Koumbouras could take Maroussi to court

Fanis Koumbouras has one more season in his contract.


According to new guys on the block, basketopinions.blogspot.com, Fanis Koumbouras(1.87-PG) might take Maroussi to court to claim the money that is owed to him. In Maroussi they're trying to settle debts in settlements that resemble mortgage deals. In this case they're trying to settle a debt to Koumbouras from last season of 24,000 euros in 32 instalments!

Koumbouras might as well take Maroussi to court as they told him that he is not part of next season's team although he has a 135,000 euros contract with them.

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Buducnost signed youngster Vladimir Mihailovic

Buducnost m:tel locked up a locally grown talent on Thursday when it signed Vladimir Mihailovic to a three-year deal.


Mihailovic (194, 20) arrives from Mornar, for whom he averaged 8.7 points in 12 Balkan League games last season. He was good for 10 points per game in the Montenegrin League. Mihailovic enjoyed a starring role on the Montenegrin national team last month at the European Under-20 Championships, helping his team place sixth. He was fifth in the tournament in scoring with 16.9 points in addition to 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Following his performances there, Montenegrin head coach Dusko Vujosevic selected Mihailovic to join the Montenegrin senior team for EuroBasket 2011 qualifying.

source : euroleague.net

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Aris to sign Artsiom Parakhouski, Videnov heading to the ACB

He is the new favourite of the Belarusian crowds.


Now that Greek media decided to reveal his name, I guess I can reveal it too. Artsiom Parakhouski(2.11-C) is the best prospect to come out of Belarus in a long time. I did say he has the physique of Aleks Maric as they are of the same height and also the same wingspan(7'1'' or 2.16m) but Parakhouski is actually more athletic than Maric. He is a player that draftexpress.com ranks as number 11 in this season's top centers. Not bad for Belarus.

Parakhouski wanted to big the first player from Belarus to play in the NBA but he didn't manage to secure a contract this summer although he put up a decent effort to impress the NBA scouts during the Boston Summer Camp and the Las Vegas Summer League where he played for Boston averaging 5 points and 5.3 rebounds in 4 games. Coach Sharon Drucker managed to see him in action in Las Vegas and set the wheels in motion to acquire the player for Aris.

He graduated at the end of this season from Radford averaging the impressive figures of 21.4 points 13.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in a total of 31 games in the Big South Conference. He was born in Minsk and he only started playing basketball at the age of 16. Needless to say that he has come a long way since then and perhaps in a few years time he will indeed become the first Belarusian in the NBA.

Alexander Koul(2.15-C) and Yahor Meschcharakou(2.07-PF) have also played for Aris in the past so he will be the 3rd Belarusia in Aris if all goes well. He still has one game to go with his country's National Team against Romania this Saturday and after that he will be free to join the rest of the team of Aris. In his last game he was sidelined after 1 minute of play by light ankle injury. Information coming from the player's side suggests that his injury is already gone, that the deal between him and Aris is very close and Parakhouski is glad to start his European adventure(his own words) in Aris and Greece. Minsk 2006 also approached him, but coach Andrei Krivonos knew that they couldn't attain him.

If all goes well the deal could be announced very soon. On another issue Filip Videnov will probably prefer the money of the ACB as Aris didn't managed to match his demands (well over 180,000 euros) and he will probably go for one of his 2 offers from Spain. That means Aris will sign an American small forward that could also be announced very soon.

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Fernandez wants to return to Europe.. again..

Fans of the Portland Trail Blazers have always had an irrational love for Rudy Fernandez. The athletic shooting guard has started a total of six games for the franchise over the last two seasons, yet the fan base will spontaneously unite and cry out in unison if any jabs whatsoever are thrown in the Spaniard's direction.


A great example of this irresponsible passion occurred in the my early days of Twitter, when Rudy was caught from behind on a fast break attempt by then-Laker Trevor Ariza back in March of 2009. It was a flagrant foul to be sure, but Blazer fans wanted blood, and I tried to be the voice of reason in defense of Ariza and the Lakers. You can guess how that went down, and in fact, I think I'm still blocked from following @blazersedge on Twitter to this day because of the events of that night.

