KK Fersped-Rabotnicki Skopje (Prva Liga) strengthened their roster with addition of 28-year old American forward Mohammed Abukar (208-85, college: San Diego State, agency: Two Points). He played at Lukoil Academik in Bulgarian NBL league. In 7 games this season he recorded 14.3ppg, 3.6rpg and 1.9apg. Abukar also played 6 games in Eurocup where he averaged 13.8ppg, 2.5rpg and 1.0apg. He also played 1 game in Euroleague where he had 5 points and 2 rebounds. The last season Abukar played at Lugano Tigers (LNA) in Swiss league. In 32 games last year he was the best scorer with impressive 20.3ppg and recorded 5.6rpg and 1.6apg. He helped them to win the league title and the cup. Great season indeed as he was awarded Eurobasket.com All-Swiss LNA Player of the Year, Import Player of the Year and Forward of the Year. In 2008 (a year after he left the college) Abukar was drafted by Austin Toros (D-League) in second round (17th overall). The former San Diego State staris in his sixth season in pro basketball. Among other achievements Abukar received Eurobasket.com All-Swiss LNA Player of the Year award in 2011. He was a member of USA U18 National Team back in 2002. Abukar has played also professionally in Holland (ABC Amsterdam), Italy (Cantu) and D-League (Idaho Stampede). The scouts decsribe him following way:
A quick and agile forward, with good fundametals, who can score well from inside and ouitside the paint. Has a good shooting range, runs very well the court for a player of his size.
Lukoil Academik - Levski Sofia 86-83 (1-1)
Levski Sofia was tied after three quarters but could not keep up in the last quarter eventually losing the game. Lukoil Academik made 25-of-33 free shots (75.8 percent) during the game. They also forced 19 Levski Sofia turnovers. 29 personal fouls committed by Levski Sofia helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The former international forward Veselin Veselinov (201-83, college: W.Virginia St [read more]
Levski Sofia was tied after three quarters but could not keep up in the last quarter eventually losing the game. Lukoil Academik made 25-of-33 free shots (75.8 percent) during the game. They also forced 19 Levski Sofia turnovers. 29 personal fouls committed by Levski Sofia helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The former international forward Veselin Veselinov (201-83, college: W.Virginia St., agency: Interperformances) orchestrated the victory by scoring 20 points and 6 rebounds. The former international point guard Bozhidar Avramov (196-90, agency: Interperformances) contributed with 18 points for the winners. The former international Dimitar Anguelov (203-79, agency: Interperformances) replied with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists and Serbian center Mladen Pantic (209-82, agency: Alti Sport) added 19 points and 10 rebounds in the effort for Levski Sofia. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Top scorers: Lukoil Academik: V.Veselinov 20+6reb+2ast, B.Heath 18+2ast, B.Avramov 18+2reb+1ast, T.Massamba 9+3ast, B.Popovic 7+4reb+4ast, D.Watkins 6+7reb+1ast Levski Sofia: D.Anguelov 22+9reb+4ast, M.Pantic 19+10reb+2ast, C.Kostov 11+7reb+2ast, M.Marinovic 9+1reb+2ast, N.Protic 7+1reb+1ast, H.Dimitrov 5+2reb+1ast
Levski stole the home court advantage from Lukoil Academic after they beat them in the first final match of the National Basketball League. In a very interesting game in Pravets "The blues" led almost the entire game, and at the end of a very dramatic finish the score was 88-84 for 1-0 in their favor in the series. The series are best of 5 as a very interesting match is coming after one day off in Pravets at 15 [read more]
Levski stole the home court advantage from Lukoil Academic after they beat them in the first final match of the National Basketball League. In a very interesting game in Pravets "The blues" led almost the entire game, and at the end of a very dramatic finish the score was 88-84 for 1-0 in their favor in the series. The series are best of 5 as a very interesting match is coming after one day off in Pravets at 15.30 on Saturday before the series to move "Universiada" Hall in the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia.
The first half was very even as Levski took for several times lead in the match, but Lukoil Academic were able to come back. First 20 minutes were conducted with frequent changes of leadership and at the break Lukoil Academic was ahead by a point, 46-45.
The second half started with a triple by Marko Marinovic (183-PG-83) and Levski was again ahead. The third quarter was equal to the very end, when bad behavior on the bench of hosts allowed Levski to score consecutive free throws and they grabbed an advance of 70-62 after 30 minutes.
Levski kept the advance to the last 3 minutes when Lukoil got back in the game and even took a point lead minute and a half before the final whistle. Mladen Pantic followed with important basket after a beautiful combination. In the remaining moments Levski were able to protect their basket and did not allow any basket which practically meant only one thing - win for Levski and 1-0 in the series in their favor.
Marko Marinovic scored most for the winners - 18 points, 17 had Nemanja Protic and Dimitar Angelov added 12.
For Lukoil Darryl Watkins was the top scorer with 24 points, but missed a lot of free throws. Bozhidar Avramov added 21 points and 14 were managed by Brandon Heath.
The second match, as we said its on Saturday (25 May) at the sports complex in Pravets starting at 15:30 local time.
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
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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