte
Marcus Eriksson, one of the top prospects of the Swedish basketball, has reached an agreement with Suzuki Manresa, where he did a try-out weeks ago. The 16-year-old guard is now playing with the U-18 Swedish NT the Nordic Championship. In the last U-16 European Championship, Eriksson averaged 19.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: Eurohopes
Real Madrid is already planning next season and showing interest for several players around Europe. Another name is Vassilis Spanoulis, from Panathinaikos. The 27-year-old guard, who played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets in the 2006-07, would be an alternative to the main target of the Spanish team, Milos Teodosic. Spanoulis averaged 10.5 points and 3.8 reoudper game in the last Euroleague.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
Olympiakos has agreed to loan Zoran Erceg to Canadian Solar Bologna for the rest of the season. The 25-year-old Serbian forward was playing for Panionios this season, also on loan from Olympiakos, averaging 14.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. The Italian team was looking for a big man for the Lega A playoff.
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Real Madrid is not the only team interested in landing Milos Teodosic next season. The Houston Rockets and the Miami Heat also scouted the 23-year-old undrafted Serbian guard during the last Final Four of the Euroleague. Teodosic, under contract with Olympiakos until 2014, has expressed his interest in playing someday in the NBA.
SOURCE: Sport24
Olympiakos is considering major changes in the team after failing to win the Euroleague. The Greek team board could decide to fire Panagiotis Giannakis at the end of the season, and promote the assistant coach Milan Tomic to replace him. Olympiakos would also hire Dusan Ivkovic as the technical director. The 56-year-old coach is now in charge of the Serbian National Team, and coached Olympiakos between 1996 and 1999, winning the only Euroleague in the history of the Greek club.
SOURCE: Sportske
Despite the interest of teams like Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv for Aleks Maric, the Australian-Serbian center wants to play one more season for Partizan and try to win the Euroleague. Maric, one of the best players in the last Euroleague averaging 14.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, arrived last season to Partizan from CB Granada.
SOURCE: Sport24
The Atlanta Hawks, the team that holds the NBA rights of Josh Childress, are interested to land the American forward next season. Childress, who's playing in Greece for Olympiakos, is a restricted free agent after leaving the Hawks two years ago. The GM of the Hawks, Rick Sund, is ready to offer Childress a $4.8 million contract.
SOURCE: Superbasket
The New York Knicks are considering to land Tony Parker in case they can't hire a top free agent like LeBron James. The French guard, now playing for the San Antonio Spurs, would be interested in case his current team finally decides to trade him. The Spurs would accept especially in case they can land Rudy Gay, from the Memphis Grizzlies, in a 3-way trade.
SOURCE: New York Daily News
As expected, Libertad de Sunchales have hired Flor Meléndez as the new head coach of the Argentinian team for the next season. Meléndez was in charge of the Trotamundos de Carabobo until last month, when he was released by the Venezuelan team. The 63-year-old head coach is back to the Argentinian LNB after 12 years.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Óscar Quintana, head coach of Meridiano Alicante, doesn't think Mindaugas Katelynas will continue playing for the Spanish team. The 27-year-old Lithuanian forward will be a free agent this summer, and DKV Joventut and Zalgiris Kaunas are reported to be interested in landing him next season. Quintana, who is also at the end of his contract, is unsure too about his own future in Meridiano.
SOURCE: Diario Información
Despite the first reports coming from Israel, the president of CSKA Moscow, Andrei Vatunin, denied the interest of Maccabi Tel Aviv to sign Zoran Planinic next season. The 29-year-old Croatian guard was reported to be already in talks with the Israeli team to land there after two years in CSKA Moscow
SOURCE: Championat
The Gaiteros del Zulia have announced the signing of Emmanuel "Manny" Quezada. The 25-year-old guard arrives from Sameji, in his homecountry's league. Quezada will replace Jason Edwin in the Venezuelan team, who was released. The American guard, who plays for the U.S. Virgin Islands National Team, arrived at the start of the season to the Gaiteros
SOURCE: Gaiteros del Zulia
Stephane Risacher has played his last game as a professional against Orleans last Tuesday. The 37-year-old forward, a former player of the French National Team, was playing for Chalon this season, averaging 7.1 points and 2.2 rebounds. Risacher has played during his career in Greece (Olympiakos) and Spain (Unicaja and CB Murcia), besides his homecountry.
SOURCE: Basketnews
Armani Jeans Milano has announced the signing of the American guard Chris Monroe, who has played this season in Greece for PAOK Thessaloniki, averagin 14.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in the Greek A1 league. Despite this movement, Monroe is reported to be back to PAOK next season.
