David Istrate

Writer at @gspro. Passionated by sports, especially basketball 🏀 All Glory to God🙏

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Lapuste magic 🪄

The 5th player to record triple-double in #U16EuroBasket history 🌟🇷🇴

📊 23 PTS, 10 REB, 10 STL, 8 AST, 47 EFF

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@TocaSebi Yes

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Christian Bishop, who spent the last season with Galatasaray and Pinar Karsiyaka, is U-BT Cluj-Napoca new Center. He will share the C position with Uros Plavsic.

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@EuroBallin The coaches are the other way around, if I am not mistaken.

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This is how the roster looks at the moment:

1: Otis Livingston II/Kristian Kullamae
2: Malcolm Hill/X/Patrick Richard
3: Javon Bess/ Bogdan Nicolescu
4: Dusan Beslac/Jalyn McCreary
5: Uros Plavsic/X

2 more transfers needed

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Kristian Kullamae, Estonian NT point-guard, signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca and will play in EuroCup and in ABA League.

Last season he averaged 12,1 ppg, 2,9 apg, 2,8 rpg, 1,1 spg in EuroCup and he had a 3pt% of 37,3%.

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@horatiuhotopan @Miroslav_D7 @BSphere_ Uuu👀

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@MarkPorcaro Great work! Congrats!

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Updated 2026-27 Player Movement Tracker - Rosters for Summer League, NBA, EuroLeague, EuroCup. Working my way through Basketball Champions League rosters https://t.co/UI9HaGh0ML

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Uros Plavsic (ex-Red Star Belgrade) is U-BT Cluj-Napoca new Center. He spent the last 2 season playing for Red Star and being loaned to Besiktas and Bandirma.

Interesting addition to the Eurocup and ABA participant.

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@outofcontextjlb I say D, A/B, C - from hardest to easiest

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Javon Bess, Germany best defensive player in 2024, signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca. 3&D profile, he is replacing Jeffery Taylor.

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5th transfer for U-BT Cluj-Napoca: Malcolm Hill, an athletic 2/3 with size and good 3pt percentage. He spent the last seasons in G-League, but also has NBA experience. Interesting to see how he will adapt back in Europe, where he played a few years ago.

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Another transfer for U-BT Cluj-Napoca: Dusan Beslac, Serbian League MVP in 2023, who spent the last 3 season in VTB League, playing for Avtodor Saratov. He has size, good 3-point shot, good defense. The question mark is his knee: he was injured for 4 months this season.

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Jalyn McCreary (ex-Siroki), one of ABA-2 best players, signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca. Interesting move for Romanian champs. An athletic big guy who can do a lot on the court. Only question is if he is ready for the next level.

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@outofcontextjlb @EuroCup @JLBourgBasket @UBTCluj @outofcontextjlb if you have insta send me a message there pls, x is not working

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@outofcontextjlb @EuroCup @JLBourgBasket @UBTCluj I wouldn’t say he is injury prone, but he missed a few games in Cluj and I don’t know if the intensity of the season allowed him to recover fully. But he is a tough player, he will fight through whatever comes his way.

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@RacingdeGirona @UBTCluj That team in Romania plays EuroCuo and ABA League, with quarter finals in both competitions

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Otis Livingston, who played last season in ACB League for Girona, signed with EuroCup and ABA team U-BT Cluj-Napoca. He will replace Daron Russell, who had a great season in Romania and will try to move to a bigger level.

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@Ibonismo Ok, thanks! Very interesting. So Hamburg is out?