The Beko BBL has been busy today with the transfer deadline not far off, a few teams made some changes like Alba Berlin bringing in French national player Ali Traor, or the Eisbaeren Bremerhaven hooking up with American Terrell Everett who returned back for a second tour of duty. The Beko BBL might still see some more changes soon and an interesting development happened in the French Pro A as it was announced that American Justin Gray (188-G-84, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: Wake Forest) left Poiters Basket 86. There the North Carolina native averaged 8,9ppg, 1,6rpg and 3,0apg. Last season, Gray played in the Beko BBL for the Fraport Skyliners playing only 8 games due to injury and averaged 16.0ppg, 2.8rpg, 3.5apg, FGP: 41.8%, 3PT: 29.3%, FT: 93.9%. Gray is a type of player that can quickly get comfortable with a new surrounding, and he would be a very interesting player for playoff teams for the stretch run. It will be interesting to see if Gray lands back in Germany. Wurzburg fans and Frankfurt fans wont have forgotten his amazing buzzer beater in 2011 and he might just create some nice new memories with a Beko BBL team in the next months.
After the successful 2012-2013 Pro A season where NBC reached the playoffs and took 2013 Pro A finalist Duesseldorf Baskets to five games in the quarterfinals, the team is already looking ahead to the upcoming season. Recently the club extended the contract with head coach Martin Ides and today announced that Sebastian Schroeder(192-G-88) will remain until 2015. This will be the fifth season for the German [read more]
After the successful 2012-2013 Pro A season where NBC reached the playoffs and took 2013 Pro A finalist Duesseldorf Baskets to five games in the quarterfinals, the team is already looking ahead to the upcoming season. Recently the club extended the contract with head coach Martin Ides and today announced that Sebastian Schroeder (192-G-88) will remain until 2015. This will be the fifth season for the German. He is a 24 year old small forward and last season averaged 16 minutes per game averaging 5,4ppg and 2,4rpg. "He made a big step forward last season. I think he will be able to keep developing", stressed NBC head coach Martin Ides.
Pro B team Dresden Titans have announced the arrival of Germans Philipp Lieser (194-G-87, college: Cent.Washington) and Georg Doelle and have separated from Americans Jared Bensen and Jason Boucher. The team hauled in Philipp Lieser who came from MBC and last season played 6 games in the Beko BBL and also had a double license for the Aschersleben Tigers in the Regionaliga. For the Regionaliga team he played 13 games averaging 15ppg and three assists [read more]
Pro B team Dresden Titans have announced the arrival of Germans Philipp Lieser (194-G-87, college: Cent.Washington) and Georg Doelle and have separated from Americans Jared Bensen and Jason Boucher. The team hauled in Philipp Lieser who came from MBC and last season played 6 games in the Beko BBL and also had a double license for the Aschersleben Tigers in the Regionaliga. For the Regionaliga team he played 13 games averaging 15ppg and three assists. "His stats and his defesne were reasons for us getting him. We hope to be more consistent on defesne with him", stated Titans CEO Georg Kuchler. The team also brought in Georg Doelle who had played for the Regionaliga team averaging 24ppg and nine rebounds. Americans Jared Benson and Jason Boucher wont be returning. After our expereince last season, we have decided to focus our roster on German players. We know that Jason Boucher was a fan favorite. He did much for the club and the decision was tough for us. We decided to make a cut at this position. Philipp is a young player that has had expereince in the States and will study in Dresden as well and stay for a longer period of time here", stated Goerg Kuchler.
Phoenix Hagen fans got great news today in that the club announced that Americans Mark Dorris(188-G-85, agency: Court Side, college: Marshall) will stay until 2014 and David Bell until 2015. Phoenix Hagen has shown early that they want to keep the team in tact as they also gave American Larry Gordon a contract extension recently. Dorris who comes from Ohio played 31 games averaging 10,6ppg, 2,9rpg and 1,7apg while David Bell played 38 games averaging 15,7ppg, 2,6rpg and 2,6pg [read more]
Phoenix Hagen fans got great news today in that the club announced that Americans Mark Dorris (188-G-85, agency: Court Side, college: Marshall) will stay until 2014 and David Bell until 2015. Phoenix Hagen has shown early that they want to keep the team in tact as they also gave American Larry Gordon a contract extension recently. Dorris who comes from Ohio played 31 games averaging 10,6ppg, 2,9rpg and 1,7apg while David Bell played 38 games averaging 15,7ppg, 2,6rpg and 2,6pg. "I am really happy about this double strike. They are both great guys that had a lot to do with our success. There was no reason to wait to resign them. They arent only liked with their good play, but also with their charachter. Signing them now also should help us to be more ready for the next season", stressed Phoenix Hagen CEO Oliver Herkelmann.
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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