Ibrahim Jaaber selected the top Bulgarian playing abroad in last week's games - Jan 1, 2013
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We bring you last week's top performances from Bulgarians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level.
#1. This week's number one is former international point guard Ibrahim Jaaber (187-84, college: Pennsylvania, currently plays in Euroleague), who plays in Lithuania. Jaaber could not help Zalgiris (0-1) to beat Panathinaikos (1-0).
He recorded 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
The fifth-placed Zalgiris was edged 67-66 on the road by the leading Panathinaikos in the group E of Euroleague.
Jaaber belongs to league's most steals and is ranked #2.
This season he averages: 6.7ppg, 2.3rpg, 2.4apg, 2.1spg, 2FGP: 53.8%, 3FGP: 36.0% and FT: 66.7%.
Jaaber is a naturalized American.
He played for the Bulgarian senior national team four years ago.
Strangely Jaaber has never played in Bulgaria.
#2. Second place goes to former international guard Earl Rowland (188-83, college: St.Mary's, CA, currently plays in Latvia). He contributed to a VEF Riga's victory against the seventh-ranked Barons kvartals (7-7) 84-72 in a derby game in the Latvian LBL on Saturday night.
Rowland recorded 10 points and added 9 assists in 29 minutes.
VEF Riga (9-1) is placed third in the LBL.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
The Regular Season already ended.
Rowland has relatively good stats this year: 13.6ppg, 4.0rpg, 7.1apg, 1.4spg, 2FGP: 48.4%, 3FGP: 47.4%(9-19) and FT: 74.1% in the eight games he played so far.
He is a naturalized American.
Rowland played for the Bulgarian national team in 2011.
Apparently he has never played in Bulgaria.
#3. The Bulgarian player who performed third best last week abroad was former international guard Earl Calloway (191-83, college: Indiana, currently plays in Euroleague). Calloway helped his Spanish team Unicaja Malaga win their game against the seventh-ranked Brose Baskets Bamberg (0-1) 85-82 in the Euroleague in Thursday night's game.
He recorded 6 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Unicaja Malaga (1-0) is placed third in group E.
This season Calloway has relatively solid stats: 10.1ppg, 2.4rpg, 2.3apg, 2FGP: 55.9%(19-34), 3FGP: 54.1%(20-37) and FT: 72.2%.
He is a naturalized American.
Calloway played for the Bulgarian national team three years ago.
Interesting that he has never played in Bulgaria.
#4. Forward Kaloyan Ivanov (205-86, currently plays in Italy), who plays in the Italian SerieA was not able to help Air Avellino (3-10) in their last game. Despite Ivanov's good performance Air Avellino was edged in an overtime 86-84 in Caserta by the higher-ranked (#10) Juvecaserta.
He had a double-double by scoring 12 points and getting 10 rebounds. Ivanov also added 3 assists and 5 steals in 39 minutes.
It was Air Avellino's fourth consecutive loss in a row.
Ivanov has reliable stats this year: 11.5ppg, 9.0rpg, 1.5apg and 3.0spg in the two games.
He used to play for the Bulgarian national team
back in 2011.
#5. Former international center Jared Homan (206-83, college: Iowa St., currently plays in Germany) led Bayern Muenchen to an easy victory against the closely-ranked Eisbaeren Bremerhaven crushing them 104-71 in the German BBL last Wednesday.
Homan scored 11 points, had 4 rebounds and made 2 blocks.
FC Bayern Muenchen (10-6) is placed sixth in the BBL.
It was his team's fifth consecutive victory in a row.
Homan belongs to league's best blockers and is ranked #5.
He has very reliable stats this season: 10.7ppg, 5.6rpg, 1.2apg and 1.3bpg.
Homan is a naturalized American.
He used to play for the Bulgarian national team
three years ago.
However Homan has never played in Bulgaria.
#6. An experienced guard Roderick Blakney (184-76, college: S.Carolina St., currently plays in Spain) helped Cajasol win their game against the closely-ranked Blancos de Rueda (6-9) crushing them 94-57 in the Spanish ACB on Sunday night.
He scored 8 points and added 6 assists in 15 minutes.
Cajasol Banca Civica Sevilla (4-11) is placed 16th in the ACB.
This year Blakney's overall stats are: 5.5ppg and 2.3apg in the four games.
He is a naturalized American.
