Rethymno announced Mouhammad Faye

As promised..

Bilbao announced Mamadou Samb

Samb in, Hampl out

Charleroi signed Sene for 2 seasons

A great invest for Charleroi.

Mamadou Samb will participate in the NBA Draft

Mamadou Samb wants to follow his brother's footsteps.

Prokom Trefl released Pape Sow

In Trefl they're cutting down on expenses now that the TOP-16 of the Euroleague seems more distant than ever.

Real Madrid signed Cheikh Samb to short-term deal

Real Madrid reached a short-term agreement with center Cheikh Samb, who inked a one-month deal with the club, with a team option to extend it for an extra month. Samb (215, 24) arrives from the New York Knicks, where he played a couple of NBA games last season.

Cheikh Samb is being tested by Real Madrid

According to marca.com, Cheikh Samb(2.16-C) is being tested by Real Madrid. The Senegalese center will be replacing the injured Darjus Lavrinovic(2.12-PF/C) and Tomas Van Der Spiegel(2.16-C) in the paint, if his tryouts are successful.

Barcelona made offer for N'Dong

Barcelona made an offer to senegalese center Boniface N'Dong(2.13-C) this morning according to spanish media and it's now up to Malaga to match the offer according to the rules of ACB. N'Dong has decided to accept the offer so now it is up to Malaga. They have 10 days to match the offer of Barcelona that is rumored to be 3.2 million euros for 2 seasons.

N'Dong who owns a german passport, has been with Malaga for 2 seasons now and before that he has played for Spartak St' Petersburg, Bamberg, Dijon and he has also played for the LA Clippers for one season. He averaged 10.2 points 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 38 games in the ACB. He has also averaged 10.8 points 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 15 games in the Euroleague.

Rumors about N'Dong and Barcelona

After the renewal of Jaka Lakovic, Barcelona's next move might be senegalese center Boniface N'Dong(2.13-C) according to solobasket.com, that ended the season as a player of Malaga. N'Dong is rumored to replace puerto-rican center Daniel Santiago(2.16-C) in the front line of Barcelona and the deal is rumored to give N'Dong a contract of a total of 3.2 million euros for 2 seasons.

N'Dong has been with Malaga for 2 seasons now and before that he has played for Spartak St' Petersburg, Bamberg, Dijon and he has also played for the LA Clippers for one season. He averaged 10.2 points 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 38 games in the ACB. He has also averaged 10.8 points 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 15 games in the Euroleague. His replacement according to the article is rumored to be another senegalese center, Cheikh Samb(2.16-C).

N'Diyae kept against his will

Mamadou N'Diyae(2.13-C) gave an interview to greek website basketblog.gr saying that Panellinios is holding him against his will to his contract. The senegalese center says that he is being held against his will to a 2-year contract and that he hasn't been paid since December 2007 by Panellinios.

It all started last season when the head coach changed in Panellinios and it was evident that coach Zouros didn't want N'Diyae in the team and his playing time was reduced down to 10 minutes. Eventually he was loaned to Zalgiris and N'Diyae accepted it straight away because he wanted to play more. He was unlucky though and had a serious knee injury playing for Zalgiris while he was doing quite well. After he underwent surgery in May 2008 he wanted to find out whether Panellinios would still need him in the next season as his contract stated. He says it was quite strange that his agent at the time, Kostas Pappadakis, was getting his other players signed to Panellinios and he was "kept in the dark".

He never got an answer and he decided to take matters onto his own hands. He even got a diagnosis from the medical team of the Orlando Magic saying that he is fit to play but the administration of Panellinios wasn't convinced and kept sending him to their own doctors that were telling him he couldn't play. He then proceeded to get a diagnosis from 2 greek specialists that said he could play but the administration of Panellinios wasn't having any of it. He even got an offer from Khimik to play in the Ukraine and when the ukrainian federation asked for his letter of clearance Panellinios demanded 20.000 euros as a buy-out clause. N'Diyae is saying that he doesn't even know who asked for that amount from the staff in Panellinios and he is also wondering whether the owner of the team knows where this money is going to end up if they receive it from Khimik.

Finally he said that he is going back to the States to train and although he is 33 now and it will be difficult for him to find a good contract, he says he just wants to play basketball...