Team USA narrowly defeated South Sudan 101-100 in a hard-fought game. Despite being competitive, South Sudan faces challenges as one of their players, Wenyen Gabriel, revealed that they lack indoor basketball courts in their country. They come together as a team for only a few weeks out of the year. LeBron James saved Team USA…
Petar Kovacevic KK Bosna Meridianbet Sarajevo (Division I) added to their roster 21-year old Serbian power forward Petar Kovacevic (203cm-2002) for season 2024-25. Kovacevic has played for the last three years at BC Mega MIS Beograd in Serbian KLS league. In three games he recorded 6.0ppg and 3.0rpg last season. His team made it to…
Nicola Akele Virtus Segafredo Bologna (Serie A) strengthened their roster with addition of 28-year old Italian-DR Congolese ex-international forward Nicola Akele (203cm-98kg-1995, college: URI) for season 2024-25. Akele has played for the last two years at Germani Brescia Leonessa. In 36 Serie A games he recorded 5.0ppg and 3.0rpg last season. He helped them to…
Hapoel Holon (Winner League) agreed terms with 27-year old Canadian point guard Elijah Mitrou-Long (185cm-86kg-1996, college: UNLV) for new 2024-25 season. Mitrou-Long played this summer at Brampton in Canadian CEBL. He managed to play in three leagues in two countries last year. In three CEBL games just recently he had very impressive stats: 19.7ppg, 3.3rpg,…
HANTH Thessaloniki (National League 1) added to their roster 19-year old small forward Michalis Sprintzios (205cm-2005) for new 2024-25 season. Sprintzios was about to sign at Iraklis in the Elite League. National League 1 will be definitely a better match and he can see more playing time.He represented Greece at the FIBA U18 European Championship…
Diamantis Slaftsakis PAOK Mateco Thessaloniki (GBL) agreed terms with 30-year old power forward Diamantis Slaftsakis (201cm-1994) for upcoming 2024-25 season. It is actually his comeback to Thessaloniki as he has played here before. Slaftsakis played last season at Aris in the GBL. In 29 games he had just 2.3ppg and 2.3rpg. He helped them to…
Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony have revealed a hilarious behind-the-scenes story of Michael Jordan arriving at the NBA 75th anniversary celebrations and immediately talking trash to everyone in sight. Wade and Anthony discussed the moment on the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast. “The sh*t talking in the room was crazy, but the moment was when MJ…
Bronny James has turned things around after a poor start to NBA Summer League. After averaging just 4.3 points per game on 23 percent shooting over his first four games (including the California Classic), James has averaged 12.5 points per game on 48 percent shooting over his past two games. He had his best game…
The number two overall pick Alex Sarr is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. In his latest Summer League game, Sarr was held to just two points, and shot 16 percent from the field in 27 minutes of action. But he did get 11 rebounds in the Wizards’ 73-69 win over the Kings. In…
Bronny James has already been one of the most highly critiqued rookies to ever enter the league and sports presenter Rachel Nichols thinks the criticisms are unfounded. “I think people are looking at him as if he’s a top-10 pick. He is not a top-10 pick, he’s a No. 55 pick,” Nichols said on Undisputed….
