Bennet Cantu officially announced the arrival of Doron Perkins (188-PG-83, college: Santa Clara). The guard is expected in Italy tomorrow. He will pass the medical tests before signing contract. The point guard spent the last season in Israel. He played for Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Doron Perkins averaged 14.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.3 steals per game in Premier League. [...]
MADRID, Spain (2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup) – The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Thursday officially launched the 2014 edition of its flagship tournament by revealing its brand new name, the FIBA Basketball World Cup, at a special event in the Spanish capital. There was a distinct national flavour to the evening as the logo of the FIBA Basketball World [...]
Sasha Vujacic an all-star game MVP? BiE knows it sounds crazy, but that’s what went down this weekend in Turkey during the TBL season break. In a game that pitted foreigners against Turks, the former NBA champion went for 24 points and dished five assists in a 140-139 barnburner settled by Besiktas’ Carlos Arroyo’s last-second three. As part of the [...]
Even in these days of internationalism, certain constants remain in European basketball vis-à-vis player development. BallinEurope’s Marko Savkovic takes a brief look at the current situation in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, with particular reference to Partizan’s Danilo Andjusic and Nemanja Nedovic of Red Star Belgrade. Ask any coach what a young player needs to develop, and he will [...]
Donatas Motiejunas (213-F/C-90, agency: Interperformances) etched his name in the Euroleague record book on Wednesday by hauling in 18 defensive rebounds in Asseco Prokom Gdynia’s 67-52 victory over Union Olimpija Ljubljana. The promising young big man more than doubled his previous rebounding high of 10 as he posted 11 points and 21 boards to lead the Polish champs to their [...]
Coming to America From BallinEurope’s man in Italy, Enrico Cellini: In an interview to be published in major Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Ettore Messina summarizes his coaching experiences around Europe and talks about his forthcoming adventure as the Los Angeles Lakers’ assistant coach. Messina began his career in Italy but then started “to feel uneasy” with his native basketball [...]
In an interview with Radio Sportiva, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano head coach, Sergio Scariolo (agency: Alti Sport ) confirmed the interest in Alessandro Gentile (197-G/F-92) to replace Danilo Gallinari (205-G/F-88, agency: Players Group) who’s coming back to the Denver Nuggets. ‘Alessandro Gentile was one of our targets last summer and he could help us to build the new roster. We [...]
Big-name NBA refugees Rudy Fernandez, Serge Ibaka and Tiago Splitter will soon be heading back to the ‘States, thus making yesterday’s Real Madrid-Valencia Basket game the last appearance for each in Spain in 2011-12. Fernandez and Ibaka left Los Blancos in quite good position, leading the way to the 81-64 win against the short-handed Valencia before a crowd of just [...]
The Toronto Raptors drafted Jonas Valanciunas with the No. 5 pick in the 2011 NBA draft knowing it would be at least a year before he came to the NBA. But a source close to the team told ESPN.com on Saturday that there’s a small chance they might be able to get him this season. The source said that the [...]
When the NBA lockout was resolved last weekend, it was time for players who went overseas to return stateside and prepare for the 2012 season. Well, except for these guys, who failed to secure opt-out clauses when signing with foreign clubs: (via sports-reference.com)
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