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Giants Nördlingen
TSV 1861 Giants Nördlingen is a basketball club based in Nördlingen, Germany. The club currently plays in the ProB, the German third highest league. History The club was founded as ''TSV Nördlingen'' in 1953. In the 1972/73 season TSV 1861 Nördlingen competed for first time in the southern group of the Basketball Bundesliga. After finishing bottom of the table (5/23 record) the club was relegated.In the 2007/08 season, under the coach Andreas Wagner, Nördlingen managed to win the championship to the Bundesliga ProA and earned promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga. In the spring of 2008, the club was renamed to Giants Nördlingen Basketball AG. Results Honours *2. Basketball Bundesliga The 2. Basketball Bundesliga was the second level Sports league, league of the German basketball league system, German professional basketball league system. Until the 2007–08 season, the ''2. Basketball Bundesliga'' was replaced by two geographi ... (1): :2007–08 Notable players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ProB
The ProB is the German basketball league system, third-tier level Sports league, league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 24 teams, separated into a Northern and a Southern Division. Officially, the ProB is part of the ''2. Basketball Bundesliga'', which consists of the two hierarchical leagues ''ProA'' and ''ProB''. Before the 2007–08 season, the ''2. Basketball Bundesliga'' was a basketball league with the same name, which consisted of two geographical divisions. At the end of the league stage, the winning team of the playoffs in each division, qualify for the ProA, and the teams positioned in 9th place and lower, fight in the play-downs, for the whereabouts in the league. The last two placed teams of both divisions are Promotion and relegation, relegated to the lower level fourth-tier league (1.Regionalliga). Current teams (2024-25) North South Champions Performances by club See also *ProA *2. Basketball Bundesliga Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nördlingen
Nördlingen (; Swabian: ''Nearle'' or ''Nearleng'') is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 20,674. It is located approximately east of Stuttgart, and northwest of Munich. It was built in an impact crater 15 million years old and in diameter—the Nördlinger Ries—of a meteorite which hit with an estimated speed of 70,000 km/h, and left the area riddled with an estimated 72,000 tons of micro-diamonds. Nördlingen was first mentioned in recorded history in 898. The town was the location of two battles during the Thirty Years' War, which took place between 1618 and 1648. Today it is one of very few towns in Germany that still have completely intact city walls—joining the ranks of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Dinkelsbühl and Berching, all of them in Bavaria. Another attraction in the town is Saint George's Church's steeple, called "Daniel," which is made of a suevite impact breccia that contains shocked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the German basketball league system, highest level Sports league, league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage, and the teams positioned in the 17th and 18th places are Relegation, relegated to a lower-tier league. The playoffs are played in a "Playoff format#Best-of-five playoff, Best of five" format. The winning team of the final round are crowned the German champions (basketball), German Champions of that season. In addition to the league competition, all BBL teams compete for the BBL-Cup, German Basketball Cup. Teams playing 2. Basketball Bundesliga, in the second league (ProA or ProB), or in a lower level Regionalliga#Basketball, Regionalliga, are also eligible to par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osvaldo Jeanty
Osvaldo Jeanty (born August 1, 1983) is a Canadian basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is one of the all-time greats of the Carleton University Ravens men's basketball team and a member of the Ravens' Hall of Fame. Jeanty was named ''CIS male athlete of the year'' in 2006, and ''CIS basketball player of the year'' in 2006 and 2007. He also played on Canada's men's national team. Upon graduation, he spent six years playing professionally in Germany, Morocco, Romania and in the NBL Canada. He retired from professional basketball in November 2013. University career Born in Belle-Rivière, Haiti, Jeanty attended Carleton University majoring in commerce. In 2006, he was named the ''2006 CIS male athlete of the year'', by the Borden Ladner Gervais awards committee, becoming the first of two Carleton Raven student-athletes to do so in its twenty-one year history. Jeanty won Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) titles every year while at Carleton, and was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Gibson
Danny Gibson (born January 28, 1984) is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Śląsk Wrocław of the PLK. Gibson plays the point guard or shooting guard and has played in multiple leagues in Europe. Professional career On October 17, 2013, Gibson signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League. He won the Polish Basketball Cup with Śląsk Wrocław. On July 14, 2014, Gibson signed with Rosa Radom of the Polish Basketball League. On August 11, 2015, Gibson signed with Pierniki Toruń of the Polish Basketball League. On October 29, 2019, he has signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the PLK. Honours Club ;Śląsk Wrocław *Polish Basketball Cup: 2014 ;ZZ Leiden *NBB Cup: 2010 Individual * DBL Most Valuable Player (1): 2009–10 *All-DBL Team (1): 2009–10 *DBL All-Star (1): 2010 * All-PLK Team (1): 2015–16 References External linksProfile at rizemanagement.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodrick Stewart
Lodrick Stewart (born April 30, 1985) is a former American college basketball player. He played at the University of Southern California. Lodrick and twin brother Rodrick, attended Joyner Elementary School in Tupelo, Mississippi, before moving to Seattle, Washington. Personal life Stewart has a twin brother named Rodrick Stewart, and they have younger twin brothers, Hikeem and Kadeem Stewart, who played for University of Washington and Shoreline Community College, and their youngest brother Scotty Ewing played for South Puget Sound Community College and is now playing professionally in China. Stewart's son Jaylin plays college basketball at UConn. High school career Stewart attended basketball powerhouse Rainier Beach High School in Seattle. He played alongside his brother Rodrick, Nate Robinson, Terrence Williams, and C. J. Giles. As a senior, he led his basketball team to a 28–1 record and won the AAA state championship. College career Stewart played for the USC Trojan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monta McGhee
Monta McGhee (born November 11, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. McGhee has played for several teams in Europe after his time with the Lewis Flyers in the NCAA2 competition. Honours Club ZZ Leiden *Dutch Basketball League (1): 2010–11 *NBB Cup (1): 2009–10 Individual ZZ Leiden *DBL All-Star The Dutch Basketball League All-Star Gala was a yearly basketball event in the Netherlands, organised by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). During the event the yearly All-Star Game was played, which included the best players of a given DB ... (1): 2010 References External linksEurobasket.com profile 1979 births Living people< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giordan Watson
Giordan Watson (born 24 October 1985) is an American-Romanian professional basketball player for SCM Universitatea Craiova of the Romanian Liga Națională. Standing at , Watson primarily plays as point guard. A naturalized Romanian, he also plays for the Romanian national basketball team. Professional career Watson spent the 2011–2012 season with Úrvalsdeild karla club Grindavík, helping them win the Icelandic Supercup, the Icelandic Company Cup, and the Icelandic championship. On 27 June 2017, Watson signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională. He signed with CSM Oradea in 2018. Watson averaged 11.3 points and 3.7 assists per game in 2019–20. He re-signed with the team on June 29, 2020. On July 16, 2021, he has signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională. International career In June 2017, Watson was selected for the first selection of players for the Romanian national basketball team, to play at EuroBasket 2017 EuroBasket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams In Germany
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Establishments In West Germany
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. ** The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 ** Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. ** British security forces in West Germany arrest 7 members of the Naumann Circle, a clandestine Neo-Nazi organization. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record is never broken. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
