Boulogne Metropolitans 92 strengthened its frontcourt with the addition of forward Bandja Sy who signed a two-year contract, the club announced on Wednesday

Metropolitans adds size, experience with Sy

Sy (2.04 meters, 31 years old) arrives from MoraBanc Andorra where he spent the past two years. Last season he posted 4.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in the 7DAYS EuroCup, and also posted 5.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in the Spanish League action. Sy is a veteran of five EuroCup seasons, after playing in the competition for SLUC Nancy of France in 2014-15 and 2015-16 and Partizan NIS Belgrade in 2018-19. Sy played college basketball for New Mexico in the United States, before starting his professional basketball career in 2013 with French side Pau-Orthez. In between his stints with Nancy and Partizan, Sy played the 2016-17 season with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne and had a brief stint with AEK Athens of Greece. Born on the outskirts of the French capital, Sy now returns home to solidify Metropolitans' front line.



<div style="display: grid; place-items: center;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">🚨[OFFICIEL] <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Recrutement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Recrutement</a> <br>Le club des Metropolitans vous annonce la signature de Bandja Sy (poste 3, 2,04 m, 31 ans) pour deux saisons ‼️🏀🔥<br>Welcome <a href="https://twitter.com/BandjaSy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BandjaSy</a> ! 🤝<br>➕d&#39;infos➡️<a href="https://t.co/y2kdRNVAEn">https://t.co/y2kdRNVAEn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoMets92?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoMets92</a> <a href="https://t.co/b3YfriAAFw">pic.twitter.com/b3YfriAAFw</a></p>&mdash; Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 (@Metropolitans92) <a href="https://twitter.com/Metropolitans92/status/1425366973446250496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

Boulogne Metropolitans 92 strengthened its frontcourt with the addition of forward Bandja Sy who signed a two-year contract, the club announced on Wednesday.

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Turk Telekom Ankara enters its sixth experience in the competition, but it is just its second time around since 2010. One of the traditional powerhouses in Turkish basketball, Telekom comfortably made it to the Turkish League playoffs last season and is ready to keep its momentum building. It is a perfect fit: an ambitious club looking for new, high-level challenges.

The club was founded in 1954, backed by the national telephone company PTT, though its basketball section did not open until 1980. PTT Ankara played in several regional leagues throughout the 1980s, before joining the second division in 1990 and immediately earning promotion to the Turkish first division. Turk Telekom went on to win the Turkish League regular season in 1994, though it fell in the playoff semifinals. Around that time, Turk Telekom also began making waves in Europe, coached by Ergin Ataman, and even played in the 1996-97 EuroLeague, the same season in which the team also reached the Turkish League finals and won the Turkish President's Cup, the club's first title.

A few trips to the playoff semifinals and appearances in the Turkish Cup final in 2001 and 2003 cemented Telekom's status among the best clubs in Turkey. Three years after making its EuroCup debut, Telekom was back and looked like a contender after Khalid El-Amin and Michael Wright led it to a 9-1 regular season with its only loss coming against eventual champ DKV Joventut, however Wright was lost to injury and the team fell to UNICS Kazan in the first knockout stage. In each of the next two seasons, the club advanced one stage in the competition, but no more. The club won the Turkish Cup and reached the Turkish finals in 2008 and lifted the Presidents Cup in 2009, however soon a lengthy dry spell ensued. Telekom failed to claim a Turkish League playoff berth for four seasons from 2010 through 2014, and was relegated to the second division for the 2016-17 campaign. It took the club two years to dig itself back to the top league, but a 26-2 start last season allowed the team to cruise to first place and a guaranteed ticket back to the top league and a spot in the EuroCup.

In its last EuroCup appearance, Telekom kept its Top 16 chances open until the last game, led by Vladimir Stimac and Sylven Landesberg, but a road loss against Partizan NIS Belgrade prevented the team from going past the Regular Season. The club made it to the Turkish League playoffs in 2019 and 2021, and it is a first step to be more competitive in the near future. Last season, Telekom was one win away from the Turkish League semifinals. In 2020, the club reached the Turkish Cup semifinals but Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul stood on its way to the final with a narrow 83-81 victory.

Telekom is clearly on the rise and ready for bigger goals. As one of the main sports references in Ankara, the Turkish capital, Telekom has all it takes to be successful in the 2021-22 EuroCup.


Turk Telekom Ankara enters its sixth experience in the competition, but it is just its second time around since 2010.

