By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Former teammates at St. John’s and currently back together at Prometey D.J. Kennedy and Sean Evans along with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg’s Justin Simon, also a former St. John’s standout, are the guests in the third episode of Basketball Champions League Trash Talk hosted by Josh Bett and Igor Curkovic.
A Red Storm on the latest episode of the newly-launched podcast.
You can watch the show here:
Both the German side and Prometey have engaged in the Regular Season Group A battle with Lenovo Tenerife and Dinamo Bando di Sardegna Sassari.
Ludwigsburg is up 2-0, tied with Tenerife on top of the standings. Simon has averaged 14.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.5 steals per match. He notched 18 points in the win versus Prometey last Wednesday.
The Ukrainian BCL newcomers are tied with Sassari at 0-2 after a couple of defeats at home. Kennedy has started with 11.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.0 steals per game, while teammate Evans posted 4.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per contest.
The top seed goes straight to the Round of 16, while the next two teams will get a second chance to advance through the Play Ins.
Basketball Champions League Regular Season Week 3 schedule:
Monday
20:30 CET: Happy Casa Brindisi – U-Bt Cluj Napoca (Group G)
Tuesday
18:30 CET: AEK – NutriBullet Treviso (Group D)
18:30 CET: Rytas Vilnius – Hereda San Pablo Burgos (Group H)
20:00 CET: EWE Baskets Oldenburg – Besiktas Icrypex (Group H)
20:30 CET: JDA Dijon – Nihzny Novgorod (Group C)
Wednesday
18:00 CET: VEF Riga – Falco Szombathely (Group D)
19:00 CET: Darussafaka – Hapoel U-NET Holon (Group G)
21:00 CET: Unicaja Malaga – Lavrio Megabolt (Group C)