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Entries Tagged as 'Robin Benzing'

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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Interview of the Week – June 10: German national team coach Dirk Bauermann (Part 1)

June 10th, 2010 · No Comments · EuroBasket Men 2013, Euroleague - Eurocup, FIBA U17 World Championship Men, FIBA basketball, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, NBA, World Cup

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 finals; the promotion of Bayreuth [...]

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Benzing 99.9% in Germany in 2010-11, regardless if drafted

June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · European domestic leagues, FIBA basketball, German BBL, NBA, college basketball

Times are good for the future of German basketball right now with Robin Benzing, Elias Harris and Tibor Pleiss three young NBA prospects.
Benzing, who turned 21 in January, is the oldest of the trio with Harris celebrating his 21st birthday in July and Pleiss not turning 21 until November.
One day all three could be in [...]

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Interview of the Week - May 6, 2010: Brose Baskets Bamberg center Tibor Pleiss

May 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · 2009 EuroBasket, Albert Schweitzer Tournament, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week

heinnews’s David Hein had a chance to sit down once again with Tibor Pleiss, German international center and big man for German BBL club Brose Baskets Bamberg. They discussed winning the 2010 BBL Cup; the Rookie of the Year award; his development since last summer; as well as his expectations for the BBL playoffs and [...]

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Interview of the Week – October 29: Bayern Munich basketball coach Michael Schwarz

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, Euroleague - Eurocup, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, German BBL, Interviews/Interview of the Week, heinnews

heinnews’ David Hein sat down this week with Michael Schwarz, the newly-named head coach of the German basketball club Bayern Munich as well as the coaching coordinator for FIBA Europe. They discussed the recently-completed FIBA Europe Coaching Certificate program; the FIBA Europe U18 All-Star Game; the new foreigner regulations in Germany; his hiring as new [...]

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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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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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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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Motiejunas says no to U20 next summer, another USC big, Bauermann orders youngsters to man up

July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009 EuroBasket, European domestic leagues, FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, FIBA basketball, NBA, college basketball, heinnews

 
So, we have reached the quarterfinals here at the U20 European Championship in Rhodes. Three more days of action and then it’s back home to rest and relaxation. And there are some great match-ups today – Spain-Turkey, France-Montenegro, Croatia-Greece and Lithuania-Italy. The finger on the pulse of the tournament has Donatas Motiejunas saying he will [...]

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Big names missing from first day, U19 stars start slowly

July 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · FIBA Europe Youth Tournaments, heinnews

 
Looking at the first day of action at the U20 European Championship, a few of the big names were missing from the box scores in Rhodes and Ialysos. And some of the U19 World Championship stars started slowly in the tournament.

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