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Shevon Thompson signs in Liga ACB
Shevon Thompson will play in Spain this year. The center signed a deal until the end of the season with Montakit Fuenlabrada. Earlier this week, Thompson was released by Alba Berlin after a one-month deal.
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Tomas Van den Spiegel has been re-elected as ULEB president
Tomas Van den Spiegel has been re-elected as president of ULEB. Former Real Madrid player, Van den Spiegel is also CEO of Flanders Classics. He has been leading ULEB since 2016. He was re-elected at the organisation’s general meeting on Monday. His new mandate runs until 2024. “I look forward to representing them all again…
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Championships are also stopped in Wallonia and in Brussels
After Minister Ben Weyts decided to put sport on code “orange” yesterday, Valerie Glatigny, the sports minister in federation Wallonia-Brussels, decided today to ban all inside contact sports from October 15 until the autumn school holidays. It means that all the championships over the category U12 in Wallonia and in Brussels will be stopped with…
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Sport turns orange in Flanders, championships are stopped
Minister Ben Weyts just announced that the sport goes to code “orange” in Flanders. It means that from October 14 : – Championships for players over 12 years old are stopped. – Training are still possible but without contacts (ex: shooting alone). – For U12 and younger, games will be played. Locker rooms are closed…
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No basketball in Belgium until August 30
Basketball Belgium, AWBB and Basketbal Vlaanderen decided to suspend all games until Sunday August 30. All the tournaments and friendly games are not allowed during this period. Trainings are subject to authorization from local authorities. All the competitions will start on the weekend of October 2-4 at the earliest, to allow 4 weeks of preparation…
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Leo De Rycke leaves Bamberg
After Roel Moors, Thomas Crab and Paris Lee, Bamberg decided to part ways with Sport Director Leo De Rycke. He had a contract for the next 2 years. De Rycke came from Antwerp in 2019 alongside Moors, Crab and Lee.
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Former Brussels player will sign with Maccabi Haifa (VIDEOS)
Chris Dowe played the 2016-2017 season with Brussels Basketball. The flashy all around player averaged 12.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists in the historical season of Brussels where they reached the Finals. The following season, he followed his coach at Brussels, Serge Crevecoeur, at Pau Lacq Orthez. He averaged solid number in Pro A:…
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Thomas Crab will join Roel Moors in Göttingen
Göttingen announced that Thomas Crab will be Roel Moors’s assistant for next season. “Thomas has been my assistant for 3 years. He’s a hard worker, very loyal and he knows how I want to work. It was really important for me“, says Roel Moors. Thomas Crab was Roel Moors’s assistant in Bamberg and in Antwerp….
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Despite another good performance from Speedy Smith, Maccabi Haifa will not qualify for the Final Four
Speedy Smith decided to finish the season in Israel when the EMBL cancelled the rest of the season. With some big performances during the end of the regular season, Smith helped his team qualify for the Playoffs (He tested negative for the Covid-19 but he missed the last 2 games of the regular season because…
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Serge Crevecoeur signs a new deal with Gravelines-Dunkerque
Serge Crevecoeur will remain Gravelines-Dunkerque’s coach. The club confirmed that he signed a 2 year deal with the French club. Crevecoeur left Brussels to join Gravelines-Dunkerque last year. With the pandemic, the Jeep Elite decided that there will be no promotion/ relegation and Gravelines will still play in Jeep Elite next season.