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2011/12: 5th place

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JBBL German Masters 2012

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The Paderborn Baskets are a professional German basketball team from Paderborn, whose game operation has been organized since 2002 by the Paderborn Baskets Team GmbH. In the past, the team entered under various sponsors name, last until April 2012 as webmoebel Baskets. From the 2012/13 season, the club is called finches baskets. The team played in the 1994/ 95 and 2006 to 2010 class in the National Basketball League. Since 1984, then still as VBC Paderborn, the team always plays at least second class, since 2010, she again heard the second highest domestic league championship under their name to ProA.

History

VBC 69 (1969 to 1991)

The immediate predecessor of the club Paderborn Baskets was founded in 1969, VBC 69 Paderborn, in the terms of performance basketball was played for the first time in the city. After six years were 1975 Youth Teams Championships at the West German Basketball Federation ( WBV ) gain and consequently youth and junior national players like Manfred Winter and Bernd Zengerling spawned, who played first and second division later. In 1984 succeeded the first men's team even the rise in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga Group North. The ascent team were mostly players from their own youth as Dirk Happe, who had won the previous year as a youth player at the National Cadet ( U16 ) Championship at home a bronze medal.

Also in the second division, the corset of the team made up of players from their own youth as well as players sat together, which had slyly studying at the University of Paderborn, where, among other things, the longtime Leverkusen coach Günter Hagedorn worked in the region. Such was also the "foreigners " position occupied in the team over several seasons away by the Canadian National player Phil Ohl, who incidentally studied at the University to become a teacher and after his return to Canada of the World Cup in 1990 was again with the national team. After the second division promotion in 1984 occurred within the Association disputes, particularly in financial matters with the previously successful volleyball team, which had stood until the mid- 1980s as several runners at the national forefront. While in the club, the basketball players were already outnumbered of active members, the attendances changed in the late 1980s by the stagnant athletic volleyball players increasingly towards the basketball team, the 1991 finally decided to found their own club.

Promotion and relegation ( 1991-2001 )

In 1991, the basketball department of the VBC 69 split closed and founded the club Paderborn Baskets 91 eV. As the manager of second division teams Ingbert Koppermann was recovered and output as the target of top-flight ascent. Now in the composition of the team targeted and results-oriented player was recruited who had already earned in the second division first merit. In addition, a first name sponsor was in 1992 with the Dutch bus manufacturer BOVA who had become a resident of the region, are obtained. From the Dutch league was brought together with the Belgian coach Werner Rotsaert as well as the previously playing in Amsterdam American Douglas Spradley missing out on promotion in the deciding game against the competitors TK Hannover just barely. Finally, in 1993 increased the flooring manufacturer Forbo a title sponsor and at the end of the season, the rise was early assured.

In the first league season 1994/95 they reached the third-worst record of the competing teams with nine wins from 32 games, including a surprising home win against the eventual Korać Cup winner Alba Berlin. In the cup they reached somewhat surprising the Final Four tournament, where they could occupy the third place. The former provisions before saw two foreign players per team, while in the second league only a foreigner was allowed. In the following relegation round of the four worst first division teams with the two best second-division teams that Erstligateams had to waive a foreigner. In order not to weaken the position under the basket in the so-called frontcourt with the Estonian national team Margus Metstak, renounced coach Rotsaert to the internal team leading scorer Doug Spradley. The team is not dealt with these weakening and in the relegation round of the second division TuS Lichterfelde could place before the Pader Bornern who stayed with it. During the TuSLi waived as a cooperation partner of ALBA Berlin on the rise, came the Paderborn for financial reasons the transition back to the second division at. The change in HR strategy had had liabilities incurred and the insolvency of a company that would sell the team, then led almost even to the financial ruin of the association. Coach Rotsaert left the club and manager Koppermann resigned from his office, the players moved Happe newly promoted TuS Herten and Spradley later for SG Braunschweig, was in 1995 also went up and the baskets were replaced in the first division.

