Monday, July 31, 2017

PAOK sign Kevin Dillard

PAOK sign Kevin Dillard. The 27 years old American guard joined Apollon Patras in the previous season and had a good season until he was find positive in a doping control. In 2017 Dillard played in Belgium for Antwerp Giants, in Turkey for Pınar Karşıyaka, in New Zealand for the New Zealand Breakers, and in Israel for Maccabi Ashdod.

PAOK sign Ousman Krubally

PAOK sign Ousman Krubally. The 29 years old American - Gambian forward penned an one year contract. Krubally graduated from Georgia State and went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft. He started his professional career in the UK with London Leopards and continued in Netherlands with Den Helder Kings, in Slovenia with Grosuplje, and in Italy with Legnano Knights. Krubally started the previous season in Greece with Lavrio and also played in Italy for Umana Reyer Venezia and Kazakhstan for BC Astana. With Astana Krubally averaged 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, winning the double under the guidance of Elias Papatheodorou.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Faros sign Dimitris Chatzikyriakidis

Faros sign Dimitris Chatzikyriakidis. The 29 years old Greek guard penned a three years contract with the newly promoted team. In the previous season Chatzikyriakidis played in the A2 League with Mahites Doxas Pefkon and averaged 9.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. The young guard is a member of the U16 and U18 national teams of Greece.

Korivos Amaliadas sign Marcus Posley

Korivos Amaliadas sign Marcus Posley. The 23 years old American guard graduated from St. Bonaventure and in the last season he played in the NBA D-League with the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Posley averaged 9.7 points, 2.1 assists, and 2 rebounds per game.

Faros sign Willie Conner

Faros Larisas sign Willie Conner. The 24 years old American guard penned an one year contract with the newly promoted team. Conner graduated from Buffalo and in his last season he averaged 13.2 points and 1.1 assists per game in 31 games.

Kymi sign Jake O'Brien

Kymi sign Jake O'Brien. The 28 years old American forward began his college career at Boston University and graduated from Temple. In his last college season with Temple O'Brien averaged 9.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game. O'Brien went undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft and started his professional career in Ukraine with Ferro-ZNTU but finished the season in the NBA D-League with Bakersfield Jam. In the next season O'Brien moved to Germany for Eisbären Bremerhaven and in 2015 he moved to Cyprus for Keravnos Strovolou. In the last season O'Brien won the Cypriot Basketball Championship with Keravnos.

Lavrio sign Cole Huff

Lavrio sign Cole Huff. The 23 years old American guard penned an one year contract with the Greek team. Huff graduated from Creighton where he averaged 9.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

Panathinaikos sign Kostas Mitoglou

Panathinaikos sign Kostas Mitoglou. The 21 years old Greek forward penned a four years contract with the Greek champions. Mitoglou started his career with Aris in 2013 but he moved to the US where he played in the NCAA with the Wake Forest in the previous three seasons. With the Wake Forest Mitoglou played 96 games averaging 9.27 points and 5.36 rebounds. Mitoglou was a member of the U17 and U18 National Teams of Greece and he also participated in the 2014 Greek All Star game.

Faros sign Kevin Ware

Faros Larisas (former Faros Keratsiniou) sign Kevin Ware. The 24 years old American guard penned a two years contract with the newly promoted team. Ware started playing college basketball with the Louisville Cardinals but suffered a serious injury in 2013. After his injury Ware moved to Georgia State Panthers. After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft Ware started his professional career in Finland with Kauhajoen Karhu and finished the last season in Czech Republic with BC Brno.

Monday, July 24, 2017

Lavrio sign Antwaine Wiggins

Lavrio sign Antwaine Wiggins. The 29 years old American forward penned an one year contract. Wiggins graduated from Charleston and went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft. Antwaine played in Brazil for Palmeiras and in the NBA D-League with the Raptors 905. Antwaine is the nephew of Mitchell Wiggins who played in Greece for Milonas (1993-1994/1997-1998), and Sporting (1994-1996).

