Promitheas Patras strengthened its frontcourt by inking point guard Nikos Gkikas, the club announced Friday.

Promitheas brings back playmaker Gkikas

Gkikas (1.86 meters, 30 years old) arrives from AEK Athens, where he averaged 6.9 points and 2.5 assists in 25 Greek League games last season. He helped AEK win the Greek Cup title and reach the Basketball Champions League final in 2020. Gkikas already played for Promitheas from 2016 to 2019, and also worked for several other Greek clubs such as Filathlitikos, Aris Thessaloniki and Nea Kifisia Dimoukas Athens, as well as for Ventspils of Latvia. He has also been a member of the Greek national team. Gkikas is set to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut with Promitheas in his second stint with the Greek powerhouse.

<div style="display: grid; place-items: center;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="el" dir="ltr">Γκίκας, η επιστροφή! 🔥<br>Διαβάστε περισσότερα: <a href="https://t.co/WuDYRK3LjN">https://t.co/WuDYRK3LjN</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/promitheaspatras?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#promitheaspatras</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/promitheasbc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#promitheasbc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ourpowerfulfamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ourpowerfulfamily</a> <a href="https://t.co/TkEfhcbSD9">pic.twitter.com/TkEfhcbSD9</a></p>&mdash; Promitheas Patras BC (@promitheasbc) <a href="https://twitter.com/promitheasbc/status/1423546338147504129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

MoraBanc Andorra announced on Tuesday the addition of young forward Mario Nakic on a two-year deal

Andorra adds young forward Nakic

Nakic (2.02 meters, 20 years old) arrives from Filou Ostend, where he averaged 8.4 points on 56.7% three-point shooting in 22 Belgian League games last season. He helped Ostend win the Belgian double - league and cup titles - in 2021. Nakic started his career with Zemun and Partizan Belgrade of his native Serbia, joining Real Madrid's youth structure in 2015. He made his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut with Los Blancos in the 2019-20 campaign. Nakic helped U18 Real Madrid win the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament in 2019, earning MVP honors. He averaged 17.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.5 steals in 4 games, scoring 33 points in the Championship Game against U18 Mega Bemax Belgrade. Nakic, whose father Ivo was a EuroLeague champion with Partizan in 1992, is set to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut with Andorra in the upcoming 2021-22 season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">🔥 B O O O O O O M 🔥<br>🏀🔝 OFICIAL/FITXATGE ‼️<br><br>El futur es diu Nakic <a href="https://twitter.com/MarioNakic7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarioNakic7</a><br>🧐⬇️<a href="https://t.co/RP2ALrCWTr">https://t.co/RP2ALrCWTr</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MaiSol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MaiSol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MaiPor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MaiPor</a> <a href="https://t.co/jkmekI8qIo">pic.twitter.com/jkmekI8qIo</a></p>&mdash; MoraBancAndorra (@morabancandorra) <a href="https://twitter.com/morabancandorra/status/1422485089406099458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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MoraBanc Andorra announced on Tuesday the addition of young forward Mario Nakic on a two-year deal.

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Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar added depth and athleticism to its frontcourt by inking forward Johnathan Motley, the club announced Tuesday

Lokomotiv tabs forward Motley

Motley (2.03 meters, 26 years old) arrives from Inchon ET Land Elephants, where he averaged 20.7 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.4 blocks in 24 South Korean League games last season. He started his career with Dallas of the NBA and also played for Los Angeles Clippers also of the NBA, as well as for Tezad and Agua Caliente of the G League. Before that, Motley averaged 17.3 points and 9.9 rebounds in 34 NCAA games with Baylor University in the 2016-17 campaign. He is set to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut with Lokomotiv next season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ru" dir="ltr">«Локо» подписал контракт с Джонатаном Мотли 🔥🔥🔥<br><br>26-летний американский форвард имеет большой опыт игры в NBA и G League, а также отмечен яркой карьерой в NCAA.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lokobasket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lokobasket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lokofamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lokofamily</a> <a href="https://t.co/YUoGnyomCA">pic.twitter.com/YUoGnyomCA</a></p>&mdash; LOKO ЛокомотивКубань (@lokobasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/lokobasket/status/1422552141999247372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar added depth and athleticism to its frontcourt by inking forward Johnathan Motley, the club announced Tuesday.

