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EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT - 6/5/2008
Copyright 1997-2007 EurobasketMen News
*****************************************************The ABA team North Las Vegas Aces announced the agreement with Lou Kelly (6'5''-G/F-79, college: UNLV) for the 2008-09 season. Kelly will for sure bring a leading force with his basketball accolades and achievements. He was the leading scorer for the UNLV Rebels and he was also the leading scorer for the ABA during the 2004-05 season. The North Las Vegas Aces will hold basketball and dance try-outs July 10th- 12th. For more information please visit our summer website at www.lasvegasaces.bravehost.com or call 407-291-6971.
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Player of the Year - Jay Youngblood (196-G-84) of Oberwart Gunners
Guard of the Year - Jay Youngblood
Forward of the Year - Davor Lamesic (205-F-83) of Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions
Center of the Year - Jason Johnson (202-F/C-77) of Oberwart Gunners
Newcomer of the Year - Rasid Mahalbasic (203-F-90) of kelag Worthersee Piraten
Most Improved Player of the Year - Martin Speiser (200-F-83) of Basketball St. Polten
Bosman Player of the Year - Milan Goljovic (203-F-71) of BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers
Import Player of the Year - Jay Youngblood
Domestic Player of the Year - Davor Lamesic
Defensive Player of the Year - Ian Boylan (198-G/F-83) of Allianz Swans Gmunden
Coach of the Year - Ante Perica
1st Team
Anthony Shavies (191-G-83) of BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers
2nd Team
Adam Boone (190-G-81) of Oberwart Gunners
Deteri Mayes (189-G-74) of Allianz Swans Gmunden
Shelton Colwell (202-F-80) of BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers
Ramiz Suljanovic (206-F/C-79) of Kapfenberg Bulls
Honorable Mention
Mike Fraser (203-C/F-84) of BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers
Martin Kohlmaier (218-C-84) of Basketball St. Polten
Shawn Ray (193-F-80) of Kapfenberg Bulls
Thomas Schreiner (195-G-87) of Basketball St. Polten
Samo Grum (194-G/F-79) of BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers
Benedikt Danek (174-G-86) of Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions
Kevin Johnson (201-F) of Allianz Swans Gmunden
Dragan Miletic (195-G-82) of BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers
All-Domestic Players Team
Christoph Nagler (193-G-84) of Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg
All-Imports Team
All-Bosmans Team
Damir Zeleznik (191-G-80) of Kapfenberg Bulls
Marko Moric (207-F-81) of Oberwart Gunners
All-Defensive Team
All-Newcomers Team
Moritz Lanegger (188-G-90) of Kapfenberg Bulls
Manuel Gartner (199-F-86) of Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg
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(208-C/F-83) also was good adding 14 points and 12 rebounds for Igokea. On the other side Siroki got 20 points from Sharif Fajardo (205-F/C-76, agency: Edge Sports, college: UTEP) and 17 points from Greg Grays (185-G-79, agency: Interperformances, college: Detroit Mercy).Mirza Teletovic (205-F-85, agency: Beo Basket) won with TAU the spanish championship!
It has been six years ago when TAU climbed on the TOP of spanish basketball and the arena was boiling when netted his fourth threepointer.TAU Ceramica dominated the match from the beginning and Mirza Teletovic was one of the key players of Spahija as he converted four of his five threepoint-attempts into 12 points.
On the other side Nihad Djedovic saw Barcelona helpless against Splitter, Teletovic, Mickeal and Rakocevic,
Damir Krupalija (205-F/C-79, college: Illinois) voted for best BOSMAN-Player in France!
Damir Krupalija has been highly honoured by our french colleagues as they appointed him for best BOSMAN-player in 2008. A few days ago he extended with Dijon his contract. He will stay two years with Dijon despite he received numerous offers of french top teams.
Nenad Markovic grabs final Euroleague spot!
Former NT coach and bosnian basketball idol Nenad Nenad Markovic won the decisive fifth match in the series against Maroussi and secured the final Euroleague spot for Panonios.
Most likely Panonios will extend his contract. Ermin Jazvin didn t play the last match since he has been playing despite an injury. Feliks Kojadinovic played almost three minutes without recording any statistical impact. It is uncertain whether they will return to Athens.
