Sandro Nicevic close to Benetton

Sandro Nicevic is close to signing a contract with Benetton Treviso. The croatian center had a good season with Besiktas in the turkish league and according to spanish media the next step in his career will be Benetton Treviso. Nicevic is currently playing with the National Team of Croatia. He also played for Le Mans, AEK and Unicaja Malaga in the past.

Nicevic averaged 12.5 points 5.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 27 games with Besiktas in the turkish league.

Fortitudo Bologna announced Qyntel Woods

Fortitudo Bologna announced Qyntel Woods via their official website. The contract that Woods signed is for one year plus another year if the team wants to renew it. Qyntel Woods had a drug test in Greece during the play-offs and cannabis was detected in the test. Henceforth Olympiakos distanced themselves from Woods and now he is part of Fortitudo.

Woods averaged 10.7 points 4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in 23 games in the Euroleague last season.

BC Kyiv denies interest in Kalambokis

According to ukrainian media the administration of BC Kyiv denies the rumors that they are interested in Ioannis Kalambokis who played last season for Panionios BC and will probably renew his contract for 2 more years.

Ukrainian media report that the rumors from superbasket.gr regarding an offer from BC Kyiv are not true. BC Kyiv said that they haven't even made an offer to the player.

Kalambokis averaged 12 points and 2.8 rebounds in 35 games.

Kus returning to Cibona

According to solobasket.com Davor Kus has good chances of returning to Cibona after a season in Malaga. Cibona lost Chris Warren to Air Avellino who will be playing in the Euroleague next season so now they want to get Kus back. Other teams in Spain like Bruesa are after the talented croatian combo-guard who played for Cibona in the season 2006-2007.

Kus averaged 7 points 1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 34 games in the ACB league.

Bruesa wants Roe, Hopkins and Popovic

Bruesa GBC after ascending back to the ACB wants to make sure they're not relegated again. According to El Mundo Deportivo they want to renew the 35-year old forward Bernard Hopkins who was a vital member of the team and helped the team to return to the ACB.

They also want to sign a legend of the spanish courts and former MVP of the league, 35-year old Lou Roe who played for Murcia last season. Roe averaged 12.6 points and 5.5 rebounds last season for Murcia.

Brusa also requested Bojan Popovic from Malaga who still holds a contract with the serbian PG. Popovic was not on best terms with coach Scariolo and didn't much of the court last season. He averaged 4.7 points 1.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 34 of the regular season in the ACB.

Manolopoulos returning Greece and AEL 1964

After the acquisition of Michalis Tsairelis on-loan from Aris Thessaloniki, AEL 1694 want another youngster in their ranks. According to basketblog.gr they managed to convince Sotiris Manolopoulos(2.04-SF/PF) to return from LEB and Mallorca back to Greece. The greek forward has been released from Mallorca and coach Alexandris wants him to play for him next year in AEL.

Manolopoulos averaged 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 12 games least season for Mallorca in the LEB.

Solsonica Rieti announced Jerry Green

Solsonica Rieti announced via their official site the signing of Jerry Green(1.91-PG). Jerry Green played for Telindus OC Oostende last season in Belgium. Before moving to Belgium he played in Germany for Ludwigsburg and Mitteldeutscher BC and in Poland for SSA Czarni Slupsk.

Last season he averaged 11 points 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists in 12 games in the Uleb Cup.

Benetton trying to convince Hackett

Benetton Treviso are trying to convince Daniel Hackett to return to Italy and play for them. The american-italian guard/forward has one more year to go in the NCAA but Benetton Treviso are already trying to convince him to return to Italy.

Hackett averaged 8.6 points 3.2 assists and 3.8 rebounds in 29 games for USC Trojans last season.

Azovmash and Siaulai after Boisa

According to greek website goalday.gr Vladimir Boisa will be continuing his career in northern europe, a terrain that is not unfamiliar to him. According to the story Boisa has offers from ukrainian champion Azovmash Mariupol and lithuanian team Siaulai.
Azovmash is hell bent on creating a very strong team in order to concquer the Eurocup this year so the owner of Azovmash is sparing no expenses. Boisa did not have a good year with Aris Thessaloniki that he joined after leaving Spartak Vladivostok. He averaged 4.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 18 games for Aris in the greek A1 league.

Lakovic stays, Sada arrives?

According to El Mundo Deportivo Jaka Lakovic does not want to leave Barcelona. He said that he has one more year of contract with Barcelona and he intends to fulfill it. Rumors appeared earlier this week that Efes Pilsen is after the slovenian combo-guard but the turkish team denies the rumors.

It would be foolish of Lakovic or Efes Pilsen to admit any interest since the player is already bound with a contract. Coach Pascual wants Terrell Mcintyre in Barcelona but Siena wants them to pay 1.5 million euros to buy his contract out and then they would have to pay another 1.5 million euros per year for McIntyre's contract.

Barcelona is also after Victor Sada of Girona that faces serious financial problems.

Udine interested in Rashad Anderson

Udine is interested in american shooting guard Rashad Anderson (1.95-SG) according to italian media. Rashad Anderson is an excellent shooter behind the arc and last season he played in the LegaA2 for Livorno.

Rashad Anderson also played for Egaleo BC in Greece. Last season he averaged 19.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in 30 games averaging 41.2 % from behind the arc.

Zadar signed three players, Gecevski undecided.

Zadar signed 3 new players but is still waiting on the decision of Todor Gecevski who is the team's leader. Damir Rancic and Dejan Ivanov signed a 1+1 year contract that has an option for another year whereas Malik Dixon only signed a one-year contract. Malik Dixon won the israeli league with Hapoel Holon last season whereas Rancic was playing in Panellinios (where Dixon has also played briefly) and Ivanov comes from KK Split.