Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana announced on Thursday that it has signed young guard Lovro Gnjidic for the coming season. 

Cedevita signs Gnjidic at point guard

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana announced on Thursday that it has signed young guard Lovro Gnjidic for the coming season. Gnjidic (1.97 meters, 21 years old) arrives from Cibona Zagreb, where last season in 39 Croatian League games he averaged 6.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 20:30 minutes.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="sl" dir="ltr">Na položaju organizatorja igre smo se pred začetkom sezone 2022/23 okrepili z mladim in nadarjenim Lovrom Gnjidićem!<br><br>Lovro, dobrodošel v Ljubljani! 💚🧡 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZmajevoSrce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ZmajevoSrce</a> <a href="https://t.co/m0JC9pOzgY">pic.twitter.com/m0JC9pOzgY</a></p>&mdash; Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (@KKCedOL) <a href="https://twitter.com/KKCedOL/status/1544939319634567169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gnjidic is a product of the Cibona youth system and he has played there since he made his debut with the U19 team in 2018-19. He had a brief stint at Bosco of the Croatian second division and is also a member of the Croatian national team. His father, Boris Gnjidic, was a professional player who played in the EuroLeague. Lovro Gnjidic will be making his EuroCup debut this season.

Cedevita signs Gnjidic at point guard 

Pradilla led the 2021-22 EuroCup by a wide margin with 79.8% two-point accuracy, which was the highest in the competition since 2005. He missed just 17 of his 84 two-point shot attempts. Alen Omic of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana ranked second, with 59 of 82 shots inside the arc made (72.0%). Three other players - Octavius Ellis of Turk Telekom Ankara (71.2%), Jasiel Rivero of Valencia (70.4%) and Zach Auguste of Cedevita (70.3%) made more than 70% of their two-point shots. 

Pradilla turned 21 years of age midway through the season and delivered from the very start of the campaign when he made all of his 5 two-point shots in Round 1 against Promitheas Patras. After four games, Pradilla was averaging 8.5 points with just one shot missed from downtown: he was 12 for 12 two-pointers, 2 for 3 on three-pointers and 4 for 4 on free throws. Pradilla was perfect from two-point range in Rounds 6-8 against Umana Reyer Venice (3 for 3), Frutti Extra Bursaspor (3 for 3) and Cedevita (2 for 2). At the regular season's halfway mark, Pradilla had missed just 4 two-point attempts and was shooting an incredible 88.9%. 

Opposing coaches did their job and Pradilla stopped catching players by surprise, but his post skills, ability to finish plays with dunks and great effectiveness from mid-range allowed him to lead the regular season in two-point shooting percentage (79.5%), ahead of three Cedevita players: Omic (72.7%), Edo Muric (71.4%) and Auguste (70.8%). Pradilla kept shooting the ball with outstanding accuracy in the playoffs, making all 4 of his attempts in the eighthfinals against Hamburg Towers and 5 of 6 shots in the quarterfinals against Boulogne Metropolitans 92. 

Jaime Pradilla Top Plays of the 2021-22 Regular Season and of the 2021-22 Playoffs

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At the end of the season, Pradilla had the highest two-point accuracy in EuroCup history for a player appearing in more than 12 games. Primoz Brezec of Krasnye Krylia made 47 of 55 two-pointers (85.5%) in six games in the 2010-11 season. Jozef Szendrei of Debreceni Vadkakasok (81.8%) and Boyko Mladenov of Lukoil Academic Sofia (80.6%) also had higher percentages in the 2004-05 season but played in only nine and 12 games, respectively. 

Pradilla helped Valencia reach the EuroCup Semifinals, averaging 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds in 20 EuroCup games this season despite playing less than 16 minutes per night. On a per-minute basis, Pradilla was eighth in PIR (27.5 per 40 minutes) and 14th in scoring (21.9). He finished tied with Joel Parra of Joventut Badalona for second place in a close race for the EuroCup Rising Star award, which was won by Khalifa Diop of Gran Canaria. Pradilla now hopes to keep his overall effectiveness in a higher level of competition: the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

Jaime Pradilla of Valencia Basket made a major impact in his first season in the 7DAYS EuroCup.


Pradilla's two-point shooting was historic

Gran Canaria will hand the reins of its offense to Ferran Bassas after signing the playmaker to a two-year deal, the club announced on Wednesday. 

Granca gets a floor general in Bassas

Gran Canaria will hand the reins of its offense to [Ferran Bassas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/ferran-bassas/001607/) after signing the playmaker to a two-year deal, the club announced on Wednesday. Bassas (1.81 meters, 30 years old) arrives from boyhood club Joventut Badalona, where he spent the past two seasons. He averaged 6.4 points on 43.3% three-point shooting and 4.1 assists last season, but only appeared in seven games in the 7DAYS EuroCup due to injuries. Bassas ranked fourth in the EuroCup in assists the season before with 5.8 per game.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">📝 OFICIAL | Ferran Bassas, nuevo base del Gran Canaria.<br><br>▪ El jugador catalán es la primera incorporación del nuevo proyecto amarillo y firma para las dos próximas temporadas.<br><br>👀 <a href="https://t.co/gLaOmA3Sjn">https://t.co/gLaOmA3Sjn</a> <a href="https://t.co/XZW6jXWSr8">pic.twitter.com/XZW6jXWSr8</a></p>&mdash; CB Gran Canaria (@GranCanariaCB) <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB/status/1544607805121986561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bassas, who is currently with the Spanish national team, is Granca’s first signing since naming Jaka Lakovic head coach. Bassas has also played for Baloncesto Oviedo, Tenerife Canarias and San Pablo Burgos. He helped Tenerife win the Basketball Champions League in 2017 and the Intercontinental Cup in 2018.

