Eurobasket.com All-German Bundesliga Awards 2006-07
Player of the Year - Casey Jacobsen (198-G/F-81) of Brose Baskets Bamberg Guard of the Year - Jerry Green (191-G-80) of EnBW Ludwigsburg Forward of the Year - Casey Jacobsen of Brose Baskets Bamberg Center of the Year - Darren Fenn (208-C-80) of Brose Baskets Bamberg Newcomer of the Year - Tim Ohlbrecht (211-C-88) of Brose Baskets Bamberg Most Improved Player of the Year - Konrad Wysocki (202-F-82) of ratiopharm Ulm Bosman Player of the Year - Rasko Katic (208-C/F-80) of Walter Tigers Tuebingen Import Player of the Year - Casey Jacobsen of Brose Baskets Bamberg Domestic Player of the Year - Steffen Hamann (194-G-81) of Brose Baskets Bamberg Defensive Player of the Year - Immanuel McElroy (193-G-80) of RheinEnergie Koln Coach of the Year - Chris Fleming of Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck 1st Team Jerry Green of EnBW Ludwigsburg Immanuel McElroy of RheinEnergie Koeln Casey Jacobsen of Brose Baskets Bamberg Jeff Gibbs (188-F-80) of ratiopharm Ulm Darren Fenn of Brose Baskets Bamberg 2nd Team Filiberto Rivera (187-G-82) of Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck Jason Gardner (178-G-80) of Telekom Baskets Bonn Adam Hess (201-G/F-81) of Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck D'or Fischer (211-C-81) of EWE Baskets Oldenburg Sharrod Ford (206-F-82) of ALBA Berlin All-Domestic Players Team Steffen Hamann of Brose Baskets Bamberg Jan Rohdewald (194-G/F-73) of Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck Robert Garrett (193-G-77) of Brose Baskets Bamberg Guido Gruenheid (206-F/C-82) of RheinEnergie Koeln Robert Maras (216-C-78) of Giessen 46ers All-Imports Team Jerry Green of EnBW Ludwigsburg Immanuel McElroy of RheinEnergie Koeln Casey Jacobsen of Brose Baskets Bamberg Jeff Gibbs of ratiopharm Ulm Darren Fenn of Brose Baskets Bamberg All-Bosmans Team Zygimantas Jonusas (200-F-82) of Eisbaeren Bremerhaven Aleksandar Nadjfeji (203-F-76) of RheinEnergie Koeln Pavelas Cukinas (210-C-83) of EnBW Ludwigsburg Marcin Gortat (213-C-84) of RheinEnergie Koeln Rasko Katic of Walter Tigers Tuebingen All-Defensive Team Bryan Bailey (185-G-80) of Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck Domonic Jones (186-G-81) of BG Karlsruhe Immanuel McElroy of RheinEnergie Koeln Koko Archibong (202-F-81) of ALBA Berlin Sharrod Ford of ALBA Berlin All-Newcomers Team Nicolai Simon (191-G-87) of ALBA Berlin Johannes Herber (197-G-83) of ALBA Berlin Konrad Wysocki of ratiopharm Ulm Marius Nolte (206-C-81) of Paderborn Baskets Tim Ohlbrecht of Brose Baskets Bamberg Bamberg captures Bundesliga Championship !!!! Finals Game 4: brose Baskets Bamberg - Artland Dragons 64-63 (Bamberg Wins Series 3 games to 1) brose Baskets Bamberg captured the Bundesliga title Tuesday night at Artland Arena with a tight 64-63 victory over the underdog Artland Dragons. Head Coach Dirk Bauermann received outstanding contributions from roll players including veteran Robert Garrett and young talent Tim Ohlbrecht to close out the series. Garrett's shooting helped overcome subpar perimeter accuracy from Bamberg marksmen and Ohlbrecht provided excellent depth in the post for his team. Along with outstanding team defense, Bamberg's experience and an injury to Filberto Rivera played important factors in the result. At the tip, the Dragons came out breathing fire running to an impressive 1Q. Jumping on their guests, Artland earned a 20-12 lead after 1. However, the veteran Bamberg team turned the tide in Q2 as they answered with a strong run. Pulling back into the game, Bamberg cut into the lead and eventually trailed by only 1 33-32 at half. The 3Q was a defensive stalemate as both teams competed with tremendous intensity. Bamberg's slight edge in the third (14-8) gave Head Coach Dirk Bauermann and his team a 46-41 lead heading into the 4th and put Bamberg on the brink of the championship. Again, bench contributions were key for Bamberg as Tim Ohlbrecht (7pt 3reb) and Robert Garret gave their team a big boost. Artland C Darius Hall fouled out with just under 5min to play putting Artland behind the eight ball. Bamberg advanced their advantage over Artland to 58-51 with 