Bulgaria's basketball champion Lukoil Academic will try to bring a NBA player into the team, Bulgarian press said.
The squad recently lost their US stars Priest Lauderdale and Bryant Smith, and have not named any possible replacements yet.
According to the Meridian Match newspaper, a new American player was expected to join the side in January 2005.
Lauderdale and Smith fled Lukoil Academic after yet another quarrel. In return, the team issued a statement that said the US players were constantly on drugs and booze during their stay in Bulgaria.
The scandal broke just several weeks after Lauderdale was granted Bulgarian citizenship.