Samir Leric (204-F/C-74) stays in Mogren
Former member of the bosnian NT decided to stay in Montenegro and extended his contract with Mogren for another year.
Nedzad Sinanovic (221-C-83) returns to Real Madrid
Real Madrid decided to bring Nedzad Sinanovic back to Madrid. The reasons might be the dissapointing result of Real in the ACB and the progress of Sinanovic who became one of the key players of Sasa Obradovic in german BBL but also in ULEB cup. Mensur Bajramovic also expressed his wish to see Sinanovic in the blue-golden jersey despite Sinanovic didn t come to the bosnian NT camp the times before.
Sinanovic was sidelined since march due to a hand fracture.
By: Cyril Empig
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (200-G/F-88), the Yaounde, Cameroon native and an incoming senior at UCLA, is currently at an NBA Pre-Draft Camp in Orlando, Florida, USA, trying to showcase his skills in front of NBA coaches and scouts. Luc hopes to impress the 'powers-that-be' enough and hear that an NBA team will choose him during the upcoming NBA draft this summer. Luc had expressed his thought that if he has the sense that he is guaranteed being drafted 'at the very least' in the second round, he will not return to UCLA and will go forward into the NBA. The first round of the NBA Draft will comprise of thirty players selected, these players will command top salary money; second round players will command less salary money. Luc says he is not interested in playing anywhere else but the NBA. If he does not make it into the NBA, he will return to UCLA.
This Pre-Draft Camp in Orlando is primarily being attended by players who: (1) are still unsure of their standings in the draft, (2) would like to move up in position in the draft or (3) simply want to get drafted. Players that already have a sense of where they would be drafted (and if it is a high enough position) have opted to skip the camp. Luc's fellow UCLA Bruins Kevin Love (center) and Russell Westbrook (combo guard) are both perceived to be first round draftees, and so they have chosen to skip camp, although they might be there to watch.
Luc is a 6'8' 240 pound power forward, but this is 'smallish' for the NBA. And so, he will be asked to shoot more from the perimeter. Hence, to entice NBA coaches and scouts, Luc needs to be hitting those perimeter shots from the outside, with confidence, accuracy, and hopefully with good range (from the 15-footer to the 3-point shot). His inconsistency on his jump shots was in plain view during his last game this year, the tournament loss to the Memphis Tigers. In that game, the Tigers opted to double-team Kevin Love and dared Luc to make the perimeter shot. Unfortunately for UCLA, Luc could not deliver.
The initial buzz from the Pre-Draft Camp is that Luc is a monster on defense, he is gifted with length and jumping ability, but this is not enough to stand out here since almost everyone here is lengthy and can jump. Luc needs to impress people with his shot, so he has some work to do here. Especially with his smallish size, he will be required to hit his jump shots. This makes being able to make the jump shots that more important for Luc.
In retrospect, Luc had his best year when he was a freshman (first year), as he blew up the college basketball scene then. That might have been a better time for him to have tried for the NBA. Luc's second and third year were plagued with injuries, inconsistent shooting and opposing teams playing him more tightly than during his first year. This made his last two years at UCLA somehwat less impressive than his first.
Luc plans to play for Cameroon in the upcoming Olympic qualifying tournament in Athens, Greece on July 14-20, but this hinges on whether or not he gets drafted by an NBA team. If he gets drafted, he would probably leave it to the NBA team who has drafted him to decide whether he could play in the Olympic qualifying tournament. Cameroon is joined by Puerto Rico and Croatia in Group D in the 12-team tournament, all of whom are vying for the remaining three slots in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Also in the tournament are Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Germany, Greece, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand and Slovenia.
Meantime, Luc's fellow Yaounde native and UCLA Bruin teammate Alfred Aboya is close to graduating from UCLA and might not return to UCLA basketball team for his senior year. He plans to go to graduate school. And so, if this takes him away from UCLA, he might forego his senior season with the team. But if he decides to attend graduate school at UCLA, then he might return and play his last year with the team.
Good luck to Luc and Alfred!
CUBANS ABROAD
In Puerto Rico, in the BSN 2008 played two cubans, Angel Caballero (192-G-70, agency: Paris Global Sports) and Roberto Carlos Herrera (190-G-74, agency: Paris Global Sports, college: Hartnell JC).