In the second division we tried the club 's debt slowly and had always struggled with financial problems, which is why they finally established their own play -GmbH with the name " Spo (r ) tlights " that a future economic risks arising from the maintenance at least partially should wear professional team. The change in personnel policy had also let a regional competitors arise: the TV in 1864 Salzkotten rose with a number of former Paderborn players, including the American Vernon Carr (formerly Sacramento Kings ), 1995 to the second division, and delivered in the next five years partially fierce duels against local rivals. After the Salzkottener 2000 withdrew from the second league, the rivalry finally ended in an " offensive talent " mentioned co-operation. With a training in pre-season for the season 1999/2000 of the not quite 26- year-old Daniel Malcorps broke deadly with heart failure. The Paderborn Baskets had won since 1998, the company teamwork as title sponsor. Their insolvency led ultimately to the collapse of the game operating company Spo (r ) tlights. The team was again facing an uncertain future.

Era trainer Spradley (2001 to 2009)

In the season 2000/ 01 Nima Mehrdadi, former assistant coach of Coach Rotsaert had been in 1994/95, coach of the Baskets to top-flight seasons and also had Doug Spradley, now married with a Paderbornerin, according to some top-flight seasons at Braunschweig and the MBC again welcome in the squad. The association as the actual holder of the license of the first team emerged from the bankruptcy of the game operating company out reasonably unscathed and in the following season then Spradley was coach of the team, while Mehrdadi sports director. The performance- oriented trainer Spradley could eventually lead out the team from the mediocrity of the second division. To the nucleus of the new teams were successful with Marius Nolte and Daniel Lieneke by the cooperation partner TV Salzkotten played two " home-grown ". Beginning in 2004, the incumbent President Bert fracture died suddenly and unexpectedly. For 2004/ 05 we undertook from league rivals, the Americans Tim Black and Steven ester Kamp, with which one after the tenth game day and a defeat against self-declared ascent favorites Bremerhaven Polar bears no longer lost. In the end they finished because of the poorer direct comparison against Bremerhaven still only the second place. In the following season 2005/ 06 is now lost a single game more and rose by a seasonally across 50 wins in a row for the second time in the highest German league on.

To Premiership season 2006/ 07 they separated after two years of its title sponsor, the upholstered furniture manufacturer schröno, and there was no change at the core of the second league success team whose Erstligatauglichkeit was doubted. Nevertheless reach as well the following season 2007/ 08 16 wins from 34 games and each an eleventh place in the final table. In the 2007/08 season, in which you took in the meantime as digibu Baskets, Tim Black was the leading scorer with 21.3 points BBL in section and undertook subsequent to Belgium. For returned for the season 2008/ 09 Stefano Garris, World Cup bronze medalist in 2002 with the German national team and multiple German champion with ALBA Berlin, his parent club back. However Garris could not reach after long injury lay-offs in previous years, his old level of performance and the team started badly in the season. After the disposal of the other players just under 35 - year-old Chris Ensminger was nachverpflichtet on the center position, who had played together at the beginning of his career with Germany Spradley in Weissenfels and previously fibrosis by former German champions Baskets had been " retired ". With this gain, the team marched out of the basement table to the play-off places in the top eight teams. This successful series was overshadowed by renewed financial holes, again threatened by insolvency. Various relief under the motto " BBL - come to stay," which were also supported by fans of other clubs, and but an increased audience interest thanks to the sporting success and relief efforts were given the ability to pay, so the game Operating Company with creditors on payment deferrals could agree. At the end of the season they qualified as a table of eight for the first time just for the play- offs for the German championship, where in the first round, the defending champion and main round First ALBA Berlin Paroli offered and was beaten only in the fifth and deciding game of the series. At the end of the EWE Baskets Oldenburg German Masters, where coach Spradley had been two years earlier already acted as the new coach were. Spradley left now, given the tight financial situation as well as the major players and the club also sports director Mehrdadi resigned in favor of his future professional career from his office.