Olympiacos sign Brian Roberts


Olympiacos sign Brian Lloyd Roberts. The 32 years old American guard penned a two years contract. Roberts graduated from Dayton and went undrafted in the 2008 NBA Draft. Roberts started his professional career in Israel with Hapoel Galil Gilboa. In 2009 he moved to Germany for Brose Baskets. In 2012 Roberts moved back to the US for the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans and in 2014 he signed with Charlotte Hornets. Roberts moved to the Portland Trail Blazers for the second half of the last season before moving back to the Charlotte Hornets.

Trikala sign Lamond Murray Jr


Trikala sign Lamond Murray Jr. The 23 years old American player graduated from Pepperdine and he is the son of the former NBAer Lamond Murray. Murray Jr averaged 21.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in his sophomore season with Pepperdine and he participated in the 2017 NBA Summer League with Miami Heat.

Lavrio sign Dimitris Verginis


Lavrio sign Dimitris Verginis. The 30 years old Greek guard penned an one year contract with Lavrio. Verginis started his professional career with PAOK in 2008. Verginis has played for Panathinaikos, Aris, Panionios, and Apollon Patras in Greece, for Bilbao in Spain and for Lukoil Academic in Bulgaria. In the previous season with Apollon Patras Verginis averaged 7.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Lavrio sign Giorgos Papadimitriou


Lavrio sign Giorgos Papadimitriou. The 24 years old Greek guard penned a three years contract with Lavrio. Papadimitriou is 193 cm high and played for Filathlitikos in the A2 League Greece. In the previous season Papadimitriou averaged 10.3 points per game.

Monday, July 17, 2017

Panathinaikos sign Marcus Denmon

Panathinaikos sign Marcus Denmon. The 27 years old American guard penned a 1+1 years contract. Denmon graduated from Missouri where he played college basketball with the Missouri Tigers. In 2012 Denmon was picked in the 59th overall place of the 2012 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, but he moved to France and played for Elan Salon. In the next season Denmon played in Turkey with Tofaş. In 2014 he moved to Italy for Brindisi before moving back to Turkey where he played for İstanbul BB and Gaziantep Basketbol. In the last season Denmon averaged 15.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists with Gaziantep for the Turkish League.

Promitheas sign Oleksandr Lypovyy

Promitheas sign Oleksandr Lypovyy. The 26 years old Ukrainian guard continues in the Basket League Greece. Lypovyy joined Trikala a year ago and in 25 games for the Basket League he averaged 9.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game. Lypovyy started his career in Ukraine with BC Kyiv and has also played for BC Donetsk and Budivelnyk. Lypovyy has played in Serbia for Crvena Zvezda, in Georgia for VITA Tbilisi, and in Hungary for Szolnoki Olaj.

AEK sign Nikos Ragkavopoulos


AEK sign Nikos Ragkavopoulos. The 16 years old Greek guard/forward penned a six years contract until 2023. Doukas played for the youth team of Doukas that won the Greek U18 Championship. Ragkavopoulos is 2.02 meters high.

Olympiacos sign Jamel McLean

Olympiacos sign Jamel McLean. The 29 years old American center played college basketball for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the Xavier Musketeers. After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft McLean started his professional career in Belgium for Leuven Bears. McLean continued in Belgium with Telenet Oostende before moving to Germany for Telekom Bonn and Alba Berlin. In the previous two seasons McLean played in Italy and the Euroleague for Armani Jeans Milano. McLean penned a two years contract with Olympiacos.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Kolossos Rodou sign Marvin Jones

Kolossos Rodou sign Marvin Jones. The 23 years old American graduated from Texas Southern and went undrafted in the 2017 NBA Draft. Jones averaged 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in his sophomore season in the NCAA. 

Dimitris Gravas renews with Promitheas

Dimitris Gravas renews with Promitheas. The 24 years old Greek forward joined the club a year ago and he averaged 3.3 points and 1 rebound in 11 games for the Basket League.

Lavrio sign McKenzie Moore


Lavrio sign McKenzie Moore. The 25 years old American guard joined Promitheas at the beginning of the previous season and averaged 10.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. In April McKenzie joined Canterbury Rams for the second half of the 2017 New Zealand NBL season, where he played 6 games and averaged 17.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Charis Giannopoulos renews with Rethymno

Charis Giannopoulos renews with Rethymno. The 28 years old Greek guard penned a new three years contract until 2020. Giannopoulos joined Rethymno in 2015 and in his first season he averaged 8.27 points and 4.25 rebounds per game. Giannopoulos renewed his contract for two more seasons and in his last season he averaged 10.67 points and 3.73 rebounds per game.