Blakney is a former international player as he played for the Bulgarian senior team six years ago.
#7. International power forward Cedric Simmons (206-86, college: N.Carolina St., currently plays in Italy) was not able to secure a victory for Enel Brindisi (7-6) in their game against Lottomatica Roma (8-5) in the Italian SerieA. Simmons cannot count Sunday's game as one of the best ones.
He recorded only 2 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Enel Brindisi was defeated 86-82 at home by the higher-ranked Lottomatica Roma (#5).
They ended the series of three consecutive victories.
Simmons belongs to league's best blockers and is ranked #3.
His total stats this season are: 6.4ppg, 5.6rpg and 1.5bpg.
Simmons is a naturalized American.
He is also Bulgarian national team player.
The list of other players, who all have Bulgarian passport but never been selected to any of Bulgarian national teams:
#1.Pero Antic (210-F-82, agency: Beo Basket, currently plays in Euroleague), who plays in Greece could not help Olympiacos (0-1) in their last game. Despite his good performance the eighth-placed Olympiacos lost 74-82 on the road to the second-ranked Caja Laboral in the group F of Euroleague.
Antic was the second best scorer with 13 points. He also added 4 rebounds and 4 assists in a mere 19 minutes.
This year Antic averages: 5.9ppg and 3.3rpg in the 11 games he played so far.
He has a dual citizenship: FYR Macedonian and Bulgarian.
#2. Experienced Willie Deane (188-PG-80, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: Purdue, currently plays in Ukraine) was not able to help Khimik (12-9) in their game against Kryvbasbasket (10-14) in the Ukrainian Superleague, despite his very good performance last Friday.
Deane was the second best scorer with 13 points. He also added made 4 passes and 3 steals in 27 minutes.
But Khimik was badly defeated 89-73 in Krivoy Rog by the lower-ranked (#10) Kryvbasbasket.
It was Khimik's fourth consecutive loss in a row.
Deane has reliable stats this year: 10.9ppg, 3.1rpg and 6.0apg in the 19 games.
He is a naturalized American.
Deane used to play for PBC Lukoil Akademik Sophia in Bulgarian league.
#3.Ilian Evtimov (201-F-83, agency: Interperformances, college: N.Carolina St., currently plays in France) was not able to secure a victory for Chalon/Saor (9-5) in their game against Strasbourg IG (9-5) in the French ProA.
He scored 6 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished 5 assists.
The league leader Chalon/Saor was defeated 73-66 in Strasbourg by the second-ranked Strasbourg IG.
Evtimov has reliable stats this season: 12.1ppg, 3.8rpg and 1.9apg.
He is another player who holds two passports: Bulgarian and French.
#4.Dinko Marshavelski (211-F/C-89, currently plays college basketball in the States) couldn't help the Northeastern in their game against the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the NCAA.
He recorded only 4 points in 8 minutes on the court.
The Northeastern was badly defeated 83-63 in Birmingham, AL by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
It's Marshavelski's fourth season with the team.
This year Marshavelski's total stats are: 6.4ppg, 5.6rpg and 1.5bpg in the 13 games.
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Basketball United launches a crowdfunding for crowdmanagement campaign - May 22, 2013
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www.Basketball-United.com will establish the first in the world basketball team, which will be crowdmanaged online by basketball people from around the world.
The start-up has launched a crowdfunding campaign with the intention to raise $85,000 in the next 40 days. If their campaign is successful, they will receive additional funding from a private investor, which will ensure the budget of the basketball team for its first season. You can check it out here:
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www.Basketball-United.com will establish the first in the world basketball team, which will be crowdmanaged online by basketball people from around the world. The start-up has launched a crowdfunding campaign with the intention to raise $85,000 in the next 40 days. If their campaign is successful, they will receive additional funding from a private investor, which will ensure the budget of the basketball team for its first season. You can check it out here: http://www.thrillpledge.com/projects/crowdsource-and-manage-a-pro-basketball-team We are receiving positive feedback from all over the world. Basketball fans are very intelligent and knowledgeable of the game, and they have expressed their interest and support in our innovative team, states Valentin Mitov who is one of the co-founders and also the CEO. Now, we are launching this crowdfunding campaign, and we hope that the basketball community will support us. In return, we have managed to provide very cool and valuable rewards for them. Basketball United has already managed to attract corporate partners, such as http://s2h.com and http://itsmyplay.com and is in the process of negotiating with other interested parties.