Descent from the BBL and return in the new second division ProA (since 2009)

After the great sporting success with the play-off participation in 2009 was the following Premiership 2009/ 10, which should be the time being last Premiership season the team eventually, because of the low financial capacity and the loss of key players good under any star. The beginning of the season was overshadowed by the violent death of former player Lavelle Felton, who had secured in the preseason with his basket successes in closing seconds of the team's play-off collection and a play-off win over ALBA Berlin. Under the new coach Olaf pride indeed achieved a successful launch, but then you slipped quickly to the bottom of the table, which you never left in the sequence. After a late coach dismissal in February 2010 Dirk Happe took over as interim coach the team until season's end and the furniture dealer webmoebel appeared as title sponsor for the next two years. At the end of season one rose after five wins from 34 games knocked off bottom of the table again.

In the season 2010/11 we went to in 2007 created ProA, which formed the new lower house of the BBL and had replaced together with the ProB the second basketball league. Under the new coach Artur Gacaev, who had successfully led the youth teams of the club before the national peak, they remained unlucky and slipped first into the basement table. After a coach exchange with partners Accent Baskets from Salzkotten, the plays in the Regionalliga the owners, Thomas glass Auer became a coach and was able to stabilize the team in mid-table. In the following season 2011/12 was achieved with a fifth place ranking in the top third of the table and qualifying for the newly created play-offs ProA, but where one was eliminated in the first round.

On July 27, 2012, Paderborn Baskets Team GmbH announced to file for bankruptcy due to ongoing financial problems.

This application was ultimately not provided, but announced a new main and title sponsor on 10 August 2012. Starting next season, the basketball team for three years competing under the name of finches baskets. The Paderborn furniture house finches is already about 15 years Hauptsponser of football second division side SC Paderborn 07, the President of the furniture business Wilfried Finke is also.

In January 2013, presented the finches baskets free their former head coach Thomas Auer glass after the balance sheet stood at 7 wins and 12 losses and the desired play-offs appeared out of reach. At the time the coach dismissal, the baskets were in 14th place in the table. Successor of Thomas Glass Auer, Martin Kruger, who was responsible for various teams of the club especially at youth level until the summer of 2012, having previously coached the second division teams of the baskets and the TV Salzkotten already in the 1980s and 1990s. Under Kruger managed to avoid relegation and Baskets occupied end of the season with 12 wins and 18 defeats the 13th place in the table.

The 2013/2014 season was similar to the athletic season 2012/2013. The baskets were found almost the entire season in the middle of the league again without real chance of the play-offs, but also a descent could be avoided early. After finishing the season in 12th place in the table 's head coach Martin Kruger resigned. The reason he gave to the high burden that he could not lift a part-time force.

Youth and youth development

The club Paderborn Baskets had 91 eV in the days before club inception as VBC 69 great importance to good youth work and was one of the leading clubs in Westphalia, the access at the state level in comparison with the leading teams of the Rhineland good rankings. Launched in 1991 with 300 members as a foundation, the association claims to have now nearly 600 members, of which about 260 young people. With the support framework " offensive talent in East Westphalia -Lippe " since 2003 talented players from the region could better conditions are offered. While also earlier on Reismann -Gymnasium in Paderborn many young players were recruited for the club by teachers such as, but Fritz Buhr and later Martin "Sir" Kruger, who had previously coached the second-division team of VBC 69 and the youth teams for some years enabled the establishment of a basketball boarding school at this school and the accommodation of talents that come from outside, such as the later junior national player Lars and Ole Wendt, who came from Itzehoe. The boarding school is operated as Paderborn sports boarding of the baskets at the forum Paderborn top sports among others in cooperation with the football second division side SC Paderborn 07. Through these measures, the association was able to rise to the leading male youth club North Rhine-Westphalia and lead in almost every age group his teams annually in the " TOP 3 " teams of loggers. In the girls or ladies to cooperate with the TSVE Bielefeld, whose " Lady Dolphins " take the leading role, in contrast to the boys or men. The most important player who has brought the club is, Lea Mersch, with the women's selection took part in the European Championship finals in 2011, 2011. 2006, the club received the " Green Belt " of good talent, which took opposed the " Vice President of Youth" Christoph locks, even many years second league player for the VBC 69

