Kurt Rambis continues his European tour, and attended the game of the Greek finals between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos. According to the Minnesota Timberwolves coach, his main interest in that game was, besides Nikola Pekovic, drafted by the Wolves, Linas Kleiza and Josh Childress. Rambis watched closely both players for the future, in case they decide to return to the NBA.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Maccabi Tel Aviv is interested in signing former players of the team for the next season. Besides Lior Eliyahu, Yotam Halperim or Sarunas Jasikevicius, another name is Tal Burstein. The Israelian guard, who has averaged this season 9.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in the ACB league for Ayuda en Acción Fuenlabrada, is another target of Maccabi.
SOURCE: Sport5
The Marinos de Anzoátegui have announed a new signing to strengthen the team in the LPB Finals against the Cocodrilos de Caracas. The Venezuelan club have signed Anthony Grundy. The 30-year-old guard arrives from Carife Ferrara, in Italy, where he was averaging 17.9 points and 2.7 rebounds. Grundy played briefly in the NBA in the the Atlanta Hawks (12 games) in 2006.
SOURCE: Twitter Marinos de Anzoátegui
Three candidates are emerging to be appointed as the new Vanoli Cremona head coach. Luca Bechi (from Angelico Biella), Stefano Pillastrini (Cimberio Varese) and Fabrizio Frates (Sutor Montenagraro) are the three names in the short list of Cremona to replace Attilio Caja.
SOURCE: La Provincia
Pau-Orthez is exploring the options to replace Teddy Gipson, who will leave next season, probably to play for Orleans. The recently promoted to the ProA league team is interested in Laurent Sciarra, but has other options, such as Eric Chatfield (who has played last season for Rouen), Aaron Miles (Aris Thessaloniki) or Antonio Graves (who left Cibona at the middle of the season)
SOURCE: Basketnews
Power Electronics Valencia wants Sergi Vidal for the next season, and talked with the player a month ago to explore his interest to join the team. Vidal has another year of contract with Real Madrid, where he landed last summer from Caja Laboral, but it's playing a marginal role in his current team, averaging 2.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 12.2 minutes per game.
SOURCE: Las Provincias
Despite the interest from Obras Sanitarias, Juan Manuel Locatelli will finally play for Juventud Sionista. The Argentinian team signed the 34-year-old forward to a two-year contract. Locatelli played last season in Atenas de Córdoba averaging 12.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in the LNB.
SOURCE: Infoliga
The future of Rimas Kurtinaitis in Lietuvos Rytas is not clear, despite winning the last LKL against Zalgiris. The bad results in Europe and losing the Baltic League could lead the board of the Lithuanian club to replace Kurtinaitis, in charge of the team since 2008. The main candidate to take over Lietuvos in case Kurtinaitis is released is the Croatian coach Drazen Anzulovic, who started last season with BC Donetsk before bankrupt of the Ukrainian team.
SOURCE: Kosarka.hr
Despite the great season of Cholet, the coach Erman Kunter could leave the team next season. The Turkish coach, in charge of the French team since 2003 (except the 2004-05 season, in ASVEL Villeurbanne) has demanded more money to stay in Cholet, but the small budget of the club could make impossible an agreement between both parts.
SOURCE: L'Ouest France
The recently promoted to the Argentinian LNB team Unión Formosa has signed the first two players for the next season: forward Federico Ferrini and guard Lucas Pérez. Ferrini arrives from Atenas de Córdoba, where he played during the last two yeard, while Pérez played for El Nacional in the TNA league last season.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Gravelines Dunkerque, still fighting in the French LNB semifinals, is reported to be in talks with the forwards Dounia Issa, from Vichy, and Rudy Jomby, from Le Havre, for the next season. Issa averaged 9.0 points and 10.8 rebounds this season, while Jomby posted 7.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
SOURCE: La Voix des Sports
Despite the painful defeat against Galil Gilboa in the Israeli Super League final, Shimon Mizrahi, president of Maccabi Tel Aviv, announced that Pini Gershon will remeain as the head coach of the team for the next season. The veteran coach, in charge of the team since 2008, has another year of contract
SOURCE: Sport5
The Melbourne Tigers are close to land again to the Australian NBL the former NBA player Julius Hodge. The 26-year-old guard went to Venezuela weeks ago to play for the Trotamundos de Carabobo. The Tigers expect Hodge to join the team at the start of the next season
SOURCE: Gaze Hoops
PAOK Thessaloniki won't extend the contract of Predrag Drobnjak. The 34-year-old Montenegrin center is a free agent, and is looking forward to play for two more years. The former NBA player between 2001 and 2005, who arrived to PAOK last summer from Efes Pilsen, has averaged 8.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in the Greek A1 league.
