Steve Leven to play in Greece

This one was tipped off by greekbball.blogspot.com.



Australian-born Steve Leven showed just why he is such a valuable asset to Scottish basketball with a vintage display in a 88-68 defeat to favourites Denmark in their opening clash of the Euro C Championship in Malta.
Leven, whose father hailed from Edinburgh, intends signing a new pro contract with a Greek club next season but not before the man who represented Australian Universities has performed mightily for his new country.

He scored 23 points off three from four shots from three-point range, six from 13 from two point range and eight from nine from the line and nearly brought the house down with a spectacular dunk which toppled the portable basket. Ross Campbell added 12.

Laurie Costello (Edinburgh Kings) said: "We have to play better as a team."

source : sport.scotsman.com


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Toronto interested in Childress and Kleiza?

Doug Smith of the Toronto Star gives his verdict on whether the Toronto Raptors are interested in the 2 forwards of Olympiakos.


Of course you know there’d be a couple of guys who’d slip my mind when I was talking about the mid-level exception and the guy I was told the Raptors are thinking about making an offer to.

Now, I again caution nothing is done until it’s done and these are talks that are progressing. But a couple of guys sidled up to me Monday, and, even though I like sidlers about as much as Elaine Benes, I had to listen.

And they dropped three more on me:

Travis Outlaw, Linas Kleiza and Josh Childress. Nothing more than names to put on the list because no one connected with the Raptors is about to divulge anything specific at the moment.

Kleiza’s the interesting one to me because there was interest in him a year ago before the Raptors made all their moves and he headed off to Europe.

He’s a restricted free agent but he could very well be the guy you should be debating.


source : thestar.com


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Siena added Rakovic and Michelori and extended Ress

Italian League champion Montepaschi Siena completed its frontcourt for the upcoming season by inking big men Milovan Rakovic and Andrea Michelori to respective multi-year deals, the club announced Tuesday.


Montepaschi also extended Tomas Ress until the end of the 2011-12 season. Rakovic (208, 25) inked a three-year deal and arrived from Spartak St. Petersburg, where he averaged 14.3 points and 6 rebounds in 6 Eurocup games last season. He has also played for several teams in his native Serbia such as Mega Ishrana, Atlas Banka Novi Beograd and Polet Keramika Novi Becej.

Michelori (202, 32) inked a two-year deal and arrived from Pepsi Caserta, where he averaged 9.5 points and 5.3 rebounds in 38 Italian League games last season, helping the team to make it to the semifinals. He has also played for Virtus Bologna, Cantu, Biella and Milano throughout his career. Ress (211, 29) averaged 3.5 points in 11 Euroleague games last season. In his three years with Montepaschi Siena, Ress has won as many Italian League titles, as well as reaching the Euroleague Final Four in 2008. Rakovic, Michelori and Ress join Ksistof Lavrinovic and Shaun Stonerook - who were already under contract - in Montepaschi's frontcourt.

source : euroleague.net

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Pedoulakis returns to Peristeri for 3 seasons

It took a while but he is finally here.


Argiris Pedoulakis returned to the team that he loved as a played and also the best moments of his career as a coach. The administration of Peristeri handed over the keys of the club to Pedoulakis who signed a 3-season agreement with them. It was announced earlier today via the official website of Peristeri.

Pedoulakis was going to return last season but then the administration had already booked Athanasios Skourtopoulos to take over the head coach of the club and he didn't do bad. Peristeri easily avoided relegation and they almost made it into the play-offs. Pedoulakis comes as a messiah to Peristeri to unite the team amidst intense internal strife and keep them in the A1 league for many seasons to come.

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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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Hapoel Migdal added Jason Rich and Lior Hakmon

Hapoel Migdal is very active this week. After signing of Amit Simhon  (197-G-89), the team from Jerusalem secured two-year deal with Jason Rich  (191-G-86) and Lior Hakmon  (202-F-85).


Jason Rich is coming to Hapoel Migdal from Maccabi Haiffa, where he spent last season. Rich appeared 26 times in Premier League averaging 14.4 points, 4 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Before Maccabi Haifa, he spent one season with Italian Cantu. For 30 games in SerieA Rich registered 9.8 ppg and 3.1 rpg. It was his first season as a pro, after he graduated at the Florida State University in 2008. In his senior season Rich had 14.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 2 apg in 34 games.

Lior Hakmon joined Hapoel Migdal from Maccabi Netanya, where he had 5.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg for 27 games last season. Season 2008/09 Hakmon spent with Maccabi Ramat Gan. There he had 4.9 ppg and 3.5 rpg for 22 games. He started as a kid with Netanya and played there until 2008. In the past Hakmon was a member of U20 Israel.

Hapoel Migdal will compete in EuroCup next season.  


source : eurobasket.com

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CSKA added Marjanovic for 3 seasons

Center Boban Marjanovic (21 years, 221 cm) added to our team’s roster. The player from Serbia signed 3-year deal with CSKA.


The player arrived to Moscow on July 5 and will be examined in one of the medical centers. The agreement will become official after the examinations.

The team’s newcomer is grown by Hemopharm Vrsac system. He took part in 6 Eurocup games (9.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.0 bpg in 18.8 mpg) and 27 Adriatic League games (7.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.8 bpg in 15.1 mpg) last season. He made his debut for the National Team in 2008 helping Serbia to qualify for Eurobasket 2009.

Dusko Vujosevic, CSKA head coach:
“I like Marjanovic very much both as a player and a person. He is a very tall player, still he possesses good feeling for the game. Definitely, he should improve, his potential is obvious. Boban expressed big desire to progress to the next level; he is ready to work hard. I am confident that combination of Sasha Kaun and Boban Marjanovic will provide us with possibility to vary different styles of offense and defense. I’d like to mention that we are not done with selection process, we continue to study the chances to strengthen our roster.”

Boban Marjanovic:
“I am very excited about my new contract and moving on to the next level of my career. It’s really a pleasure to become a member of one of the best European basketball clubs with such an impressing tradition and to have a chance to make progress in such a great environment. I am happy to have Mr. Vujosevic as my coach and excellent players as my teammates.”

source : cskabasket.com

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