KK Nova Gorica mladi (2SKL) signed 26-year old forward Matic Vesel (206cm-98kg-1998, college: Illinois) for upcoming 2024-25 season. Vesel has played for the last three years at Jezica. In 27 2SKL games he had 9.9ppg, 6.1rpg, 2.0apg, 1.1spg and 1.1bpg last season. He represented Slovenia at the European Championships (FIBA EuroBasket) U20 Division B in…
Defending champion Maccabi Playtika Tel-Aviv (Winner League) landed 27-year old South Sudanese international 208cm center Wenyen Gabriel (college: Kentucky) for new season. Gabriel played this summer at Vaqueros de Bayamon in Puerto Rican BSN league. In 23 games just recently he averaged 13.0ppg, 7.4rpg, 2.2apg and 1.3bpg. He has been regularly called to South Sudanese…
Draemland Gran Canaria (Liga Endesa) agreed terms with 29-year old American (has also Slovenian passport) power forward Mike Tobey (213cm-116kg-1994, college: Virginia) for the upcoming 2024-25 season. Tobey played last season at Crvena Zvezda in the Serbian KLS league. In 30 Euroleague games, he had 3.7ppg and 2.3rpg. He also played 26 games in the…
Hapoel Shlomo Tel-Aviv (Winner League) added to their roster 29-year old American (has also Ugandan passport) 196cm forward Ishmail Wainright (college: Baylor) for season 2024-25. Wainright played most recently at Phoenix Suns in the NBA, but released. But in four games he recorded just 0.8ppg and 1.3rpg last season. He also played for the Trail…
We are back with Episode 138, and we’re honored to welcome U.S. Men’s National Team legend and Hall of Famer Clint Dempsey to the show! The USMNT are out of Copa América, and we talk to Deuce about what happened to the team and what led to the abrupt exit. We get his take on…
Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. He founded the Futility Infielder website (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing writer for Sports Illustrated…
Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner is the best rivalry going on tour right now. But that–if it happens–is still a round away. Carlos Alcaraz vs. Tommy Paul is perhaps the most underrated rivalry at the moment. That will happen. Alcaraz and Paul will be squaring off for the fifth time in their careers when they…
OGM Ormanspor Genclik Ankara (TBL) landed experienced 34-year old American 183cm guard Troy Franklin (college: Coppin State) for upcoming season. Franklin is not a newcomer in Turkish League as he played most recently at Kapakli Spor in TB2L. He helped his team get promotion to TBL. In 31 games he was league’s fourth best scorer…
Novak Djokovic and Alex de Minaur are set to face off in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, with Djokovic potentially battling an injury. Djokovic, who recently suffered a torn medial meniscus, has shown no major signs of trouble on the court despite wearing a knee sleeve. After some tough matches, Djokovic cruised to a victory on Monday…
Defending champion Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (Liga Nova KBM) agreed terms with 21-year old forward Ziga Daneu (201cm-2002) for new 2024-25 season. It is actually his comeback to Ljubljana as he has played here before. Daneu played last season at Helios Suns (Liga Nova KBM). In 32 games he had 6.7ppg, 5.1rpg and 1.5apg. He helped…