4min to play. The Dragons comeback cut the lead to 63-56 wth 1:35 to play. A big Adam Hess basket narrowed the game to 64-61 forcing a Bamberg timeout with 1:01 remaining. Two clutch FT from closed the game to 64-63 but Bamberg held on in the intense final moments to capture their hard-earned championship! In the sealing Game 4 win, Robert Garret hit 3 of 4 threes to topscore with 16pt for Bamberg while K'zell Wesson sank 5 of 6 shots to add 10pt 9reb and Casey Jacobsen also reached double digits with 10pt. For Artland, Adam Hess led the attack with 21pt 7reb while Bryan Bailey contributed 15pt 5reb 5ast and PF Chad Prewitt sank 3 of 4 threes on his way to 13pt 7reb. The defensive oriented contest resulted in a tough night for shooters as both teams combined to sink only 10 of 48 three point attempts (Bamberg 4 for 22 18% and Artland 6 for 26 23%). Overall Bamberg hit 42% from the floor while holding Artland to 31% but the Dragons made up the difference with solid FT shooting hitting 21 of 25 (84%) compared to Bamberg's 14 of 23 (60%). Respect must be given to the Artland Dragons organization who rallied for a wonderful playoff run. Congratulations to Head Coach Chris Fleming, staff, players and fans for an exciting "Underdog Run" from 8th seed to the Championship Series in Artland. As with the entire season, the Dragons overcame tremendous adversity ranging from injuries and other challenges to deliver an outstanding post-season every Dragon can be proud of. Unfortunately, without injured PG Filberto Rivera, Artland was shorthanded when they needed it most but hats off to Bryan Bailey and his teammates who stepped up in Rivera's absence. Artland provided an excellent fight, but in the end, it was the team play and quality from Bamberg. Winning the Championship Series 3 games to 1, brose Baskets Bamberg clinched the 2006-2007 Bundesliga title and will likely earn a ticket into the outstanding Euroleague. Basketball fans remember Bamberg's fantastic performance in the Euroleague from 2005-2006 when Bauermann and his men enjoyed the most successful Euroleague performance in German basketball history. Congratulations to the entire brose Baskets Bamberg organization --- management, staff, coaches, players and fans --- for a well-deserved Bundesliga title!!!!!!!!!!! Koeln win the German Cup RheinEnergie Koeln did it again. By defeating the Artland Dragons in a thrilling final in Hamburg Head Coach Sasa Obradovic added another title to his personal collection after winning the German championship last year. It is the third time for REK to lift the BBL-Cup-trophy. Koeln were ahead 60:58 after 40 minutes, but had to fight hard to keep the Dragons down. Demond Mallet (186-G-78, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: Mc Neese St.), who was named Man of the Match afterwards, scored 21 points in the final for Koeln, while Nik Caner-Medley (203-F-83, agency: Priority Sports, college: Maryland) had 13 for the Dragons. During the second half, that saw an increasing number of turnovers and missed opportunities, the troops of Coach Chris Fleming managed to turn things around and took the lead after being behind at halftime (31:38). Though Marcin Gortat (213-C-84) did everything he could to stop the Dragons from scoring in the paint by blocking 5 shots, the good all-round play helped the Dragons to stay in buisness. In the end nerves out of steel were needed, when the charity strip turned into the place to be. With about 11 seconds left to go in the final quarter Koeln were ahead with two, when Adam Hess (201-G/F-81, college: William & Mary) tried to hit the game-winning-shot from beyond the arch, but missed it. Prior to the final EnBW Ludwigsburg won the game for the third place against Eisbaeren Bremerhaven 82:74. Simply put Gordon Scott (195-G/F-76, college: Idaho) had a fantastic performance in this match-up, nailing 8 of his 12 shots from three-point-territory. The official attendance of 5575 on Sunday (5416 on Saturday) somehow was a negative factor of this TOP 4 which had been given to the city of Hamburg. The upper bowl of the beautiful Color-Line-Arena remained closed during the whole weekend and was covered with black