The last time a European basketball team won the Olympic tournament was in Seoul in 1988. And this is a stretched claim because the Soviet Union was a Euro-Asian country. But if we know that Lithuanian players were the backbone of that team, we can get away with the statement above. Since Barcelona 1992 and…
Defending champion Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (Liga Nova KBM) added 26-year old American guard DeVante Jones (183cm-1998, college: Michigan) to their roster for the new 2024-25 season. Jones played last season at Le Mans Sarthe Basket in French Betclic ELITE ProA. In 33 games, he was the league’s second-best scorer with an impressive 15.9ppg and averaged…
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 Serbian KLS league. In 30 Euroleague games he had 3.7ppg and 2.3rpg. He also played 26 games in ABA League…
BC Wolves Vilnius (LKL) inked 26-year old American 183cm point guard Anthony Cowan Jr. (college: Maryland) for upcoming season. Cowan has played for the last two years at Promitheas in Greek GBL league. In 28 games he was league’s second best scorer with 14.3ppg and had 3.1rpg and 5.2apg (top 5) last season. He helped…
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…
Vikos Ioanninon (National League 1) added to their roster 23-year old guard Dimitris Ermeidis (191cm-2000) for new 2024-25 season. Ermeidis played last season at Doxa Lefkadas in the Elite League. In 30 games he had 7.5ppg, 3.7rpg, 3.4apg and 1.1spg. National League 1 will be definitely a better match and he can see more playing…
NEWTON, Kan. — One of golf’s best championship is underway. The third U.S. Adaptive Open began Monday at Sand Creek Station, allowing 96 golfers with impairments a chance to compete for a national championship. There are eight impairment categories, all awarding prizes to the winners with an overall men’s and women’s winner to be crowned…
PS Karlsruhe Lions (ProA) added to their roster 22-year old point guard Lukas Herzog (186cm-78kg-2001) for new 2024-25 season. He played last season at Brose Bamberg (BBL). In the BBL in 28 games he had 1.1ppg and 1.0rpg. He helped them to make it to the German Bundesliga Cup Semifinals. The previous (2022-23) season he…
Tahj Small GS Ermis Shimatariou (Elite League) added to their roster 25-year old American guard Tahj Small (196cm-88kg-1999, college: Utah Valley) for season 2024-25. Small played last season at Basketball Club Copenhagen in Danish BasketLigaen, but left the team in Mar.’24. In 11 games he recorded very impressive stats: 16.6ppg, 6.5rpg and 2.1apg.He graduated from…