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Promitheas Patras strengthened its roster for the upcoming season with the addition of swingman Loic Schwartz, the club announced on Tuesday

Promitheas adds Schwartz to the mix

Schwartz (1.98 meters, 28 years old) arrives from Oostende and comes off a career season. He averaged 11.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.2 steals in Belgium League action, and also posted 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals in Basketball Champions League. Schwartz spent the last four years with Oostende, time during which he helped the team win three Belgian League titles. By joining Promitheas he leaves to play outside his native country for the first time, and gets a chance to return to the 7DAYS EuroCup where he made 19 appearances in two seasons with Spirou Charleroi in 2014 and 2015, with career averages of 3.1 points, 2.5 rebounds. During his professional career, Schwartz also played with Mons-Hainaut and Pepinster, and has been a longtime member of the Belgian national team.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="el" dir="ltr">Παίκτης του Προμηθέα ο Loic Schwartz!<br>Διαβάστε περισσότερα: <a href="https://t.co/tpxlGuNw8j">https://t.co/tpxlGuNw8j</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LoicSchwartz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LoicSchwartz</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PromitheasPatras?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PromitheasPatras</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurPowerfulFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OurPowerfulFamily</a> <a href="https://t.co/AcLU5cX12X">pic.twitter.com/AcLU5cX12X</a></p>&mdash; Promitheas Patras BC (@promitheasbc) <a href="https://twitter.com/promitheasbc/status/1422513748569432074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Promitheas Patras strengthened its roster for the upcoming season with the addition of swingman Loic Schwartz, the club announced on Tuesday.

Turk Telekom Ankara added more frontcourt bulk, athleticism and winning experience for its upcoming 7DAYS EuroCup return with the signing power forward JaJuan Johnson for the coming season, the club announced Tuesday

Turk Telekom inks former champ Johnson

Johnson (2.08 meters, 32 years old) arrives from FC Bayern Munich where he averaged 4.3 points and 2.9 rebounds as he helped the team make history and reach the EuroLeague Playoffs. He also posted 10.1 points and 4.8 rebounds in German League action. Johnson is a former EuroCup champion, having won the competition with Darussafaka Istanbul in 2018. He has four EuroCup seasons under his belt, one apiece with Besiktas Istanbul, Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd and the most recent with Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in the 2018-19. In 62 career appearances in the competition he has posted 13.0 points and 6.0 rebounds. Veteran big forward made his professional debut with Boston in the NBA. He also played for Fort Wayne, Canton and Idaho of the D-League before starting his European career. He has also played with Gruppo Tesi Pistoia and Pallacanestro Cantu in Italy, a Turkish side Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul, and Guangdong in China.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">JaJuan Johnson Türk Telekom&#39;da! 🔥<br><br>Ülkemizde daha önce Beşiktaş, Darüşşafaka ve Bahçeşehir Koleji formaları giyen, geçtiğimiz sezonu ise Bayern Münih&#39;te tamamlayan Amerikalı forvet JaJuan Johnson yeni sezonda Türk Telekom&#39;da!<br>Welcome to the family JaJuan Johnson 💪 <a href="https://t.co/a1lsYgsTX4">pic.twitter.com/a1lsYgsTX4</a></p>&mdash; Türk Telekom SK (@TurkTelekom_SK) <a href="https://twitter.com/TurkTelekom_SK/status/1422539197106229260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Turk Telekom Ankara added more frontcourt bulk, athleticism and winning experience for its upcoming 7DAYS EuroCup return with the signing power forward JaJuan Johnson for the coming season, the club announced Tuesday.

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Hamburg Towers is the only newcomer to the 7DAYS EuroCup for the 2021-22 campaign. This is another step forward for a young club that was still competing in the German second division in 2019. Hamburg comes off its best season, which led to the German powerhouse's spot in the EuroCup and it will aim to make the most of this opportunity.

The club was founded in February 2013 when former EuroCup star Pascal Roller and entrepreneur Wolfgang Sahm announced a plan to bring back professional basketball to Hamburg for the first time in over a decade. Hamburg started in the German second division, playing its first game against Giessen 46ers on September 29, 2014. It finished eighth that season with a 15-15 record and reached the playoffs, but lost against s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg in the quarterfinals.

Hamburg remained in the German second division for the next four seasons and developed a strong youth structure. Everything clicked in 2018-19. With former player Marvin Willoughby as the team's sports director, Hamburg put together a competitive roster led by Beau Beech and Jannik Freese. It ranked fourth at the end of the regular season with a 19-11 record and defeated Rostock Seawolves, Niners Chemnitz and Nuernberg Falcons to win the German second division title and promotion to the country's elite. Hamburg had a rough German League debut, ranking last with a 3-17 record. However, the German League expanded to 18 teams for the 2020-21 season, and that allowed Hamburg to keep its place in the top flight.

Last season the club brought in Pedro Calles, one of the best young coaches in Europe, and found the right chemistry with Maik-Kalev Kotsar, Kameron Taylor, T.J. Shorts and Jordan Swing. It all seemed to click as Hamburg beat ALBA Berlin and Brose Baskets twice, split victories with FC Bayern Munich and qualified to the playoffs after finishing the regular season ranked seventh overall with a 21-13 record. ALBA stood in its way to success, sweeping Hamburg in the best-of-five quarterfinals. Hamburg now makes its debut in European competition, taking its ambitious project to a new level. Expect Hamburg to continue growing, as it has taken the right steps to do so.


