Chorale Roanne Basket (ProB) agreed terms with 32-year old American (has also Portuguese passport) small forward Travante Williams (193cm-91kg-1993, college: Alaska, agency: Inception Sports) for new 2026-27 season. He played last season at Le Mans Sarthe Basket (Betclic ELITE ProA). In 32 games he had 8.2ppg, 4.1rpg, 2.2apg and 1.6spg. ProB will be definitely a better match and he can see more playing time. He helped them to make it to the Supercup final and to the Cup final. Williams also played 14 games in Basketball Champions League where he recorded 9.3ppg, 4.6rpg, 1.7apg and 1.4spg. 2025-26 was a great season as he was named to Eurobasket.com Basketball Champions League Honorable Mention. The previous (2024-25) season he played at CSM CSU Oradea (Liga Nationala) in Romanian league. The team played in four different competitions (!!!) that year, and he was exposed to basketball He is a very experienced player. Williams has also played professionally in Georgia (Tskaltubo), Portugal (Sporting and Oliveirense), Romania, and Spain (BAXI Manresa). Among many awards, his team won the Romanian League Regular Season in 2025. He was also voted the Eurobasket.com All-Portuguese League Import Player of the Year back in 2021. Williams graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2016 and it will be his eleventh (!!!) season as a professional player. He also played for Adams State University for one year.
FranceNathan Pineau is a newcomer at Besancon (Agency: You First) 8 hours ago Besancon Avenir Comtois Basket (NM1) added 24-year-old center Nathan Pineau (204cm-2002) to their roster for the 2026-27 season. He is not a newcomer in the French League as he played last season at Val de Seine. In 40 NM1 games in France, he recorded 5. 9ppg and 4. 0rpg. For the two previous seasons (2023-25), he played at another French team, Saint Vallier. He has played previously for [read more]
JapanFE Nagoya tabs Nelson Phillips, ex Gries-Souffel (Agency: BeoBasket) 8 hours ago Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya (B1 League) have signed 27-year-old American 196cm guard Nelson Phillips (college: Troy) for the upcoming season. Phillips most recently played at Gries-Souffel in French ProB, where he averaged 14. 5ppg, 4. 8rpg, 2. 5apg, 2. 2spg, and 1. 2bpg in 19 games last season. In the previous (2024-25) season, he played for s Oliver Baskets (BBL) in the German leagu [read more]
SlovakiaLucenec welcomes back Lastic (Agency: CSA Sports Management) 19 hours ago BKM Lucenec (Tipos SBL) signed 25-year-old 188cm guard Juraj Lastic for the upcoming season. He is returning to Lucenec, where he previously played. Lastic spent the last two years at MBK Banik Handlova in the Tipos SBL, averaging 5. 8ppg and 1. 9rpg in 35 games last season. He has played previously in Czech Republic, between Vysocina and Hradec, and Czech Republic. His team won the Slov [read more]
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