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 [...]
CLARIFICATION: Elias Harris is NOT in the NBA Draft. He will be back at Gonzaga for his sophomore seaason I apologize for any confustion I may have caused by saying he was in the draft. A dpa report had reported he would be there and I didn’t realise it was [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
One of Germany’s top young basketball talents has been criticized by his team’s manager for not using his potential. Elsewhere, Usain Bolt’s coach thinks the world record holder can go even faster and the Denver Nuggets may have cause for concern after a major injury.
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 [...]
