Azad University Tehran (Superleague) agreed terms with 32-year old Lithuanian-Swiss guard Rolandas Alijevas (192-87kg-85). He played last season at Juventus in Lithuanian LKL league. In 32 games he had 9.0ppg, 2.6rpg, 6.0apg and 1.4spg. Alijevas helped them to make it to the semifinals. Quite impressive season as he was voted Eurobasket.com All-Lithuanian LKL Guard of the Year, named to 1st Team and named to All-Domestic Players Team. Alijevas also played 14 games in FIBA Europe Cup where he recorded 7.9ppg, 3.1rpg, 5.1apg (leader !!!) and 1.1spg (in top 4). The previous (14-15) season Alijevas played at BC Siauliai (also in LKL). The team played in three different competitions (!!!) that year, and he was exposed to basketball on different levels. In 38 LKL games he averaged 7.2ppg, 2.2rpg, 3.8apg and 1.0spg. Alijevas contributed to his team making it to the Lithuanian Cup Semifinals. Alijevas also played 6 games in FIBA Europe Cup where he got 7.8ppg, 1.3rpg, 3.3apg (top 5) and 1.0spg. He also played 8 games in Baltic League where he got 10.0ppg, 3.5rpg, 4.9apg and 1.3spg. Alijevas contributed to his team winning the Baltic League championship (twice). He represented Lithuania at the World University Championships in Bangkok ten years ago. Alijevas is quite experienced player. He has played also professionally in France, Germany (Phoenix Hagen), Greece, Poland (Polonia W-wa), Russia (Krasnie Krilya), Slovenia and Ukraine (Budivelnyk) and Lithuania (Zalgiris, Nevezis, Vytautas and P.Zvaigzdes). Alijevas could be described:
A great offensive player, with a variety of offensive moves, fakes, and a great ball handling; he can penetrate inside when he wants, uses well both his hands, passes the ball well; needs to improve his outside shooting to become a star.
Guaros de Lara (LPB) signed 23-year old American center Robert Upshaw (213-116kg-94, college: Washington). He played last season at Chemidor in Iranian Superleague. Upshaw managed to play in four leagues in three countries last year (!!!). In three Superleague games he had 8.3ppg, 4.3rpg and 1.7bpg. He also played that season for Mayrouba in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in 18 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.7ppg, 12.3rpg (#3 in the league), 1.3apg and 3.6bpg. Great season as he wa... [read more]
Guaros de Lara (LPB) signed 23-year old American center Robert Upshaw (213-116kg-94, college: Washington). He played last season at Chemidor in Iranian Superleague. Upshaw managed to play in four leagues in three countries last year (!!!). In three Superleague games he had 8.3ppg, 4.3rpg and 1.7bpg. He also played that season for Mayrouba in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in 18 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.7ppg, 12.3rpg (#3 in the league), 1.3apg and 3.6bpg. Great season as he was named to Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League 2nd Team. Upshaw also spent pre-season at Kalev/Cramo in Estonian Alexela KML that year. In two games he averaged 5.0ppg, 7.5rpg and 1.0bpg. He also played 3 games in VTB United League where he got 5.0ppg and 2.7rpg. Upshaw has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2015. His team made it to the Baltic League Final Four. Upshaw has played on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in NBA (LA Lakers), Dominican Republic (Indios de San Francisco) and NBA G League (South Bay Lakers). Upshaw attended University of Washington until 2015 and it will be his third season as a professional player.
BEIJING, China (FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017) - The Official Draw Ceremony of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017 took place in Beijing, China on Friday. The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017, Asia's premier basketball club competition, will take place in Chenzhou-Hunan, China from 22-30 September. Ten (10) Asian clubs will participate in this event, including teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, India, Thailand, Kazakhstan and UAE. The Group Stage of the tournament... [read more]
BEIJING, China (FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017) - The Official Draw Ceremony of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017 took place in Beijing, China on Friday. The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017, Asia's premier basketball club competition, will take place in Chenzhou-Hunan, China from 22-30 September. Ten (10) Asian clubs will participate in this event, including teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, India, Thailand, Kazakhstan and UAE.
The Group Stage of the tournament will be played in a round robin format, with the ten (10) teams divided into two (2) groups of five (5) teams. Every team will take on its four (4) opponents in its respective group. The top four (4) teams will advance to the Quarter-Finals, while the bottom placed team will been eliminated. The tournament will be played in a knockout format from the Quarter-Finals onwards (Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final).
Naft Abadan (Superleague) strengthened their roster with addition of 33-year old guard Steven Burtt (189-84kg-84, college: Iona). He is a dual citizen owning American and Ukrainian passport. Burtt played this summer at Gallitos de Isabela in Puerto Rican BSN league. In three BSN games he recorded 12.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 9.0apg and 1.7spg. Burtt ended the last season at Sagesse in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in three games he averaged impressive 23.3ppg, 2.7rpg, 4.7apg and 2.0spg. But the most of th... [read more]
Naft Abadan (Superleague) strengthened their roster with addition of 33-year old guard Steven Burtt (189-84kg-84, college: Iona). He is a dual citizen owning American and Ukrainian passport. Burtt played this summer at Gallitos de Isabela in Puerto Rican BSN league. In three BSN games he recorded 12.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 9.0apg and 1.7spg. Burtt ended the last season at Sagesse in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in three games he averaged impressive 23.3ppg, 2.7rpg, 4.7apg and 2.0spg. But the most of that year he spent at Apollon Patras in Greek A1. In 10 games he had very remarkable stats: 19.1ppg, 2.7rpg and 3.1apg. Burtt is quite experienced player. Thanks to his pro career he managed to play on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America and of course North America) in twelve different countries. Burtt has played previously professionally in China (Guizhou), Cyprus, Israel, Italy, Poland (Stelmet), Portugal, Spain (Baloncesto Fuenlabrada), Turkey (Tofas), Russia (Spartak St.Petersburg and Avtodor), Ukraine (Dnipro and Zaporizhya) and Lebanon (Byblos).
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