Umana Reyer Venice continued adding players to its roster, signing big man Matteo Chillo, the club announced Wednesday. 

Reyer adds frontcourt depth with Chillo

Umana Reyer Venice continued adding players to its roster, signing big man Matteo Chillo, the club announced Wednesday. Chillo (2.03 meters, 29 years old) has spent the last four years with a fellow Italian side Treviso. Last season he posted 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in the Italian League and averaged 5.1 points and 2.5 rebounds in the Basketball Champions League. Chillo grew up with Fortitudo Bologna and started his professional career with Imola before playing with Biella, Treviglio, Rieti and Fortitudo, all in the Italian second division. He then joined Treviso in 2018. He also won a gold medal with Italy at the U20 European Championship in 2013. Chillo is now set to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">🤝 Desiderio, capacità di aprire il campo, spirito di sacrificio e mentalità.<br>Matteo Chillo è orogranata!<br>Benvenuto 🔥🦁<br><br>Leggi 👉 <a href="https://t.co/Evhg6FI5fW">https://t.co/Evhg6FI5fW</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/finoallafine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#finoallafine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LegaBasketA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LegaBasketA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/normalito6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@normalito6</a> <a href="https://t.co/wkUcIdOHpj">pic.twitter.com/wkUcIdOHpj</a></p>&mdash; Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) <a href="https://twitter.com/REYER1872/status/1544591985981509634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

"I am very honored to have received the call from one of the most ambitious clubs in Italy," Chillo said. "We will have many new players and it will be our responsibility to train with enthusiasm, sacrifice and humility to create a strong group. I can't wait to start!"

Cedevita Olimpija inks Alibegovic

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana announced a new signing with the addition of 7DAYS EuroCup champ [Amar Alibegovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/amar-alibegovic/004469/) for the upcoming season on Wednesday. Alibegovic (2.05 meters, 27 years old) arrives from Virtus Segarfedo Bologna, where last season he averaged 5.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 18 EuroCup games.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="sl" dir="ltr">V Ljubljano se iz Bologne seli mladi in nadarjeni krilni center Amar Alibegović, ki je v minuli sezoni z Virtusom postal prvak <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/Amar7Alibegovic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Amar7Alibegovic</a>, dobrodošel med Zmaji! 💚🧡 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZmajevoSrce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ZmajevoSrce</a> <a href="https://t.co/QV7s9Iw4Em">pic.twitter.com/QV7s9Iw4Em</a></p>&mdash; Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (@KKCedOL) <a href="https://twitter.com/KKCedOL/status/1544576906493939715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Alibegovic spent the past two seasons with Virtus Bologna and amassed  235 points plus 101 rebounds in a total of 39 EuroCup games. After playing at the ANGT in 2012-13 with U18 Stella Azzurra, he moved to the United States to play college basketball at St. John's University. He returned to Italy in 2018 and spent two seasons at Virtus Rome before moving to Bologna. This will be Alibegovic's third EuroCup season.

Hamburg Towers made more three-point shots last season than any other debutant in the history of the 7DAYS EuroCup.

Hamburg sets three-point mark for debutants

During the 2021-22 campaign, the club knocked down 201 three-point shots, which were the most triples made ever by a team in its first EuroCup campaign. Only 12 teams had ever made more than 200 three-point shots before last season and then four more – including semifinalist Valencia Basket (223), finalist Frutti Extra Bursaspor (219) and quarterfinalist Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (211) - joined the club. 

Hamburg Towers Top 3-pointers from 10/01/2021 to 07/01/2022

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No team last season averaged more three-point shots per game than Hamburg. Its 11.17 triples per game bested Valencia (10.62) and Cedevita Olimpija (10.55), which were the only other teams to average at least 10 per contest. 

Hamburg's backcourt duo of Caleb Homesley and Jaylon Brown did more damage from deep than any other two players in the competition. Homesley averaged a EuroCup-high 3.36 threes per game and Brown was third with 2.87 per game.

The two combined for 89 threes on the season and led Hamburg to become only the fifth team in the competition's 20-year history that played at least 10 games and averaged better than 11.0 triples per game. Interestingly, Hamburg was not the first debutant to do so.

The record for most threes per game by a EuroCup debutant was set by Avtodor Saratov with 11.25 three-pointers over 16 games in the 2015-16 season. Bursaspor averaged 11.20 triples in the 2020-21 season.