Dimitris Kaklamanakis renews with Lavrio

Dimitris Kaklamanakis renews with Lavrio. The 23 years old Greek center renewed his contract last year and improved his stats. In 26 games for Basket League regular season Kaklamanakis averaged 4.3 points and 2.04 rebounds per game.

Promitheas sign Bubu Palo

Promitheas sign Yempabou Kevin "Bubu" Palo. The 26 years old American guard graduated from Iowa State. Palo went undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft and started his played for Texas Legends and Sioux Falls Skyforce in the NBA D-League. In the previous season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce Palo averaged 16.3 points, 5.3 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game. Palo won the 2016 NBA D-League championship with the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

James Gist renews with Panathinaikos

James Gist renews with Panathinaikos. The 30 years old American penned a two years contract with the Greek Champions. Gist played for Angelico Biella, Lokomotiv Kuban, Partizan, Fenerbahçe Ülker, and Unicaja Málaga before moving to Panathinaikos in 2012.

AEK sign Vasilis Xanthopoulos

AEK sign Vasilis Xanthopoulos. The 33 years old Greek guard penned a two years contract with AEK. Xanthopoulos started his career with Olympiacos and played for Near East before moving to Panathinaikos in 2004. Xanthopoulos has played for PAOK, Panellinions, Panionios, and Aris in Greece and with Obradoiro in Spain. Xanthopoulos has won 3 Greek Championships, 3 Greek Cups and 1 Euroleague with Panathinaikos. In 2011 he averaged 4.1 assists per game with Panionios, ranking first in the domestic league.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Panathinaikos sign Ian Vougioukas

Panathinaikos sign Ian Vougioukas. The 32 years old Greek center penned an 1+1 years contract with the Greek champions. Vougioukas started his career with Aris Glyfadas, Kronos Agiou Dimitriou, and Ilisiakos. Vougioukas played in the NCAA with St. Lewis Billikens. In 2007 Vougioukas returned to Greece and played for Olympiacos, Rethymno, and Panellinios before moving to Panathinaikos in 2010. With Panathinaikos Vougioukas won one Euroleague, one Greek championship and one Greek Cup. In 2012 Vougioukas moved to Russia for Unics Kazan. Vougioukas has also played basketball in Turkey for Galatasaray, in Germany with Ulm, in Lithuania with Zalgiris Kaunas, and in Russia with Lokomotiv Kuban.

Promitheas sign Sean Evans

Promitheas sign Sean Evans. The 29 years old American forward/center graduated from St. John's and started his professional career in Germany with BG Göttingen. Evans has played in NBA D-League with Idaho Stampede, in South Korea with Anyang KGC, in Israel with Hapoel Eilat and Hapoel Holon, in Turkey with Sakarya BB and in Greece with Lavrio. In 2016 Evans was the Turkish First League Top Rebounder with Sakarya BB. In his last season Evans averaged 10.07 points and 6.87 rebounds in 15 games for the Basket League Greece.

Lavrio sign Giannis Kouzeloglou

Lavrio sign Giannis Kouzeloglou. The 22 years old Greek center penned a two years contract. Kouzeloglou started his career with Mantoulidis and Makedonikos, before moving to Serbia for Partizan Belgrade. In 2015 Kouzeloglou moved to Apollon Patras and in the previous season he averaged 6.1 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 games for the Basket League Greece. Kouzeloglou was a member of the U20 national team of Greece.

Lavrio sign Doron Lamb

Lavrio sign Doron Lamb. The 25 years old American guard penned an one year contract. Lamb graduated from Kentucky where he won the 2012 NCAA Championship with the Kentucky Wildcats. Lamb declared for the 2012 NBA draft and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 42nd overall pick. He played 23 games in the NBA with the Bucks and then moved to Orlando where he played 24 games with the Magic. Lamb continued with the Orlando Magic and played 53 games in the next season, averaging 3.6 points. After NBA Lamb continued in the NBA D-League with Texas Legends and Westchester Knicks. In 2015 Lamb moved to Europe for Budućnost Podgorica and continued with Nanterre 92.

