Cantu announced Artsiom Parakhouski

Big man made another step in his career.


Artsiom Parakhouski(2.11-C) is the new player of Cantu as it was announced via their official website earlier today. The Belarusian big man had big hopes of being the first player from Belarus in the NBA but he went undrafted in the end. So he signed last season with Riga in Latvia and played in the Eurocup, the Baltic League, the VTB league and helped Riga win the title of the Latvian league.

Now he makes the next step in his career playing for Euroleague rookie, Cantu the finalist of Lega A1. Parakhouski brings a formidable presence in the low-post but he is still developing as a player and this will be the crash test for him as he will battle it out with the best. His most notable performances were in the VTB league and the Baltic league. He averaged 12.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in 10 games in the VTB and also 15.2 points and 5.7 rebounds in 25 games in the Baltic league.


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Jomantas renewed with Lietuvos Rytas

6th season in a row.


Last renewal comes from Lietuvos Ryvas that signed a new contract with Lithuanian small forward Arturas Jomantas(1.99-SF) for another season with the option to renew for one more season. The deal was announced via the team's official site. This will be 6th season for Jomantas that has been with the team since 2006. This season he averaged 5.3 points 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 32 games in the Lithuanian LKL league.

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Zouros to stay with Zalgiris for another season

Greeks are doing better abroad..


Elias Zouros will be the head coach of Zalgiris Kaunas for the next season as it was announced today via the official website of the team. Zouros took up the helm of the team halfway through but still managed to lead the team to the conquest of the Baltic League, the Lithuanian League and Cup.

Not a bad start for Zouros who is expected to make a team that will promote the young talents of Zalgiris according to the words of the owner of the team Vladimir Romanov.

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Lietuvos Rytas and Trifunovic parted ways

Beating Panathinaikos wasn't enough to save Trifunovic.


The poor performance in the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) Final Four in Kaunas, where Lietuvos Rytas lost to VEF Riga in the semi-final and had a lot of trouble against Ventspils in the bronze-medal game, cost the team’s coach Aleskandar Trifunovic his job.

After an abysmal showing at the weekend, the 43-year-old Serbian specialist got the sack and will be replaced Darius Maskoliunas, who previously was Trifunovic’s assistant.

Lietuvos Rytas had a very unsuccessful stretch of games lately, losing not only to their biggest rivals Zalgiris, but also to smaller teams such as Rudupis in LKL and VEF in the BBL. If that wasn’t enough, the Lithuanian champions only barely escaped a defeat to Ventspils, winning by only four points.

Trifunovic had worked in Lietuvos Rytas before, but under his supervision the club won only one trophy despite playing fairly well throughout the Serb’s reign in 2006-2008 seasons.

The newly appointed coach Maskoliunas joined Lietuvos Rytas’ coaching staff in October, coming from KK Kaunas, against whom the 40-year-old Lithuanian coach will make his debut as Lietuvos Rytas’ head coach on Tuesday.


source : lithuaniabasketball.com

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Zalgiris announced Dejuan Collins

DeJuan Collins returns to Zalgiris

Zalgiris Kaunas and former Euroleague assists king DeJuan Collins are together again after the club announced a one-year deal on Thursday night. Collins (188, 33) led the Euroleague in assists with 5.3 per game during the 2007-08 season.

He spent a season-and-a-half with Zalgiris, arriving in January 2007 and helping the team win back-to-back Lithuanian League and Cup doubles.

Collins was also the Baltic League Final Four MVP in 2008 after leading Zalgiris to that title.

All told Collins has played parts of four Euroleague seasons with two teams – Zalgiris and Alba Berlin. In the past two seasons, Collins has played for Lokomotiv Rostov in Russia, Cajasol in Spain and Kavala in Greece. Last season he averaged 12.1 points, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals in the Greek League.

He previously played for Brose Baskets, Tubingen and Berlin in Germany, Varese in Italy and Aris Thessaloniki in Greece. Collins won the German League and German Cup titles with Alba in 2003 and also helped Aris to make it to the Greek Cup final in 2005.

source : zaligiris.lt


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Tyler Cain signed with VEF Riga

Vermillion, S.D. – The University of South Dakota’s Tyler Cain has signed a contract to play for VEF Riga of the Baltic Basketball League in Latvia. Cain leaves tomorrow to join the squad.


“This all came together kind of quick,” Cain said. “It’s a lot of feelings. I’m excited about it and excited to be playing basketball. I have a job to do now and that’s go play hard.”

Founded in 2004, the BBL is divided into the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic clubs participate in the Elite division, while the rest compete in the Challenge Cup. The winner of the Challenge Cup is promoted to the Elite division and the last team of the Elite division is relegated to the Challenge Cup. The Challenge Cup runner-up challenges the ninth-place club of the Elite division in two matches for a place in the Elite division. VEF Riga, located in the city of Riga in the middle of the country, went 8-10 last season to finish sixth in the Elite Division.

“VEF Riga is a well-established team that is expected to do well each season,” Cain said. “It’s going to be a new experience playing with a new team, but hopefully I can find a way to help the team and adapt to how they play. I want to be a successful player and help them win.”

Cain notched one of the best all-around seasons in USD history as a senior in 2009-10. He earned Great West Conference Player of the Year, GWC Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-GWC honors while leading the Coyotes to a 22-10 overall record and 11-1 in the conference. USD won the GWC regular season and tournament to qualify for the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Cain led the team in points (14.7), rebounds (10.4), blocks (3.0) and steals (1.5) while scoring in double figures in 27 games with 14 double-doubles. He posted a career-high 34 points against Texas-Pan American on March 3 and grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds. He was named GWC Player of the Week twice and the student-athlete of the month for December.

A native of Rochester, Minn., Cain became the second player in USD men’s basketball history with 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. He finished 11th on USD’s scoring chart with 1,390 points, second in rebounding (1,088) and eighth in steals (184). He owns USD’s career blocked shots record with 361 and also set the top four single-season marks in the category. He notched 36 career double-doubles in 115 starts.

Cain graduated from USD in May with a bachelor’s degree in recreation, and earned GWC Academic All-Conference honors twice.


source : usdcoyotes.com

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KK Zagreb signed Alex Renfroe

Zagreb bagged one of the best PGs of last season from VEF Riga.

Since BC Zagreb decided not to prolong the contract with any player, who ran out of his 2009/10 deal, the need for new signings is in the center of the club's attention. On Wednesday Alex Renfoe was added to the list of new players

Renfoe is an American point-guard (190, 24), who was the MVP of the Baltic League in 2009/10 season playing for VEF Riga. 

source : adriaticbasket.info

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Mario Delas on loan to Cibona

A good chance for Delas to play at Euroleague level.


The deal was announced by the official website of Cibona Zagreb and it says that Mario Delas(2.07-PF) will be playing for them next season. The youngster comes from Zalgiris Kaunas that acquired his rights from KK Split in January of this year. Delas started the season in KK Split but he has been playing for Zalgiris since January in the Baltic League, the Euroleague and the LKL. After that season Delas will have 2 more seasons in his contract with Zalgiris.

He got lots of playing time in the LKL averaging 6.9 points and 4.4 rebounds in 20 games in the LKL but playing for Cibona allows him to play in the Adriatic League and the Euroleague. Cibona on the other hand, in the midst of financial trouble will have the captain of the Croatian U-21 team to complement their frontline with the fraction of the cost. They are still looking for a point guard and a combo guard to complete their roster. They have given a deadline to an offer they made to Rok Stipcevic and the combo guard will come the American market.


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