SOURCE: Olimpia Milano
Lester "Bo" McCalebb could be on the radar of Regal Barcelona for next season. The Spanish team could have made an offer for the American guard, now playing for Partizan, to landed him next season. McCalebb, who arrived to the Serbian team at the start of this season, has averaged in the last Euroleague, won by Barcelona, 13.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: Sportal
Milos Teodosic, now playing for Olympiakos, could have received an offer from Real Madrid. The Spanish team would have offer to the Serbian guard a 4-year, €8 million contract to land him next season. Teodosic is under contract until 2014 by Olympiakos, and has a €1.3 million clause to leave the team.
SOURCE: Sport24
Joe Johnson and the Miami Heat could link their destiny next season, as both parts are reported to have mutual interest. The Atlanta Hawks forward, who will become a free agent next summer, wouldn't have any problem in play a suportive role in Miami along with Dwyane Wade. The Heat, either way, wants to explore the possible interest of LeBron James, from the Cleveland Cavaliers, in coming to Miami.
SOURCE: Miami Herald
As expected, Julio Lamas is the new head coach of Obras Sanitarias for the next season. The 46-year-old coach was in charge of Libertad de Sunchales from 2007 and 2009, and has remained without a team since then. The former coach of the Argentinian NT and Real Madrid, among other teams, was also in charge of Obras Sanitarias in the 2000-01 season.
SOURCE: Infoliga
The Melbourne Tigers have announced the signing of three players for the next season: Eric Devendorf, Luke Nevill and Lucas Walker. Devendorf, a former star in Syracuse, will arrive from the Waikato Pistons of the New Zealand NBL. The 23-year-old American guard is avergaing 14.5 points and 3.2 assists per game. Nevill comes from the Utah Flash, in the D-League, where the Australian 24-year-old center has posted 11.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Finally, Walker arrives from the development league SEABL, where the forward is averaging 10.4 points and 6.7 rebounds for the Dandenong Rangers.
SOURCE: NBL
The Guaros de Lara have decided to relase Cheyne Gadson. The 29-year-old guard refused to play last game against the Marinos de Anzoátegui because he lost his basketball shoes, and the Venezuelan team decides to terminate his contract inmediately. The Guaros have signed Torey Thomas to replace him. The 25-year-old guard has played this season in Holland for Matrixx Magix Nijmegen, averaging 16.5 points and 6.8 assists per game.
SOURCE: Líder
More movements for the Trotamundos de Carabobo. The Venezuelan team have now signed the Dominican guard (with Venezuelan passport) Jonathan Polanco. The 28-years-old arrives from the Dominican league, where he was playing for the Tiburones de Pueblo Nuevo. This will be the second stint in the LNB for Polanco, who played for the Guiaqueries de Margarita in 2006.
SOURCE: El Carabobeño
Al Hilal has signed DerMarr Johnson to play the Asia club with the Saudi team. The 30-year-old forward, who was drafted 6th in 2000 by the Atlanta Hawks was playing lately in Puerto Rico for the Leones de Ponce before being released on March. In his NBA stint, Johnson was in Atlanta, New York, Denver and San Antonio.
SOURCE: Asia-Basket
As expected, Darius Maskoliunas is no longer the head coach of Zalgiris Kaunas. Maskoliunas replaced Ramunas Butautas on February, but the owner of the club, Vladimir Romanov, has decided to fire him despite on being in the middle of the finals of the Lithuanian league. The new head coach of the team could be the current player of Zalgiris, Marcus Brown, after the assistants of Maskoliunas refused to replace him.
SOURCES: Sportalas, Basketnews.lt
According to the Turkish media, Lottomatica Roma could be close to sign Josh Heytvelt for the rest of the season. The 23-year-old American center, who has played this season in Oyak Renault, has posted 17.3 points and 10 rebounds in the TBL. This is the first season of Heytvelt as a professional after leaving the Gonzaga University.
SOURCE: Mixbasket
Raja Bell, a free agent after being waived on March by the Golden State Warriors, would consider any offer from the Miami Heat as the first choice to decide where to play next year. The Heat are planning to build a team around Dwyane Wade to become a contender for the NBA, and could consider Bell, raised in Miami.
SOURCE: Sun-Sentinel
David Blatt will stay for two more years as the head coach of Aris Thessaloniki, after reaching an agreement with the Greek club board. The 52-year-old coach, also in charge of the Russian National Team, arrived to Aris last January after the departure of Fotis Katsikaris, now in Bizkaia Bilbao Basket.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Kevin McHale is interested in becoming the next Chicago Bulls head coach, though the NBA franchise hasn't contacted him yet. McHale, who left the Minnesota Timberwolves last season, is now working as a TV analyst. The Bulls are looking for a new head coach after firing Vinny Del Negro
SOURCE: ESPN
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