Pacesas denies rumors of Motiejunas move

Although Donatas Motiejunas has been linked with a move to Anadolu Efes by Turkish media, it might turn out that these talks are just unweighed rumors.

Tomas Pacesas, the player’s coach at the Polish side Asseco Prokom, was surprised to hear such a scenario.

"He's moving where? Turkey? First time I've heard about it. We're on a bus together with him in Moscow. We have just flown to a VTB League game. There are no talks of someone leaving the club," the Lithuanian specialist told lrytas.lt.

The 21-year-old Motiejunas, whose draft rights belong to the Houston Rockets, was averaging 12.5 points and 7.9 rebounds for Asseco Prokom in the Euroleague this season.


source : lithuaniabasketball.com

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Prokom announced Alonzo Gee

An NBAer for Prokom.


Asseco Prokom Gdynia informs that the agreement with former Clevland Cavaliers player, Alonzo Gee has been reached. Born in 1987 in Florida, American is 198cm high and graduated from Alabama university. He can play as guard or forward. In his season with Clevland Cavaliers he averaged: 7.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 0.8 apg.

source : asseco.prokom.pl

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Oldenburg announced Bobby Brown

Nice catch for Oldenburg


Oldenburg announced the signing of American combo-guard Bobby Brown(1.88-PG/SG) via their official website. Brown will be taking his unorthodox shooting style to Oldenburg where he will be playing for them until the end of next season. He comes out of a relatively good season in Europe that started in Poland with Prokom and then he moved to Aris BC in December. He has played in Germany before back in season 2007-2008 when he played for Alba Berlin.

He had workouts with the Raptors, Pacers and Lakers this summer but the NBA lockout forced him to secure a contract in Europe instead of waiting for the lockout to end. With Aris he averaged 11.4 points 2.4 rebounds and 3 assists in 30 games in the A1 league. In the Eurocup he averaged 14.2 points 2.6 rebounds and 3.3 assits in 9 games.

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Prokom released J.R. Giddens

Asseco Prokom informs that J.R.Giddens has left the club by mutual consent.


American forward joined the team in October, he averaged: 9 ppg and 5.2 rpg in Euroleague; 1.8 ppg and 4.3 rpg in TBL; 6.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg in VTB.


source : asseco.prokom.pl

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Prokom released Jan Jagla, who is heading to Turkey

The club and the player separated by mutual agreement. Jan-Hendrik Jagla will no longer represent the club.

"The game against Maccabi Tel Aviv was our last in 2010/2011 Euroleague campaign. Therefore both sides agreed that because of the facts that in the VTB United League and Tauron Basket League we need to adhere to regulations regarding Polish players and that we have got many forwards on the team, it will be better for the franchise and the player to part ways. Especially that he received interesting proposal from one of the Turkish clubs." - said Tomas Pacesas.

Born in 1981 in Berlin, Jagla has played for Asseco Prokom for the last one and a half seasons. In 2010/2011 he averaged: 5,6 ppg, 5,4 rpg in Euroleague; 4 ppg, 5 rpg in TBL and 11 ppg, 8,5 rpg in VTB.


source : asseco.prokom.pl

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Aris announced Bobby Brown

Not the singer..


Aris announced Bobby Brown(1.88-PG/SG) via their official website and the signing is valid until the end of this season. This was a "last minute bargain" for Aris as the player was ready to return back to his home in California, but then the offer from Aris arrived so he decided that it would be a good opportunity to stick around. Brown comes from Prokom Gdynia that released the player 2 days ago.

Brown graduated from California State Fullerton back in 2007 but he went undrafted. He has played for Alba Berlin in Germany and the Eurocup back in season 2007-2008 and then he played in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Hornets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers before moving to Prokom.Aris also secured Oliver Lafaytte but they decided to go with Bobby Brown instead. Kenny Hasbrouck also a target, decided to stay in the US. Brown averaged 12.6 points 2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in the VTB league and 10.7 points 3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 6 games in the Euroleague. He has already started training with Aris BC and his first appearance will be tomorrow in the game against Kavala BC if coach Drucker believes that he is ready to play.

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Qyntel Woods signed with Red Wings Samara

One of the Euroleague's top performers from a season ago is taking his game to the Eurocup with the announcement Monday that the newest Russian club in the competition, Krasnye Krylia, has signed forward Qyntel Woods to a one-season contract.


Woods (203, 29) led Asseco Prokom Gdynia to the Euroleague Playoffs last season with team-high averages of 16.9 points and 6.2 rebounds. He was the second-best scorer in the competition and the sixth-ranked player overall according to performance index rating. Woods is a gifted player for his size, able to run the floor, dribble and finish like a guard despite often holding down the power forward position. His arrival to Krasnye Krylia should immediately boost the team's chances in Group H.


Woods played just four games previously in the Eurocup, during the 2008-09 season, averaging 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists for Fortitudo Bologna before moving in mid-season to join Prokom in the Euroleague. Previously, Woods had played in Portland, Miami and New York of the NBA, as well as with Olympiacos of Greece in the Euroleague. Krasnye Krylia hosts Pepsi Caserta in their Group H opener on Tuesday, which is also the first game to tip off in the 2010-11 Eurocup season. It was not clear whether Woods would arrive and be registered in time for Tuesday's game.

source : eurocupbasketball.com

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Willie Dean to join Nancy

His agent announced it before the team did.


Last season Willie Deane started playing for Turow in Poland but later on he moved back to Lukoil Akademik helping them to conquer the Bulgarian League once more, averaging 15.8 3.9 3.6 assists in 23 games. . His agent's announcement follows below:

In order to replace their injured guard Ralph Mims, who is out of the season with a knee injury, Nancy has signed Willie Deane (185cm, 1980.)
Willie has been an excellent scorer in his past European experiences, playing for Turk Telekom, Lukoil, Zalgiris and Vladivostok.


source : beobasket.net

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Prokom signed Giddens and Videnov

2 more additions for Prokom and their ever-growing roster.


