Bracey Wright to sign with Olimpija

His good season with Cedevita paid off.


Another player who managed to revamp his career seems to be Bracey Wright(1.91-SG). According to kosarka.si, Wright will be playing for Olimpija Lubljana next season in the Euroleague and the Adriatic League. The former NBA shooting guard had a good season in the Euroleague with Aris Thessaloniki as his first European contract and then moved on to Badalona he left halfway through the season. He then returned to Aris for a short while and since then he's played for Oostende as well.

He started the season with Paris Levallois but then moved on to Cedevita Zagreb where he played in 3 leagues(Croatia, Adriatic League, Eurocup). In the Adriatic league he averaged 11.8 points 2.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 11 games, in the Eurocup he averaged 16.7 points 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists and in Croatia he averaged 13.7 points 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 14 games.

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Rawle Marshall to play in Kazakhstan

Apparently they have quite a good team in Astana.


There is another great signing for very ambitious team of BC Astana of Kazakhstan. The new member of VTB league has signed an excellent shooting guard, Rawle Marshall, 201cm, 1982. Rawle has played with a lot of success in Europe, for Hemofarm, Cibona, Lokomotiv Rostov, Valencia, ASVEL and PAOK.

source : beobasket.net

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Darius Songaila to play for Galatasaray

A great signing for any European team really..


Former Philadelphia 76ers power forward Darius Songaila has signed a one-year deal worth $1.5 million plus bonuses with the Turkish team, Galatasaray, his agent said on Friday.

The contract does not have an escape clause should the NBA lockout end in time for all or part of the 2011-12 NBA season, which means Songaila is committed to spending the entire season in Turkey.

Nets point guard Deron Williams agreed to terms with another Turkish League team, Besiktas, earlier this week, but he does have the option to return to the U.S. if the NBA lockout ends and games are played next season.

"Darius didn't play a lot of minutes last season in Philadelphia and with the uncertainty surrounding the lockout, he wanted to make sure he'd play next season," said his agent, Mark Bartlestein.

Songaila, 33, has played for five NBA teams over 10 seasons, but he could not crack the 76ers' young, strong front-line rotation and made only 10 appearances last season. He plans to play for the Lithuanian national team this summer.

Galatasaray Cafe Crown lost 4-2 in a best-of-seven series to Fenerbahce Ulker in the Turkish League finals last month.


source : espn.com

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Lukas Mavrokefalides to play in Russia

Another one bites the dust..


Another player will leave Olympiacos this summer and the next one to open the door and walk out is Lukas Mavrokefalides(2.05-PF/C). He's a free agent now and although his first option was Olympiacos the offer that they made him of 650,000 according to redplanet.gr was not enough.

Mavrokefalides was the only player to take a pay-cut last season and it would seem reasonable to upgrade his role in the team now that Bouroussis has moved on. But the strict budget of the new season has dethroned Olympiacos from the big-spenders' elite to the point where they can scarcely afford 1 million euros to pay one of their most important players.

It's uncertain whether Mavrokefalides will take up Spartak's offer of 1.1 million euros or Khimki's offer for 1 million euros for 2 seasons. The great migration of the Greek players is afoot and well on it's way.

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CSKA announced Milos Teodosic

Vatutin got his wish!


Our club reached an agreement to acquire European Player of the Year 2010 guard Milos Teodosic (24 years, 195 cm) from Olympiakos Pireus. The player currently practices with the Serbian National Team, his 3-year contract will become valid after the medical tests in Moscow.

One of the most promising players of modern European basketball grew in modest BC Reflex in Serbia. His pro career also includes stints in Borac Cacak, Zeleznik and Olympiakos. He made himself notable plating for junior team in his native country, winning U16 (2003), U18 (2005) and U20 (2007, MVP) European Championships. Two years after he became the European vice-champion with Serbian National Team. 2009-10 season was a pinnacle of his club career until now – Milos was named Euroleague MVP and led Olympiakos to the tournament title game.

His averages in previous Euroleague season were 10.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 0.7 steals in 25.5 minutes in 18 games. His averages in Greek League were 9.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 0.9 steals, 21.5 minutes in 21 regular championship games, 11.1 points, 1.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.3 steals, 22.4 minutes in 8 playoff games.

source : cskabasket.com



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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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Cantu to bring in David Lighty

Another solid choice by Cantu.


Bennet Cantu are looking for the ways to strengthen their backcourt. They are negotiating contract with David Lighty (195-G/F-88). The deal may be announced soon. The 23-year-old shooting guard has just graduated from the Ohio State University.

He averaged 12.1 points, 4.0 boards, 3.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game in his senior season. David Lighty made it into All-Big Ten 2nd Team. He was also named into Big Ten All-Defensive Team. David Lighty was the member of the USA U19 National Team. He participated at U19 World Championship in Serbia back in 2007. David Lighty notched 8.8 points and 3.9 boards per game in Novi Sad.

source : eurobasket.com

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