Azovmash signed Othello Hunter

Azovmash deepened their frontcourt.


The Mariupol team agreed on terms of contract with Hunter Othello (203-F-86, agency: David Lee services, college: Ohio St.). The forward started the season in China. He played for Shandong Flaming Bulls.

Hunter Othello averaged 18.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game in CBA. Last season the forward spent in Italy. He had a spell for Dinamo Sassari. Hunter Othello produced 14.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game in Seria A. He participated at Seria A All-Star Game. Eurobasket.com named the forward into All-Italian Seria A 2nd Team. Previously the forward had stints in Greece, NBA and D-League.


source : eurobasket.com

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Khimki announced Marijonas Petravicius

Another big man for Euroleague hopefuls


Lithuanian center Marijonas Petravicius, can also play power forward, signed a contract with our club. The agreement is considered till the end of the current season with the possibility of prolongation. Marijonas has already come to Khimki and successfully passed medical examination.

MARIJONAS PETRAVICIUS

Position – power forward/center.

Birthday – October 24, 1979.
Height – 209 cm. Weight – 120 kg.
Nationality – Lithuania

Teams played:

1996-1997 – VJSM (Lithuania),
1997-1998 – Silute (Lithuania),
1998-1999 – New Hampton, NH Prep, (Iowa, USA),
1999-2003 – South Carolina (NCAA, USA),
2003-2004 – Mittledeutscher (Germany),
2004-2005 – Telindus BC Oostende (Belgium),
2005-2006 – BK Ventspils (Latvia),
2006-2009 – Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania),
2009-2011 – Armani Jeans Milano (Italy),
2011-2012 — BC Azovmash (Ukraine),
Since January, 2012 – BC Khimki

Achievements:

FIBA Europe Cup Winner, FIBA Europe Cup Final Four MVP – 2004,
Belgian League Semifinalist — 2004,
Latvian League Regular Season Champion, Latvian League Champion, Latvian League Finals MVP — 2006,
ULEB Cup Finalist — 2007,
Baltic League Champion – 2007,
Lithuanian League Regular Season Runner-Up — 2007, 2009,
Lithuanian League Finalist — 2007, 2008,
Baltic League All-Star Game, Lithuanian Cup Finalist, Baltic League Finalist, Baltic League Regular Season Champion — 2008,
Lithuanian Cup Winner, Eurocup Winner, Eurocup Final Eight MVP, Baltic League (Elite Group) Champion — 2009,
Italian SerieA Semifinals — 2011

Player of the Lithuanian National Team since 2004:

Olympic Games in Beijing (China) — 2008,
European Championship in Poland — 2009,
European Championship in Lithuania — 2011

source : bckhimki.ru


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Steve Burtt got a Ukrainian passport

Steve Burtt (185-G-84, college: Iona) will play for the National team of Ukraine at Eurobasket 2011.


Steve Burtt joined Dnipro at the start of the previous season. The guard tallied 22.4 points, 5.5 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game in Superleague. In VTB League Steve Burtt notched 18.7 points, 4.5 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.0 steal per appearance. The guard participated at Superleague All-Star Game.

source : eurobasket.com


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Batzokas has offer from Budivelnik

He's still bound though..


Giorgos Bartzokas, head coach of Panionios, has an offer from Ukrainian club Budivelnik. The offer is quite good but it would be the first time outside Greece for Bartzokas should he choose to accept it. He is still bound under contract with Panionios at the moment but it's unclear what the terms on the contracts are.

Bartzokas will have a meeting with the president of Panionios,Ilias Lianos, for starters, in order to discuss whether he would remain in Panionios or if he will accept the offer from Budivelnik. But there might be more offers on the table in the next few days..

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Azovmash added Radoslav Rancik

Time for a change of climate.. quite literally.

Azovmash pinched from Turkish finalists Slovakian veteran Radoslav Rancik(2.06-PF/C) and they announced it today via their official website. Rancik averaged 6.5 points 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 34 games in the Turkish league and this will be his first time in the Ukraine.

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Edin Bavcic to sign with Aris for 2 more seasons?

Bavcic likes Greece!


Many teams want to secure a good catch and in this case Bosnian forward/center Edin Bavcic(2.11-PF/C) could be signing his next contract with Aris BC. Bavcic recently signed with Aris to help em in the last few
games of the regular season and the play-offs after the departure of Dejan Borovnjak(2.09-PF/C) and the administration and the coaching stuff of Aris have been quite happy with his performance.

