As expected, Budivelnyk Kyiv officially announced signing of Malcolm Delaney (191-G-89, college: Virginia Tech). The news was first reported by Eurobasket's David Pick. Delaney led Chalon for French ProA title last season. He shined with 15 ppg, 3.3 apg and 3.1 rpg for 35 games. The player had pretty close numbers for 16 EuroChallenge games as well. Chalon won two more trophies last season: Semaine des As and French Cup. They reached EuroChallenge Finals. It was the first professional deal for Malcolm Delaney, who graduated at Virginia Tech University something more than a year ago. He had 18.7 ppg, 4 apg and 3.5 rpg for his school as a senior. Delaney was even better in his junior season with Virginia Tech. At that time he had 20.2 ppg, 4.5 apg and 3.7 rpg for 33 games. Transfer of Dainius Salenga (197-F-77) to Budivelnyk Kyiv also became official today. He arrives to the club from Zalgiris Kaunas. Salenga was named to Eurobasket.com Baltic League All-European Players Team -12. Earlier this week Budivelnyk brought in Emmanuel Jones (200-F-85, college: UTPA) for try-out. At the end of July the former Ukrainian champion landed Tony Skinn (191-G-83, college: George Mason). Last season Skinn played for Ironi Ashkelon averaging 10.6 points, 2.9 assists and 2.7 rebounds in Israeli Premier league.
BC Odessa strengthened their backcourt. They agreed on terms of contract with Klym Artamonov (183-PG-93). The deal is meant for three seasons. Klym Artamonov played in Lithuania lately. Last season he spent with Siauliai. The guard notched 2.6 points and 1.3 assists per game in LKL. In Baltic League Klym Artamonov posted 4.0 points, 3.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds per appearance. Previously the guard had stints with Meresta, Delikatesas [read more]
BC Odessa strengthened their backcourt. They agreed on terms of contract with Klym Artamonov (183-PG-93). The deal is meant for three seasons. Klym Artamonov played in Lithuania lately. Last season he spent with Siauliai. The guard notched 2.6 points and 1.3 assists per game in LKL. In Baltic League Klym Artamonov posted 4.0 points, 3.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds per appearance. Previously the guard had stints with Meresta, Delikatesas. He was the member of U16, U18 and U20 Ukrainian National Teams. Klym Artamonov participated at U20 European Championship last year. The guard delivered 10.2 points, 5.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game in Slovenia. Artamonov got invited to the Ukrainian National Team training camp in 2012.
Karlis Muiznieks to take over Khimik - May 19, 2013
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Khimik Yuzny will have a new head coach next season. Karlis Muiznieks (agency: Alti Sport ) has reportedly agreed on terms of contract with the team. The Latvian specialist is not new to Ukraine. He worked with Kryvbasbasket this season. Karlis Muiznieks (agency: Alti Sport ) led the team to 17 wins in 39 games played. Kryvbasbasket stopped just a step short of the Superleague playoff zone [read more]
Khimik Yuzny will have a new head coach next season. Karlis Muiznieks (agency: Alti Sport ) has reportedly agreed on terms of contract with the team. The Latvian specialist is not new to Ukraine. He worked with Kryvbasbasket this season. Karlis Muiznieks (agency: Alti Sport ) led the team to 17 wins in 39 games played. Kryvbasbasket stopped just a step short of the Superleague playoff zone. Previously Karlis Muiznieks (agency: Alti Sport ) worked with Trefl Sopot, Barons/LMT Riga and BK Ventspils. He was named All-Baltic League Coach of the Year in 2008. The same season Karlis Muiznieks (agency: Alti Sport ) was trumped All-FIBA EuroCup Coach of the Year. The specialist also got two All-Polish League Coach of the Year awards in 2010 and 2012. Karlis Muiznieks (agency: Alti Sport ) worked with the Latvian National Team in 2004/08 seasons.
Azovmash tied Superleague Finals at 1-1 - May 18, 2013
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Budivelnyk - Azovmash 73-77 (1-1)
Azovmash tied Superleague Finals at 1-1. Budivelnyk trailed by 16 points after 3 quarters before a 23-11 run in the last quarter cut the deficit to 73-77 at the end of the game. Azovmash made 16-of-21 free shots (76.2 percent) during the game. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists [read more]
Azovmash tied Superleague Finals at 1-1. Budivelnyk trailed by 16 points after 3 quarters before a 23-11 run in the last quarter cut the deficit to 73-77 at the end of the game. Azovmash made 16-of-21 free shots (76.2 percent) during the game. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Serbian power forward Tadija Dragicevic (206-86, agency: Beo Basket) had a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and American point guard Lynn Greer (186-79, college: Temple) chipped in 17 points and 8 assists during the contest. American guard Malcolm Delaney (191-89, college: Virginia Tech) responded with 17 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals and forward Volodymyr Egorov (200-91) scored 16 points and 6 assists. Budivelnyk's coach Ainars Bagatskis rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Top scorers: Budivelnyk: M.Delaney 17+8reb+5ast, V.Egorov 16+3reb+6ast, D.Salenga 8+5reb+1ast, M.Anisimovas 8+6reb, D.Kickert 7+1reb, R.Kuksiks 6+3reb+1ast Azovmash: T.Dragicevic 21+10reb+1ast, M.Raduljica 18+3reb+4ast, L.Greer 17+4reb+8ast, O.Kolchenko 8+2reb+5ast, I.Zaytsev 6+4reb+1ast, D.Zabirchenko 4+6reb+1ast
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