Bracey Wright to sign with Olimpija

His good season with Cedevita paid off.


Another player who managed to revamp his career seems to be Bracey Wright(1.91-SG). According to kosarka.si, Wright will be playing for Olimpija Lubljana next season in the Euroleague and the Adriatic League. The former NBA shooting guard had a good season in the Euroleague with Aris Thessaloniki as his first European contract and then moved on to Badalona he left halfway through the season. He then returned to Aris for a short while and since then he's played for Oostende as well.

He started the season with Paris Levallois but then moved on to Cedevita Zagreb where he played in 3 leagues(Croatia, Adriatic League, Eurocup). In the Adriatic league he averaged 11.8 points 2.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 11 games, in the Eurocup he averaged 16.7 points 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists and in Croatia he averaged 13.7 points 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 14 games.

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Gentile renewed with Treviso until 2014

They're building a team of gifted young players.



Benetton Basket Treviso announced that they extended the contract of Alessandro Gentile until 2014, with mutual consent from both parties.

Alessandro Gentile has been in Treviso since 2007, he won a junior championship in 2009 and since last year is permanently in the first team, although only in November 2010 the age of 18. This season he averaged 8.1 points per game (11.3 in the second round) with 56% 2 point shots, 31% from behind the arc in 21 minutes per game.

In Eurocup instead he averaged 7.7 points per game with a 22-point high. Gentile was also named Best Player Under 22 in Serie A.

He said : " Treviso is a city where I am fine, and the Benetton Basket I think is the best place to grow for a young player. I'm glad to be here in Treviso in the coming years and I hope we can create a young and ambitious, as the tradition of this society . "

souce : benettonbasket.it

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Valanciunas to meet with 7 NBA teams in Treviso

He is hot stuff this summer.


Although Jonas Valanciunas is not participating in the Adidas EuroCamp this weekend, the Lithuanian prospect still made his way to Treviso, where he will meet with seven NBA teams. The 19-year-old rising star has drawn the attention of many NBA teams and is hoping to get drafted in the first half of the lottery.
Unlike three other Lithuanian players – Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Eimantas Bendzius and Donatas Motiejunas – Valanciunas isn’t actually participating in the camp, but will be presented to the seven interested teams individually.

A couple of days ago Valanciunas underwent medical checks and is planning to attend some individual work outs with one or a couple of NBA teams.


source : lithuaniabasketball.com

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Treviso agreed terms with Chrysikopoulos?

He'll need to strut his stuff..


Linos Chrysikopoulos(2.03-SF) has travelled to Treviso for the annual Eurocamp this time sponsored by Adidas. According to basketblog.gr this is not the only reason that Chrysikopoulos has travelled there. The article says that he has agreed to play for the team of Treviso next season and this would be a good opportunity for the Italian team to check on him. Chrysikopoulos played in that camp last year as well but now he has to show how much he has progressed the last 12 months.

He is still bound by contract with Aris BC but its a contract that the team unilaterally activated according to the Greek legislation. This is a bit of a grey area here as this type of contract is officially recognised by FIBA
and if the player chooses to terminate the contract there will be a compensation to his team that is relevant to his playing time and also his participation in any National Teams. As it stands at the moment Chrysikopoulos could even file a lawsuit against the contract in the Greek courts as anti-constitutional contract and get it dismissed. Actually he already did that but after some deliberation with the team's administration his agent decided to drop the lawsuit last March. Chrysikopoulos is considered to be one of the best emering Greek talents of his generation but at the age of 18 he still hasn't shown any of that potential. Admittedly playing for a team like Aris it's difficult to secure some playing time but then again that will be the case in a team like Treviso. At the Eurocamp he'll have his chance to dazzle them with his skills or fail trying.

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Badalona renewed David Jelinek

He'll be making an appearance in Treviso.


According to the official site of the ACB, Czech sharpshooter David Jelinek(1.95-SG) will be renewed by Badalona. The 20-year old prospect had a good season with Badalona averaging 7 points and 1.6 rebounds in a measley 14.9 minutes in 34 games in the ACB.

What was more impressive though was Jelinek's performance behind the arc where he averaged 45.7%(43/94). Jelinek is one of the 2 players from Badalona who will be making an appearance in the 2011 Adidas Eurocamp in Treviso.

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