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European Basketball Signings This Week

There were several big name signees throughout Europe from various NCAA, NBA, and Euroleague teams this week...

SPAIN

Barcelona resigned Pete Mickeal (Cincy).  Mickeal was a key contributor to the FCB success this past season.

CB Granada signed Russian forward Yaroslav Korolev who was a 1st Round Draft Pick (LAC) and recently played in the NBA Summer League Las Vegas.

Real Madrid signed center D'Or Fischer, last at Maccabi Tel Aviv.  This is a good pick up for RM.

Basquet Menorca signed 2-time MVP of LEB Gold, Joakim Donaldson.

Valladolid signed Jason Robinson, last with Melilla Baloncesto (LEB Gold).

Caja Laboral signed Marcus Haislip.  Hoping to ease the loss of All-EL performer Tiago Splitter who went to the San Antonio Spurs (NBA).

Gran Canaria 2014 signed Spencer Nelson, last at Peristeri.

Gran Canaria also signed Taurean Green (Florida) to a two-year contract.

Menorca Basquet signed Rafa Huertas, who last played at CB Melilla.

Murcia signed Taj Gray, last at Chalon in France.  A good sign for the LEB Gold team.

GERMANY

The Artland Dragons signed Boston College PG Tyrese Rice, a lefty scoring guard who last played for Panionios.  A good acquisition for the new coach.

The Dragons also signed Bryan Bailey who played last season for EWE Baskets Oldenburg.

Telekom Baskets Bonn signed Arizona’s Nick Wise.

ISRAEL

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv signed Alabama’s Mikhail Torrance who played very well in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.

Nymburk signed Chester "Tre" Simmons, who had a nice season last year at Hapoel Jerusalem in Israel.

Galil Gilboa signed Tyler Wilkerson (Marshall)

Maccabi Rishon signed Denis Clemente (Kansas State/Puerto Rico).

Another note from Israeli basketball: The Tokyo Apache (Japan) signed former San Diego high school player Jeremy Tyler, who left school early and played a portion of the season with Maccabi Haifa in Israel.  He left the team late in the year after not playing very much.

ITALY

Siena signed point guard Bo McCalebb to a three year deal who is coming off a great season.

Verona (site of Romeo and Juliet's balcony) signed shooter/"point guard" A.J. Abrams from Texas.

Scavolini Pesaro has signed Morris Almond, last at Real Madrid...the experiment apparently didn't work out.

Montepaschi Siena signed Rimas Kaukenas, last at Real Madrid.

Montepaschi Siena signed former Oregon Duck and San Antonio Spurs SG Malik Hairston to a two year deal...he joins Maarty Leunen & Luke Jackson as Ducks in Italy.

Scavolini Pesaro signed USC’s Daniel Hackett.

Sutor Montegranaro signed Bobby Jones (UW). 

TURKEY

Bornova re-signed Tennessee’s Tyler Smith.

Aliaga Petkim signed Cal’s Jerome Randle who was MVP of the PIT in Portsmouth but curiously played for the Washington Wizards (John Wall) in the NBA Summer League Las Vegas.

Aliaga Petkim signed Houston’s Aubrey Coleman.

Efes Pilsen signed Lawrence Roberts to a one-year contract.  Roberts is coming off a nice year with Partizan.

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English Leaves Champs Caja for Joventut

Canadian National Team guard Carl English has signed to play for DKV Joventut next season.

English, 29 and 1.96 m, comes from Caja Laboral, tournament champion of the ACB League last season. While in Vitoria, he played 21.4 minutes per game during the regular season, he averaged 10.5 points (with 78% in free throws, shooting 53% from 2 and 43% shooting from 3) and 3 rebounds.

The new guard of DKV Joventut in the ACB was also in Spain from 2007/2009 with Gran Canaria.

English, who played collegiately at the University of Hawaii, last played for Team Canada in Puerto Rico in the summer of 2009.

• 2005/2006 season that jumped to Europe, Italy - Vidivici Bologna
• 2006/2007 with KK Zadar Croatia.

Joventut also signed guard Russell Robinson who played in the NBADL and was a Senior on the Kansas National Championship squad.

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Spain Announces Final 12 for FIBA World Championships

Spain looking to repeat in FIBA Basketball World Championships, Turkey.

Spanish national team coach Sergio Scariolo announced that he has made the final cut, Carlos Suarez, and that Fernando San Emeterio of ACB Champion Caja Laboral has made the team.  Rafa Martinez and Pablo Aguilar were also final cuts and part of the final 15 in training camp.

Spain is the defending World Champions and will definitely challenge again this year despite playing without Pau Gasol who recently won the NBA Title with the LA Lakers.

Spain final roster:
Fernando SAN EMETERIO, 6'6 SF Caja Laboral
Rudy FERNÁNDEZ, 6'5 SG/SF Portland NBA
Ricky RUBIO, 6'5 PG Regal Barcelona (Rights held Minnesota NBA)
C-Juan Carlos NAVARRO, 6'3 SG Regal Barcelona (Former Memphis NBA)
Jose Manuel CALDERÓN, 6'2 PG Toronto NBA
Felipe REYES, 6'8 PF/SF Real Madrid
Víctor CLAVER, 6'10 SF/PF Valencia (Rights held by Portland NBA)
Fran VÁZQUEZ, 6'10 PF/C Regal Barcelona (Rights held by Orlando NBA)
Sergio LLULL, 6'3 PG/SG Real Madrid (Rights held by Houston NBA)
Marc GASOL, 6'11 C Memphis NBA
Alex MUMBRÚ, 6'8 PF Bilbao
Jorge GARBAJOSA, 6'9 PF Real Madrid (Former Toronto NBA)
C = Captain

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