Cantu announced Maarty Leunen

Cantu Basket announced via their official website the signing of american power forward Maarty Leunen(2.06-PF). Maarty Leunen is currently playing with the Houston Rockets' team in the Las Vegas Summer League averaging 8.7 points 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the first 3 games.

Maarty Leunen graduated from the University of Oregon and in his last season with them he averaged 15.2 points 9.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 32 games. He also took part in the Las Vegas Summer League where he averaged 16 points 4.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 5 games for the Houston Rockets. Leunen can possibly acquire a dutch passport as both his parents have dutch roots. This past season he played in Darussafaka and he averaged 12.1 points 6.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 32 games.

Tau signs UK rising star

Tau Ceramica added to its club the young player Devon van Oostrum(1.88-PG). The native of Groningen, Netherlands, also owns the British passport and was born the 24th of January, 1993. The rising star is a playmaker and in the current season played in Britain with Sheffield Sharks practicing all year long with the first team of the club.

He was named best Under 16 of Great Britain and led his national team at Eurobasket Under 16. He was the best for his team in points (11.2), assists (3), steals (3.2) and minutes played (33.7). After some workouts with other Spanish teams (DKV Joventut among them) Devon van Oostrum decided to accept the proposal of Tau Ceramica.

source : sportando.net

Henk Norel goes back to DKV

DKV has confirmed this morning that they will have Henk Norel in their roster next season. The dutch center (2.12-C) is now 21 years old and for the duration of the last season he has been playing on-loan for Alicante in LEB Gold in order to get gain experience as he wouldn't normally get any playing time in Juventut.

Norel has all the attributes required by a good center. He is strong, he can play with his back to the hoop but he can also shoot from the mid-range, and he is a good rebounder. He has grown physically the last years and the administration of DKV feels that he is ready now for the big league.

He averaged 9.7 points and 4.7 rebounds in 34 games playing for Alicante in the lower league in Spain.