Bartzokas to replace Markovic in Panionios

Markovic didn't start the season very well.


Giorgos Bartzokas is going to be Nenad Markovic's replacement in Panionios according to basketblog.gr. The Bosnian head coach is going to pay for the bad results with his position as head coach. Panionios didn't start the season in the best of ways. They lost a game for the Greek Cup to Ikaros and also 2 games in the Greek league.

The owner of the team Elias Lianos had discussed in the past with Bartzokas about taking up the head coach position and it seems that this time it will actually happen. Previously Bartzokas requested a bigger budget from Lianos but lately Panionios acquired Milos Vujanic. Bartzokas resigned from Maroussi before the start of the season because of the organisational chaos that existed in Maroussi back in those days.

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Deshawn Sims bailed out on PAOK

In PAOK they put a lot of faith into Deshawn Sims, but in vain..


Up to this minute, Deshawn Sims(2.03-PF) is gone from his house in Thessaloniki, Greece. The player didn't go to the practice session this morning and when the team's manager visited the house that the team rented for him he wasn't there. All of his stuff was missing. The only things that were there were his sport uniforms and his shoes.

The latest update comes from basketnet.gr, and the team's manager says that PAOK will play against Aris next weekend without Sims and it's next to impossible to find a replacement within the next 3 days. Even Sims' agent doesn't seem to know where he is. Sims played 2 games for PAOK in the Greek league averaging 13 points and 4.5 rebounds.

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BC Oostende announced Tre Kelley

Last night drew Eugene "Tre" Kelley a contract until the end of the season for BC Oostende Telenet.


He replaces the injured Trevor Huffman. Kelley is expected Wednesday to Ostend and the administrative unit is doing everything to get him to play by next Saturday, although the chances are very small.

Tre Kelley spent 4 years playing college basketball at the University of South Carolina. He was raised several times by NBA teams, including the Miami Heat (2008) and Memphis Grizzlies (2010), but was never definitively an NBA team roster. Kelley played in Europe, including in 2007 for Euroleague team Cibona Zagreb and 2008/2009 for the Israeli Elitzur Ashkelon. Last season he was active in the Chinese League in DongGuan New Century Leopards where he accumulated an average of 22 points in 28 minutes playing time.

source : bcoostende.be


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Baskonia renewed Barac for 3 more seasons

The announcement came today from the official site of the team.


Stanko Barac renewed three more years with Saski Baskonia.


02/11/2010
The Croatian center Stanko Barac has renewed his contract with Saski Baskonia for three more seasons. Barac, with one year left on his contract, will end his commitment to Baskonia after the end of season 2014/15. In the five games he has played the Caja Laboral this season, Barac averaged 7 rebounds and 11.6 points in 25.4 minutes of play. In the Euroleague the Croatian center has played two games with averages of 14.5 points and 7 rebounds in 25.4 minutes of play.

source : baskonia.com


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Ilisiakos to sign Prowell and Todic

Ilisiakos to bring in 2 more additions for his front line.


The first one is Laquan Prowell(2.03-SF/PF) who played for Paris Levallois last season in France. Prowell will be replacing the overweight and less than efficient Anthony Myles(2.08-C) Last season he played for Paris Levallois where he averaged 8.6 points and 3.3 rebounds in 32 games in the ProA.

The other addition is Bosnian forward/center Miroslav Todic(2.06-PF/C) who played in Greece before. He started the season in Achileas Kaimakliou in Cyprus where he only played 2 games. Todic has played for Kolossos Rhodes in the past and also for Olympia Larissa.

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Fans push Pilafidis to resign, Kalafatakis to take over

It was only the 2nd game.


The fans of Iraklis hosted a hostile reception for the players and the technical staff of the team upon their arrival to the team's home court. Iraklis had lost to Paok in the 2nd game of the Greek League (78-59) with a 19 point margin so the fans decided to take it upon themselves and become judge and jury for a team that barely had time to do a preparation stage and has a really low budget.

Kostas Pilafidis didn't take this very lightly and he surrendered a letter of resignation the administration of the team citing personal reasons for his resignation. Information from from our friends at salonikabasket.blogspot.com suggests that there have been efforts by people within the team to urge to change his mind but that seems unlikely knowing the personality of the former head coach. This would have been Pilafidis return to Iraklis after many years but chances are it will end up in tears just after the 2nd game. According to our friends at allstarkourouna.blogspot.com, the usual suspect, Giorgos Kalafatakis is on a plane to Thessaloniki to try and rescue yet another team from relegation.

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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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