Caballero played a good season for Indios de Mayaguez. Indios Mayaguez had a 7-25 standings.For Caballero, 26 games with 10.1 pts (61% 2pts, 14% 3pts, 64% FT), 6.8 rpg and 1.6 apg.
Roberto Carlos Herrera played this season in two teams with Atletico San German and Brujos de Guayama. Brujos de Guayma ended the season with a 6-26 standings.
With Atletico San German, 'El habanero' played 13 games with 3ppg (48% 2pts, 23% 3pts, 83% FT) 1.8 rpg and 1.8 apg.
With Brujos de Guayama, Herrera played 18 games with 4.2 ppg (36% 2pts, 24% 3pts, 57% FT) 3.5 rpg and 3.6 apg. He played very hard in defense and with a lot of intensity. He was a fighet a player of corazon as he is known in Cuba.
A. Fontana
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(188-G-84, agency: Pro One Sports, college: UNLV) agreed to extend the player's contract for one more year.Panathinaikos succeeded to win his 10th title in the last 11 years after beating his rival, team of Olympiakos 90-76 in a game which just finished. The quarters were: 19-14, 39-34, 65-60, 90-76, and Panathinaikos proved once more that upon difficulties the great players are showing their gats, Sarunas Jasikevicius (192-G-76, college: Maryland) with his 18 points, 4 assists, and 2 block shots, Michael Batiste (203-F-77, college: Arizona St.) with his 18 points and 6 rebounds, Vasilis Spanoulis (193-G-82) with his 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Dimitris Diamantidis (196-G-80) with his 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and 1 block shot and Kostas Tsartsaris (210-F-79) with his 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists were excelent in the last and most crucial game of the seazon in compare with the 'blocked' Greek players of Olympiakos and especially, Giorgos Printezis (4 points and 1 rebound), Panagotis Vasilopoulos (4 points and 5 rebounds), Iakovos Tsakalidis (0 points and 1 rebound) and Schortsianitis (4 points and 0 rebounds) couldn;t stand a chance against Obradovic's team and proved to be very weak for OAKA and for such situation and importance, games.
Panagiotis Yiannakis made his best but his best wasn't enough against a team which its memebrs playing together for more than 3 years. Obradovic's fourth consecutive double is a fact and Panathinaikos has now broke the record which Aris had in 80's.
For the 3rd and 4th position, Panionios made the total recall and won a position in the Euroleague after 12 years! The final result was 88-74. (More details in a tomorrows edition)
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| Points Per Game |
| 1 Burtt, I ASH 21.0 2 Arnold, H JER 16.8 3 Tolbert, I RG 16.7 4 Williams, B HASH 16.7 5 Hill, I NAH 15.4 |
| Rebounds Per Game |
| 1 Ebi, B HASH 8.5 2 Morris, Mac TA 8.2 3 Massie, I ASH 8.1 4 Campbell, H Holon 8.0 5 Kozikaro, I NAH 7.3 |
| Assists Per Game |
| 1 Jones, Gilboa/A. 5.7 2 Tapiro, B HASH 5.5 3 Hagag, H JER 4.7 4 Rot, H HOL 4.6 5 Bowers, H JER 4.5 |
| Steals Per Game |
| 1 Ohayon, GALIL 2.0 2 Bowers, H JER 1.9 3 Shaashua, R LZ 1.8 |
| Blocks Per Game |
| 1 Wallace, I ASH 2.0 2 Morris, MAC TA 1.8 3 Cisse, B HASH 1.7 |
| 2FGP |
| 1 Wells, H JER 78.9 2 Halperin, M TA 72.4 3 Campbell. H HOL 71.2 |
| 3FGP |
| 1 Shason, H JER 50.5 2 Sharp, Mac TA 49.4 3 Washam, H HOL 48.9 |
| Free Throws |
| 1 Yatzkan, I ASH 96.0 2 Hagag, H JER 90.6 3 Itzkhaki , I RG 90.2 |
| Ranking |
| 1 Arnold H JER 21.5 2 Burtt, I ASH 21.2 3 Morris, MAC TA 18.8 4 Campbell H HOL 18.3 5 Tolbert, I RG 18.1 |
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Frank Wiseler (186-G-89) and Team Urspring won the Final Four of the German U19 championship. This weekend the last games of this championship were played in Langen. The teams that took part in this event were Alba Berlin, Bonn/Rhondorf an TSV Troster Breitengussbach and Team Urspring. Wiseler and co. could hold down Bonn/Rhondorf in the semifinal by 72:53. The Luxembourgish national team player was over 30' on the court and averaged 7 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals. In the final Urspring had to face Alba Berlin. In a very tight and exciting game Alba lead the first three quarters but in the end Urspring was smarter and could defend its title (84:76). Wiseler, captain of his team, came to the following stats: 34' on the court, 20 points (4 three pointers). For Wiseler it has been the last game for Team Urspring. Next season he should play for a College in the USA.
