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Tochigi Brex hire coach Walter De Raffaele, ex Tortona

Tochigi Brex Utsunomiya (B1 League) have agreed terms with experienced 58-year-old Italian coach Walter De Raffaele (agency: Octagon Europe). He most recently coached at Bertram Yachts Derthona Tortona in the Italian league. De Raffaele also coached for another Italian team, Bertram Yachts Derthona Tortona (Serie A).
De Raffaele has coached previously in Italy, including Umana Venezia, Sassari, and Livorno Libertas.
Among many awards, his team made it to the Italian Cup Final Four in 2021. He was also voted Eurobasket.com All-Italian Serie A Coach of the Year back in 2019.

Lat-Est-BL TalTech keeps Post for another season (Agency: Flex Basketball Management) 20 hours ago

TalTech/OPTIBET Tallinn (KML) has re-signed 29-year-old international 184cm point guard Siim-Markus Post for the new season. He has played there for the last two seasons. Post managed to play in three leagues last year. In 7 KML games, he averaged 13.9ppg, 3.3rpg, 14.0apg, and 5.9bpg, helping the team reach the semifinals. He was awarded Eurobasket.com All-Estonian KML Domestic Player [read more]

Puerto-Rico Bayamon tabs Damian Jones, ex Zhejiang GB. (Agency: CAA Sports) 20 hours ago

Defending champion Vaqueros de Bayamon (BSN) signed 30-year-old American 210cm center Damian Jones (college: Vanderbilt). He played for Zhejiang Golden Bulls in the Chinese CBA league for the past two years. In 46 games, he averaged 9. 7ppg, 5. 7rpg, 1. 3apg, and 1. 6bpg last season. In 2016, he was drafted by the Golden State Warriors (NBA) in the second round (30th overall). He graduat [read more]

Belgium Thomas Akyazili is a second Turkish player added to the roster of Petkim (Agency: Octagon Europe) 21 hours ago

Aliaga Petkimspor Izmir (BSL) added 29-year old Belgian ex-international 190cm shooting guard Thomas Akyazili (college: Colorado , agency: Octagon Europe ) to their roster for the 2026-27 season. He is the second Turkishplayer in the roster, with Lithuanian Martynas Sajus signing earlier. Akyazili is not a newcomer in the Turkish League, having most recently played at Erokspor in [read more]