heinnews’ David Hein sat down this week with Michael Schwarz, the newly-named head coach of the German basketball club Bayern Munich as well as the coaching coordinator for FIBA Europe. They discussed the recently-completed FIBA Europe Coaching Certificate program; the FIBA Europe U18 All-Star Game; the new foreigner regulations in Germany; his hiring as new [...]
Entries from October 29th, 2009
Omri Casspi ready to make Israeli-NBA history
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, NBA, heinnews
History will be made in the Sacramento Kings 2009-10 NBA season opener on Wednesday when Omri Casspi steps onto the court against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 21-year-old Kings rookie forward will become the first Israeli to play in the NBA.
Casspi - a 6-foot-9 forward - guided Israeli giants Maccabi Tel Aviv to the domestic [...]
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German Bundesliga in favor of salary cap, but not on their own
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Bundesliga, Football - Soccer, Sports Business, heinnews
Leaders of Germany’s top football Bundesliga clubs see a salary cap as a way to stop the exploding costs of player contracts. But they do not want to go it alone, hoping that UEFA will push for a European-wide cap.
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Interview of the Week - October 22: German and Brose Baskets Bamberg center Tibor Pleiss
October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, heinnews
heinnews’ David Hein took a trip up to Bamberg to talk to young German basketball national team center Tibor Pleiss from Brose Baskets Bamberg. They discussed Pleiss’s eventful summer; what he learned from playing against players like Sofoklis Schortsanitis; the insolvency of Köln 99ers; Germany’s new regulations for German players; and the NBA as a [...]
Tags: basketball in germany·Brose Baskets Bamberg·deutsche basketball·Dirk Bauermann·Elias Harris (Gonzaga University/USA./BiS Baskets Speyer)·EuroBasket 2009·European basketball·german basketball talent·German national team·international basketball·Köln 99ers bankruptcy·Robin Benzing·Sofoklis Schortsantinitis·star basketball prospects·Tibor Pleiss·U20 European Championship·Ulm·young european basketball talent
Oldenburg missing Gardner for Euroleague opener
October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Euroleague - Eurocup, German BBL, heinnews
Euroleague sporting bet Fantasy Challenge players beware: Point guard Jason Gardner will miss EWE Baskets Oldenburg’s opening Euroleague contest at Asseco Prokom as the American will not even travel to Poland with a back injury.
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