SOURCE: Basketnet
As expected, Sabit Hadzic will be the new head coach of the Bosnian national team. The president of the Bosnian Federation, Nihad Imanovic, confirmed he has proposed Hadzic to the board that has to make the final decision. Hadzic was also in charge of the Bosnian NT between 1997 and 2001.
SOURCE: Dvevni Avaz
Obras Sanitarias is targeting two former players of the Argentinian team for the next season. One of them is Juan Pedro Gutiérrez, who has played for the last 6 years in Spain for CB Granada, and could leave the team this summer. The second one is Juan Manuel Locatelli, from Atenas de Córdoba, the best forward of the Argentinian LNB during the last two seasons.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
Kurt Rambis, head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, attended to the game between Caja Laboral and Real Madrid in the ACB league. According to "Noticias de Álava", Rambis paid special attention to Ante Tomic, drafted in 2008 by the Utah Jazz. The Croatian 23-year-old center is averaging 7.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 20 minutes per game in the ACB league with Real Madrid.
SOURCE: Noticias de Álava
After a disappointing season, Maccabi Tel Aviv is planning the next one to win again the Israeli Super League. The two main targets to improve the rosters are two former players: Lior Eliyahu (now playing for Caja Laboral) and Yotam Halperin (currently in Olympiakos). Both players are not happy in their current teams, and could agree to be back to Maccabi
SOURCE: One
The Atlanta Hawks will interview Mark Jackson for the head coaching job on Saturday. The former NBA player and current TV analyst will be the third candidate to be part of the Hawks interviews to find a replacement for Mike Woodson, after Dwane Casey and Avery Johnson. Jackson has never been an assistant or a head coach since retiring as a player in 2004
SOURCE: FanHouse
Federico Kammerichs, the best player last year in Regatas Corrientes, could be on the radar of Atenas de Córdoba in case Diego Lo Grippo leaves the team to land in Quimsa. But the 28-year-old Argentinian forward could be interested in returning to Spain, where he played between 2001 and 2008 before joining Regatas Corrientes. Kammerichs, who has averaged 13.5 points and 11.8 rebounds this season, is waiting for an offer from Spain.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
Cesare Pancotto is no longer the head coach of Air Avellino, after the Italian team has decided to activate the termination clause of his contract, after just one season. Pancotto arrived to Avellino after being in charge of Fortitudo Bologna the season before, and led the team to the semifinals of the Italian Cup, and to the playoff of the Lega.
SOURCE: Scandone Basket
Another Nordic prospect for Suzuki Manresa. After reaching to an agreement with the Swedish guard Markus Eriksson, the ACB team is close to land Iikka Maki. The 16-year-old guard would arrive from the Finnish team Honka, at his home country, and was tested by Manresa some weeks ago. Eriksson and Maki would play for the junior team of Manresa, CBiUM Albert Disseny.
SOURCES: Eurohopes, Regió 7
Ernest Brown is the new player of the Atléticos de San Guzmán. The 31-year-old center, a former player of the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, replaced Mario Austin, who arrived to Puerto Rico last month. Brown has played this season in Bulgaria (Lukoil Akademik), China (Beijing Ducks) and Venezuela (Toros de Aragua) before landing in the Puerto Rican BSN league.
SOURCE: Primera Hora
The top candidate for be appointed as the new coach of the Bosnian national team could be Sabit Hadzic. Another name considerated was Jasmin Repesa, but his current club, Benetton Treviso, is not willing to let him take the job. Hadzic would be back to the Bosnian NT after leading the squad to three European Championship between 1997 and 2001.
SOURCE: Dvevni Avaz
Jacek Winnicki will be appointed as the new head coach of PGE Turow Zgorzelec next week to replace Andrej Urlep, hired last December by the Polish team. The 43-year-old coach was in charge of the women team Lotos Gydnia last season. Winnicki's only experience in the PLK as a head coach was in the 2002-03 season, with Slask Wrocklaw.
SOURCE: Polski Kosz
Nicolás Romano will be player of Regatas Corrientes the next season. The 22-year-old Argentinian forward played last season for Quilmes, averaging 11.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. The next target for Regatas is Juan Pablo Cantero, who is set to leave Atenas de Córdoba soon.