Rethymno sign Hugh Robertson

Rethymno sign Hugh Robertson. The 28 years old American forward penned an 1+1 years contract. Robertson graduated from South Florida, where he played two years with the South Florida Bulls averaging 7.33 points and 4.3 rebounds. He went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft and started his professional career in Slovenia with Hopsi Polzela. Robertson started the next season in Slovenia but continued in Lebanon with Tamadon Zouk where he averaged 20 points and 5.3 rebounds in 26 games, and finished the season in France with Cognac BB. In 2015 he returned to Slovenia for Helios Suns Domžale and helped the team to win the domestic league by averaging 12.5 points and 7 rebounds per game. In the previous season Robertson played in Germany for Rhein Stars Köln. averaging 14.3 points and 5.73 rebounds per game.

Rethymno sign Trayvonn Wright

Rethymno sign Trayvonn Wright. The 26 years old American forward penned an 1+1 years contract. Wright graduated from North Dakota, where he averaged 8.91 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He started his professional career in UK with the Leicester Riders, where he averaged 12.69 points and 6.88 rebounds in his first season and 13.08 points and 7 rebounds per game in his second season. In the previous season Wright played in Sweden for Boras, averaging 12 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.

Olympiacos sign Kim Tillie

Olympiacos sign Kim Tillie. The 28 years old French forward/center penned a two years contract. Tillie graduated from Utah and started his professional career in France with ASVEL. After two years Tillie moved to Spain for Murcia where he played for two more years. In 2014 Tillie moved to Baskonia where in his last year averaged 6.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.

Monday, July 3, 2017

Jamal Nixon renews with Lavrio

Jamal Nixon renews with Lavrio. The 30 years old American guard joined Lavrio in 2015. In his first season in Basket League Nixon played 21 games and averaged 9.57 points and 2.14 rebounds per game. In the last season Nixon played 16 games averaging 7.38 points and 1.75 rebounds per game.

CS Politehnica Iasi sign Michalis Liapis

CS Politehnica Iasi sign Michalis Liapis. The 22 years old Greek guard started his professional career with PAOK in 2011 where he played for five seasons. In the previous season Liapis moved to Kolossos Rodou. Liapis was a member of the Greece U20 national team.

Promitheas sign Trevor Releford

Promitheas sign Trevor Releford. The 25 years old American guard graduated from Alabama and played in Poland with Wilki Morskie before moving to Greece for Kolossos Rodou in 2015. In his first season in Greece Releford was the top scorer of his team, averaging 13.88 points per game, and was named MVP of Basket League Greece 2015-2016 second round. Releford started the previous season in Israel with Maccabi Kiryat Gat, but returned to Kolososs in October. Although he didn't start the season in Greece Releford finished the season as the top scorer of Kolossos, second best in assists and ranking.

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Kolossos Rodou sign Stavros Schizas

Kolossos Rodou sign Stavros Schizas. The 28 years old Greek guard/forward started his professional career in 2014 with Rethymno where he played for two years. In his last season with Rethymno Schizas averaged 4.35 points and 2.27 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. In the previous season Schizas played with Kymi averaging 4.1 points and 2.1 rebounds in 22 games.

Panathinaikos sign Zach Auguste

Panathinaikos sign Zachary Elias "Zach" Auguste. The 23 years old Greek American forward/center graduated from Notre Dame where he averaged 14 points and 10.72 rebounds per game in his last season with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2016 Auguste started his professional career in Turkey with Uşak Sportif, where he averaged 12.8 points and 8 rebounds per game for the domestic league and 13.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game for the Champions League.

Rethymno sign Shaq Goodwin

Rethymno Cretan Kings sign William Shaq (Shaquille) Goodwin. The 22 years old American forward penned an 1+1 years contract with Rethymno. Goodwin graduated from Memphis where he played four years with the Memphis Tigers. In his last season Goodwin averaged 14.67 points and 7.55 rebounds per game. Goodwin started his professional career in Cyprus with AEK Larnaca, averaging 15.83 points and 4.33 rebounds per game. After 8 games with AEK Larnaca Goodwin moved to Germany for Science City Jena where he averaged 8.86 points and 5 rebounds per game.