Brandon McKnight (188-G-83, agency: Promotex, college: Purdue), the Eurobasket.com Defensive Player of the Year following the 2007-2008 season when he played with Solna and won the Swedish Championship, have signed a new contract to come back and play in Sweden. However, this time he won't be playing for Solna, he will join Plannja Basket [read more]
Brandon McKnight (188-G-83, agency: Promotex, college: Purdue), the Eurobasket.com Defensive Player of the Year following the 2007-2008 season when he played with Solna and won the Swedish Championship, have signed a new contract to come back and play in Sweden. However, this time he won't be playing for Solna, he will join Plannja Basket. Plannja have made some very big transactions this summer with the addings of Johan kesson and Vesa Mklinen already, and with the addition of Brandon McKnight, clearly one of the best guards to play in the swedish league the last 10 years, they should have a very strong team next year.
Norway shoot down Sweden in Helsinki - Jun 27, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Norway U20 - Sweden U20 86:77
Norwegian U20 National team posted the second win at the Baltic Cup international tournament in Finland. They defeated their Swedish counterparts to improve at 2-1 record. Magne Fivelstad (193-G/F-89) tallied 24 points and 5 boards to propel Norway to the win. Sweden finished the tournament winless.
Norway opened the game with ten straight points to mark their ambitions. Pettersson stopped the bleeding for Sweden with a three-pointer [read more]
Norway U20 - Sweden U20 86:77 Norwegian U20 National team posted the second win at the Baltic Cup international tournament in Finland. They defeated their Swedish counterparts to improve at 2-1 record. Magne Fivelstad (193-G/F-89) tallied 24 points and 5 boards to propel Norway to the win. Sweden finished the tournament winless. Norway opened the game with ten straight points to mark their ambitions. Pettersson stopped the bleeding for Sweden with a three-pointer. But Fivestad finished the first frame with 8 points to lift Norway to a 28:16 advantage at the first intermission. Anton Gaddefors (193-G-89) accounted for 10 points in the second stanza as Sweden tried to change the complexion of the game. They cut the distance to just 8 points at halftime. Nagwere opened the second half with a trey as Sweden clipped the margin at 5 points early in the third quarter. However Nicolay Ostby and Mjos sank several timely baskets as Norway restored a safe 14-point cushion heading into the fourth quarter. Anton Gaddefors, Nilsson and Ryan pulled Sweden as close as 8 points midway through the fourth term but Norway did not panic and ensured the winning outcome at the end. Nicolay Ostby delivered 20 points for Norway. Roy Emeka notched 16 points in the winning case. Anton Gaddefors responded with 14 points for Sweden. Omar Zaghdane had 13 points in defeat.
Detroit choose Jonas Jerebko - Jun 26, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
The Detroit Pistons drafted Jonas Jerebko (206-F-87) with the 39th overall pick. The forward became the first Swede to get in the NBA. A 22-year-old spent the last season in Italy playing for Angelico Biella. He averaged 9.1 points, 5.5 boards and 1.6 steals per game. He participated at the Reebok Camp in Treviso in June and was spotted by the Pistons' scouts. Jonas Jerebko was the member of U18 and U20 Swedish selections as well as the National Team [read more]
The Detroit Pistons drafted Jonas Jerebko (206-F-87) with the 39th overall pick. The forward became the first Swede to get in the NBA. A 22-year-old spent the last season in Italy playing for Angelico Biella. He averaged 9.1 points, 5.5 boards and 1.6 steals per game. He participated at the Reebok Camp in Treviso in June and was spotted by the Pistons' scouts. Jonas Jerebko was the member of U18 and U20 Swedish selections as well as the National Team. Jerebko will be a part of the Pistons' Summer League team in Las Vegas.
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