No other player has dominated the 1. Regionalliga West over these past two years like Robert Franklin (195-F-81, college: N.Mexico Highlands) did. The 31-year-old earned back-to-back Eurobasket.com All-RLW Player of the Year honors and guided City Basket Recklinghausen to the RLW championship. As a result the Recklinghausen team earned promotion to the Pro B and was excited to announce that their main man determined to return for a fifth season. "Rob is anxious to play in the Pro B. If we would not have moved up to the Pro B, we probably would not have been able to get him for another year", team manager Hans-Juergen Gayk told local newspaper Marler Zeitung. According to the article Franklin received offers from other Pro B teams and clubs from Luxembourg and Belgium. Franklin, a 2006 graduate of NCAA D2 school New Mexico Highlands, started his overseas career at BSV Wulfen in 2007, before moving to Recklinghausen. Within four years he helped the team to climb from the 2. Regionalliga to the Pro B. In this past season, he averaged 23.1 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.0 steals through 23 games.
Pro A team MLP Academics have announced that Devin White (203-F-88, college: SUNO) will play a second season for them. White is a 24 year old 203cm forward from New Orleans, Louisiana and will be playing his third professional season. Last season he played 29 games: Score-5 (16.8ppg), 6.3rpg, 1.3apg, Steals-3 (2.2spg), Blocks-2 (2.0bpg), FGP: 57.6%, 3PT: 38.7%, FT: 74.0%. He scored in double figures 24 times and posted 30 points against Cuxhaven [read more]
Pro A team MLP Academics have announced that Devin White (203-F-88, college: SUNO) will play a second season for them. White is a 24 year old 203cm forward from New Orleans, Louisiana and will be playing his third professional season. Last season he played 29 games: Score-5 (16.8ppg), 6.3rpg, 1.3apg, Steals-3 (2.2spg), Blocks-2 (2.0bpg), FGP: 57.6%, 3PT: 38.7%, FT: 74.0%. He scored in double figures 24 times and posted 30 points against Cuxhaven. "We are happy that we could keep him for another season. I think that he is one of the most exciting and talented players in the Pro A and he can still develop. If he works hard then he can bring himself and the team to a another level", stressed head coach Tony Garbelotto.
Pro A team BV Chemnitz have announced that Guy Aud (188-G-89) will strap on their jersey this coming season. Aud is a 23 year old 188cm guard that has the German-Israli citzenship. Last season he played for the Finke Baskets Paderborn (Germany-ProA, starting five): 28 games: 9.6ppg, 2.8rpg, Assists-4 (5.5apg), FGP: 34.3%, 3PT: 31.8%, FT: 82.4%. "He was one of the best passers last season, plays the pick and roll well, can shoot well and defends with a lot of energy [read more]
Pro A team BV Chemnitz have announced that Guy Aud (188-G-89) will strap on their jersey this coming season. Aud is a 23 year old 188cm guard that has the German-Israli citzenship. Last season he played for the Finke Baskets Paderborn (Germany-ProA, starting five): 28 games: 9.6ppg, 2.8rpg, Assists-4 (5.5apg), FGP: 34.3%, 3PT: 31.8%, FT: 82.4%. "He was one of the best passers last season, plays the pick and roll well, can shoot well and defends with a lot of energy. He can still develop. He showed his talent last season, but still needs to be more consistent", stressed BV Chemnitz head coach Felix Schreier. The club announced that point guard Takumi Ishizaki wont be returning. Aud started his basketball career in 1998 for Mevaseret Zion youth team. He also played in Israel for teams like the Hapoel Jerusalem youth team , Hapoel Hevel Eylot , Maccabi Hod Hashar, and Hapoel Afula. In 2011-2012, he played for the Licher Basket Baeren (Germany-ProB, starting five): 24 games: 10.0ppg, 2.9rpg, 1.9apg, FGP: 41.1%, 3PT: 36.2%, FT: 84.1%.
One thing that Walter Tigers Tuebingen head coach Igor Perovic has done well the last years is getting the right mix of NCAA players and them stepping up in the Beko BBL right away. Tuebingen also got very active early again as they did a year ago signing Ben Simons (203-F-91). Simons is a 22 year old 203 cm forward from Michigan. He will be a Beko BBL rookie as he played at Drake from 2009-2013 and in his senior year played 32 games: 14.1ppg, 3 [read more]
One thing that Walter Tigers Tuebingen head coach Igor Perovic has done well the last years is getting the right mix of NCAA players and them stepping up in the Beko BBL right away. Tuebingen also got very active early again as they did a year ago signing Ben Simons (203-F-91). Simons is a 22 year old 203 cm forward from Michigan. He will be a Beko BBL rookie as he played at Drake from 2009-2013 and in his senior year played 32 games: 14.1ppg, 3.6rpg, 1.8apg, FGP: 48.1%, 3PT: 40.0%, FT: 88.0%. Simons played together with current Tiger Josh Young at Drake. Simons played a total of 123 NCAA games. "He had 2 very good years at Drake. He can shoot very well, can pass, can create for his teammates and has a high basketball IQ. We have him planned for the positions 2-3, because of his size and athletic ability. He has to work hard to play at teh Beko BBL level", stressed Igor Perovic.
Art.Dragons: took 4th (last) place (1-5) in Group C of the Regular Season
Ratiopharm: took 2nd place (3-3) in Group G of the Regular Season, took 2nd
place (3-3) in Group L of the Top16, lost to Gescrap BB in the Quarterfinals 1-1
(-19) !!!
s.Oliver Baskets: took 3rd place (3-3) in Group D of the Regular Season
EWE Baskets: took 1st place (6-0) in Group F of the Regular Season, took 1st
place (5-1) in Group E of the Top16, lost to Karsiyaka (TUR) 62-66 in the
Semifinals, beat Gravelines (FRA) 84-76 in the 3rd place game !!!
Telekom Baskets: took 1st place (4-2) in Group H of the Regular Season, took
2nd place (4-2) in Group L of the Top16, lost to Krasnye Krylia (RUS) 0-2 in the
Quarterfinals !!!
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