Euroleague transfer analysis: Group C
July 24, 2008
The next group in BallinEurope’s continuing analysis is Group C, as A and B have already been discussed. While A will be called the Childress Group, in C we’ll have the Jennings Group then. But let’s see what the teams have done so far in terms of transfers.
Last chance for Dirk Nowitzki
July 20, 2008
Today at 18h30 Central European time, Dirk Nowitzki and his German national team will play their qualifying game for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. And this will be the last chance for a whole German generation of basketball players to qualify for the Olympic Games.
Robin Benzing ineligible for NCAA basketball
July 19, 2008
The name of Robin Benzing may not be a familiar one to all readers of BallinEurope, but he is now a new chapter of the problems young facing Europeans who wish to play in the NCAA.
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008: Day 2
July 15, 2008
Day one is in the books and the first two games weren’t that surprising at all, right? New Zealand, most famous for its pre-game dance, won their game against Cape Verde by 27 points. Why does this matter? Because on day 2, Cape Verde will play Germany.
Why does Germany matter? You’re right, just because of Dirk Nowitzki and the Germanized Chris Kaman, who will play his first game for head coach Dirk Bauermann. It looks like Chris is pretty excited to play for Germany and even thinks the German eagle on his chest is “cool.” Basically Chris is trading in this eagle for that one.
Should be an easy first game for Chris unless Cape Verde is that mad because of losing to New Zealand by 27 points - It won’t happen; these guys are pretty chilled.
The third matchup features Cameroon and Puerto Rico. Cameroon just lost their opener against Croatia by 14 points, and I am sure Puerto Rico won’t give them an easy chance to win their first game of the tournament. With players such as Daniel Santiago, Juan Jose Barea (Dallas Mavericks) and Carlos Arroyo (Orlando Magic), Puerto Rico has one goal in mind: to qualify for the Olympics. I am pretty sure that Cameroon won’t be the team to stop their mission.
The last matchup for Tuesday night is Lebanon vs. Brazil. Even without a Leandro Barbosa, Brazil is good enough to easily beat Lebanon. Players such as Tiago Splitter and Alex Garica are enough to beat a team on which the tallest player is “only” 6′9″ (205cm).
Game to watch: Germany v. Cape Verde.
Monday’s cigarettes
July 14, 2008
Back from holiday, here are just a few cigarettes to start Olympic Qualifiers week in Beijing.
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008: Day 1
July 13, 2008
With about 24 hours until the Olympic Qualifying Tournament starts, let’s have a look at the teams and the chances for each team to make it to the big goal: the Olympics in Beijing. Read more
Monday’s cigarettes
July 7, 2008
A new week is starting and still no official competition going on. So the cigarettes are pretty short this Monday, too.
Breaking News: Kaman cleared to play for Germany
July 2, 2008
It’s now official: Chris Kaman has received his German passport at the German consulate in Los Angeles. So Team Germany has now added big firepower in the paint for the upcoming Olympic qualifiers in Athens.
The 2008 National Champions
June 25, 2008
BallinEurope has established a list of all National Champions in the various European leagues as they are known so far. If you have results to add or know who was named Final MVPs in a European league, feel free to add this in the comments so that we can update the list.
Bundesliga Transfers Table 2008/2009
June 19, 2008
Euroleague Transfers - France Transfers - Spain Transfers (acb.com)
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA TRANSFERS
Updated: 25/7/2008 17h50CET
NB: Please note that names in bold are confirmed transfers. Others listed are rumors published by various media or online discussion forums. The Budget figures are either officially announced numbers or estimations related in the Media.
| Arrivals | Departures | |
| Brose Baskets Bamberg | Chris Fleming (head coach Artland) John Goldsberry (Artland) Eric Taylor (Bayer Giants) Jared Newson (Cairns) |
Dirk Bauermann (head coach Germany) Steffen Hamann (ALBA Berlin) Sajmen Hauer (Franken Hexer) Chris Ensminger (?) |
