On Thursday, Panathinaikos started their season with DeMarcus Nelson not in Greece. An injury he suffered in the team's preseason practices was initially thought to be fixable by rest, but instead he returned to the United States to undergo surgery on his right shin, prolonging the period he will need to recover. DeMarcus made a big move to the Greek powerhouse over the summer, where his teammates include ex-Maryland player James Gist, ex-Western Kentucky player A. J. Slaughter, ex-NBA player Esteban Batista and Antonis Fotsis, 2006 57th pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves Loukas Mavrokefalidis, and Georgios Papagiannis, who attended Westtown High School in Pennsylvania with the original intention of playing collegiately in the United States before signing a professional contract. Their first game was a difficult test, a single elimination Greek Cup quarterfinal game with hated rivals Olympiakos. With a number of players missing with lingering injuries and no fans in the home game due to incidents from last season, the team fell behind in the second half only to catch up late and move on with a 77-76 win. Batista had 12 points including the game winner. In the loss, ex-Hawaii player Matt Lojeski had 16 points, Georgios Printezis, whose rights were moved to the Atlanta Hawks this summer to mark the sixth time he has been traded since originally being picked 58th in 2007 by the San Antonio Spurs, had 13 points, ex-NBA player Vassilis Spanoulis had 12 points, and ex-Fordham player Bryant Dunston had 10 points.
On Saturday, Marty Pocius and Nolan Smith started the domestic league season in Turkey by starting well against Usak and winning 94-85. Marty had 20 points in 34 minutes and Nolan had 6 points in 20 minutes. Carlos Arroyo had 23 points and 8 assists and Furkan Aldemir had 13 points and 15 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Ole Miss player Chris Warren had 21 points, ex-Creighton player Justin Carter had 17 points and 7 rebounds, and ex-North Carolina State player Courtney Fells and ex-Georgia State player Eric Buckner had 10 points and 6 rebounds each.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.tbf.org.tr/ligler/tbf-t%C3%BCrkiye-basketbol-ligi/maclar?Lig=TBL&MacNo=1EA1710&Sezon=2014-2015
Daniel Ewing was unavailable due to injury precautions for Le Mans Sarthe as they nearly gave up a big lead to Le Havre and needed overtime to win 70-56 as they held their opponents scoreless in the extra period. Shy Ely had 18 points. In the loss, ex-Pitt player Ricardo Greer had 13 points and 9 rebounds, ex-Oral Roberts player Shawn King had 12 points and 14 rebounds, and ex-Western Kentucky player Tyrone Brazelton had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200009/Resultat-match/8755/Le-Mans-Le-Havre
Angela Salvadores, who has committed to play at Duke next year, had her first competitive game of the season. After spending last season with a developmental club in Spain's second division, she moved to Rivas, the defending Spanish champions, who have been forced to rebuild their roster due to financial issues, giving Angela a chance to play big minutes at a high level. Rookie Bri Kulas from Missouri recently joining the team. They started the season with the SuperCup, a matchup against powerhouse Perfumerias Avenida. While Rivas had the home court advantage, their opponents have a strong roster that includes almost all of their players from last season and they used that talent edge to ease to an 87-52 win. Angela led her team with 15 points in 36 minutes. In the win, ex-Georgia player Angel Robinson had 18 points and 8 rebounds and ex-WNBA player Marta Fernandez had 12 points.
On Sunday, Josh Hairston and Massagno took a first half lead at home against Boncourt, but fell 80-75. Josh had 2 points and 6 rebounds in 36 minutes. Jake Thomas had 32 points, Auston Calhoun had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Erik Buggs had 11 points. In the win, ex-Louisville player Brandon Jenkins had 27 points and 7 rebounds, ex-Northern Arizona player Stephen Sir had 19 points, and ex-Florida International player Ismael N'Diaye had 10 points.
Panathinaikos had to start the domestic league season without DeMarcus Nelson and a few other players, with their depth helping them to a 76-66 opening win over Nea Kifisia. A.J. Slaughter had 18 points and Esteban Batista had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://esake.gr/el/action/EsakegameView?idgame=C8155F61&mode=2
Tricia Liston and Cagliari went to Napoli and got their first win by a 63-55 margin. Tricia had 14 points in 33 minutes before fouling out. Asia Taylor had 16 points and 14 rebounds and Emily Correal had 10 points and 6 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Temple player Victoria Macaulay had 13 points and 9 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://lbf-web.dataproject-stats.com/Tabellino.asp?IdGara=14821
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