With the NBBL team under the leadership of coach Gacaev and Wendt twins one was from 2009 to 2011 three consecutive best team in north-west Germany and reached the Top Four tournament this age group at the national level. In the first part of 2009, the team with the youth and junior internationals Robert Huelsewede and Dominik Malinowski narrowly lost in the final stage of the championship final against the offspring of ALBA Berlin. In the following tournaments to the semi-finals lost to eventual winners Team ALBA Steingädele, which had been taught in the semifinals in 2009, the only defeat in a Final Four, respectively. To mark the 20-year club anniversary congratulated the outgoing national coach Dirk Bauer man personally and expressed his gratitude and respect especially youth coaches of the club. While the U18 team in 2011 was the so-called " Germany Cup " despite an outstanding performance by youth international Till Gloger "only" runner-up, the U14 team reached under coach Stefan Schettke the first national youth championship for the club. A year later, Till Gloger was was / 12 elected MVP of the NBBL 2011 and the U16 won the championship title in the youth basketball league.

Squad

Exchange 2014/2015

Arrivals:

Departures: Martin Krüger ( coach / destination unknown)

Squad 2011/12

Squad 2010/2011 No. name position date of birth size weight Last club nationality 0 Benjamin Fumey Power Forward March 30, 1987 2.03 m Giants Nördlingen 1 tray Hampton Power Forward 14 April 1987 2.01 m Georgia State University (USA) 3 Draelon Burns Forward April 11, 1985 2.06 m Keflavik (ISL ) 6 Thomas Gajda Small Forward July 17, 1989 2.00 m 95 kg own youth 7 Daniel Lieneke Small Forward June 5, 1981 2.00 m 98 kg Benslips Baskets Salzkotten 8 Kejuan Johnson Guard June 26, 1986 1.93 m CRE Eagles Itzehoe 25 Martin Samarco Guard September 14, 1985 1.92 m Holland Blast (USA) 10 Dominik Malinowski Small Forward June 13, 1991 1.98 m 90 kg own youth 12 Ben Spoiler center 14 April 1988 2.06 m Bayer Giants Leverkusen 18 Lars Wendt Shooting Guard October 5, 1992 1.90 m prop, youth, Itzehoe Eagles 21 Ole Wendt Point Guard October 5, 1992 1.90 m prop, youth, Itzehoe Eagles 37 Kyle Roemer Shooting Guard August 20, 1985 1.90 m Colgate University (USA) name function date of birth Last club nationality Dirk Happe Sportl. conductor February 16, 1966 own youth Thomas Auer glass Head Coach EWE Baskets Oldenburg Squad 2009/10 Squad Paderborn Baskets in the 2009/10 season player No. Nat. name birth size info Last club Guards (PG, SG) 8 Germany Nicolai Simon January 3, 1987 1.90 m PG / SG Natural gas Ehingen / Urspringschule 9 United States Malik Moore February 29, 1976 1.92 m PG German Central BC 10 United States Lashon Sheffield March 20, 1984 1.82 m SG BBC Bayreuth 11 Germany Lawrence Borha July 5, 1984 1.91 m PG Utah Utes (NCAA ) / USA 23 United States DeAndre Haynes March 30, 1984 1.88 m PG Kecskeméti KSE / HUN Forwards (SF, PF) 7 Germany Daniel Lieneke June 5, 1981 2.00 m SF BB Salzkotten 12 Germany Robert Huelsewede April 19, 1990 1.98 m SF own youth 15 Canada Sefton Barrett December 12, 1983 1.98 m SF / PF Kotwica Kolobrzeg / POL 25 Germany Thomas Gajda July 17, 1989 2.01 m SF BBG Herford Center (C ) 4 United States Nate Gerwig June 27, 1983 2.08 m PF / C BV Chemnitz 6 United States Kevin Langford December 21, 1985 2.04 m PF / C Texas Christian University (NCAA ) / USA 40 Germany Robert Oehle May 22, 1988 2.09 m C DJK Green-White Rheda 42 United States Matt Terwilliger September 7, 1985 2.04 m PF / C Ohio State University (NCAA ) / USA coach Nat. name position Germany Olaf pride coach Germany Artur Gacaev Assistant coach legend Abbr importance DL U24 Double License player swell League Homepage Booth: 2010

