Toni Prostran has a successful surgery - Nov 6, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Toni Prostran (182-G-91) underwent a successful surgery on his knee. One of Croatia's brightest young talents has been having problems with his right knee for some time now. After missing the pre-season with what was initially suspected to be jumpers knee, further tests showed ligament damage. Now after a successful surgery Prostran is looking at rehabilitation, but if all goes well he should be back in action within two and a half months [read more]
Toni Prostran (182-G-91) underwent a successful surgery on his knee. One of Croatia's brightest young talents has been having problems with his right knee for some time now. After missing the pre-season with what was initially suspected to be jumpers knee, further tests showed ligament damage. Now after a successful surgery Prostran is looking at rehabilitation, but if all goes well he should be back in action within two and a half months. This will definitely be good news for Zadar as it was initially feared that Prostrans season might be over. Toni Prostran started his career with A-2 League outfit Porec in 2006. Following season, he moved to Zadar where in his first season, he made his debut in European competition. He appeared in 7 ULEB Cup games and has averaged 2.3 points. He also played for Zadar junior team as he continued his development. Last season he continued making appearances for senior squad, appearing in 10 EuroCup games and averaging 1.4 points. In Croatian League he posted averages of 4.7 points and 1.5 rebounds in 10 games. Prostran represented Croatia at U18 level this year and was one of the best players at the recently held U18 European Championship in France. In 7 games, Prostran posted averages of 20.9 points, 7.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game. His excellent all-round game brought him All-European Championships U18 Best Guard as well as All-European Championships U18 1st Team awards.
Bosna ASA BHT to cancel contracts of Nikola Vucurovic and Matija Ceskovic - Nov 6, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Bosna ASA BHT did not start the season in Adriatic League like they expected, and the last loss against Siroki has further worsened the state at the club. According to reports from Bosnia, Head Caoch Vlada Vukoicic took most of the blame for poor start and even offered his resignation. However for now he seems to be safe as management has reportedly still supports its head Coach [read more]
Bosna ASA BHT did not start the season in Adriatic League like they expected, and the last loss against Siroki has further worsened the state at the club. According to reports from Bosnia, Head Caoch Vlada Vukoicic took most of the blame for poor start and even offered his resignation. However for now he seems to be safe as management has reportedly still supports its head Coach. However, this can not be said for Nikola Vucurovic (200-G/F-80) and Matija Ceskovic (192-G-81, agency: Court Side) who will most likely be let go due to the poor performances so far. Both players come to Bosna with good reputation but it seems that they have failed to settle. It remains to be seen if this change will jump-start other players, of will further cuts be needed in order to fix the situation within the club. Matija Ceskovic is a product of Zrinjevac Zagreb youth system. So far in his career he played for the likes of Sanac Karlovac, Kraski Zidar Sezana, Koper, Dona Dubrava Zagreb, Siroki among others. He also has experience from abroad as he played for AO Kolossos Rodou during season 2007-2008. Mid-season he left the Greek outfit and moved to Hungary where he signed for Kaposvri where he finished the season. He appeared in 10 league games and posted averages of 15.4 points and 3.6 assists per game. Last year Ceskovic played for I.C.B.S. In Greek 2nd league, and has averaged 7.9 points in 20 games. Nikola Vucurovic started his career with Vojvodina, and has also played for the likes of Lovcen Cetinje, Egronom Best Nis, Stade Clermont-Ferrand, RheinEnergie Koln. He started 2006-2007 season at Niksic before moving to Red Star Belgrade. He appeared in 4 games for Red Star and averaged 4.8 points before moving to Igokea. For Igokea, Vucurovic appeared in 4 EuroCup games and posted averages of 14.8 points and 3.5 rebounds. Last season he came to Bosna and posted averages of 7.8 points and1.6 rebounds in 24 Adriatic league games.
A2 League (North, South and Center): Round 4 review - Nov 5, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
In division North, Vinadija and Podravac played a derby match as both were undefeated before it. Led by Goran Fodor (195-G-90) with 31 and Mudri with 24 points, Vinadija managed to come away with 86-89 away victory to remain unbeaten, while Podravac lost its first game of the season. Medjumurje also continued with its undefeated run, after rolling over Radnik 59-94. Nedelisce recorded its first win of the season, after they have beaten Krizevci at home 89-74 [read more]
In division North, Vinadija and Podravac played a derby match as both were undefeated before it. Led by Goran Fodor (195-G-90) with 31 and Mudri with 24 points, Vinadija managed to come away with 86-89 away victory to remain unbeaten, while Podravac lost its first game of the season. Medjumurje also continued with its undefeated run, after rolling over Radnik 59-94. Nedelisce recorded its first win of the season, after they have beaten Krizevci at home 89-74. Radosavljevic poured in 28 points while Bacic and Maslic followed closely with 26 and 20 points respectively. In other mathups of round 4, Cakovec has beaten Petar Zrinjski 78-76, Mladost rolled over Graficar 103-84, while Ivancica was better at home than Bjelovar 93-76. In division South, Alkar rolled over Solin 74-105 to keep its perfect start going. Dino Erceg (204-F-85) with 31 points was the best player for Alkar while Dzapo added 18. DOSK recorded its first win of the season after beating Mislav at home 87-70. Cetina won away 67-81 against Plocink behind great play from Tomasevic who scored 22 points. Vostanica rolled over Sibenka 4 94-68, while Pet Bunara went to Omis Galeb and came away with 56-68 win. Mladost and Zrinjevac remain only two undefeated teams after Round 4 in division Center. Zrinjevac recorded 82-86 away win over Rudes behind great play by Grabaric with 28 points. Mladost had an easy job against Bosco, blowing them out 77-115 and leaving Bosco without a win at the bottom of the table. Ljubo Samadan (208-C/F-83) led the rout with 21 points while Ivan Buva (208-C-91) and Roko Rogic (188-G-92) added 16 points each. In other games, Hermes Analitica was better than Fortuna 83-76, Sanac Karlovac has beaten Samobor 63-59 while Gorica rolled over Maksimir 83-64 behind 23 points behind Brnas. In the final matchup of the round, Kaptol routed Sisak 102-77 with Luka Bekavac (201-G-87) and Hrvoje Bozic (186-G-88) leading the way with 20 and 18 points respectively.
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Roko Ciklic moves to Grude - Oct 27, 2009 [read more]
Three wins for Croatian teams in Adriatic league this week-end - Oct 26, 2009 [read more]
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