SOURCE: Basquetplus
Avery Johnson is closer to become the new head coach of the New Jersey Nets. Both parts will meet next Saturday, and the official anouncement could be made as soon as next week. Johnson was without a team since leaving the Dallas Mavericks in 2008, after four years in charge of the Texan franchise.
SOURCE: New York Daily News
Orleans is close to sign the foreign MVP of the last ProB season, Teddy Gipson. The 30-year-old American guard played last season in Pau Orthez, averaging 15.7 points and 5.4 assists per game, and helping his team to promote to the ProA league. The replacement of Gibson in Pau Orthez could be a former player of Orleans, Laurent Sciarra.
SOURCE: Basketnews
As expected, Brad Newley will play in Lietuvos Rytas. The 25-year-old Australian guard was signed by the Lithuanian squad to a 2-year contract. Newley arrives from Besiktas, where he averaged 17.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. The former Houston Rockets draftee will be the third Australian player in the history of the club, after Matt Nielsen and Aron Baynes
SOURCE: Basketnews.lt
The Charlotte Bobcats are interested in Jeremy Pargo, brother of Jennaro Pargo, from the Chicago Bulls. The Bobcats have invited Pargo, playing in his rookie year in Israel for Galil Gilboa to the next Summer League, in Las Vegas. The 24-year-old guard, who has just won the Israeli Super League against Maccabi, has averaged 14.1 points and 4.7 assists per game.
SOURCE: Walla Sport
Sebastián González will be finally the new head coach of the runner-up of the Argentinian LNB, Atenas de Córdoba. González, who arrives from the TNA team 9 de Julio de Río Tercero, will replace Óscar Sánchez. The other candidate for the job was Gustavo Miravet, from San Martín de Marcos Juárez.
SOURCE: El Mundo D
As expected since weeks ago, Guy Goodes won't be back to the Hapoel Jerusalem bench next season. Goodes, who was in charge of Hapoel since 2008 after arriving from Maccabi Rishon LeZion, wants to coach in an European team, though he's also on the short list of Maccabi Tel Aviv if Pini Gershon leaves the team.
SOURCE: One
Javier Martínez is back to Regatas Corrientes. The Paraguayan-Argentinian guard leaves Juventud Sionista to sign for Regatas, where he played between 2005 and 2007. Martínez averaged 11.7 points and 3.8 assists last season. Juventud Sionista also released guard Gary Buchanan and center Jimmy Boston.
SOURCE: Uno Entre Rios
Vanoli Cremona has announced that Attilio Caja is no longer the coach of the Italian team, after exercicing the early termination clause of his contract. Caja arrived to Cremona last February to replace Stefano Cioppi, and helped the team to avoid relegation. A candidate for the vacancy could be Sharon Drucker, currently assistant coach of Pini Gershon in Maccabi Tel Aviv.
SOURCE: Gruppo Triboldi Basket
Quimsa is interested in landing Diego Lo Grippo for the next season. The 32-year-old forward played last season for Atenas de Córdoba after 6 years in Spain, averaging 18.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, and helping his team to reach the LNB finals. On the other hand, José Muruaga, Bruno Ingratta and Pablo Gil will leave the team.
SOURCE: Infoliga
Tariq Kirksay told after the last game of playoff against Real Madrid that there's a chance that was the last game as a player of Cajasol, though there's nothing definitive. The 30-year-old American-French forward, who arrived last summer from Unics Kazan, has averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds in the ACB, being considerated one of the best defensive players of the league.
SOURCE: Piratas del Basket
More names for the short list of Power Electronics Valencia to replace Neven Spahija, besides Velimir Perasovic (still the favorite), Paco Olmos and Sharon Drucker. Other coaches that are being considerated are Nenad Markovic (now in charge of Panionios), Luka Pavicevic (head coach of Alba Berlin) and Sito Alonso (former coach of DKV Joventut)
SOURCE: Superdeporte
The Waikato Pistons have decided to release guard Carl Krauser due to an injury, and signed to replace him Rashad Tucker. The 35-year-old American forward arrives to New Zealand from the Sendai 89ers of the Japan, averaging 11.0 points and 7.2 rebounds in 25 games in the JBL with experience in the Australian league, having played for the Perth Wildcats, Cairns Taipans and Melbourne Tigers during his career.
SOURCE: Stuff.co.nz
The assistant coach of Pini Gershon, Sharon Drucker, in Maccabi Tel Aviv could leave next season the Israeli team to take over a team in Europe. Drucker could be on the radar of Power Electronics Valencia, without a coach after the departure of Neven Spahija, and Vanoli Cremona, where he would replace Attilio Caja.