About Basketball United Basketball United is a project of Bulgarian start-up company Reality Sport Ltd. The companys main goal is to disrupt the professional sports- entertainment industry by allowing sports fans to become sports directors (FanManagers). http://Basketball-United.com will provide the FanManagers with voting platform, full statistics, videos of practices and games, and interviews with players and coaches. Everyone who loves the sport of basketball and has an internet connection may register, vote, manage and support this unique professional basketball team, regardless of his or her nationality. In addition, all FanManagers of the team will be able to compete against each other in the first in the world Reality basketball manager game. The FanManagers with the highest ranking will be recognized each month of the basketball season and will be awarded cash prizes. Fantasy sports games are already very popular, but we believe that a REALITY sports game will take the sports-entertainment and gaming industries to another level, says Mr. Mitov. We believe that our innovative team management model will be not only more fan-friendly, but also more successful, and will soon be adopted by other sports teams around the world.
For more information, please contact: Mr. Alex Sandov PR Manager Reality Sport Ltd. 45 Veslets str. Sofia 1202 Bulgaria Tel: 00359887726388 e-mail: pr@basketball-united.com
Earl Rowland selected the top Bulgarian playing abroad in last week's games - May 21, 2013
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We bring you last week's top performances from Bulgarians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level. This week's number one is former international guard Earl Rowland (188-83), who plays in Latvia. He could not help VEF Riga (11-7) in their last game. Despite Rowland's very good performance the fourth-placed VEF Riga was crushed 104-82 on the road by the leading Khimky in the group B of VTB United League.
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We bring you last week's top performances from Bulgarians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level.
#1. This week's number one is former international guard Earl Rowland (188-83, college: St.Mary's, CA, currently plays in VTB United League), who plays in Latvia. He could not help VEF Riga (11-7) in their last game. Despite Rowland's very good performance the fourth-placed VEF Riga was crushed 104-82 on the road by the leading Khimky in the group B of VTB United League.
He was the top scorer with 20 points. Rowland also added 5 rebounds and dished 3 assists in 25 minutes on the court.
It's Rowland's first season with the team.
Rowland belongs to league's top scorers (ranked #2) and also on the list of best passers (fifth place).
He has individually a very good year with high stats. Rowland averages: 16.3ppg, 5.5rpg, 5.4apg, 1.9spg, 2FGP: 57.3%(125-218), 3FGP: 27.7% and FT: 81.8% in the 23 games he played so far.
He is a naturalized American.
Rowland played for the Bulgarian senior national team two years ago.
Strangely he has never played in Bulgaria.
#2. Second place goes to former international power forward Dejan Ivanov (205-86, agency: Beo Basket, currently plays in Italy). Ivanov contributed to a Cimberio Varese's victory against the eighth-ranked Umana Venezia (16-14) 84-75 in the Italian SerieA last Saturday.
He scored 10 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in 18 minutes.
Cimberio Varese (23-7) is placed first in the SerieA.
It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row.
This year Ivanov's overall stats are: 4.8ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.8spg, 2FGP: 31.6% and FT: 53.8% in the four games.
He played for the Bulgarian national team in 2011.
#3. The Bulgarian player who performed third best last week abroad was former international guard Earl Calloway (191-83, college: Indiana, currently plays in Spain). Calloway was not able to help Unicaja Malaga (18-16) in their game against Regal FC Barcelona (23-11) in the Spanish ACB.
He recorded 5 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.
Unicaja Malaga was defeated 57-50 in Barcelona by the higher-ranked Regal FC (#3).
They ended the series of four consecutive victories.
The Regular Season already ended.
Calloway's total stats this season are: 6.8ppg, 3.3rpg, 2.1apg, 1.1spg, 2FGP: 44.0%, 3FGP: 29.1% and FT: 84.8%.
He is a naturalized American.
Calloway played for the Bulgarian national team three years ago.
Apparently he has never played in Bulgaria.
#4. An experienced small forward Filip Videnov (196-80, agency: Alti Sport, college: W.Kentucky, currently plays in Turkey), who plays in the Turkish TBL was not able to secure a victory for Olin Edirne (8-22) in their last game. Despite Videnov's very good performance Olin Edirne was crushed 81-60 at home by the much higher-ranked (#5) Karsiyaka.