Hamburg Towers is the only newcomer to the 7DAYS EuroCup for the 2021-22 campaign.

Club profile: Hamburg Towers

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica added experience at the guard spot by signingDJ Seeley for the up-coming season, the club announced Sunday

Buducnost signs playmaker Seeley

Seeley (1.93 meters, 31 years old) arrives at Buducnost after playing last season with FC Bayern Munich in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The guard averaged 8.1 points, 1.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 27 games in Germany after joining Bayern on a move from Casademont Zaragoza during the season. Seeley, who also played in the EuroLeague for Maccabi Tel Aviv, will be appearing in the EuroCup for the fifth season for a fifth different team. He played for Radnicki Kragujevac in 2013-14, Besiktas Istanbul and Herbalife Gran Canaria in 2015-16, Gran Canaria again in 2017-18 and Rytas Vilnius in 2018-19.

<div style="display: grid; place-items: center;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Novi član Košarkaškog kluba Budućnost Voli je Denis Džerom Sili! 🔵⚪👇<a href="https://t.co/9sPxpXz7Av">https://t.co/9sPxpXz7Av</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ajmoplavobijeli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ajmoplavobijeli</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xnln5Qecj7">pic.twitter.com/Xnln5Qecj7</a></p>&mdash; KK Budućnost VOLI (@KKBuducnostVOLI) <a href="https://twitter.com/KKBuducnostVOLI/status/1421772603635740675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica added experience at the guard spot by signing DJ Seeley for the up-coming season, the club announced Sunday.

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Umana Reyer Venice added some versatility at the forward position with the signing of Vasilis Charalampopoulos to a multi-year deal, the club announced Sunday

Reyer inks Greek forward Charalampopoulos

Charalampopoulos (2.02 meters, 24 years old) arrives at Reyer after playing last season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with Olympiacos Piraeus, where he averaged 2.5 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 7 minutes per game over 11 contests. Charalampopoulos came up in the Egaleo system and signed with Panathinaikos Athens in 2012. He played there until December 2017 when he moved to PAOK Thessaloniki for the remainder of the season. Charalampopoulos played for GS Lavrio in 2018-19 before moving to Olympiacos in 2019. He has won two Greek League crowns and three Greek Cups with Panathinaikos and also claimed the gold medal with Greece at the FIBA U18 European Championship 2015 and FIBA U20 European Championship 2017. This will be Charalampopoulos' first stint outside of his homeland. But he will have a connection to home at Reyer as Greek national team guard and former Panathinaikos teammate Michael Bramos plays for the Italian side.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">Ala greca dall&#39;<a href="https://twitter.com/olympiacosbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@olympiacosbc</a> 🇬🇷<br>3 titoli greci, 5 coppe nazionali 🏆<br>Signore e signori, Vasilis Charalampopoulos è un giocatore orogranata 🔥<br>💬 &quot;Volevo fortemente la Reyer&quot;.<br>👉 Leggi: <a href="https://t.co/d9uyHy5Sih">https://t.co/d9uyHy5Sih</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lastoriacontinua?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lastoriacontinua</a> <a href="https://t.co/BUGaEBqOuj">pic.twitter.com/BUGaEBqOuj</a></p>&mdash; Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) <a href="https://twitter.com/REYER1872/status/1421804511430123525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Umana Reyer Venice added some versatility at the forward position with the signing of Vasilis Charalampopoulos to a multi-year deal, the club announced Sunday.

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Lietkabelis Panevezys is keeping veteran center Djordje Gagic for a full season after he came late to the team in the last one

Lietkabelis, Gagic stay together

Gagic (2.10 meters, 30 years old) averaged 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in just two games after joining Lietkabelis late in the 2020-21 7DAYS EuroCup season, which the team did not survive. Gagic was reunited with head coach Nenad Canak, who had coached him during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons at Partizan NIS Belgrade. Gagic has now played 36 games total over parts of four EuroCup seasons, averaging 8.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in that time. He also played two seasons with Partizan in the EuroLeague, averaging 4.0 points and 3.4 rebounds between 2012 and 2014.

Gagic has also played for Crvena Zvezda Belgrade and Hemofarm Stada Vrsac in Serbia; Mornar Bar in Montenegro; Tenerife in Spain; Tsmoki Minsk in Belarus; Royal Hali Gaziantep, Yesilgiresun Belediye and Istanbul BB in Turkey; Aris Thessaloniki in Greece and Igokea in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a two-time Serbian League champion, won the Serbian Cup twice and the Adriatic League in 2013. Gagic has also been a member of the Serbian national team, with which he won a bronze medal at the 2013 World University Games.

Lietkabelis Panevezys is keeping veteran center Djordje Gagic for a full season after he came late to the team in the last one.

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