By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Karditsa Iaponiki tabbed Mike Bothwell on Thursday. The 25-year-old guard will bounce back in the Basketball Champions League following four appearances with RASTA Vechta last season. Since coming out of Furman and pursuing a professional career in Europe, he played for the Caledonia Gladiators through the 2023-24 campaign.
In Group G of the BCL Regular Season, the team coached by Nikos Papanikolopoulos carries a 1-1 record to Gameday 3 and a meeting with Mersin Spor on Wednesday. The newcomer has been registered on the continental roster and thus is available for the game in Mersin’s Servet Tazegul Arena.
At 1-2 in Group A, MLP Academics Heidelberg parted ways with 26-year-old Michael Flowers on Tuesday and sidelined 24-year-old DJ Horne with a thumb injury for the next few weeks on Friday.
The latter American point guard was hurt during the Gameday 3 matchup versus Legia Warszawa in SNP Dome on Wednesday. With the continental schedule resuming on November 5 opposite Rytas in Twinsbet Arena, he is likely to sit out the trip to Vilnius.
Meanwhile, Flowers moved his talents to the BKT EuroCup by signing a contract until the end of the 2025-26 season with Liektabelis, his new side announced on Thursday.
In the Champions League Regular Season, the Greek and German clubs are aiming to reach the Round of 16, advancing directly as the top seed of their respective group or earning a second opportunity in a best-of-three Play-In series as the second or third seed.