Squad 2008/2009 Squad Paderborn Baskets in the 2008/2009 season player No. Nat. name birth size info Last club Guards (PG, SG) 4 United States Steven Wright August 7, 1983 1.91 m New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig 6 Germany Dominik Malinowski June 13, 1991 1.92 m DL own youth 7 Germany January Möhring November 29, 1990 1.86 m DL own youth 11 Germany Stefano Garris April 21, 1979 1.98 m Skyliners Frankfurt 22 United States Bryant McAllister May 4, 1984 1.91 m Munich Baskets 32 United States Lavelle Felton October 5, 1979 1.93 m Science City Jena Forwards (SF, PF) 15 United States Steven ester Kamp January 8, 1981 1.98 m Ohio University 25 Germany Thomas Gajda July 17, 1989 2.01 m DL BBG Herford 31 United States Nathan Peavy May 31, 1985 2.03 m Miami Ohio Redhawks Center (C ) 5 United States Chris Ensminger December 8, 1973 2.09 m Brose Baskets 14 Germany Marius Nolte January 21, 1981 2.06, TV Salzkotten 40 Germany Robert Oehle May 22, 1988 2.09 m DL DJK Green-White Rheda 42 United States Matt Terwilliger September 7, 1985 2.04 m Ohio State University coach Nat. name position United States Douglas Spradley coach Germany Stephen Voelkel Assistant coach legend Abbr importance DL U24 Double License player swell League Homepage As of January 28, 2009 Disposals during the season Spencer Tollackson, Reggie Golson

Squad 2007/2008 No. name position date of birth size nationality 7 January Möhring Guard November 29, 1990 1.82 m 8 Malik Moore Guard April 23, 1977 1.92 m 9 Timothy James Black Guard April 30, 1981 1.78 m 11 Daniel Tušek Guard March 14, 1989 1.96 m 12 Christoph Hackenesch Forward / Center January 28, 1986 2.04 m 13 Christian Becker Forward December 23, 1985 2.03 m 14 Marius Nolte Forward / Center January 21, 1981 2.06 m 15 Steven ester Kamp Guard / Forward January 8, 1981 1.98 m 20 John Bynum Guard February 23, 1978 1.91 m 24 Billy McDaniel Forward May 28, 1984 2.01 m 31 Nathan Peavy Forward May 31, 1985 2.03 m 32 Thomas Gajda Forward July 17, 1989 2.00 m 40 Robert Oehle center May 22, 1988 2.09 m 42 Greg Jenkins center March 18, 1982 2.06 m 44 Matthias Finke Guard August 12, 1987 1.83 m name function date of birth nationality Doug Spradley coach September 14, 1966 Stephen Voelkel Assistant coach April 13, 1971 Dr. Nima Mehrdadi Director of Sport March 23, 1973 Thorsten Schröder Team Manager October 12, 1977 The Games of the baskets will take place in Paderborn in the sports center Maspernplatz. The Fan Maspernpower Paderborn '96 eV with about 70 members taking care of, inter alia, the organization of the away games.

Time highs in top-flight seasons

Important former players

Germany Dirk Happe 1983-1995, 1996/97
United States / Germany Douglas Spradley 1992-1996, 2000/ 01; Coaches 2001-2009
Germany Christian Mehrens 1993-1995
Germany Stefano Garris 1996-1998, 2008/ 09
Germany Marius Nolte 2001-2009
United States Timothy James Black 2004-2008
United States Steven ester Kamp 2004-2009
United States Chris Ensminger 2008/ 09

As well as with the ladies:

Germany 1994-2004 Lea Mersch as a youth player

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