JD Shaw: Free agent Shabazz Napier has signed in Russia with Zenit, per the team. Napier, the No. 24 pick in 2014, has made NBA stops with Miami, Orlando, Portland, Brooklyn, Minnesota and Washington.
Russia Rumors
Emiliano Carchia: Multiple NBA teams are showing interest in Iffe Lundberg, I am told. The guard is free agent after his season between Poland & Russia
Donatas Urbonas: Arturas Gudaitis is finalizing an extension with Zenit, per sources. Gudaitis is expected to stay in Saint Petersburg for at least one more season, I’m told.
Former NBA Champion Timofey Mozgov is reportedly expected to play for Russia NT in Split OQT later this month, as reported by Eurohoops. Mozgov recently returned after a long absence to injuries, playing 6 games for Khimki in VTB League this season.
Afterward, the 30-year-old guard explained his departure from EuroLeague power CSKA Moscow last month after he was suspended indefinitely over an altercation with coach Dimitris Itoudis. “Some things happened in my personal life and I felt like stuff didn’t go how I thought somebody should handle my situations,” said James, who previously was suspended by the club in January. “We had a little clash there. Not really as a basketball player did I have a clash with Itoudis, more as an individual. As two men we had clashes, not really on the basketball court.”
Mike James to Brooklyn?
Chema de Lucas: Mike James will play with the Brooklyn Nets until the end of the season. Immediate incorporation. Nets interest in the CSKA Moscow player was first reported by @Eurohoopsnet.
NetsDaily: Lots of rumors out of Europe this morning that Mike James, 6’1” PG who last played for CSKA Moscow, is signing with Nets but Andrey Kartashov of TASS, the Russian news agency, reports “no decision,” that James was “offered” to Nets. James, 30, also played for Suns and Pelicans.