SOURCE: Ynet
Giuseppe Poeta could be player of Armani Jeans Milano next season. The 24-year-old guard, who is playing in Banca Tercas Teramo since 2006 is still under contract, but his current team is considering to transfer him. Other teams that could be interested in Poeta are Benetton Treviso and Lottomatica Roma.
SOURCE: Il Centro
Hollis Price could be the new playmaker of ASVEL Villeurbanne for the next season. The 30-year-old American guard is currenly playing in Germany for the Artland Dragons. Price, who played in France for Le Mans between 2003 and 2005, has averaged 7.7 points and 3.4 assists in 10 games in the BBL.
SOURCE: Basketnews
David Blatt has denied any intention of coaching Power Electronics Valencia to replace Neven Spahija, as the Greek media reported yesterday. Blatt has no intention of leaving the Russian national team, and is still in talks with Aris Thessaloniki to extend his contract with the Greek team.
SOURCE: Championat
Unicaja has asked about the situation of Kosta Perovic in Power Electronics Valencia. The 25-year-old Serbian center has another year of contract of Valencia, but his club could decide to transfer Perovic due to his high salary, despite the departure of the coach, Neven Spahija. Caja Laboral and Maccabi Tel Aviv are also interested in Perovic. Another player of Power Electronics Valencia who is on the radar of Unicaja is Thomas Kelati. The American-Eritrean guard played for Unicaja during the 2008-09 season, and could be a target of the coach Aíto García Reneses.
SOURCE: La Opinión de Málaga
Óscar "Huevo" Sánchez is no longer the head coach of Atenas de Córdoba, after the Argentinian team decided not to extend his contract. Sánchez, who arrived to Atenas last December to replace Ruben Magnano, the current coach of the Brazilian national team, and led his team to the LNB Finals, losing against Peñarol. The replacement for Sánchez could be Sebastián González, now in the TNA team 9 de Julio de Río Tercero. The other candidate is Gustavo Miravet, from San Martín de Marcos Juárez.
SOURCE: El Mundo D
The Gallitos de Isabela have signed Angel Vassallo to play the playoff of the Puerto Rican team. The 24-year-old forward arrives from Paris-Levallois, in the French LNB, where he averaged 17.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, being the top scorer of the team. The Gallitos will play in the first round of the playoff against the Vaqueros de Bayamón
SOURCE: Primera Hora
Power Electronics Valencia is considering several names to replace Neven Spahija, the coach of the team until days ago. Another name, according to the Greek media, is David Blatt, who is reported to be in talks with Aris Thessaloniki to extend his contract for two more years. Blatt is represented by the same agent, Gorka Arrinda, of the two last head coaches of Valencia, Fotis Katsikaris and Neven Spahija. If Blatt is signed to take over Valencia, the ACB rules would force him to leave the Russian national team before starting the season. Aris Thessaloniki is already tracking the market in case the Greek team has to hire a replacement for Blatt, with Giannis Sfairopoulos, from Kolossos Rhodes, and Georgios Bartzokas, from Maroussi, as the two first candidates.
SOURCE: Basketnet
A lot of movements in ASVEL Villeurbanne. The French team has activate the termination clause of the contracts of Curtis Borchardt and Mindaugas Lukauskis (though the Lithuanian forward will be offered to sign a new contract). Other players that will leave ASVEL are Eric Campbell, who will be back to Israel, Aymeric Jeanneau and Ben Dewar. For the next season, besides Ricardo Greer, the French team is also targeting Mickael Gelabale, from Cholet.
SOURCE: Basketnews
Jason Gardner has left EWE Baskets Oldenburg. The 29-year-old American guard, who arrived to the German team three years ago, has averaged 8.6 points and 2.6 assists in 28 games in the BBL. On the other hand, Oldenburg has extended Rickey Paulding contract for two more years.
SOURCE: Schoenen Dunk
Larry O'Bannon will play the finals of the Venezuelan league with the Marinos de Anzoátegui. The 26-year-old guard arrives from Maccabi Rishon LeZion, averaging 16.1 points and 2.7 rebounds in the Israeli Super League. The Marinos will try to win again the title in the LPB, as in 2009.
SOURCE: Solo Deportes
Phil Jackson has answered to the rumors about an interest of the Chicago Bulls or the New Jersey Nets to bring him back. The coach that won 6 rings with the Bulls in the 90's is not interested in take over any other team, and that there's a 90 percent change he will decide to stay in the Los Angeles Lakers or retire.
SOURCE: Sports Illustrated
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