The Euroleague is back ! And the first week of the season offered us a Belgian confrontation between Valencia (with Sam Van Rossom) and ASVEL (with Ismael Bako). Bako played only 8 minutes for ASVEL in which he dished out 2 assists. In the starting lineup, Sam Van Rossom scored the firsts points of the…
In what turned out to be a real thriller Hans Vanwijn and Dijon managed to squeeze their way past Turk Telekom in the Quarter-Finals of the 2019-’20 Champions League final tournament with the 82-83 victory. Although Vanwijn struggled a bit with his outside shooting he still managed to finish the game with 9 Points (4/12…
Traditionally we at TIB publish a little overview at the start of each season discussing the Belgian Players who will be playing abroad. We do this in three seperate categories: Belgian Players Abroad in which we discuss the Belgian professional players abroad. Belgian Youngsters Abroad in wich we discuss the Belgian youngsters (born in 1999…
In this TIB exclusive Players’ Blog Belgian Forward Hans Vanwijn will discuss his experiences throughout the season on a regular basis. This season is Vanwijn’s first season abroad as he plays for Dijon in the French first division. Preparing the new season. Our preparation already started on August 3rd with the focus mainly being on…
Although Andy Van Vliet again put down a very strong performance, he couldn’t prevent Siauliai from suffering their second consecutive loss of the season. In their first home game of the season Siauliai looked pretty solid throughout and managed to put together a maximum lead of 13 points before Pieno Zvaigzdes started chipping away at…
30 year old swingman Thomas Creppy will continue his basketball career in France as he has just signed a new deal with Stade Rochelais, a team that plays in the French NM1 Division (D3). It will be his 3rd experience playing abroad as he has previously played at Le Puy and Aubenas a couple of…
According to sources and first reported by Sportando, Jean Salumu will sign in Germany with Rasta Vechta. Since his departure from Oostende in 2018, Salumu played in Italy and in Turkey. Last year he played with Pistoia in Lega A in Italy. He averaged 13.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in 26…
Rookie Andy Van Vliet tipped-off his season in Lithuania with Siauliai with a big loss on the road at Zalgiris as his club went down with the 89-56 final score. Despite the loss Van Vliet can look back at a solid game as he finished as the top-scorer for his squad. Van Vliet was inserted…
Quentin Serron got his season with Bilbao underway with a close loss on the road at Gran Canaria with the 107-102 final score in Overtime. Serron played 19 minutes as a starter and finished with 4 pts (2-2 FG’s), 2 rebs, 1 ast & 1 stl. Next up came the season opener for Jonathan Tabu…
Julie Allemand has been named to the Associated Press All-Rookie Team. She has also been named in the All-Rookie team from ESPN. Allemand became the first rookie in WNBA history to average at least 8.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game. She’s also the only rookie to start all the 22 games of this…