Prokom Gdynia announced 2 signings yesterday via their official website. The first one was ex-NBA swingman J.R. Giddens(1.96-SG/SF) who finished last season with the New York Knicks. He was traded there from Boston, that picked him as the 30th overall pick in the 2008 Draft. Giddens averaged 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in 11 games with the Knicks.

The other addition was Bulgarian veteran Filip Videnov(1.96-SG/SF). Videnov started the season in Red Star but finished the season in FMP Zeleznik and he has also been playing for the Bulgarian National Team. He has been looking for a team ever since. He averaged 19.5 points 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 8 games with the Bulgarian National Team and also 13.9 points 3.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 19 games with Red Star in the Adriatic League.

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Brown and Adeleke move to Dnipro BC

Brown is free but only for a while.


Prokom Gdynia released Canadian swingman Denham Brown(1.98-SG/SF). Brown didn't make it in Prokom and so the Polish powerhouse released him announcing it via their official website:

Asseco Prokom informs that mutual agreement was reached and ways with Canadian Denham Brown were parted.

Brown joined Nigerian center Kenny Adeleke(2.05-C) at Dnipro BC in Ukraine. The Ukrainian club announced both signings via their official website. Both players will be playing at Dnipro's first game in the VTB against Finnish champion Honka on the 6th of October.

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Prokom signed Bobby Brown

Asseco Prokom announced signing of Bobby Brown  (188-G-84, college: Cal.St. Fullerton) to a one-year deal.


The American guard is back to Europe after two years in NBA. He started the latest one with the New Orleans Hornets averaging 6.6 points and 2.1 rebounds for 22 games. In January, Brown moved to the Los Angeles Clippers adding 3.5 ppg, 1 rpg and 2.1 apg in 20 appearances. On season 2008/09, Brown also changed two teams. He had 5.2 ppg and 1.9 apg for 47 games with the Sacramento Kings, where he played until February of 2008. Than he was traded to the Wolves, where he added 4.7 ppg and 1.4 apg in 19 games.

Bobby Brown played for ALBA Berlin on season 2007/08 helping them to win the German title. He appeared 45 times for the club collecting 13.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 3.7 apg. ALBA also participated in ULEB Cup that season, where Brown was even better registering 16 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 4.2 apg for 10 games.
Bobby Brown is a product of the California State Fullerton University, where he graduated in 2007. In his senior season Brown has 20.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 5.1 apg. His new team will compete in PLK and Euroleague next season. They managed to defend the title in Poland and to reach the Euroleague Quarterfinals in 2009/10.  

source : eurobasket.com

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Budivelnyk signed Andrew Betts

Budivelnyk strengthened their frontcourt.


They added Andrew Betts  (216-C-77, college: Long Beach St.) to the roster. The 33-year-old centre spent the previous season in Greece. The British player tallied 8.4 points, 4.4 boards and 1.3 assists per EuroCup game for Aris. In A1 league Andrew Betts delivered 9.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per appearance. Earlier Andrew Betts used to play in Italy and Spain. Andrew Betts played for Great Britain at the 2009 EuroBasket. The centre notched 6.5 points and 3.5 boards per game in Poland.
  

source : eurobasket.com


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Prokom renewed Jan Jagla

Prokom kept Jagla and why shouldn't they..


After re-signing Ewing and Burrell, Jan Hendrik Jagla is another player that Tomas Pacesas decided to keep on the squad.

Last season German forward averaged 7,9 ppg and 4,1 rpg in Polish League and 6,6 ppg and 4,4 rpg in Euroleague games.


source : asseco.prokom.pl


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Anwil signed Robert Skibniewski

Anwil Wloclawek brought in some experience for its Eurocup return by signing point guard Robert Skibniewski for the coming season.


A guard on the Polish national team, Skibniewski (183, 26), who has spent the past two season playing outside, has experience at the Eurocup and Euroleague levels. He grew up with Slask Wroclaw, where he played for six consecutive seasons at the start of his career.

He averaged 7.1 points and 2.3 assists in 12 games with Slask in the 2004-05 ULEB Cup, helping the team to reach the elimination rounds. Since then he played for Polpak Swiecie and Turow Zgorzeleg in Poland and for BK Prostejov in the Czech League. Last season he averaged 5.9 points and 2.6 assists in 19 minutes per game, helping Prostejov reach the Czech League finals. Skibniewski represented Poland at EuroBasket 2009 in Poland.

source : eurocupbasketball.com

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Baskonia announced David Logan

As announced this morning by Josean Querejeta, president of Baskonia - Caja Laboral, David Logan(1.85-PG/SG) will be the first transfer of Baskonia for the next season.


The American combo-guard acquired a Polish passport in February of 2009 and hhe is committed to Saski Baskonia SAD for the next three seasons.

Logan was born in Chicago (Illinois) on December 26, 1982, and studied at the University of Indianapolis. His career in Europe began in the Pallacanestro Pavia of the Italian Lega Due. Later he went to the Israeli league, and played for Electra Ramat Hasharon.

After a stint in Europe returned to the U.S. and the Forth Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League. He finished that season, 2006-2007, at SKS Starogard playing in the Polish League. In the 2007-2008 Logan signed with Turow Zgorzelec, where he participated in the Eurocup. The following year he transferred to Asseco Prokom, the best team in the Polish league. With this team he participated in the Euroleague two years running, the first played 15 games averaging 16.9 points. Last season he played 20 games averaging 36.2 minutes 15.3 points 2.6 rebounds 3.4 assists and a 13.1 rating.


source : baskonia.com

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