Jasikevicius, Milosevic out, Jasaitis in for Lietuvos Rytas

Many changes for Lietuvos Rytas.


Igor Milosevic(1.93-PG) and Lietuvos Rytas parted ways yesterday and it was announced via their official site. The Greek-Serbian point guard decided to leave the club and reached an agreement with Lietuvos Rytas that he signed with after the beginning of last season. Milosevic didn't get much playing time in Lietuvos Rytas and decided to seek his luck elsewhere. It's rumored he might be playing in Turkey next. He averaged 4.5 points 1.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 6 games in the Euroleague.

The next one to leave the club is their most promising transfer that didn't last very long. Sarunas Jasikevicius(1.93-PG) will be moving to Turkey and he will be playing for Fenerbahce. Jasikevicius was targeted by many European teams and it seems that he decided to use the clause in his contract that allowed him to leave for a buy-out and decided yesterday afternoon to accept the proposal of Fenerbahce. He said that his decision was based on his estimate that Fenerbahce will be in the Final Four of the Euroleague this year and he wants a shot at the title. Jasikevicius averaged 7.3 points 1.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 6 games in the Euroleague.

And amongst the departures there is one return of prodigal son Simas Jasaitis(2.01-SF). The Lithuanian sharp-shooter returns to the team that he won the 2006 Uleb Cup with and that he played for between 2001 and 2006. The deal was announced today also via the official website of Lietuvos Rytas alongside the departure of Jasikevicius. He has also played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Saski Baskonia, Badonona and Galatasaray. Last season he averaged 16.5 points 6.3 rebounds and 1.3 rebounds in 12 games in the Eurocup with Galatasaray.

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Marjanovic to play on loan for Zalgiris

Our team’s center Boban Marjanovic will play for Zalgiris Kaunas on loan until the end of 2010-11 season.


Marjanovic signed for CSKA before the start of this season. He played in 8 Euroleague games (4.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.6 blocked shots, 11.6 minutes), 5 PBL games (6.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.6 blocked shots, 13.9 minutes) and 4 VTB United League games (8.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 0.8 blocked shots, 16.9 minutes).

Dmitry Shakulin, CSKA interim coach:
I am thankful to Boban for his hard work during practices, his professional approach, for everything he did for the team. I am sure that he deserves to play more and in our system he does not receive enough playing time. I am glad that he got the chance to continue playing in the Euroleague, moreover he will play for such a glorious club as Zalgiris were he will be able to improve. We consider Boban as a promising player, we count on his progress, we wish him best of luck and we hope that next year upon returning to our team’s camp he will be able to jump to the next level in his game.


source : cskabasket.com

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Prokom released J.R. Giddens

Asseco Prokom informs that J.R.Giddens has left the club by mutual consent.


American forward joined the team in October, he averaged: 9 ppg and 5.2 rpg in Euroleague; 1.8 ppg and 4.3 rpg in TBL; 6.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg in VTB.


source : asseco.prokom.pl

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AEK in big trouble

Some people were saying it was only a matter of time.


Things are bad for AEK, really bad, but that's not really news. Things have been bad for AEK for quite some time now, a few years to be precise. The only thing that kept AEK going is the team's history and the general lack of organisation that has sadly become the trademark of the Greek league.

AEK is one of the clubs in Greece that wouldn't normally be playing in the pro league but in the semi-pro/amateur lower divisions in the vast majority of European nations. The main reason would be because they have ridiculous amounts of debts to players and also to the Greek Tax Services and hence they would never in theory manage to collect all the necessary certificates and documents. However they are supported in a zombie-fashion by the Greek federation and the League's president.

Just to be clear, I've got nothing against AEK. It's one of the oldest clubs in Greece with lots of fans. However they are a prime example of many things that are wrong in Greek basketball. At the moment in AEK there is only the president of the team, as all the members of the management board have resigned. The reason being is that the latest instalment of the TV contract that AEK has went to old tax debts of the team and not to the players. Hence some players have been paid but most haven't.

Anthony Grundy is still back in the USA and he won't get on a plane until he is paid and Terrell Castle is not participating in the practice sessions until he is paid as well. Most of the Greek players of the team are still unpaid and the news that the latest batch of money went to pay old debts instead of current salaries weigh heavily upon the team. On a merrier note, Patrick Sparks was convinced to return to AEK and they're not too crazy about having Grundy back because his contract is too high for them anyway. Obviously this is a gamble because he has been their best player so far.

So in this state they're going to play their next game against Iraklis, another team in lots of troubles, that probably see this as a great opportunity to get their foot back on the door of the league. The questions are now if more players will abandon the team and will they actually avoid relegation this time round..

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Prokom released Jan Jagla, who is heading to Turkey

The club and the player separated by mutual agreement. Jan-Hendrik Jagla will no longer represent the club.

"The game against Maccabi Tel Aviv was our last in 2010/2011 Euroleague campaign. Therefore both sides agreed that because of the facts that in the VTB United League and Tauron Basket League we need to adhere to regulations regarding Polish players and that we have got many forwards on the team, it will be better for the franchise and the player to part ways. Especially that he received interesting proposal from one of the Turkish clubs." - said Tomas Pacesas.

Born in 1981 in Berlin, Jagla has played for Asseco Prokom for the last one and a half seasons. In 2010/2011 he averaged: 5,6 ppg, 5,4 rpg in Euroleague; 4 ppg, 5 rpg in TBL and 11 ppg, 8,5 rpg in VTB.


source : asseco.prokom.pl

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Begic wants to leave Zalgiris?

He had a change of heart or is there something else happening..?


According to tubasket.com, Mirza Begic(2.16-C) sent a fax to the team of Zalgiris requesting that his contract with them is terminated. The article says that Begic has not returned yet from his winter holidays to Zalgiris and this new development puts a new spin on Begic's case as many clubs were interested in him in the past.

Standing at 2.16 meters tall, he is one of the few big men in the market with such a skillset as his but he has 1.5 more seasons in his contract with Zalgiris and they wouldn't be very happy to see him leave. Unless of course there is a sufficient compensation for them. At the moment there are negotiations between the 2 parties but nothing concrete to report.

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Jeremy Lin will play in the NBDL

Golden State Warriors guard Jeremy Lin was assigned to the Reno Bighorns, the Warriors’ NBA Development League affiliate, it was announced today.


The assignment marks the 23rd time in the 2010-11 season an NBA player has been assigned to an NBA D-League affiliate, and it is the first assignment for Lin, a rookie out of Harvard.

Lin (6-3, 200) has appeared in 17 games this season for Golden State, averaging 1.9 points in 8.5 minutes. In the 2010 NBA Summer League, Lin averaged 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in five games with the Dallas Mavericks.

The Warriors signed Lin as an undrafted free agent in July. In four years at Harvard, Lin averaged 12.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists. He became the first player in Ivy League history to record 1,450 points, 450 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals, and was one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award as a senior.


source : mynews4.com

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