Aalst will not play at home in 2020, the team announced today. Earlier this month, Liège Basket already announced that the team would not play before 2021. In a press release, Aalst announced that the team will not play home games in November and December. We know how important the fans can be, especially in…
This morning, the draw for the Belgian Cup took place, Antwerp and Oostende will play against each other ! This season, only the 10 teams from the Euromillions Basketball League will play the Belgian Cup due to the pandemic. In the first play-in, Aalst will play against Liège. Both games will be played in 2021….
For their last game of the pre-season, Charleroi played against Aalst in Jumet yesterday. Both teams already played a friendly game a couple of days earlier with a close win for Aalst in Het Forum (72-67). This time, Aalst didn’t lose any time and they already had a 10 points lead after the first quarter…
In our #ThrowBackThursday series we take a closer look at the players who have had a significant impact on Belgian basketball throughout the years. This time around we take you back to the ’90s as we take a closer look at a player who will forever be remembered by any Belgian basketball fan who was…
After 1 season with Aalst ,J. J. Mann will leave the team to sign in Germany with Bayer Giants Leverkusen. In 2019-2020, J.J. Mann averaged 8.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
Jason Clark played several seasons in Belgium, with Aalst, Charleroi and Antwerp. He was even named MVP in 2016-2017 with Antwerp. Last season he was already playing in Italy, with Varese. He averaged 11.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists. Clark just signed a 1-year contract with Torino for the 2020-2021 season.
Jean-Marc Jaumin will be Den Bosch’s coach for one more year as he signed a contract extension with the club. Jaumin was released by Aalst in March 2019. He joined Den Bosch before the 2019-2020 season. Den Bosch was 3rd before the season was stopped.
A very busy few days for Okapi Aalst as they announced a very promising forward for next year: Cameron McGriff. The 22 year old played last year in NCAA for Oklahoma State (the university of John Starks, Tony Allen or Marcus Smart) where he averaged 12.3 points and 6.6 rebonds per game in the Big…
After the arrival of Pape Badji and the renewal of Vladimir Mihailovic, Aalst continues their recruitment with the addition of the very promising Nathan Kuta ! The 20 year old power-forward/center decided to leave Limburg to sign a 3 year contract with Aalst. With Limburg last season, Kuta scored 8.1 points en grabbed 6.1 rebounds…
Aalst, which has just changed its name to Okapi Aalst, has announced the extension of the contract of Vladimir Mihailovic for 2 more seasons. The point guard was averaging 10.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game last season. Aalst also announced the arrival of Pape Badji. The Senegalese center played last season in…
