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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Bogdanovic to replace Page in Roanne

Thngs are not looking good for Dylan Page.


Following the investigations carried out in Lyon by Dylan Page, surgeons have found that the old fracture on his foot (6 years old) had reopened. A more serious injury than previously expected. His unavailability is 6 weeks.

Chorale Roanne will welcome tomorrow Luka Bogdanovic to replace the American forward.. The Serbian forward(2.03-25 years), played for Le Mans in 2007-2008 (9.8 points at 37% to 3pointers 3.7 rebounds in 24 minutes averaged in ProA, also averaged 11.1 points to 43% 3pointer and 2.8 rebounds in 27' in the Euroleague) was tested previously by Union Olimpija Ljubljana.

He played at Joventut Badalona in the ACB League since leaving Le Mans (10.3 points to 40% at 3pointers and 4.3 rebounds in 25 ' averaged in the Eurocup and 9.3 points to 40% at 3pointers and 3,3 rebounds in 25 ' averaged in ACB last year). He will join his teammates tomorrow at Geneva airport on their return from Germany. The club expects its qualificaion in the coming days.


source : chorale-roanne.com

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Rumors about Jasikevicius and Aris

All because he wants to stay in Greece.


This rumor was circulated in the late hours of last night and it was circulated amongst the journalists in Greece but it was basketblog.gr that decided to release it first. Sarunas Jasikevicius is a name that needs no introduction and much speculation has formed around his name and a possible destination the last few months. The player did say that he would like to remain in Panathinaikos but it seems that his cycle there has come to an end. Obviously, stranger things have happened and one shouldn't dismiss a transfer of the last minute that would be the return of Jasikevicius to Panathinaikos.

The player's desire is to remain in Greece and that's because he recently became a father and since his girlfriend is Greek. The rumor is that in Aris, they are tired of waiting for Olympiakos to release Halperin and there is time pressure because this development also halts the addition of a center, possibly from the American market(with a few targets already in mind). They're also waiting on Milos Vujanic to possibly drop his demands, although that seems unlikely. So now there is also Sarunas Jasikevicius added to the list and Aris will approach the Lithuanian veteran and they won't be banking on money but his desire to stay in Greece. This could also be leverage against Halperin or Vujanic now that such a prestigious name has been added on the list. And there is always the case of money as Aris cannot offer what teams like Panathinaikos could offer.

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Rafer Alston another candidate for China

The Chinese Basketball Association may not have the same draw as more prestigious European leagues, but what it does have is a type.



Stephon Marbury. Steve Francis. Maybe Allen Iverson. The CBA has become a post-NBA destination for low-efficiency scoring point guards, and according to the Hoops Market, we can now add two more prospective names to that list: Flip Murray and Rafer Alston.

The Zhejiang Lions (home of former lottery pick Rodney White and quasi-NBA big man Peter John Ramos) are reportedly interested in bringing in either Murray or Alston. The Hoops Market notes that Murray does have a few NBA offers that would dissuade him from signing in China, but Alston, on the other hand, appears to be knocking on NBA doors without anyone answering.

NBA GMs know what Alston can do, and they're not interested. They've seen him top 40% shooting just two times in 11 seasons, and that such a mark has never deterred him from firing away. Alston has pouted and caused trouble, in spite of being an infinitely replaceable player. My only concern: did all of that seriously take 11 years to discern? I suppose we have the Toronto Raptors to blame for signing Alston to a six-year, $25 million contract in 2004, but part of me is still surprised that no team tried to cut Alston loose prior to both the Nets and Heat doing so last season.

Apparently his trade value (as either contract filler or overvalued player) was just high enough to avoid such a fate.

Murray may be hanging around (which makes sense; for all of his faults, Murray is still useful as a bench scorer), but Alston seems to have been kicked out. Whether he ends up joining Zhejiang or not is his choice, but the NBA isn't his home anymore.


source : nbcsports.com

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Union Olimpija decided not to keep Trevon Hughes

Union Olimpija decided not to keep Trevon Hughes who was on try-out during last week. The 23 years old and 183 cm tall player, who came out of University of Wisconsin (NCAA) didn't meet the expectations. Union Olimpija continues search for new players.

source : union.olimpija.com

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Philadelphia acquired Darius Songaila

Philadelphia, Pa. – September 23, 2010 – Philadelphia 76ers President Rod Thorn announced today that the team has acquired forwards Darius Songaila and Craig Brackins from the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for guard Willie Green and forward/center Jason Smith.


“We made the move for these two players to add additional depth to our front court and to add out-court shooting, which was an area that we felt needed improving,” Thorn said. “Songaila is a hard-working, veteran forward who will give us another option up front and Brackins is a rookie that we feel has a chance to develop into a very productive player at this level.


“On behalf of the Sixers, I want to thank Willie Green and Jason Smith for their contributions and professionalism during their time with us.”

Songaila (6-9/248) is set to enter his eighth NBA season. In 485 games played with 79 starts for Sacramento, Chicago, Washington and New Orleans, he has averaged 7.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 18.9 minutes per game while shooting 49.9% from the floor and 84.6% from the line.

A native of Lithuania, Songaila attended high school in the United States and went on to star at Wake Forest, earning Honorable Mention All-America honors from The Associated Press his senior season. He has been a member of the Lithuanian National Team since 1998 and has played in the past three Olympic Games (2000, 2004 and 2008). Songaila was originally the 50th overall pick by the Boston Celtics in the 2002 NBA Draft.


source : nba.com

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Prokom signed Bobby Brown

Asseco Prokom announced signing of Bobby Brown  (188-G-84, college: Cal.St. Fullerton) to a one-year deal.


The American guard is back to Europe after two years in NBA. He started the latest one with the New Orleans Hornets averaging 6.6 points and 2.1 rebounds for 22 games. In January, Brown moved to the Los Angeles Clippers adding 3.5 ppg, 1 rpg and 2.1 apg in 20 appearances. On season 2008/09, Brown also changed two teams. He had 5.2 ppg and 1.9 apg for 47 games with the Sacramento Kings, where he played until February of 2008. Than he was traded to the Wolves, where he added 4.7 ppg and 1.4 apg in 19 games.

Bobby Brown played for ALBA Berlin on season 2007/08 helping them to win the German title. He appeared 45 times for the club collecting 13.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 3.7 apg. ALBA also participated in ULEB Cup that season, where Brown was even better registering 16 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 4.2 apg for 10 games.
Bobby Brown is a product of the California State Fullerton University, where he graduated in 2007. In his senior season Brown has 20.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 5.1 apg. His new team will compete in PLK and Euroleague next season. They managed to defend the title in Poland and to reach the Euroleague Quarterfinals in 2009/10.  

source : eurobasket.com

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