Newly promoted Cayirova Belediye Kocaeli (BSL) signed 36-year-old American center Jeremy Simmons, who stands at 204cm and played college basketball at Charleston. Simmons, who previously played for Erokspor, averaged 8.5ppg, 4.6rpg, and 1.5apg in 32 BSL games in Turkey last season. He is a very experienced player. Thanks to pro basketball, he experienced life in seven different countries playing on three different continents. Simmons is familiar with European, Asian, and North American leagues. He has played professionally in Belgium (Circus Brussels), Georgia (Zestaponi), Italy (Openjobmetis Varese, Scafati, and Montegranaro), Poland (Kociewskie Diably), Saudi Arabia (Al Ittihad), Slovakia (Levice and Levice), and Turkey (Tofas and Petkimspor). Among many awards, he won the Turkish TBL championship title in 2025. Simmons was also voted to the Eurobasket.com All-Turkish TBL Center of the Year in 2025. It may be one of the last seasons in his extensive career, which he may end at Cayirova. He attended a camp at Eurobasket Summer League before pursuing a career in pro basketball. Simmons graduated from College of Charleston in 2011 and it will be his 16th season in pro basketball.
Lat-Est-BLTalTech keeps Post for another season (Agency: Flex Basketball Management) 2 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-RicoBayamon tabs Damian Jones, ex Zhejiang GB. (Agency: CAA Sports) 3 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]
BelgiumThomas Akyazili is a second Turkish player added to the roster of Petkim (Agency: Octagon Europe) 4 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]
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