After signing coach Igor Griszczuk to a contract extension Anwil Wloclawek is focusing on the players market.
Some major roster changes are expected in Wloclawek, after the team finished last season third in the polish league.
Right now Anwil has only few players under contract for the upcoming season: Bartłomiej Wołoszyn, Marek Piechowicz (203-G/F-88, agency: AB Agency), Kamil Michalski (183-G-87) and juniors [read more]
After signing coach Igor Griszczuk to a contract extension Anwil Wloclawek is focusing on the players market. Some major roster changes are expected in Wloclawek, after the team finished last season third in the polish league. Right now Anwil has only few players under contract for the upcoming season: Bartłomiej Wołoszyn, Marek Piechowicz (203-G/F-88, agency: AB Agency), Kamil Michalski (183-G-87) and juniors. All of them are relatively young and the goal seems to be developing the mentioned three players since the league decided to implement the rule that would maximize presence of a polish players on the court during the games. Anwil is looking for young American players without European experience in their resumes, hoping to find good players with low financial expectations. This is evidence that the club will have a smaller budget comparing to last year. The team officials are admitting that the crisis will affect the team. This could mean that Anwil could lose their backcourt polish duo of Andrzej Pluta and Lukasz Koszarek who have both experienced some interest from Asseco-Prokom Gdynia (nee Sopot). Paul Miller, starting center last season, is expecting a pay-rise, but according to the club, Anwil is focusing on balancing the budget and Millers expectations are too high for salary cap in Wloclawek. This would mean that we will not see many well-known players in Wloclawek next season, although Zbigniew Polatowski, clubs boss admits that we could see Seid Hajric in Anwils uniform given the fact that the Bosnian player could soon get polish passport. In the interview with local media Polatowski also did not exclude Gerald Henderson playing in his team again. Altough the American failed a drug test last year admits the club may consider hiring Henderson if his ban is shortened.
Marcin Gortat signs offer sheet with Dallas Mavericks - Jul 3, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
They say everything's bigger in Texas. Things are about to get bigger in the Dallas area, as the Mavericks have tendered Orlando Magic free-agent center Marcin Gortat an offer sheet for the mid-level exception. Gortat is a restricted free agent, which gives the Magic the right to match any offer he receives in order to retain his services. However, Magic GM Otis Smith has said throughout this offseason that he would not match an offer to Gortat if it were more than $5 million [read more]
They say everything's bigger in Texas. Things are about to get bigger in the Dallas area, as the Mavericks have tendered Orlando Magic free-agent center Marcin Gortat an offer sheet for the mid-level exception. Gortat is a restricted free agent, which gives the Magic the right to match any offer he receives in order to retain his services. However, Magic GM Otis Smith has said throughout this offseason that he would not match an offer to Gortat if it were more than $5 million. The mid-level is valued at just over that amount, meaning Gortat's days in Orlando are at an end unless Smith changes his stance.
Gortat, 25, played 2 seasons in Orlando, but was only a regular rotation player last year. He averaged 3.8 points and 4.5 rebounds in just 12.6 minutes per game backing up Dwight Howard, the Magic's All-Star center.
Gortat gives the Mavericks a solid backup to the veteran starter Erick Dampier, 33, whose contract runs for two more seasons.
We've expected that Gortat would go to Texas, but not to Dallas. When the free-agent negotiating period opened at 12:01 AM Wednesday, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey met with Gortat at the center's Orlando home. It's likely he also offered Gortat a mid-level deal. Ultimately, Gortat found Dallas' situation more appealing than Houston's, inking the offer sheet with the Mavericks instead.
Radomir Mijanovic to work with Koszalin - Jun 30, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Radomir Mijanovic will guide AZS Koszalin in the next season. The 54-year-old specialist worked in Slovenia for his whole career. He was an assistant coach in Olimpija Ljubljana from 1998 to 2006. In 2008-2009 season Radomir Miljanovic was at the helm of Helios Domzale leading the team to the UPC Liga Final.
Grzegorz Arabas (190-F/G-78) has signed a contract with Sportino. The 31-year-old guard played for Koszalin in the last season. There Arabas averaged 9 [read more]
Radomir Mijanovic will guide AZS Koszalin in the next season. The 54-year-old specialist worked in Slovenia for his whole career. He was an assistant coach in Olimpija Ljubljana from 1998 to 2006. In 2008-2009 season Radomir Miljanovic was at the helm of Helios Domzale leading the team to the UPC Liga Final. Grzegorz Arabas (190-F/G-78) has signed a contract with Sportino. The 31-year-old guard played for Koszalin in the last season. There Arabas averaged 9.1 points, 2.3 boards and 1.0 assists per game. Adam Wojcik (207-F-70, agency: Beo Basket) is close to joining PGE Turow. The veteran forward averaged 16.1 points, 4.6 boards and 1.1 assists per game for PBG Basket last season. Adam Wojcik is one of the most renowned Polish players. He played for the Polish National Team at 2007 EuroBasket scoring 10.3 points per game in Spain. Basket Kwidzyn bolstered their squad with addition of David Godbold (196-G-85, agency: Scorers 1st Sportmanagement) and Jason Pryor (188-G-79, college: Longwood). David Godbold has just graduated from Oklahoma. The guard averaged 7.7 points, 4.0 boards and 1.8 assists per game in his senior season. Jason Pryor was among the leaders in the Icelandic D1 last year. The 30-year-old guard tallied 26.1 points, 5.4 boards and 5.2 assists per game for Hamar.
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