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Tibor Pleiss: The next Nowitzki or next Peter Fehse? Something in between?

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 FIBA World Championship Men, Euroleague - Eurocup, FIBA basketball, German BBL, NBA, college basketball

German 20-year-old center Tibor Pleiss experienced a pretty exciting night June 24 when he was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the first pick of the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft – No. 31 overall – and ended up a new big man prospect for the up-and-coming Oklahoma City Thunder.
So is Tibor [...]

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Benzing pulls name out of NBA Draft

June 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · FIBA basketball, German BBL, NBA

NBA teams will have the entire 2010-11 season to figure out if they want to draft Robin Benzing as the talent 21-year-old German hoops talent decided in the last minute to pull his name out of the 2010 NBA Draft.

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Oldenburg leads rankings for 2010-11 Euroleague spot

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Euroleague - Eurocup, European domestic leagues, German BBL, heinnews

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.

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Where U20s are heading next season

July 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, German BBL, NBA, college basketball, heinnews

The U20 European Championship just ended back but wanted to look forward to next season with this group to look at what 2009-10 holds for them. Of course this is hardly an extensive list. But it’s a sampling of where basketball fans can find the best of the best from U20s next season.

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Germany basketball may want to thank Ulm, Tübingen should hardly be called German club

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments · German BBL, heinnews

Numbers came out Thursday in the German BBL basketball league giving the up-to-date statistics about which clubs are playing the most German players under the age of 24. German basketball fans should be following ratiopharm Ulm, who have given younger Germans the most playing time while Walter Tigers Tübingen should hardly be called a “German” [...]

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