Sundiata Gaines signed with BC Armia

Again better later than never. These days the Hoop is not on top form but within the next 2 weeks things will be back to normal.



Georgian Champ BC Armia agreed on terms with New Jersey Nets PG Sundiata Gaines (186-PG-86). Former University of Georgia PG will play in Georgia until the lockout is over.

Gaines was one of the best PG on the market this summer. He turned down several offers from Euroleague teams and finally agreed with BC Armia which has a very ambitious roster on EuroChallange: Sundiata Gaines (186-PG-86) from NJ Nets, Jeremy Richardson (201-SF-84) from Valencia, Will Thomas (203-PF-86) from Oostende and Joakim Kjellbom (213-C-79) from Norrkoping.


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Will Thomas to play for BC Armia

Another experienced player for the Army club.


Army Sport Klub Tbilisi added another experienced forward to their team and this time it's Will Thomas(2.03-PF) previously of Oostende in Belgium. Thomas has been playing for the last 3 seasons in Belgium after he graduated from George Mason University in 2008.

His Eurochallenge experience will be valuable to Armia as he averaged 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds in 17 games for Oostende. He also averaged 11 points and 5.5 rebounds in the Belgian League.

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Zvonko Buljan to sign with Paok

Paok strengthening the front-line for the play-offs.



In Paok they see it as a great opportunity to secure the 3rd place in the regular season which will give them very good chances to secure the 3rd place in the play-offs as well. So they decided to add another player to their front-line and according to sportnet.gr it will be Croatian prospect Zvonko Buljan(2.06-PF/C) who started the season in Cyprus.

Buljan graduated in 2010 from the Texas Cristian University where he played for the Frogs. In his first pro season he played for Apoel in Cyprus and also in the Eurochallenge. He averaged 10.8 points and 7.7 rebounds in 6 games in the Eurochallenge and also 11.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in 12 games in Cyprus.He should be arriving in Greece tomorrow.

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KK Zagreb to bring in Rancic and Gilder

2 new additions for KK Zagreb


KK Zadar will be adding 2 new players according to tportal.hr.

Damir Rancic(1.98-SG/SF) recently left Panellinios but he won't stay without a job for very long. The Croatian swingman will be playing for KK Zagreb in order to help them in the Adriatic League and the FIBA Eurochallenge. Rancic left Panellinios citing personal reasons and he will be returning to more familiar grounds with KK Zagreb. Rancic has been around a lot and he has played for KK Split, Cibona Zagreb, BC Kyiv, Olimpija Ljubljana, KK Zadar and Panellinios but he also played for them in the past as well.

Trey Gilder on the other hand hasn't played in Europe before but he has played very briefly for the Memphis Grizzlies and also in the NBDL for Colorado, Maine and most recently for the Albuquerque Thunderbirds averaging 14 points and 5.9 rebounds in 10 games.


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Orleans recall Ludovic Vaty

His recovery has been going well.


Today Orleans announced via their official website the return of French forward/center Ludovic Vaty(2.06-PF/C) whose recovery has been going quite well. The injury of his right ankle almost voided his 2nd season in the contract with Orleans who brought him back to replace Zach Moss.

Vaty played in Pau Orthez before Orleans and last season he averaged 8.2 points and 4.6 assists in 32 games in the ProA and also 6.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in 14 games in the Euroleague playing for Orleans.

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Raduljica moves to Efes Pilsen for the next 5 seasons

Efes Pilsen made a major move that signals to the future by signing Miroslav Raduljica, one of the top young centers in the game, to a five-year deal.


Raduljica arrives from Serbian side FMP, where he had a breakout season last year as his minutes rose. He finished the season with 13.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in the EuroChallenge, helping FMP reach the quarterfinals, and 13.7 points and 6.5 rebounds in the Adriatic League. Radulica was already seen as a star on the rise last summer when he played a reserve role for the Serbian national team that won the silver medal at EuroBasket 2009. he had limited Eurocup experience with FMP early in his career, making his competition debut days after his 17th birthday.

He has played his whole career to date with FMP, spare one season on loan at Borac Cacak. Radulica also helped Serbia win gold medals at the 2005 European Under-18 Championships, the 2007 World U-19 Championships and the 2008 European U-20 Championships, where he was named MVP after scoring 18.6 points and leading the tourney in rebounding with 10.9 per game.

source : euroleague.net

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Louis Dale signed with BG Göttingen

Louis Dale will be moving to Germany next season.


Louis Dale(1.80-PG) announced via his Twitter page that he signed a new contract with Eurochallenge winners, BG Göttingen. Dale comes from Cornell University where he was the starting point guard for the last 4 seasons. BG Göttingen will be his first pro contract in Europe.

He averaged 12.8 points 4.7 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game in 31 games for Cornell Big Red in the NCAA.

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