On Wednesday Spain introduced to the public their national team who will compete in the FIBA World Championship in Turkey later this year and began by honoring one of Europe's brightest stars.

32-year old Juan Dixon was found positive on nadrolone on a doping control that took place last February, while the player was playing for Unicaja Malaga.

Luis Scola got the offer he was expecting from the Rockets and will continue his career in Houston. A lot of rumors were linking Scola to Panathinaikos and Olympiacos this past week, but as TalkBasket already analysed, there was no realistical chance that Scola would come to Greece.

Greek-American prospect Kostas Koufos, was sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves by the Utah Jazz, where he will find Nikola Pekovic and Darko Milicic. The Timberwolves will have a nice European trio next season in the paint.

It is finally official. After a fantastic season in the ACB which earned him MVP honours and the Spanish Championship with Caja Laboral, Tiago Splitter moved to the NBA and the San Antonio Spurs. Per club policy, the terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Ademola Okulaja officially announced his retirement from profesional basketball and is considering a career in coaching or in sports management.

Omer Asik was in the US for tryouts trying to get a contract and all turned out well for him, as he agreed with the Chicago Bulls. The Turkish International will be a reserve for starting center Joakim Noah.

Uros Tripkovic will be missing hte WC in Turkey as he is recovering from surgery on his left foot, he does however draw the attention of clubs that want to sign him. After CSKA Moscow, that was reported to be interested in the 23-year old Serbian guard, now also the New York Knicks are showing interest according to Serbian media.

Linas Kleiza will not be returning to Olympiacos next season. Lithuanian forward already signed Toronto Raptors offer sheet and unless his former club Denver Nuggets match the offer, he'll be playing for the only Canadian team in NBA.

Linas Kleiza could be leaving Europe after a successful individual season in Olympiacos. 25-year-old Lithuanian forward received an offer from Toronto Raptors, Yahoo Sports reports. He was offered a four-year contract worth $20 million by NBA's most Europeanized club.