tarpaulin, but still quite a lot empty seats could be seen even in the lower bowl. All in all the venue was far away from being sold-out. However especially the supporters from Bremerhaven and Quakenbrueck created a great atmosphere which fit to the mostly good-looking action on the hardwood perfectly. German Bundesliga Awards 2006-07 Most Valuable Player: Jerry Green (EnBW Ludwigsburg) Coach of the Year: Silvano Poropat (EnBW Ludwigsburg) Newcomer of the Year: Je’Kel Foster (EnBW Ludwigsburg) Rookie of the Year: Nicolai Simon (ALBA Berlin) Offensive Player of the Year: Casey Jacobsen (Brose Baskets Bamberg) Defensive Player of the Year: Immanuel McElroy (RheinEnergie Köln) 1st Team Jerry Green (EnBW Ludwigsburg) Julius Jenkins (ALBA Berlin) Casey Jacobsen (Brose Baskets Bamberg) Jeff Gibbs (ratiopharm Ulm) Sharrod Ford (ALBA Berlin) 2nd Team Demond Mallet (RheinEnergie Köln) Immanuel McElroy (RheinEnergie Köln) Adam Hess (Artland Dragons) Chris Owens (ALBA Berlin) Darren Fenn (Brose Baskets Bamberg) Bundesliga All-Star Game 2006-07 The North-ALLSTARS dominated the 2007 Bundesliga ALLSTAR Game and entertained more than 13.000 basketball-fans in Koeln. Local hero Demond Mallet (186-G-78, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: Mc Neese St.) was named MVP after scoring 14 points and dishing out 10 assists in a 112:98-victory. Sharrod Ford (206-F-82, college: Clemson) of ALBA Berlin added 21 points for the North, Stefano Garris (200-G/F-79) had 21 for the ALLSTARS from the South. Leverkusens Jared Newson (196-G/F-84, college: Tennessee-Martin) won the Dunking Contest, while Bremerhavens Nick Jacobson (193-G-80, college: Utah) earned the title of the best three-point-shooter. North - South 112-98 North: Ford 21, Wallace 15, Mallet 14, Jacobson 14, McElroy 4; Fischer 10, Walker 8, Gipson 8, Archibong 8, Hall 7, Newson 3, Gardner 0 South: Garris 21, Fenn 16, Moye 10, Foster 9, Adams 0; Gibbs 14, Garrett 10, Jones 7, Maras 4, Cukinas 3, DeMichael 2, Green 2 North: Jason Gardner (Telekom Baskets Bonn, Point Guard), Sergerio Gipson (Paderborn Baskets, Shooting Guard), Tory Walker (New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig, Small Forward), Koko Archibong (ALBA Berlin, Small Forward), Derrick Allen (Bayer Giants Leverkusen, Power Forward), Judson Wallace (Eisbären Bremerhaven, Power Forward), D’Or Fischer (EWE Baskets Oldenburg, Center). South: Domonic Jones (BG Karlsruhe, Point Guard), Tommy Adams (TBB Trier, Point Guard), Je’Kel Foster (EnBW Ludwigsburg, Point Guard), A.J. Moye (WALTER Tigers Tübingen, Small Forward), Ryan DeMichael (SELLBYTEL Baskets Nürnberg, Power Forward), Pavelas Cukinas (EnBW Ludwigsburg, Center), Robert Maras (Giessen 46ers). U-19 All-Star Game: Kai Barth (TV Langen, Guard, 28.02.1989, 1,88 Meter) Per Günther (Phoenix Hagen Juniors, Guard, 05.02.1988, 1,84 Meter) David Watson (BG Karlsruhe, Guard, 16.09.1988, 1,85 Meter) Philipp Schwethelm (RheinEnergie Köln, Guard, 01.05.1989, 2,00 Meter) Johannes Betz (FC Bayern München, Forward, 27.01.1988, 1,98 Meter) Robin Benzing (TV Langen, Center, 25.01.1989, 2,08 Meter) Elias Harris (BIS Speyer, Forward, 06.07.1989, 2,00 Meter) Tom Spöler (Bayer Giants Academy Leverk., Forward, 14.04.1988, 2,06 Meter) Michael Jost (Central Hoops Berlin, Center, 26.09.1988, 2,03 Meter) Ruben Spoden (Eintracht Frankfurt, Forward, 21.04.1989, 2,02 Meter) Coaches: Stephan Seile, Zoran Kukic U-20 All-Star Game: Marco Buljevic (Giessen 46ers, Guard, 26.03.1987, 1,95 Meter) Nicolai Simon (ALBA Berlin, Guard, 03.01.1987, 1,90 Meter) Nikita Khartchenkov (NYP Braunschweig, Forward, 12.01.1987, 2,01 Meter) Oliver Clay (TuS Lichterfelde, Forward, 28.08.1987, 2,05 Meter) Christoph Jungbauer (TSV Tröster B’güßbach, Center, 23.02.1987, 2,08 Meter) Christian Hoffmann (FC Bayern München, Guard, 12.03.1987, 1,85 Meter) Kevin Wysocki (NVV Lions Mönchengladbach, Forward, 22.06.1987, 1,98 Meter) Johannes Lischka (TV Lich, Forward, 02.04.1987, 2,03 Meter) Benjamin Fumey (Bremen Roosters, Forward, 30.03.1987, 2,04 Meter) Tony Granz (POM Baskets Jena, Forward, 14.06.1987, 2,05 Meter) Coaches: Michael Kasch, Reiner Braun |
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