| Artland Dragons | Zack Whiting (Leverkusen) Flavio Stückemann (Braunschweig) Thorsten Leibenath (head coach Giessen) Leo Niebuhr (Karlsruhe) Darren Fenn (Brose Baskets) Heiko Schaffartzik (Ludwigsburg) |
Chris Fleming (head coach Bamberg) John Goldsberry (Bamberg) Adam Chubb (ALBA Berlin) Hendrik Feist (?) Leon Rodgers (KK Zadar) |
| EnBW Ludwigsburg | Phillipp Heyden (ALBA BERLIN) Dominic Jones (Braunschweig) Brian Jones (Lleida) Dane Watts (Creighton) Rick Stafford (head coach) |
Silvano Poropat (head coach?) Heiko Schaffartzik (Frankfurt, Artland, Giessen) Nate Harris (?) Sascha Kesselring (Schalke 04) Nils Mittmann (?) Vincent Yarbrough (Bonn) Ronald Ross (?) |
| Köln 99ers | Zoran Kukic (head coach) Danilo Smigic (Pardubice) Björn Schoo (Kaiserslautern) Jeremy Hunt (Kaiserslautern) |
Sasa Obradovic (head coach BC Kiyv) Misan Nikagbatse (Napoli) Nedzad Sinanovic (?) Derek Raivio (TBB Trier) Milko Bjelica (Lietuvos Rytas) Marko Keselj (Crvena Zvezda) |
| ALBA Berlin
Budget: 7-8M€ |
Steffen Hamann (Brose Baskets) Adam Chubb (Artland Dragons) Rashad Wright (Efes Pilsen) Zoran Osmokrovic (Patras) |
Phillipp Heyden (Ludwigsburg) Dijon Thompson (Azovmash) Goran Nikolic (?) Mladen Pantic (?) Goran Jeretin (BC Kiev) |
| Eisbären Bremerhaven | Jeb Ivey (Göttingen) Arturas Valeika (Weber State) Yemi Nicholson (Austin Toros) Mike Gansey (D-League) Brandon Thomas (Naestved) |
Brian Brown (?) Nate Doornekamp (?) Nate Funk (?) |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | Vincent Yarbrough (Ludwigsburg) | Bernd Kruel (Hagen)
Miah Davis (Poznan) |
| Giants Düsseldorf | Logan Kosmalski (Nantes) Pete Campbell (Butler University) Matt Lottich (Osaka) |
Ransford Brempong (Groningen) Zack Whiting (Artland Dragons) Eric Taylor (Bamberg) |
| EWE Baskets Oldenburg | Je’Kel Foster (Paris-Levallois) Marco Buljevic (Oldenburg) |
Mirko Anastasov (Tübingen) Dan McClintock (?) Branislav Ratkovica (Tübingen) Branimir Longin (Cibona Zagreb) |
| Walter Tigers Tübingen | Daniel Fountain (NC -Wilmington) Mirko Anastasov (Oldenburg) Branislav Ratkovica (Oldenburg) Michael Lake (Nürnberg) |
Igor Perovic (career end–>assistant) Terrance McGee (?) Tim Modersitzki (?) Patrick Sparks (?) Ryan DeMichael (?) Douglas Gorauskas (?) Ray Nixon (?) DeeAndre Hulett (?) Waitari Marsh (?) Jonathan Solomon (?) Bingo Merriex (Le Havre) |
| Paderborn Baskets |
Lavelle Felton (Jena) Steven Wright (Braunschweig) Bryant McAllister (München Basket) Spencer Tollackson (Minnesota) Matt Terwilliger (Ohio State) Nino Garris (Skyliners) |
Jason Edwin (?) Malik Moore (?) John Redder Bynum (?) Kenny Whitehead (?) Tim Black (?) |
| ratiopharm Ulm | Per Günther (Hagen) Keith Triplett (CSU Sibiu) Michael Schröder (Göttingen) Lee Humphrey Cedric von Düring (Bonn/Rhöndorf) Nemanja Kekic (München) |
Florian Möbius (career end) Jan Sprünken (career end) Bryan Lucas (?) Kyle Bailey (Göttingen) Konrad Wysocki (Frankfurt) |
| Deutsche Bank Skyliners | Konrad Wysocki (Ulm) Lorenzo Gordon (Kepez Bld) Daniel Russ (Leeuwarden) Heiko Schaffartzik (Ludwigsburg) |
Nino Garris (?) Maksym Shtein (?) Steven Clauss (assistant coach) Jimmie Hunt (?) |
| New Yorker Phantoms | Will Franklin (Borac Nektar) Michael Flowers (Wisconsin) Jeremy Crouch (Bradley) |
Jannik Freese (Giessen) Steven Wright (Paderborn) Jorge Schmidt (MBC) Dominic Jones (Ludwigsburg) Flavio Stückemann (Artland Dragons) John Allen (?) |
| TBB Trier
Budget: 1.8M€ |
George Evans (Mons-Hainaut) Derek Raivio (Köln 99ers) Norman Richardson (Polonia Warszawa) Alex Goolsby (MJC Trier) Jamal Shuler (VCU) Tyrone Riley (Polonia Warszawa) |
Austen Rowland (?) Marcus Taylor (?) Caleb Green (Dexia Mons-Hainaut) Dan Cage (Nanterre) Josh Almanson (?) |
| LTi Giessen 46ers | Jannik Freese (NY’er Phantoms) Simon Cote (headcoach) Robert Maras (La Palma) |
Marco Buljevic (Oldenburg) Rouven Roessler (?) Thorsten Leibenath (Head coach Artland) |
| BG47 Göttingen | Jason Miller (Jena) Kyle Bailey (Ulm) Roderick Trice (Cuxhaven) Davor Lamesic (Traiskirchen) Peer Wente (Heidelberg) Robert Kulawick (Den Helder) Chris Oliver (Kaiserslautern) |
David Monds (?) Jeb Ivey (Bremerhaven) Jahmar Thorpe (?) Selim Mulic (?) Keoni Watson (?) Willie Jenkins (Limoges) Nigel Moore (?) Babis Douloudis (?) Dwayne Kirkley (?) Michael Schröder (Ulm) |
| VPV Giants Nördlingen
Budget: 890.000€ |
Monta McGhee (Cuxhaven) Danny Gibson (Cuxhaven) Joseph Eichler (Landsberg) |
Dima Rastatter (BG Karlsruhe) Waldemar Buchmiller (?) LaShon Sheffield (?) Jamar Howard (?) |
