Alba Berlin failed to reach the second round of German BBL league playoffs. But that didn’t stop the heads of Euroleague on Wednesday from handing the club a wild card for the Euroleague qualification for 2010-11. Undoubtedly a big reason for the measure was Alba Berlin’s home arena o2 World, [...]
We at heinnews would like to present another new section of the website – German Basketball Check. This will be a regular check of the latest on-goings in German basketball – ranging from the BBBL to the German national team and from transfer rumors to latest signings. In general, this [...]
heinnews’ David Hein this week took a trip to northwest Germany to visit with Je’Kel Foster, guard for reigning German league BBL champions EWE Baskets Oldenburg. They discussed Oldenburg’s tough 104-61 loss at home against Real Madrid; how the German champs have fared thus far in the Euroleague; and the [...]
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.
Going into the 2009-10 season, reigning German BBL league champions EWE Baskets Oldenburg are leading the two-year rankings for Germany’s automatic bid for the Euroleague. But there have been changes made to the number of points clubs collect this season.
