The WNBA season tips off July 25 at the IMG Academy. This opening night will see the Washington Mystics of Emma Meesseman play against the Indiana Fever of Julie Allemand at 05:00 PM ET (23H00 in Belgium). For Emma Meesseman, the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP, it will be the 7th season in WNBA while Julie…
The Antwerp Giants are signing the power forward Jalen Jenkins. Jenkins played with Limburg United last season. In 17 games in EMBL, Jenkins averaged 10.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 21 minutes. He also averaged 11 points and 2.8 rebounds in the Cup. On December 06, Jenkins scored 24 points, his season-high, against……
Moses Kingsley played 2 seasons with Antwerp. In 2017-2018, he was the starting center and an important player for Roel Moors’s team. He averaged 11 points and 6 rebounds this season. He started 42 games for the Giants. After a back injury, he missed almost 5 months of the 2018-2019 season where he finshed as…
Because of the pandemic, the management of Basketball Belgium decided to cancel the Belgian Lions summer camp who was supposed to take place from July 22 to July 29 in Louvain-La-Neuve. “Staff members and players are coming back from risk areas. We want to protect everyone’s health“, says Basketball Belgium. In order to prepare the…
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.
Orleans announced that they have signed Paris Lee for the 2020-2021 season. Lee will be the starting point guard of the French team. After Belgium and Germany, the 2019 EMBL MVP will discover his third european championship.
Brose Bamberg announced today that they have terminated Paris Lee’s contract. The former Antwerp Giants point guard played only 1 season with the German Team. He averaged 8.4 points and 5.8 assists in Bundesliga.
Tonye Jekiri played the 2017-2018 season in Belgium with Oostende. With the BCO he won the Belgian Cup and the Championship, he was also named Finals MVP this Year. After 1 year in Turkey, the former Miami Hurricanes player (where he played with Manu Lecomte) signed a deal with ASVEL last season. He shared the…
Oostende will play in the group C of the Basketball Champions League with Hapoel Jerusalem/Turk Telekom/San Pablo Burgos/Brindisi/Limoges/Darussafaka and a team from the qualification round (Igokea, Cluj, Sporting or Fribourg). A very promising group with big team like Hapoel Jerusalem, on of the best offense of the BCL last season, Darussafaka or San Pablo Burgos….
Mons-Hainaut will face Anwil Wloclawek in the qualification round 1 of the Basketball Champions League. Antwerp won 1 game and lost 1 against Anwil in the BCL last season. The first game will be played at the Diamonte MonsArena, September 15. To reach the group stage, Mons have to eliminate Anwil first and then eliminate…