Club profile: Turk Telekom Ankara

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana invested in its future signing a four-year deal with power forward Blaz Habot, the club announced on Tuesday

Cedevita inks Habot long term

Habot (2.06 meters, 20 years old) arrives a fellow Slovenian side Hopsi Polzela, where he averaged 4.8 points and 1.9 rebounds in the Slovenian League. Habot started his professional career with Konjice in the third Slovenian division, before joining Hopsi last year. He will now have a chance to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut.

"We have followed Blaz Habot the entire last season", Cedevita head coach Jurica Golemac said. "He is making an unbelievable progress and wants to work. We are certain that by signing Blaz we made an excellent move."

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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana invested in its future signing a four-year deal with power forward Blaz Habot, the club announced on Tuesday.

Promitheas Patras strengthened its frontcourt by signing center Dario Hunt for the coming season, the club announced Tuesday.

Promitheas signs Hunt at center

Hunt (2.06 meters, 32 years old) arrives from Italian side Fortitudo Bologna, for which he averaged 10.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in the Italian League last season. He posted 12.3 points and 5.8 in the Basketball Champions League, too. Last season was Hunt's fourth in Italy after stints with Capo d'Orlando, Juvecaserta and Germani Brescia Leonessa. He has also suited up for Odessa in Ukraine, Gussing in Austria, Rio Grande in the D-League, SLUC Nancy in France, Spirou Charleroi in Belgium, Perth in Australia and Mornar Bar in Montenegro. Hunt will debut in the EuroCup this season with Promitheas.

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The most decorated Polish basketball club, Slask Wroclaw returns to the 7DAYS EuroCup after more years away. The 2007-08 season was the last time the 17-time Polish League and 14-time Polish Cup champions were participating in the competition, and the club that has been on a roller coaster ride ever since, now returns with a new found poise and ambition to get back to its old glory.

Founded in 1948, Slask has turned Wroclaw into a basketball city known not only in Poland, but all around Europe. The club won six Polish League titles in the period between 1965 and 1981, with the first coming behind Polish basketball legends Kazimierz Frelkiewicz and Mieczyslaw Lopatka. Slask won another title again in 1987, before establishing a dynasty like few others in the 1990's.

Slask won 10 league titles in a span of 12 seasons. It was the coach Andrej Urlep, who took the team to another level as Slask won five consecutive titles between 1998 and 2002 during the period called the Great Slask Era and players like Maciej Zielinski, Joseph McNaull, Rajmonds Miglinieks, Dominik Tomczyk or Adam Wojcik. No one knew the 2002 title would be the last one for Slask.

As a result of its domestic dominance, Slask played three Turkish Airlines EuroLeague seasons between 2001 and 2004, combining for a 15-27 record, and even knocked on the door of the Top 16 in 2003-04 behind an outstanding Lynn Greer, but it lost its last four regular season games and was eliminated in a six-way tie at 6-8 record.

That same season Slask won the first of two consecutive Polish Cups, before making its EuroCup debut in 2004-05. The team reached the EuroCup eighthfinals before being swept by Maroussi. After a pair of down seasons, Slask improved with the return of coach Urlep and returned to the EuroCup for the 2007-08 campaign. The team once again made it out of the regular season group, but got swept in the Last 32 home-and-away series against Dynamo Moscow.

However, financial problems hit the club hard and Slask declared bankruptcy ahead of the 2008-09 season. The club was relegated into the third Polish division where it stayed for four years before earning promotions in back-to-back seasons to return among Polish elite for the 2013-14 campaign. Even though the team missed the playoffs, a win in the 2014 Polish Cup reminded of Slask's glory days.

However, in 2016 Slask was once again facing financial problems, and was again saw its relegation into the third rank. This time, a climb back up the ladder lasted only three years, and Slask was back competing for Polish silverware in 2019. After a COVID-19 pandemic stopped Slask's first season back among the Polish elite, the 2020-21 was another season to remember. Against all the expectations, team played well the entire season and led by Strahinja Jovanovic, Elijah Stewart , Kyle Gibson and Aleksander Dziewa, reached the playoff semifinals before beating Legia Warszaw in the third-place series to win the bronze medal, its first Polish League podium finish in 13 years.

Slask is now ready to build on recent success, and continue its climb back to prominence, as it embarks on its first EuroCup campaign in more than 13 years.


The most decorated Polish basketball club, Slask Wroclaw returns to the 7DAYS EuroCup after more years away. 