In any case, this is somewhat worthwhile in bringing up today, as Fernandez (via his agent Andy Miller) seems to be done with the Blazers and the NBA, and is ready to return to Europe, for a variety of reasons.

Jorge Sierra of HoopsHype.com interviewed Miller, and along with some other tidbits, published this quote which pretty much sums up the situation between Fernandez and the Blazers.

"The impression I'm getting more and more is that he's lost interest in playing in the NBA, quite frankly," Miller said. "It's my impression that Rudy would prefer to be in Europe rather than the NBA at this point."

Ouch. So, whether it's playing time, role on the team, or something else entirely, it appears as though Fernandez will not be back in Portland next season. I'm sure that's distressing on some level to Blazers' fans, but fear not: you still have the return of Greg Oden to look forward to, which should be more than adequate in terms of a reason to be completely underwhelmed and disappointed in your favorite team next season.

source : nba.fanhouse.com


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A center and Videnov for Aris?

Aris are looking all over the place for new talent.


In Aris they have some targets in mind and very soon they will be sealing the deal with a hot new prospect from the north. I mentioned this earlier today in my Twitter account. Some countries are not known for their basketball talent production.. he comes from one of these countries and it's not Russia. You might think some teams would have not missed a player with the physique of Aleks Maric.

The new player that will be announced soon will close the gap in the front-line and quite possibly he will be the starting center. A fellow countryman of his has played for Aris in the past and he can vouch for how it is to play in Greece and the A1. The deal is very close to be finalised so I can't publish any more information at this time but this player hasn't played in Greece before and he is NBA material with the prospect of playing there in the future.

Also in Aris they will try to sign Filip Videnov again although there is a significant gap between what the player is asking and what Aris are willing to pay. This will allow Aris to quite possibly sign a foreign guard or if negotiations fail Aris will be signing a non-European small forward.

Videnov is currently playing with the Bulgarian National Team and he is the best player of his team so his asking price might difficult to bring down.

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Roma signed Heytvelt and released Hutson

Lottomatica Roma overhauled its frontcourt on Monday, agreeing to re-sign center Josh Heytvelt and releasing power forward Andre Hutson.


Heytvelt (210, 24) joined Roma at the end of last season to help the team in the Italian League playoffs. He took part in two playoff games for Roma before the season ended, but impressed enough for the team to re-sign him for this season. Heytvelt began the year in Turkey with Oyak Renault, where he ranked seventh in the Turkish League in scoring with 17.3 points per game and was the league’s runner-up in rebounding with 10 per game. Oyak Renault was his first professional club after a standout college basketball career at Gonzaga University. Heytvelt was named to the All-West Coast Conference First Team after his senior season in 2008-09 when he ranked top 10 in the conference in both scoring and rebounding.

Hutson (202, 31) leaves Roma after two season with the team. He averaged 10.4 points and 3.6 rebounds in 10 Euroleague games and 10.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in the Italian League last season.


source : euroleague.net

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Maroussi signed Sarikopoulos for 3 seasons

Maroussi managed to snatch him from Ohio State..



Maroussi made a significant investment by signing a three-year cooperation agreement and bringing back to Greece the International Center Zissis Sarikopoulos (20,2.13), one of the greatest talents Youth National Team of Greece which has swept the medals in international competitions.

Born on March 31st, 1990 he attended the Alabama-Birmingham University but he transferred to Ohio State, studying Business Administration. In the summer of 2007 he played with the UAB Blazers. He has also won awards for his talent by Michael Jordan himself at the «Jordan Brand All American Classic» in New York.

The new acquisition of Maroussi will begin immediately training sessions with the group of players who are in Athens and started practice sessions. Essentially, however, the first official group session will be held on Monday, when most of the players will arrive.

source : maroussibc.gr


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