By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Promitheas Vikos Cola signed 31-year-old Rob Gray for the next season, as announced on Monday. The 7DAYS EuroCup Finals Most Valuable Player and champion with AS Monaco in 2021 is also a veteran of 12 Basketball Champions League appearances with Galatasaray and Tofas. The next assignment tips off in Group A of the 2025-26 Regular Season with the Patras outfit taking on Rytas, Legia Warszawa, and MLP Academics Heidelberg.
After logging 23 appearances with Telekom Baskets Bonn over the first two years of his professional career, 25-year-old Sam Griesel switched to ALBA Berlin on a two-year contract, remaining in the BCL and Germany’s easyCredit BBL. Group B marks the continental journey, with opponents stretching from ERA Nymburk and Sabah to one more team surviving the Qualification Rounds.
Preparing for Group F battles versus AEK Betsson, NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz, and one Qualifiers entry, VEF Riga confirmed 28-year-old Illya Sydorov as a returning player. The Ukrainian guard has played 28 Champions League games, including two with his current side last season.
Also, Spartak Office Shoes, in Group H alongside Dreamland Gran Canaria, SL Benfica and Le Mans, reached an agreement with 25-year-old Luka Cerovina to extend his contract until 2028 and picked up 25-year-old Igor Drobnjak. The former participated in last year’s Qualification Rounds and the latter will debut in the BCL.
The tenth season tips off in Samokov, with 24 teams in the hunt for three remaining regular-season spots between September 19 and 25. Six-game schedules across eight groups follow in the Regular Season, starting from October 7.