Club profile: Slask Wroclaw

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Lietkabelis Panevezys completed its roster for the upcoming 7DAYS EuroCup season by signing forward Grantas Vasiliauskas to a one-year deal

Lietkabelis completes roster with Vasiliauskas

Vasiliauskas (2.04 meters, 22 years old) arrives from a fellow Lithuanian side Nevezis, where he posted 4.5 points and 2.9 rebounds in the Lithuanian League last season. Young power forward played for youth categories of both Rytas Vilnius and Zalgiris Kaunas. As a teenager he also played for Zalgiris' second team, and went on to play professionally for Palanga and Jonava in the Lithuanian second division, as well as Tartu Ulikool of Estonia. He won bronze medal playing for Lithuania at the U17 World Championships in 2016, won silver medals at the U16 European Championship in 2015 and U18 European Championships in 2016, and also a bronze at the same competition a year later. Vasiliauskas is now set to make his EuroCup debut.


Lietkabelis Panevezys completed its roster for the upcoming 7DAYS EuroCup season by signing forward Grantas Vasiliauskas to a one-year deal.

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ratiopharm Ulm added an anchor in the paint by signing a one-year deal with center Cristiano Felicio, the club announced on Monday

Ulm inks big man Felicio

Felicio (2.11 meters, 29 years old) has spent the last five years in the NBA with Chicago, where he played in 258 games and has a career average of 4.3 points and 3.9 rebounds. Last season in 18 limited appearances he posted 1.3 points and 1.4 rebounds. During his time with Chicago, he also had brief stints with Canton and Windy City in the G-League. Earlier in his career, Felicio also played in his native Brazil with Minas and Flamengo. He has also been a member of the Brazilian national team. He is now set to make his 7DAYS EuroCup debut.

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ratiopharm Ulm added an anchor in the paint by signing a one-year deal with center Cristiano Felicio, the club announced on Monday.



Lietkabelis Panevezys enters its fourth 7DAYS EuroCup season in six years ready to learn from its previous experience and go past the Regular Season for the first time since the 2016-17 campaign, its first in the competition. The new format should benefit Lietkabelis, as thousands of diehard fans are ready to push the Lithuanian powerhouse to its limits in home games.

Founded in 1964 in the city of Panevezys, it competed in the lower divisions in the former Soviet Union for many years and carried the name of a successful local cable factory. For more than three decades, Lietkabelis was always considered one of the strongest basketball clubs in Lithuania and some of the finest Lithuanian players wore its jersey, including Jonas Kazlauskas, Raimundas Civilis, Rimas Kurtinaitis and Algirdas Brazys. Lietkabellis had its best years in the 1980s when it won Lithuanian League championships within the Soviet Union in 1985 and 1988 and also reached the regional Lithuanian Cup final in 1985 and 1986. During that span, Lietkabelis also played in the USSR’s second division and after Lithuania became an independent state, the club was among the co-founders of its top basketball league in 1993.

The factory stopped sponsoring the club in 1996, which brought the first of seven name changes – Kalnapilis, Sema, Panevezys, Preventa-Malsena, Aukstaitija and Techasas – from 1996 through 2012. The club made its European competition debut in the 1999-00 Korac Cup. During a 16-year span, the club made it to the Lithuanian League playoffs nine times, but its run was stopped in the quarterfinals each time. In 2012, the club went back to its proud name Lietkabelis and after two seasons returned to the Lithuanian League playoffs. In 2015-16, Lietkabelis reached the Lithuanian Cup quarterfinals and the Lithuanian League playoffs, in which it was swept by Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius. Lietkabelis went further than ever in the Baltic League by finishing third overall. The 2016-17 season was the best to date in Lietkabelis history as it not only debuted in the EuroCup, but advanced into the Top 16 before reaching the finals in both the Lithuanian League and Cup, losing against Zalgiris Kaunas. Lietkabelis lost against to Zalgiris in the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Lithuanian Cup semifinals and the 2018 and 2019 Lithuanian League semifinals.

Lietkabelis put together a 16-8 record in the 2019-20 Lithuanian League - including a victory over Zalgiris - for third place in the standings when the season was called due to the COVID-19 pandemic and made it to the Champions League playoffs. Last season, Lietkabelis returned to the EuroCup but did not go past the Regular Season, ranking fifth in its group with a 2-8 record. It made it to the Lithuanian League semifinals, ranking third again, and to the Lithuanian Cup final but once again Zalgiris stood on its way to the trophy with a 76-69 victory.

Lietkabelis proudly represents a basketball-crazy country like Lithuania in a marquee competition like the EuroCup. Expect the team to show that character and commitment on the court.


Lietkabelis Panevezys enters its fourth 7DAYS EuroCup season in six years ready to learn from its previous experience.