2008–09 Basketball Bundesliga
The 2008/09 season is the 43rd season of the National Basketball League. The regular season began on September 20, 2008 and ended on May 9, 2009.
Season notes
- Master of the season 2008/ 09 were the EWE Baskets Oldenburg from.
- Cup winners of the 2008/ 09 Alba Berlin was the final against Telekom Baskets Bonn.
- Alba Berlin attracts permanently as the first Bundesliga club into a 10,000 -seat hall, the O2 World Berlin.
- After the withdrawal of the Giants Nördlingen on July 9, 2009 LTi Giessen 46ers put a object to the Final Table. The Arbitration Court of basketball league rejected that from however.
- The Köln 99ers basketball GmbH & Co. KG presented on 10 July 2009 to file for bankruptcy with the District Court of Cologne. On 17 July 2009 they declared the waiver of participation in the game operation for the 2009/10 season.
Participating teams
1Vorjahresplatzierung based on the Final Table of the Basketball Bundesliga season 2007/ 08 before the playoffs or possibly the playoff placement 2The reason the waiver of Cuxhaven BasCats ( Pro A ) to a Bundesliga license, Trier was able to keep the class 3Aufstieg from the Pro A 4Titelverteidiger 5Bis February 2009 Digibu Baskets.
End figures
Playoffs 2008/ 09
Leading Team Stats
- Defensive best team: Frankfurt ( 2301 points, ø 67.7 per game)
- Defensive worst team: Polar bears Bremerhaven ( 2830 points, ø 83.2 per game)
- Offensive best team ALBA Berlin ( 2712 points, ø 79.8 per game)
- Offensive worst team: EnBW Ludwigsburg ( 2307 points, ø 67.9 per game)
Leading the Player Statistics
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Honors in 2008/ 09
All-Star Game MVP ( Most Valuable Player of the Allstar Game )
- United States Darren Fenn ( Artland Dragons )
Most Valuable Player ( Most Valuable Player )
- United States Jason Gardner (EWE Baskets Oldenburg )
Best Defensive Player (best defensive player )
- United States Immanuel McElroy ( ALBA Berlin)
Rookie of the Year ( Rookie of the Year )
- Germany by Günther ( ratiopharm Ulm)
Newcomer of the Year ( newcomer of the year)
- United States Roderick Trice (MEG Göttingen)
Best Offensive Player ( Best Offensive Player )
- United States Julius Jenkins ( ALBA Berlin)
Coach of the Year ( coach of the year )
- United States John Patrick ( MEG Göttingen)
Most Likeable Player ( most popular player)
- United States Rickey Paulding (EWE Baskets Oldenburg )
Finals Most Valuable Player ( Most valuable player of the finals series )
- United States Rickey Paulding (EWE Baskets Oldenburg )
All- BBL teams
- All- BBL First Team:
G Jason Gardner (EWE Baskets Oldenburg ) G Julius Jenkins ( ALBA Berlin) F Rickey Paulding (EWE Baskets Oldenburg ) F Jeff Gibbs ( ratiopharm Ulm) C Chris Ensminger (Paderborn Baskets )
- All- BBL Second Team:
G Kyle Bailey (BG Göttingen) G Roderick Trice (BG Göttingen) F Immanuel McElroy ( ALBA Berlin) F Predrag Suput ( Brose Baskets ) C Raško Katić ( WALTER Tigers Tübingen)