No debutant has averaged more triples for a season than Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari's 11.67 in 2012-13, but Sassari played just six games that campaign, having entered the competition for the Last 16 phase after starting the season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Another Italian side, Teramo, averaged 11.33 triples just three years earlier in six regular-season games.

Hamburg set three-point mark in EuroCup debut

London Lions has added size and experience to its backcourt by inking swingman Mo Soluade, the club announced on Tuesday.

London brings in swingman Soluade

London Lions has added size and experience to its backcourt by inking swingman Mo Soluade, the club announced on Tuesday. Soluade (1.96 meters, 26 years old) arrives from Leyma Basquet Coruña, where he averaged 7.2 points and 3.5 assists in 37 Spanish second division games last season, leading the league in steals at 1.9 per night. Just like his new team, Soluade is set to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut with London in the upcoming 2022-23 season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MO! ✍️<br>We are thrilled to confirm the signing of GB International Mo Soluade. 🇬🇧 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wearelondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wearelondon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/londonlions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#londonlions</a> <a href="https://t.co/kH20DYcwnI">pic.twitter.com/kH20DYcwnI</a></p>&mdash; London Lions (@LondonLions) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonLions/status/1544289989042835456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Soluade started his professional basketball career with Unicaja Malaga, playing for its development squad, Clinicas Rincon, for the best part of five seasons. He made his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut with Unicaja in the 2014-15 season, averaging 4.0 points in four games. Soluade has also played for Gipuzkoa Basket, San Pablo Burgos and Breogan Lugo of Spain, as well as for Legia Warszawa of Poland. He helped Breogan win the Spanish second division league title in 2021. Soluade has also been a member of the British national team.

London brings in swingman Soluade 

Turk Telekom Ankara has strengthened its backcourt by inking point guard Tony Taylor, the club announced on Tuesday.

Turk Telekom lands playmaker Taylor

Turk Telekom Ankara has strengthened its backcourt by inking point guard Tony Taylor, the club announced on Tuesday. Taylor (1.84 meters, 31 years old) arrives from Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir, where he averaged 11.8 points and 4.3 assists in 33 Turkish League games last season. He helped Karsiyaka reach the BCL Championship Game in 2021.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Yeni sezonda Tony Taylor da mavi beyaz renkler için ter dökecek!✍️👏<br><br>Geçtiğimiz sezon Pınar Karşıyaka forması giyen Tony Taylor&#39;ı renklerimize bağladık! Welcome to family <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TonyTaylor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TonyTaylor</a> 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/RQDAh6tieG">pic.twitter.com/RQDAh6tieG</a></p>&mdash; Türk Telekom SK (@TurkTelekom_SK) <a href="https://twitter.com/TurkTelekom_SK/status/1544289054736646144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Taylor started his career with Tulsa of the D-League and soon joined Polish side PGE Turow Zgorzelec, which gave him the chance to make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut in the 2013-14 season, averaging 10.5 points and 3.8 assists in 10 games. He has also played for Enisey Krasnoyarsk of Russia, Strasbourg of France, Banvit Bandirma of Turkey and Virtus Segafredo Bologna of Italy before joining Karsiyaka in 2019. He helped Virtus win the BCL title in 2019, and lifted the Polish League trophy with Turow in 2014. Taylor is set to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut with Turk Telekom next season.

Joventut Badalona and swingman Yannick Kraag have agreed to extend their working collaboration until the end of the 2025-26 season, the club announced on Tuesday.

Joventut re-signs swingman Kraag

Joventut Badalona and swingman Yannick Kraag have agreed to extend their working collaboration until the end of the 2025-26 season, the club announced on Tuesday. Kraag (2.03 meters, 19 years old) mostly played for Prat Joventut, the club's development squad, but he did step onto the court once in both the Spanish League and the 7DAYS EuroCup for the first team. He averaged 9.0 points and 3.1 rebounds in 33 Spanish second division games with Prat last season. Kraag helped Prat get promoted to the Spanish second division in 2021. He has been a member of the Dutch U16 and U18 national teams.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">📝 Comunicat oficial: Yannick Kraag<br><br>🤝 El Club Joventut Badalona i l’aler neerlandès Yannick Kraag amplien el seu vincle fins al 30 de juny del 2026<br><br>💻 <a href="https://t.co/nrZHMFdIWp">https://t.co/nrZHMFdIWp</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Badalona%C3%89sFutur?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BadalonaÉsFutur</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SomElBressol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SomElBressol</a> <a href="https://t.co/9nMB2WpYQZ">pic.twitter.com/9nMB2WpYQZ</a></p>&mdash; Club Joventut Badalona (@Penya1930) <a href="https://twitter.com/Penya1930/status/1544288091611045888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Kraag joins a good number of young, homegrown players under contract, like Joel Parra, Pep Busquets, Zsombor Maronka, Miguel Allen and Jordi Rodriguez. He made his first-team debut against FC Barcelona in Spanish League action on November 1, 2020 and has taken part in two EuroCup games - against Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul in the 2020-21 season and against Slask Wroclaw on March 29, 2022. 