He was the top scorer with 17 points. Videnov also added 6 rebounds and dished 6 assists in 31 minutes.
The Regular Season already ended.
Videnov has very impressive stats this year: 15.7ppg, 3.7rpg and 3.3apg in the 15 games.
He is also Bulgarian national team player.
#5. International shooting guard Ivan Lilov (196-88, currently plays in Romania) helped Gaz Metan win their game against the 14th-ranked Oradea (0-27) 79-72 in the Romanian Liga Nationala on Monday night.
He scored 10 points in 21 minutes.
CS Gaz Metan Medias (20-10) is placed fifth in the Liga Nationala.
This year Lilov's total stats are: 9.8ppg, 2.9rpg, 2.2apg and 1.2spg in the 21 games.
He plays currently for the Bulgarian national team.
#6. Guard Roderick Blakney (184-76, college: S.Carolina St., currently plays in Spain) couldn't help one of league's weakest teams Cajasol (12-22) in their game against Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (12-22) in the Spanish ACB. Blakney cannot count Sunday's game as one of the best ones.
He recorded only 3 points.
Cajasol was defeated 76-68 on their home court in Sevilla by the higher-ranked Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (#14).
The Regular Season already ended.
Blakney has averaged so far 7.1ppg, 1.4rpg and 2.3apg.
He is a naturalized American.
Blakney is a former international player as he played for the Bulgarian senior team six years ago.
Interesting that he has never played in Bulgaria.
#7. Former U20 international guard Georgi Sirakov (186-92, agency: Interperformances, currently plays in Italy), who plays in the Italian Nazionale A (third division) couldn't help Mazzeo San Severo (11-23) in their last game. Despite Sirakov's good performance Mazzeo San Severo lost 61-75 in Ferrara to the higher-ranked (#12) Naturhouse.
He was the second best scorer with 10 points in 20 minutes.
It was Mazzeo San Severo's fourth consecutive loss in a row.
This year Sirakov averages only 8.1ppg in the 35 games.
He used to play for the Bulgarian U20 national team
two years ago.
#8. Forward Aleksandar Georgiev (203-90, also represented by Interperformances, currently plays in Spain) couldn't help Assignia Manresa (6-28) in their game against Valencia Basket (22-12) in the Spanish ACB. Georgiev cannot count Sunday's game as one of the best ones.
He recorded only 2 points.
The bottom-ranked Assignia Manresa was crushed 90-59 in Valencia by the much higher-ranked Basket (#4).
It was Assignia Manresa's fifth consecutive loss in a row.
The Regular Season already ended.
Georgiev has averaged so far 4.1ppg and 2.1rpg.
He plays currently for the Bulgarian national team.
The list of other players, who all have Bulgarian passport but never been selected to any of Bulgarian national teams:
#1.Pero Antic (210-F-82, agency: Beo Basket, currently plays in Greece) contributed to Olympiacos' victory against the 12th-ranked Ilysiakos (7-19) 81-70 in a derby game in the Greek A1 last Thursday.
Antic scored 8 points.
Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus (25-1) is placed first in the A1.
It was his team's 12th consecutive victory in a row.
They will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical.
Antic's overall stats this season are: 6.3ppg and 3.1rpg.
He has a dual citizenship: FYR Macedonian and Bulgarian.
#2.Kee Kee Clark (180-PG-84, college: St.Peter's, currently plays in Italy) led Umana Venezia to a surprising victory over the league leader Cimberio Varese (23-7) 84-72 in the Italian SerieA on Thursday night.
Clark was MVP of the game. He recorded 18 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in 35 minutes.
Umana Reyer Venezia (16-14) is placed eighth in the SerieA.
Clark has relatively good stats this year: 14.2ppg, 2.4rpg, 2.6apg and 1.1spg in the 30 games he played so far.
He is a naturalized American.
Apparently Clark has never played in Bulgaria.
#3.Ilian Evtimov (201-F-83, agency: Fusion Sports, college: N.Carolina St., currently plays in France) was the major contributor in Chalon/Saor's victory against the closely-ranked Chorale de Roanne (17-13) 78-68 in the French ProA in Tuesday night's game.
He recorded 14 points and added 6 assists.
ES Chalon-Sur-Saone (18-12) is placed fourth in the ProA.
Evtimov's overall stats this season are: 9.3ppg, 3.2rpg, 2.0apg and 1.3spg.
