2014 DBL All-Star Gala

The 2014 DBL All-Star Gala was held on February 23, 2014 in the Kingsdome in Den Helder.

All-Star Game

Best Dutch Players Pos. Player Team No of selections Votes Starters[1] G Arvin Slagter GasTerra Flames 4 378 G Leon Williams Landstede Basketbal 1 289 F Kees Akerboom, Jr. SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 8 473 F Stefan Wessels SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 5 329 C Ross Bekkering GasTerra Flames 3 288 Reserves G Sean Cunningham Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 1 – G Rogier Jansen Den Helder Kings 2 – G Worthy de Jong Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 3 – G Aron Royé BC Apollo 2 – F Jeroen van der List Den Helder Kings 2 – C Joshua Duinker Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 1 – C Kenneth van Kempen Maxxcom BSW 2 – Coaches: Sam Jones (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch) and Toon van Helfteren (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)

Best Foreign Players Pos. Player Team No of selections Votes Starters G La'Shard Anderson Challenge Sports Rotterdam 1 476 G Cashmere Wright GasTerra Flames 1 422 F Jason Dourisseau GasTerra Flames 4 479 F Justin Stommes Landstede Basketbal 1 427 C Tai Wesley SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 2 591 Reserves G Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden 1 – G David Gonzalvez SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 2 – G Emanuel Ubilla Den Helder Kings 1 – F Patrick Richard Matrixx Magixx 1 – F Dan Coleman GasTerra Flames 1 – F Holden Greiner Landstede Basketbal 1 – C Justin Knox Den Helder Kings 1 – Coaches: Ivica Skelin (GasTerra Flames) and Jean-Marc Jaumin (Den Helder Kings)

The Dutch players won the game, Jeroen van der List was voted the All-Star Game MVP.^[2]

U23 All*Star Game

Team Noord Pos. Player Team Players G Dexter Hope Aris Leeuwarden G Jos van der Laan BC Apollo G Leon Williams^1 Landstede Basketbal G Yannick van der Ark GasTerra Flames G Valentijn Lietmeijer Landstede Basketbal F Joël Brandt BC Apollo F Gian Slagter BC Apollo F Steve Bleeker Den Helder Kings C Max van Schaik Den Helder Kings C Quincy Treffers Den Helder Kings C Benny van der Reijden GasTerra Flames Coach: Hakim Salem (BC Apollo)

Team South Pos. Player Team Spelers G Yannick Franke Challenge Sports Rotterdam G Dimeo van der Horst Matrixx Magixx G Mike Schilder SPM Shoeters Den Bosch G Kasper Averink Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden F Akeel Eduardo Maxxcom BSW F Stefan Mulder Maxxcom BSW F Joost Padberg^Injured Maxxcom BSW F Don Rigters Challenge Sports Rotterdam F Matthew van Tongeren Matrixx Magixx F Pim de Vries SPM Shoeters Den Bosch C Roel Aarts Maxxcom BSW Coach: Niels Vorenhout (Maxxcom BSW)

¹ Williams didn't play because he was also selected for the All-Star Game. Team North won the contest, Quincy Treffers was voted the MVP.^[3]

Three point contest

The top 8 shooters in the 2013–14 DBL season were selected.^[4]

• Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames) with 49,4%
• Raymond Cowels III (Den Helder Kings with 47,5%
• Kees Akerboom, Jr. (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch) with 47,3%
• Thijs Vermeulen (Matrixx Magixx) with 42,9%
• Justin Stommes (Landstede Basketbal) with 42,3%
• David Gonzalvez (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch) with 41,3%
• Sean Cunningham (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden) with 40,2%
• Tjoe de Paula (Aris Leeuwarden) with 39,3%

Arvin Slagter won the contest.^[5]

Dunk contest

Van der List won the Dunk contest by beating Kelvin Martin and Ross Bekkering in the Final.^[6]

References

1. "All*Star Game Starters bekend" (in Dutch). basketballleague.nl. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
2. "Van der List uitblinker tijdens All Star Gala | Den Helder Actueel" (in Dutch). Denhelderactueel.nl. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
3. "Twitter / AllStarGala: MVP U23 Game Quincy Treffers!!". Twitter.com. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
4. "3-point contest". Allstargala.nl. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
5. "Twitter / eredivisiebbal: De winnaar van de". Twitter.com. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
6. "Van der List uitblinker tijdens All Star Gala | Den Helder Actueel" (in Dutch). Denhelderactueel.nl. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-06.