By Stathis Trapezanlidis/ info@eurohoops.net
Midway the World Cup the market in Europe is still open and the teams are completed their roster as they are preparing for next season. In Spain the possible transfer of Gustavo Ayon to Real Madrid is the big news, however the rights of the Mexican center in Spain belongs to Barcelona since 2012 and that complicates things up, even if Ayon seems ready to sign with Real.
Μeanwhile in Vitoria, Baskonia announced the signing of guard Doron Perkins to one year deal and also lost for the majority of the preseason Georgian forward Tornike Shengelia. CSKA Moscow also announced that there’s a valid one season contract with Demetris Nichols after a successfully tryout. Nizhny Novgorod added young forward Ivan Viktorov to a three-year deal and in the qualifying round Hapoel Jerusalem completed its roster by inking forwards Joseph Jones and Tony Gaffney, while Ostend extended guard’s Quentin Serron until the summer of 2017.
In Eurocup, German contender Brose Baskets Bamberg resigned guard Daniel Schmidt for another two seasons and Partizan announced a four year deal with 19 years old Greek Giannis Kouzeloglou.