Daequan Cook has signed with Tigers Tübingen of the German Basketball Bundesliga for the remainder of the season.

"I want to continue my basketball career in Germany, because I just love basketball," Cook told the DPA. "It will be a great experience for me."

Cook last played in Ukraine for BK Budiwelnyk Kiev.

Krunoslav Simon produced the best performance of his Euroleague career, to win Top 16 Round 4 MVP honors.

Simon led Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar to its second straight Top 16 victory in an 80-75 come-from-behind home effort over Zalgiris Kaunas on Friday night. Simon spent nearly 34 minutes on the floor, in which he amassed 21 points while connecting on four of his five two-point tries, four of six three-point attempts, and converted on his only trip to the free-throw line.

Simon also had a career-high eight assists, pulled down six rebounds, had two steals, a block, and drew six fouls for a new personal best index performance rating of 35.

Maccabi Haifa Bazan's Donta Smith has been named Eurocup MVP for Week 3 of the Last 32 stage with the highest index rating among winning players this week, 40, which incidentally was also the highest overall.

Smith led Maccabi with his perfect shooting for 24 points - 9-of-9 on two-pointers, 1-of-1 on threes and 3-of-3 on free throws, along with six rebounds, two steals, one block and three drawn fouls for a resounding 86-66 home win over Montepaschi Siena.

Charles Jenkins has extended his contract with Crvena Zvezda for one more season.

Jenkins has an NBA out he can use by July 31.

Jenkins was the 44th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.

According to Spanish site Encentado, Turkish club Fenerbahce has reportedly been looking to acquire Nando De Colo.

De Colo has appeared in just 13 games with the San Antonio Spurs this season as Gregg Popovich has a lot of depth at guard.

The Spurs appear unwilling to let De Colo leave.

Rudy Fernandez produced one of the best nights of his magnificent career to claim the Euroleague MVP honor for Round 3 of the Top 16.

Fernandez scored 24 points to lead Real Madrid to its highest Top 16 point total in 12 years in a 111-87 victory over visiting FC Bayern Munich. 

The 28-year-old swingman went 4-for-7 on two-point shots, 4-for-6 from three and all four of his free throws.

Fernandez added five rebounds, three assists, a steal and five fouls drawn for a performance index rating of 30, the best on a winning team in the week's eight games.

Ivan Johnson has received interest from multiple NBA teams once he finishes his season in the Chinese Basketball Association.

The CBA regular season ends on Feb. 16.

The Atlanta Hawks are one of the interested teams.

In 25 games for the Golden Bulls, Johnson is averaging 25.8 points and 10.2 rebounds in 33.0 minutes.

In a survey of Euroleague general managers, Real Madrid, CSKA, Olympiacos and Fenerbahce Ulker were voted for the teams most likely to reach the Final Four.

Barcelona was fifth with just 25 percent compared to 87.5 percent for fourth ranked Fenerbahce Ulker.

Fenerbahce Ulker has begun the Top 16 stage with two losses.

Marcelinho Huertas was named Euroleague MVP for Top-16, Round 2 as he led Barcelona past Fenerbahce Ulker 73-76 in Istanbul on Thursday, registering 23 points – just one below his Euroleague career-high.

Huertas shot 5-for-10 on two-point shots, 2-for-5 from behind the arc, and was perfect on seven free throws. In addition, Huertas dished seven assists, matched his Euroleague career-high with four steals, pulled down three rebounds and drew six fouls for a performance index rating of 30, the most among all players on winning teams this week.

Omar Thomas of Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari was the player from a winning team with the best performance this week thanks to his index rating of 30 and named Eurocup MVP.

Thomas led his team with 20 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals, plus 6 drawn fouls in a 103-67 win over TED Ankara.