Peter Fehse (born 18 May 1983) is a German professional
basketball player who is currently coaching for
BG Bitterfeld-Sandersdorf-Wolfen
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in the German third league assisting former German national player
Stephen Arigbabu. He was drafted by the
NBA
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's
Seattle SuperSonics with the 49th overall pick in the second round of the
2002 NBA draft, but ended up never playing in an NBA game (making him 1 of 9 players from the 2002 NBA Draft to never play in the league).
Fehse, a 6 ft 11 in
power forward, began playing professionally for
SV Halle
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in 2000. He played two seasons for the team before being drafted by the SuperSonics. He opted to remain in Europe, however, and went on to play for the
Deutsche Bank Skyliners
The Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany. Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.
The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga sin ...
in the 2002–03 and
Mitteldeutscher BC
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for the 2003–04 season, where he won the
FIBA Europe Cup. In 2004, he joined the
New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig for three seasons, but was unable to provide any impact due to injuries. In 2008, he joined the team of
SG Braunschweig
SG Braunschweig is a basketball club based in Braunschweig, Germany.
History
The team was formed in 1978 as a cooperation between the basketball sections of the clubs FT Braunschweig and MTV Braunschweig. In 2000–01 the club passed its Bask ...
in the German second league to gain some playing experience. In summer 2009 he went back to Mitteldeutscher BC, but has not played in a game yet. Instead he is working as an assistant coach with the Under-19 team of Mitteldeutscher BC.
Fehse also has made appearances for the
German national youth team in the 2000 qualifying tournament for the
FIBA World Championship.
On 22 December 2009 Fehse's rights were traded by the
Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly the Seattle SuperSonics) to the
Utah Jazz for
Eric Maynor and the contract of injured forward
Matt Harpring. The trade was primarily a salary dump for the Jazz to decrease their luxury tax assessment.
References
External links
Team record through 2004Player ProfileESPN NBA Draft Profile
1983 births
Living people
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players
German men's basketball players
Mitteldeutscher BC players
People from Bezirk Halle
Power forwards (basketball)
Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
Skyliners Frankfurt players
Sportspeople from Halle (Saale)
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