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Interview of the Week - October 22: German and Brose Baskets Bamberg center Tibor Pleiss

October 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · 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 [...]

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Femerling heads to Turkey

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, European domestic leagues, German BBL, heinnews

Germany’s record international Patrick Femerling finally found a club for this season as the 34-year-old center signed with Turkish top flight club Antalya BSB.

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Interview of the Week - Oct. 1: German center Philipp Neumann

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, heinnews

heinnews’ David Hein took the chance at the 2009 U18 All Star Game to have a chat with emerging German center talent Philipp Neumann, who averaged 16.1 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.4 blocks at the 2009 U18 European Championship in Metz. They discussed what the 17-year-old learned from playing with and against the likes of [...]

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Planinic: More up-tempo CSKA will miss Lorbek

September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Croatian international guard Zoran Planinic believes CSKA Moscow will run a bit more than seasons past and that the perennial Euroleague contenders have the personnel to reach Final Four in Paris though they will miss Erazem Lorbek.

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Interview of the Week - Sept. 24: France power forward Ronny Turiaf

September 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, heinnews

After a bit of time away, heinnews returned this week for a chat at EuroBasket 2009 with France power forward Ronny Turiaf. They discussed France’s young talent; how France improved over past EuroBaskets; Ricky Rubio’s decision to stay in Europe; qualifying for the 2010 World Championship.

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Plenty of talking points about Germany’s initial EuroBasket training squad

July 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, FIBA basketball, German BBL

Dirk Bauermann has named his 21-man squad for the German national team’s first training camp later this month. And there are plenty of top topics to break down.

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Interview of the Week April 9 Brose Baskets Bamberg guard Dan Dickau

April 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, FIBA basketball, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, heinnews

heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Dan Dickau, point guard with German basketball club Brose Baskets Bamberg. They discussed adapting to Germany; slamming the door on Dirk Nowitzki’s hand; playing and moving around in the NBA; NBA teammates and fashion sense; his ipod; playing for Poland at EuroBasket 2009; and rumors surrounding his [...]

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Interview of the Week April 2 German basketball national team coach Dirk Bauermann, Part 2

April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, FIBA basketball, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, college basketball, heinnews

heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with good friend Dirk Bauermann, Germany’s basketball national team coach. In part two of the interview they discussed Chris Kaman and Dirk Nowitzki playing for Germany this summer, Lucca Staiger’s impact on the German national team, getting Joe Herber some playing time, the best offensive and defensive player [...]

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Interview of the Week - March 26: German basketball national team coach Dirk Bauermann, Part 1

March 26th, 2009 · 11 Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, heinnews

heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with good friend Dirk Bauermann, Germany’s basketball national team coach. They discussed in a two-part interview his recent controversial comments regarding German players in the BBL, having one German on the court at all times, games in Germany without a single German playing and the German national team’s [...]

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