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Overseas Hoops: Reyer Venezia adds Vassilis Charalampopoulos

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The Greek forward moves to Reyer Venezia with a multi-year deal By Eurohoops team at Eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Reyer Venezia has signed Greek forward Vassilis Charalampopoulos to a multi-year deal, the club officially announced Sunday. Charalampopoulos, 24, spent the 2020-21 season with Olympiacos, where he averaged 2.5 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 7 minutes per game over 11 EuroLeague contests. The forward will leave Greece for the first time in his career, after playing for Panathinaikos, PAOK and Lavrio before moving to Olympiacos. In Venezia, he will be reunited with former Panathinaikos teammate Michael…

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Overseas Hoops: UNICS Kazan signs Mario Hezonja

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Major boost for UNICS Kazan with Croatian star Mario Hezonja By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Mario Hezonja has signed a one-year contract with an option for one more season to join UNICS Kazan, the team announced Saturday. Hezonja, 26, recently turned down the final offer coming from Panathinaikos OPAP opting to move on from the Greek powerhouse. He elected to remain in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague moving his talents to Russia. The 2021-22 season will be his fifth in Europe’s premier club competition. The Croatian swingman returned to the EuroLeague last season after…

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Overseas Hoops: Filip Petrusev likely to remain in Europe for another year

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Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey expects Filip Petrusev to continue developing in Europe before moving to the NBA By Johnny Askounis of Eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Filip Petrusev was selected with the 50th overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the recent NBA draft. Players in that selection range tend to be stashed outside the NBA and that is looking like the case for the young Serbian big. “We think Petrusev is someone who has a real chance to help us down the road,” explained 76ers president Daryl Morey, “He’ll likely start overseas and be…

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Overseas Hoops: Partizan NIS and Aleksa Stepanovic agree on three-year deal

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Partizan added a local product in their roster for the next three years By Eurohoops team at eurohoops.net/ info@eurohoops.net Aleksa Stepanovic signed a new three-year contract with Partizan NIS, as the club announced. The 23 years old forward/ center (2,07 m.), who joined the black and whites before the start of the domestic Super League in 2021, is expected to be a solid off the bench addition. Before Partizan NIS, Aleksa played for Sloboda Uzice, Spars Sarajevo, and Dinamik. In five games in the playoffs of the Serbian Super League as…

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Overseas Hoops: Emmanuel Mudiay and Zalagaris Kaunas close on contract

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Emmanuel Mudiay might be coming over to Europe By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Emmanuel Mudiay is close to a deal with Zalgiris Kaunas, according to Basket News’ Donatas Urbonas. This would be the American guard’s first stint in Europe. Mudiay entered the NBA as the 7th overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2015 Draft. In his five years in the league, he played for the Nuggets, New York Knicks, and the Utah Jazz. He averaged 14.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 3.9 assists with the Knicks in 2018-19 which was his best season. He last played for the Jazz during the 2020-21 campaign…

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Overseas Hoops: Ismael Bako signs with Manresa

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Manres acquired center Ismael Bako. By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Former All-Basketball Champions League center Ismael Bako has returned to the competition after signing a two-year deal with Manresa, the club announced. Bako played for ASVEL in the two previous years. Last season, he averaged 5.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in 14:22 minutes in EuroLeague, along with 5.6 points and 3.8 rebounds in 13.7 minutes in the French Jeep Elite League. In 2019, Bako helped the Antwerp Giants make the Basketball Champions League Final Four while being named to the Star Lineup…

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Overseas Hoops: PAOK signs Vlado Jankovic and Dimitris Moraitis

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PAOK and Peristeri get some reinforcements for the upcoming challenges By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Vlado Jankovic moved on from AEK but will continue his career in Greece, this time around with PAOK, as the club announced a one-year deal with the player who will compete in the Basketball Champions League as well as the Basket League next season. Meanwhile, Peristeri, which will have to get through the BCL qualifiers this year, announced that the team has reached an agreement with Dimitris Moraitis for the next two seasons. Per PAOK: PAOK OEM…

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Overseas Hoops: Veteran guard Lorenzo Brown signs with UNICS Kazan

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Third season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague coming up for Lorenzo Brown By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Lorenzo Brown has signed a one-year contract to join UNICS Kazan, the team announced Friday. Brown, 30 is heading to this third Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season. He logged 64 appearances between Crvena Zvezda mts and FenerbahceBeko averaging 10.7 points, 4.0 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per contest the last two seasons. His 2020-21 campaign at Fener featured 9.6 points, 3.5 assists, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per match over 37 appearances, including 12 starts in EuroLeague. He also put…

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Overseas Hoops: AEK Athens has agreed on terms with Giorgos Bogris

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Giorgos Bogris returns to Greece for AEK Athens. By Achilleas Mavrodontis at eurohoops.net/ info@eurohoops.net AEK Athens has reached an agreement with former All-Basketball Champions League center Giorgos Bogris. The Greek big man is signing a one-year deal with the 2018 BCL champions. Bogris, 32, returns to Greece after his second stint with Lenovo Tenerife. In his first run with the team, Bogris helped them win the Basketball Champions League title in the inaugural season of the competition while being named to the BCL First Team. AEK has also added guard Quino…

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Overseas Hoops; Peristeri zeroing in on Isaiah Miles

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Isaiah Miles is on the radar of Peristeri. By Stavros Barbaroussi at eurohoops.net/ info@eurohoops.net Peristeri will be participating in the 2021 Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and is looking to make a major signing in order to boost its chances of advancing to the regular season. According to Eurohoops sources, Peristeri is targeting forward Isaiah Miles, one of the standout players of the 2020-21 Basketball Champions League as a member of Hapoel Holon. Miles averaged 15.1 points and 4.5 rebounds with Holon in the 2020-21 Basketball Champions League, as the team…

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