Hungarian champion Szolnoki Olaj, looking for a way out of its last-place tie in Group E, signed experienced forward Oleksandr Lypovyy to a contract. Lypovyy (2.00 meters, 24 years old) played last season with Budivelnyk Kiev in his native Ukraine. He has 13 games' worth of Eurocup experience over two seasons with BC Donetsk, during which he averaged 2.8 points and 1.8 rebounds. He had spent the first month of the current season with VITA Tbilisi of Georgia.