He is another player who holds two passports: Bulgarian and French.
#4.Dimitar Karadzovski (190-G-84, agency: Global Sports Plaza, currently plays in FYR Macedonia), who plays in the FYR Macedonian Prva Liga could not help Kozuv (7-3) in their last game on Tuesday. Despite Karadzovski's very good performance Kozuv (#2) was defeated 95-87 on the road by the lower-ranked Fersped-Rabotnicki (#3) in the Places 1-6 group.
He was the top scorer with 16 points. Karadzovski also added 4 passes (was perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line).
Karadzovski is currently second on the league's list of best passers.
He has very reliable stats this season: 12.5ppg, 2.5rpg and 3.8apg.
Karadzovski has both Bulgarian and FYR Macedonian nationalities.
Lukoil Academik and Levski Sofia head to the Finals - May 18, 2013
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Lukoil Academik - Rilski Sportist 86-84 (3-2)
The hosts trailed by 7 points after three quarters before their 28-19 charge, which allowed them to win the game. Lukoil Academik forced 21 Rilski Sportist turnovers. American guard Brandon Heath (193-84, college: San Diego St.) orchestrated the victory by scoring 23 points and 6 assists. The former international point guard Bozhidar Avramov (196-90, agency: Interperformances) contributed with 24 points for the winners [read more]
The hosts trailed by 7 points after three quarters before their 28-19 charge, which allowed them to win the game. Lukoil Academik forced 21 Rilski Sportist turnovers. American guard Brandon Heath (193-84, college: San Diego St.) orchestrated the victory by scoring 23 points and 6 assists. The former international point guard Bozhidar Avramov (196-90, agency: Interperformances) contributed with 24 points for the winners. Lukoil Academik's coach Sasho Vezenkov used an eleven-player rotation in such tough game. American point guard Terry Smith (185-86, college: Mercyhurst) answered with 24 points and naturalized Serbian guard Branko Mirkovic (190-82, agency: Global Sports Plaza) added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the effort for Rilski Sportist. Four Lukoil Academik and five Rilski Sportist players scored in double figures. Top scorers: Lukoil Academik: B.Avramov 24+2reb+2ast, B.Heath 23+2reb+6ast, D.Haritopoulos 12+5reb+2ast, V.Veselinov 11+3reb+1ast, T.Massamba 7+4reb+3ast, B.Popovic 7+4reb+1ast Rilski Sportist: T.Smith 24+4reb+1ast, B.Mirkovic 17+6reb+5ast, T.Gugino 12+8reb, A.Caloiaro 10+6reb+3ast, S.Vaklinov 10+7reb+1ast, H.Zahariev 7+1ast
The hosts took control from the first minutes by winning first half. But Balkan won third quarter 29-9. However it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. The game was decided in the last minutes when Levski Sofia won last quarter 23-20. Balkan was plagued by 26 personal fouls down the stretch. Serbian point guard Marko Marinovic (183-83) stepped up and scored 25 points and 6 assists for the winners and Serbian center Mladen Pantic (209-82, agency: Alti Sport) chipped in 12 points and 6 rebounds. Levski Sofia's coach Konstantin Papazov used entire bench in such tough game. Serbian forward Vladimir Panic (194-82) responded with 14 points and 7 rebounds and the former international guard Jordan Bozov (191-79, agency: Global Sports Plaza) scored 14 points and 6 assists. Four Balkan players scored in double figures. Top scorers: Levski Sofia: M.Marinovic 25+2reb+6ast, N.Protic 14+1reb+1ast, M.Pantic 12+6reb, D.Anguelov 8+4reb, P.Ivanov 7+4reb+1ast, C.Kostov 5+3reb+2ast Balkan: B.Jovovic 15+4reb, J.Bozov 14+3reb+6ast, V.Panic 14+7reb+3ast, U.Petrovic 13+5reb+2ast, M.Marinov 7+1reb+2ast, S.Marinov 6+1reb+2ast
Levski Sofia: took 2nd place (5-3) in Group A of the First Stage, took 1st
place (11-3) in Group C of the Second Stage, lost to Galil Gilboa (ISR) 79-87 in
the Final !!!
Rilski Sportist: took 1st place (5-3) in Group B of the First Stage, took
3rd place (8-6) in Group C of the Second Stage, lost to Levski 74-84 in the
Semifinals !!!
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