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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Jeremy Richardson and the rumors of the day

These just came in!


Jeremy Richardson(previously of Valencia) signed for Georgian Champion BC Armia which will compete on EuroChallange in Group B. They signed earlier All-EuroChallange Honorable Mention C Joakim Kjellbom.

They are also very close to 2010 MVP of Belgian League Will Thomas (Oostende) at the PF and Sundiata Gaines at the PG (New Jersey Nets) with an NBA option until lockout is over.


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Maccabi Tel Aviv interested in Giorgi Shermadini

This just came in..


According to sources of the Hoop from Israel, Maccabi Tel Aviv are in talks with Panathinaikos regarding Georgian center Giorgi Shermadini(2.16-C)

Shermadini had a great season with Union Olimpija Ljubljana (on a loan agreement from Panathinaikos) as he was 2010-11 All-Euroleague Honorable Mention averaging 7.4ppg, 3.4rpg, 1.1bpg, 3rd in field goal percentage (71.4%), with a free throw percentage of 84.8%, all that in the Euroleague.

He was 1st in field goals in the Slovenian League (68.55%), 2nd in the Adriatic League (72.1%) and 3rd in the Euroleague (71.4%). He is also a central member of the Georgian National Team and led the Euroleague Top 16 in blocks with 2.2 blocks per game.


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Gecevski out, Tskitishvili in?

He wants his monies!


Todor Gecevski(2.11-PF/C) might not be returning to Paok after all. The player is at his hometown in Skopje and the only reason he might be retuning to Greece would be to report a bounced cheque for 30,000 euros that he received from Paok. According to basketblog.gr, the Greek team are already looking for a replacement and that might be Georgian forward/center Nikoloz Tskitishvili(2.11-PF/C) who has been in playing in the ACB for San Sebastian Gipuzkoa averaging 5.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 24 games.

Geveski has been one of the cornerstones of Paok in this season averaging 10.3 points and 5.9 rebounds in 23 games in the A1 league and his presence had been invaluable especially after the departure of Papadopoulos. Noone knows what's going to happen in the end but rumors say Gecevski is not very happy that Paok recently signed Dionte Christmas(1.96-SG/SF) giving up money upfront, whereas he is still waiting for his.

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Shermadini to play on loan in Olimpija

It's better than being sidelined.

Giorgi Shermadini(2.16-C) will actually be the first player of Panathinaikos to play on a loan agreement for another team. The Georgian center has not convinced Zeljko Obradovic that he deserves a place in the final roster of Panathinaikos and so he will play this season for Olimpija Lubljana and Juri Zdovc according to prasinanea.gr.

The Greek site that is affiliated to Panathinaikos says that this new development might change the plans for Giorgos Bogris who is now likely to stay in Panathinaikos. However there is no shortage of centers in Panathinaikos and that yet remains to be seen.

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