German BBL league officials this weekend took a step forward in developing more young talent as they agreed to increase the number of Germans on their 12-man roster from four in 2009-10 to five for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons and six for the 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 campaigns.
heinnews’s David Hein was at the 2009 EuroBasket Women and caught up with FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann. In the first part of a two-part interview, they discussed Latvia hosting the women’s European championship; the 2010 FIBA World Championship Men in Turkey; Germany hosting the 2010 U17 World Championship Men; [...]
German national team coach Dirk Bauermann has long been a staunch adversary of the German BBL league’s very lax regulations on foreigners. But the former nine-time German league title-winning coach unleashed one of his most intense attacks on the league, this time also addressing the Americans playing in the BBL.
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Marco Baldi, manager of German basketball club Alba Berlin. They discussed the team’s tough contest against Barcelona in the Euroleague, new signing Blagota Sekulic, basketball in German television, the affects of the Euroleague Final Four on German basketball, the club’s long-term plans [...]
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Chris Fleming, head coach of German basketball club Brose Baskets Bamberg. They discussed the team’s recent signing Dan Dickau, Bamberg’s current struggles in the German BBL, young German center talent Tim Ohlbrecht, basketball in Munich and Hamburg and Alba Berlin’s Euroleague games [...]
The worldwide financial crisis has struck everywhere – even the German basketball BBL league. But one BBL club may have found a new way of earning money – the German version of the worldwide-known game show “Millionaire”.
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Jan Pommer, the CEO of the German basketball BBL league. They discussed the state of the league, the worldwide financial crisis, how German clubs compare to others in Europe, Germany’s effort to improve their youth development, foreigner regulations, a new club in [...]
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with German national team guard Robert Garrett of Brose Baskets Bamberg to discuss changes in the club with Chris Fleming replacing Dirk Bauermann as head coach, the German club’s goals for the basketball BBL league season, the 2008 Olympics, Dirk Nowitzki and the [...]
Plans are in movement to bring an elite European basketball team to the northern German metropole Hamburg – perhaps as early as 2009. A local Hamburg newspaper reported that two American investors are talking about having a budget of 10-12 million euros for the club.
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