Courtesy of Basketnews.lu
Players from the Kuantan Basketball Association had an eye-opening experience during a recent trip to China.
The group of 38 players, including coaches, assistants and committee members, visited two venues at the invitation of Chinese players. The players were met by their counterparts in Shenzhen and Zhu Hai in Kwang Tung province. After a friendly match, the Chinese team hosted their Malaysian guests to a meal.
Association chairman Ranndy Yap Kin Heng said the initiative came about after the Kuantan players triumphed over other districts in the state over the past five years. He said some Chinese officials and players, who were their friends, extended an invitation to the players.
'I had a discussion with the other committee members and they agreed to take up the offer.
'All the players felt it was a good opportunity to learn and interact with Chinese players,' he said, adding that the team forked out their own money, with the association chipping in a token amount.
Yap said the five-day four-night trip was rewarding. 'Our players learnt skills from the Chinese who were a class above.
'We were impressed by their facilities, which were similar to our village in setting, but well maintained,' he said.
Yap said that more friendly matches should be organised to improve the players' skills and foster closer ties.
'We hope the Government will subsidise sports bodies and associations in such trips.
'During the trip, we did out part by promoting places of interest in Malaysia, particularly places in Pahang like Cameron Highlands, Pulau Tioman and Taman Negara,' he said.
He said the trip boosted the morale of the players, who in turn extended an invitation to the Chinese players to make a return visit.
Courtesy of Thestar.com.my
| NBA Stats Leaders |
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| Points Per Game |
| 1 LeBron, CLE 30.0 2 Kobe, LAL 28.3 3 Iverson, DEN 26.4 4 Carmelo, DEN 25.7 5 Stoudemire, PHX 25.2 |
| Rebounds Per Game |
| 1 Dwight, ORL 14.2 2 Camby, DEN 13.1 3 Chandler, NOH 11.7 4 Duncan, SAS 11.3 5 A.Jefferson,MIN 11.1 |
| Assists Per Game |
| 1 Paul, NOH 11.6 2 Nash, PHX 11.1 3 D.Williams, UTA 10.5 4 Kidd, DAL-NJN 10.1 5 Calderon,TOR 8.3 |
| Steals Per Game |
| 1 Paul, NOH 2.7 2 Artest, SAC 2.3 3 B.Davis, GSW 2.3 |
| Blocks Per Game |
| 1 Camby, DEN 3.6 2 J.Smith , ATL 2.8 3 Kaman, LAC 2.8 |
| 2FGP |
| 1 Biedrins,GSW 62.6 2 Chandler,NOH 62.3 3 Howard,ORL 59.9 |
| 3FGP |
| 1 Kapono,TOR 48.3 2 Nash,PHX 47.0 3 Jones,POR 44.4 |
| Free Throws |
| 1 Ahearn, MIA 96.8 2 Barry, SAS 95.0 3 Stojakovic, NOH 92.9 |
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| Points Per Game |
| 1 Logan, Turow 19.7 2 Copeland, Polph. 19.5 3 Montgomery, Gor. 18.6 4 Dixon, Polpak 16.3 5 Thompson, Kosz. 15.7 |
| Rebounds Per Game |
| 1 Daniels, Kotwica 9.3 2 Hall, Polpharma 9.0 3 Bigus, Kotwica 8.7 4 Hicks, Polpak 7.7 5 Barlett, Czarni 7.5 |
| Assists Per Game |
| 1 Dixon, Polpak S.A. 5.7 2 Rodriguez, Turow 4.9 3 Copeland, Polph. 4.6 4 Atkins, Slask 4.6 5 Eldridge, Bank. 4.5 |
| Steals Per Game |
| 1 Daniels, Kotwica 2.57 2 Atkins, Slask 2.47 3 Eldridge, Bank. 2.25 |
| Blocks Per Game |
| 1 Hicks, Polpak 2.22 2 Homan, Slask 1.35 3 Miller, Polonia 1.13 |
| 2FGP |
| 1 Scekic, Turow 75.8 2 Puncewicz, Bank. 72.2 3 Drobnjak, Turow 71.3 |
| 3FGP |
| 1 Kelati, Turow 48.6 2 Korszuk, Kosz. 46.2 3 Slanina, Prokom 44.4 |
| Free Throws |
| 1 Slanina, Prokom 91.5 2 Ansley, Bank. 89.1 3 Gurovic, Prokom 87.5 |
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25-year old forward Sergei Monya (204-F-83) extended contract with Dynamo Moscow for two more years.
