Germany
Gordon Herbert to coach Frankfurt
Gordon Herbert has been installed as the new head coach of German BBL team Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt on a two year contract. Canadian-Finnish Herbert has replaced the out-going Muli Katzurin who left the team after two years and a poor season. Herbert was in Germany during the 2011-2012 season as the head coach of ALBA…
Read MoreSmeulders extends with EWE Baskets
EWE Baskets Oldenburg from Germany’s BBL has given Robin Smeulders (207 cm, Portland’10) a two-year contract extension. The Dutch-German player has been with EWE Baskets since graduating college in 2010 and is a good prospect for the team’s future. In 2012-13 he played 33 games in the German league and averaged 6.8 ppg and 3.6…
Read MoreMerz extended by Fraport SKY
The Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt from Germany’s BBL has made an investment in its future by signing Max Merz (183 cm) to a four-year deal. The 19-year-old Merz has been a mainstay in several German youth National Teams. He was a member of the U17 National Team in 2009 and 2010, the U16 National Team in…
Read MorePatrick Carney returns to ETB Wohnbau
Patrick Carney (185 cm, Chapman’07) is returning to ETB Wohnbau Baskets Essen from Germany’s ProA. Carney spent most of the 2012-13 season playing in Germany’s ProB for City Basket Recklinghausen. He logged 24 games for them and averaged 19.6 ppg and 3.8 rpg. With this being Carney’s second crack at playing in ProA, he will…
Read MoreQuantez Robertson stays with Frankfurt
Quantez Robertson (189 cm, Auburn’09), who has been a member of the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt from Germany’s BBL since 2009, has his contract extended until 2016. The 29-year-old is a fan favorite who averaged 10.8 ppg and 6.3 rpg in 34 games for the Skyliners this 2012-13 season. In the 2011-12 season Robertson played six…
Read MoreMuli Katzurin leaves Fraport Skyliners
Muli Katzurin has left as the head coach of the Fraport Skyliners of the German Bundesliga the team has officially announced. The announcement came just hours after the team picked up a vital win against Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg. The 77-72 victory ensured that Fraport would not be relegated from the Beko BBL but Katzurin will…
Read MoreDouglas Spradley leaves Bremerhaven
Douglas Spradley will no longer be head coach at Eisbaeren Bremerhaven after the club announced it would not extend the contract of the American-German. Spradley has been the head coach at Bremerhaven since the start of the 2009-2010 season but a disappointing campaign this season has ensured that the club will now seek a new…
Read MoreOldenburg loses to end streak
EWE Baskets Oldenburg slipped at the last hurdle in their quest to enter next week’s Eurochallenge Final Four on the back of a huge winning streak. The German team has been in fine form of late and has won its last six games while also picking up 10 victories in the last 11. However, it…
Read MoreBryant repeats as Beko BBL MVP
As he was at the end of the Beko BBL 2011-12 season, John Bryant of ratiopharm Ulm has been voted the BBL’s MVP for the 2012-13 season. The voting is done by a group of
Read MorePredrag Krunic is new coach of Bayreuth
BBC Bayreuth from Germany’s BBL has recently announced that Predrag Krunic will be the team’s new Head Coach. Krunic, who hails from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is not on a rescue mission to salvage what’s left of Bayreuth’s season, but actually being positioned should the team avoid gettting eliminated. Krunic has had a long-standing background coaching…
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