Danny Gibson
Danny Gibson ( born January 28, 1984 in Madison, Indiana ) is an American professional basketball player. After completing his studies in his home country Gibson turned pro in Europe and first played in the German 2nd Bundesliga basketball. Then he played in the German top flight basketball league a season for Giants Nördlingen and just two seasons for the BBC Bayreuth in addition to a commitment in the Dutch Dutch Basketball League. In the 2013/14 season he has played in the top Polish league for Slask Wroclaw.
Career
After high school in Madison Gibson in 2002 went across the border from Indiana to the Olney Central Community College in Olney (Illinois ). After two seasons on the high school team, the Blue Knights " Junior College " in the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association, he returned to Indiana, and he continued his studies continued in 2004 at the University of Southern Indiana. He played basketball in high school team Eagles in the NCAA Division II
After finishing his studies in 2006 Gibson was professional and got a contract with the NPT Lions Mönchengladbach in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga Group North. In the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga 2006/ 07, the Lions reached a midfield position, but failed after a further participation in the new Divisions ProA and ProB, which replaced the second division. Gibson joined the former league rivals BasCats from Cuxhaven, the 2007/ 08 as runner reached a promotion place for the basketball league in the higher-ranked ProA. For economic and infrastructural reasons, the Cuxhaven but had not submitted a license for the top flight and could not perceive the rise therefore. Together with his Cuxhaven teammate Monta McGhee joined Gibson therefore the same number of points ProA Champion Giants Nördlingen, the perceived her rise law. In the National Basketball League in 2008/ 09 could be somewhat surprising reach in the league against the more established clubs LTi Giessen 46ers and polar bears Bremerhaven. For economic reasons, but the Nördlinger waived further participation in the National Basketball League and retreated to the ProA.
2009 Gibson changed after the withdrawal of the top-flight Nördlinger therefore again with his teammates McGhee to the basketball club in Leiden, Netherlands. In the 2009/10 season they lost in the semifinal series of the Championship play-offs only slightly in five games to eventual champion Gas Terra Flames of Groningen. Gibson was good with 18 points per game scorer in the Dutch Basketball League and MVP of the 2009/10 season and joined again after the club, where the paths parted with McGhee, who was with ZZ Leiden Dutch Champion 2011. The former Nördlinger coach Andreas Wagner brought Gibson back in the German basketball league in which this had risen with the BBC Bayreuth as ProA Champion. In the National Basketball League 2010/11, the Bayreuth reached nearly the league. For the new season Gibson was initially a new contract, but was nachverpflichtet after an injury by Kevin Hamilton for once three months. After poor healing at Hamilton Gibson's contract was extended despite interim coach change in December 2011. Despite a miserable start to the season, the Bayreuth reached after the coaching change at the end of the Basketball Bundesliga 2011/12 certain relegation. For the following season was Gibson's contract but not renewed, and this moved to the first Greek League A1 Ethniki to Ikaros from Kallithea. For the first time after the merger with Espero 2010 was reached on the seventh place play-off for the championship, in which one, however, was eliminated in the first round against the eventual champions Panathinaikos Athens. In the 2013/14 season Gibson plays in the Polish " Tauron Basket Liga " for Slask Wroclaw from.