Latest signing of Partizan is Zarko Rakocevic (24 years, 204 cm), Montenegrian center who made his craft playing for Buducnost Podgorica. He is capable of playing both center and power-forward positions and he will be a valuable adding to the frontcourt after the departure of Nikola Pekovic and Dejan Borovnjak.
Union Olimpija today announced that they parted ways with back-up point guard Maurice Bailey (183 cm, 1981). He signed 2-year deal before previous season but wasn't happy with his role. Olimpija already bringed Jonathan Wallace (188 cm, 1986) for his spot few days ago so Bailey's departure was expected. Where he'll play next season isn't known yet.
The newcomer to the Premierleague in Israel, Elitzur Kiryat-Ata has just made their first major signing of the summer. Brandon McKnight (PG, 25, 1.88) signed 1 year contract with the north team, after agreat seasen in Solana last year, as he scored 22.4 points, picked 5.1 rebounds and gave 5.1 assists in the team that reached the…
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Gameweek 14: Thursday results
2008-02-01 07:49
Lietuvos Rytas had to overcome a sleepy start beign dow by 17 points as Cibona had the highest advantage in the game. Aleksandar Trifunovic changed his team attitude during the half time. Rytas slowly came closer and eventually won the game to take the 1st place in Group B as well as securing place in the 1st pot in Top 16 draw alongside Panathinaikos, CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid. Both Greek clubs lost after overtime - defending champs Panathinaikos against Real Madrid while Aris couldn't resist to Maccabi.
Brose Baskets 65:69 FC Barcelona
Brose: Predrag Suput 17pts 8rebs, Darren Fenn 10pts 8rebs, Ademola Okulaja 9, Robert Garrett 9, Steffen Hamann 8, Mithat Demirel 7, Tim Ohlbrecht 5.
Barcelona: Jaka Lakovic 15, Fran Vazquez 12, Ersan Ilyasova 12, Jordi Trias 9, Roger Grimau 7, Gianluca Basile 5, Albert Moncasi 5, Alex Acker 4.
Real Madrid 95:87 (OT) Panathinaikos
Real: Louis Bullock 22, Lazaros Papadopoulos 14, Raul Lopez 14, Alex Mumbru 12, Felipe Reyes 10, Axel Hervelle 9, Kerem Tunceri 7, Charles Smith 7.
Lottomatica: Roko-Leni Ukic 19, Erazem Lorbek 10, Jon Stefansson 10, David Hawkins 8, Rodrigo De La Fuente 5, Roberto Gabini 5, Simone Bagnoli 4, Allan Ray 3, Alessandro Tonolli 3.
Chorale: Pape Badiane 22, Marc Salyers 13, Adam Hess 13, Brion Rush 10, Derrick Byars 7, Laurent Cazalon 4, Marc-Antoine Pellin 2, Mohamed Kone 2, Pierric Poupet 1.
Unicaja 87:77 Efes Pilsen
Unicaja: Marcus Haislip 23, Carlos Cabezas 14, Boniface Ndong 11, German Gabriel 8, Carlos Jimenez 7, Melvin Sanders 7, Davor Kus 7, Daniel Santiago 6, Jiri Welsch 2, Bojan Popovic 2.
Efes: Andre Hutson 17, Kerem Gonlum 13, Ermal Kuqo 13, Kenny Gregory 10, Drew Nicholas 6, Loren Woods 6, Ender Arslan 5, Scoonie Penn 4, Rashad Wright 3.