Owen Klassen joins Wuerzburg

 German club s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL) has landed the services of Owen Klassen (208 cm, Acadia’14) for 2017-18. Klassen is a 26-year-old Canadian international basketball player who has been a member of the Canadian National Team since 2011. Klassen is no stranger to German hoops, having seen action for Phoenix Hagen (Germany-BBL) in the 2015-16…

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Vaughn Duggins, newcomer to Wuerzburg

 Vaughn Duggins (190 cm, Wright State’11) is a new face on the roster of s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL) this 2017-18. Duggins is no stranger to German basketball, having spent the last couple of seasons playing for EWE Baskets Oldenburg (Germany-BBL). In 2016-17 he played four games for them in the Basketball Champions League and averaged…

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German BBL: Wuerzburg Surges to Top with 5-0 Start

 s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg is the top team in Germany’s easyCredit BBL right now. They are in the midst of a scorching-hot run and are the last remaining undefeated team in the league with a 5-0 record. They have revamped their offense and have been sharing the ball quite well. Their offensive game has been on point…

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D.J. Richardson signs with s. Oliver Wuerzburg

D.J. Richardson (190 cm, Illinois ’13) is the newest member of s. Oliver Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL). The guard is a solid scorer and will look to continue his scoring ways for Wuerzburg next season. The team went 11-21 last season which slotted them 14th in the BBL. They are in need of an offensive play maker…

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Vytenis Lipkevicius lands with S. Oliver Wuerzburg

Vytenis Lipkevicius (196 cm) inked a deal with S. Oliver Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL). The 28-year-old Lithuanian forward is making his first move to the German league in his career. Since the beginning of his career in 2007, Lipkevicius only played in Lithuania with four different teams in the LKL. Last season, Lipkevicius was with Vytautas Prienu (Lithuania-LKL) where…

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Osvaldas Olisevicius joins S. Oliver Wuerzburg

Osvaldas Olisevicius (200 cm) is heading to S. Oliver Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL). This is the first move to Germany for the Lithuanian power forward. Previously, his entire career was spent in Lithuania, most recently with Pieno Zvaigzdez Pasvalys (Lithuania-LKL). Olisevicius has been with this Lithuanian team since the 2014/2015 season. Last season in 38 games he played 25.2…

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Michael Cobbins added by Wuerzburg

Michael Cobbins (203 cm, Oklahoma State’15) has reached an agreement with S.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL) and will be joining them this 2017. The 24-year-old product of Oklahoma State started the 2016-17 season playing in Greece for AS Apollon Patras (Greece-A1). In a dozen games Michael was able to record averages of 6.7 ppg and 4.8…

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Mustafa Shakur heading to S. Oliver Wurzburg

Mustafa Shakur (192 cm, Arizona ’07) is on the move to play for S. Oliver Wurzburg (Germany-BBL). The 32-year-old shooting guard started the season playing for Afyon (Turkey-TBL). He averaged 10.8 ppg and 5.3 aspg while playing 26.7 mpg in ten games. Shakur already played in Germany last year where he played for Ludwigsburg (Germany- BBL).…

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Elijah Johnson lands with Wuerzburg

Elijah Johnson (192 cm, Kansas’13) will continue his professional career this 2016-17 with S.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL). Johnson was released by Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League) towards the end of 2016. Johnson signed with them in November 2016, but did not log any games with the team. Elijah began the 2016-17 season on the roster of…

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James Southerland to s.Oliver Baskets

James Southerland (203 cm, Syracuse’13) will continue his professional career this 2016-17 as a new addition to the roster of s.Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg (Germany-BBL). In 2015-16 the 26-year-old forward began his season with Vanoli Cremona (Italy-Serie A). He played 14 games for the Italian team and averaged 5.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg. In January 2016…

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