Monya was a member of Russian National Team which made fantastic success on European Championship 2007 where they won god medal. In the past, Monya played 3 years for another Russian giant, CSKA Moscow. With them he won Russian Superleague three times and participated on Euroleague Final 4 each year. In the meantime Portland Trail Blazers picked him on NBA draft 2004 at the first round. He signed with Portland on 2005 but the team sent him to D-league where he played for Fort Worth Flyers. Later, Portland returned him but two month after that they parted ways. Monya agreed terms with Dynamo Moscow where he had two successful seasons. For 15 games in ULEB Cup 07/08 he averaged 6.9 ppg and 2.6rpg and his Dynamo reached semifinals in Turin. He had 23 appearances in Russian Superleague adding 8.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 1.4 spg.
Triumph Lyubertsy parted ways with its last season captain Igor Zamansky (202-F-77). The player immediately agreed terms with UNICS from Kazan.
Zamansky already played for UNICS on season 02/03 after what he moved to Khimky. Later, he joined Dynamo Moscow Region (now Triumph Lyubertsy). For 3 seasons with Triumph he reached twice semifinals of Russian National Cup and participated in the quarterfinals of FIBA EuroCup on 2007. He was a member of Russian National Team on 2002.
Zamansky is the third signing of UNICS after the end of the season.
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| Points Per Game |
| 1 Neal, Karsi. 23.6 2 Hosley, Karsi. 22.9 3 Gordon, Kepez 21.3 4 Braswell, Selcuk 21.1 5 Wright, Telekom 21.0 |
| Rebounds Per Game |
| 1 Hosley, Karsi. 11.7 2 Adeleke, Banvit 11.4 3 Asik, Alpella 11.3 4 Harvey, Banvit 10.7 5 Kinloch, Alpella 10.6 |
| Assists Per Game |
| 1 Koseoglu, Kepez 6.9 2 Braswell, Selcuk 6.1 3 Solomon, Fener. 5.6 4 King, Mersin 5.0 5 Acık, Telekom 5.0 |
| Steals Per Game |
| 1 Braswell, Selcuk 2.4 2 Lucas, Antalya 2.1 3 Cetin, Alpella 2.0 |
| 2FGP |
| 1 Cankaya, Banvit 72.7 2 Ermis, Karsi. 70.4 3 Yildirim, Telekom 68.8 |
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| 1 Asik, Alpella 66.7 2 Shumbert, Besik. 52.9 3 Gonlum, Efes 50.0 |
| Free Throws |
| 1 Guinn, Daruss 96.0 2 Erdogan, Efes 90.5 3 Grays, Beykoz 89.7 |
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Big surprises at the end of A2 playoffs for the A1 admission.
In the North group prevailed Sesto San Giovanni (3rd) beating 2-1 Crema (4th) in the final series, after the first two candidates, Marghera (1st) and Bologna (2nd), fell short both in the first round.
Similar event in the South group: Umbertide (4th) gained the ticket remaining perfect in postseason: against Chieti (3rd) in the final series (2-0), after eliminating top-seeded Ancona (2-0) in the first round.
Umbertide, for the first A1 campaign in history, signed former Montigarda coach Lorenzo Serventi .
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