heinnews’s David Hein met up with Montenegro and EWE Baskets Oldenburg guard Sead Sehovic. They discussed Oldenburg’s up and down season to date; the 22-year-old’s adaptation since leaving Montenegro; the Montenegro national team; and Montenegro’s NBA centers Nikola Pekovic and Nikola Vucevic. heinnews: Oldenburg have been struggling a bit in [...]
The name Svetislav Pesic is anything but an unknown for German basketball fans the Serbian coaching legend was responsible for two of the biggest successes in German basketball history. And now the 62-year-old is being heavily rumored as new head coach of the German national team. Pesic and the German [...]
heinnews’s David Hein met up with 17-year-old Denmark prospect Rasmus Larsen at the FIBA Europe U18 All-Star Game at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania. They talked about what it’s like to play in front of 10,000 Lithuanians; his helping Denmark to the silver medal at the U18 European Championship Division [...]
heinnews’s David Hein met up with talented Serbian point guard Nenad Miljenovic at the FIBA Europe U18 All-Star Game at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania. They talked about winning the U18 European silver medal and playing at the U18 All-Star Game; his four-year contract with Partizan and his expectations there; [...]
Bayern Munich opened their new home the Audi Dome with a friendly against Turkish giants. heinnews’s David Hein was on hand and found the time to catch up with Fenerbahce forward Emir Preldzic. They talked about expectations for the club this season; pressure on the club with the Euroleague Final [...]
Vilnius (heinnews) – FIBA Europe organizers desperately wanted to bring more nations to the EuroBasket party when they pushed the field from 16 to 24 teams. Unfortunately the system in place of two round robin rounds and then knockout games starting at the quarterfinals have lengthened the tournament to nearly [...]
As Germany returned to work following a public holiday on Monday, the nation expressed their massive pride in Dirk Nowitzki winning the NBA championship with his Dallas Mavericks. Plans are already on-going in a big welcome party in his native Würzburg and by the German Basketball Federation DBB, the latter [...]
Slovenian basketball fans are breathing a sigh of relief after their federal goverment said additional funding for EuroBasket 2013 was secured if the country is as expected awarded the event. The Balkan nation is suffering through tough financial times at the moment and Ljubljana had delayed a decision on whether [...]
With news coming out of Slovenia that the nation’s government has delayed a decision on whether to support the country’s bid to host the 2013 EuroBasket, FIBA Europe told heinnews on November 19 that it would not comment on the situation until after the Board’s meeting in early December.
heinnews’s David Hein figured this week it was time to chat again with German basketball national team coach after quite some time without catching up with the former Bamberg boss. In the first part of a two-part interview, they talked about the 2010 World Cup in South Africa; the BBL [...]