Bavcic came from Khimik of Ukraine but before that he played a few games for Brindisi in Italy. He seems to have found his role in Aris now and he is one of the most important players in their front line. So far he has
averaged 10 points and 6.2 rebounds in 9 games in Greece for Aris. According to Greek newspaper Exedra the deal is going to be announced in the next few days and what seems to be holding it back is the shifts in the
team's administration. Bavcic did say that it's up to Aris now.


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Varese kept Simonas Serapinas

Cimberio Varese announced signing of Simonas Serapinas (197-F-82) for rest of the season.


The player successfully passed tryout period securing a deal after just four days. At the same time, Varese parted ways with Damien Ryan (193-G-79).

Simonas Serapinas started the previous season in Azovmash in Ukraine. In February 2010 he moved to Neptunas averaging 10.0 points, 5.9 boards, 1.9 assists per game in LKL. Simonas Serapinas also played in Atletas, Alytus, Nevezis, Zalgiris as well as in Aris in Greece and Prokom in Poland.  


source : eurobasket.com

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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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Budivenlik announced Dewarick Spencer

It took Spencer a while but he did make the right choice.


Dewarick Spencer is now the new player of BC Budivelnik and he was announced by the Ukrainian club today. Spencer decided to leave Greece after the debacle of signing with Maroussi BC and he will try to help his team qualify in the Euroleague of next season. The announcement can be found below:


Budivelnik sign Spencer, part with Balashov


With a start of the season Budivelnik have finished with signings. The last player that joined Kyiv squad is Dewarick Spencer. Last season he spent with French Le Man.

Following this Budivelnik parted with one of the team’s veteran Maksym Balashov. He went to Dnipro-Azot on loan. Balashov has spent 9 seasons with Budivelnik being one of the leaders some years ago.  


source : bcbudivelnik.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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BC Donetsk to sign J K Edwards

BC Donetsk have landed another import player for the next season.


They have agreed on terms of contract with J.K. Edwards  (202-C/F-82, college: UNLV). The 27-year-old centre spent the previous season in France. J.K. Edwards tallied 11.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per EuroChallenge game for Gravelines Dunkerque. In ProA the centre notched 14.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per appearance. J.K. Edwards has played in France since 2004 when he signed his first pro contract with Quimper.

source : eurobasket.com

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Unics Kazan announced McCarty, Pashutin and Rizvic

UNICS Kazan announced signing of Kelly McCarty  (201-F-75, college: S.Mississippi), Zakhar Pashutin  (196-G-74) and Hasan Rizvic  (212-C-84) for the next season.


Kelly McCarty is coming to UNICS from Khimky Moscow Region. He appeared 16 times in Euroleague last season averaging 14.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists. In Russian championship he added 12.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg for 32 games. He joined in Khimky in 2006 from Dynamo St. Petersburg. McCarty was named Eurobasket.com All-Euroleague Honorable Mention this year. He is an active member of the Russian National Team.

Zakhar Pashutin, younger brother of the new UNICS Head Coach Evgeny Pashutin, played last two years for Spartak St. Petersburg. Last season he had 10.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 3.3 apg for 24 games in Russian league. In EuroCup, Pashutin added 7.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg. In the past he was a member of CSKA, Ural Great Perm, ASVEL, Avtodor Saratov and Karsiyaka.

Hasan Rizvic is coming to UNICS from the Ukrainian Azovmash. He helped the team to win the title last season with 13 ppg and 6.9 rpg for 39 games. In VTB United League, Rizvic exploded with 20 ppg and 7.5 rpg for 6 games. He joined Azovmash in 2008 and before that played for Slask Wroclaw, Union Olimpija and Pivovarna Lasko. UNICS Kazan already landed Slavko Vranes  (230-C-83) few days ago.


source : eurobasket.com

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BC Azovmash renewed Fred House

BC Azovmash and Fred House signed a one-year contract extension over the weekend.



House (193, 32) is a savvy veteran known for his excellent defense and team-first play, all of which contributed to leading Azovmash to last season's Ukrainian League title. House was tied for the Eurocup lead in the regular season last year with 2.8 steals per game to go along with 7.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 0.8 blocks.

He arrived to Azovmash from Lokomotiv Rostov of the Russian League and has also played for Partizan in Serbia, Lietuvos Rytas in Lithuania and Valencia and Caja Laboral in Spain. Among his career highlights are winning the Serbia & Montenegro championship twice and the Lithuanian League once as well as the 2006 Baltic League. House also took part in the 2007 Euroleague Final Four with Laboral. He was a member of the L. Rytas team that won the 2005 ULEB Cup, but did not take part in any games after the end of the regular season that year due to injury.

source : eurocupbasketball.com

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