Telekom Baskets Bonn
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||
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| Leagues |
Basketball Bundesliga FIBA Europe Cup | |||
| Founded | 1992 | |||
| History |
BG Bonn 92 1992–1995 Telekom Baskets Bonn 1995–present | |||
| Arena | Telekom Dome | |||
| Capacity | 6,000 | |||
| Location | Bonn, Germany | |||
| Team colors |
Magenta, White, and Black | |||
| President | Wolfgang Wiedlich | |||
| Head coach | Predrag Krunić | |||
| Website | Official Website | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn is a German basketball club based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a major telephone and internet company, which also sells mobile phones (T-Mobile) in the United States. The club's home arena is the Telekom Dome.
The Baskets reached the German League Final Four nine times in 17 years league affiliation and belong to Germany's most successful teams.
History
The Beginning
The Telekom Baskets Bonn was founded in 1992 when the German clubs Godesberg Turnverein 1888 eV (Godesberg Gymnastics Club) and SC Fortuna Bonn merged. The basketball team of the Godesberger TV had been founded in 1970, whereas the SC Fortuna Bonn had been founded in 1973. The Godesberger TV was promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga in 1990. A year later, the club was relegated, and the associated economic problems eventually lead to the 1992 merger of the departments of the two basketball teams to BG Bonn 92. The following year, the club switched names to Post SV Bonn. In 1995, the club switched names again to Telekom Baskets Bonn, sponsored by the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom.
Entry of the Deutsche Telekom and early years in the Bundesliga
In April 1995, the Telekom Baskets Bonn declared their goal to be promotion to the Bundesliga in 1997. But already in the 1995/1996 season the team finished the second division unbeaten and moved up to Germany's prime basketball league. There, the Baskets managed to establish themselves immediately, supported by an ecstatic home crowd at the newly built Hardtberghalle of the Hardtberg School Center. In their first season the Baskets succeeded to the finals of the German Championship. There, they lost 1:3 against Alba Berlin. In the following years they always reached the playoffs until the 2004/05 season. In 2005, the Baskets finished the regular season at the No. 9 position. Then coach Predrag Krunic was relieved of his duties. In December 2005, Michael Koch the former national team captain became the team's new head coach. Previously, for a few months Bonn was coached by the Croat Danijel Jusup.
From 1998 to 2002, the Baskets had a cooperation agreement with the SG Sechtem. This cooperation ended in 2002 due to a new strategic orientation of both clubs.
Moving to the Telekom Dome and the era Mike Koch
In 2008, the Baskets moved from its previous venue, the Hardtberghalle, to the newly built Telekom Dome. Thus, the Telekom Baskets became Germany's first basketball club to build its own arena with adjoining training center.
The Baskets then intensified the training of their own youth players and in the 2006/2007 season started a cooperation with former rival Dragons Rhöndorf. Under the name SG Bonn / Rhöndorf the club sent various youth teams to Germany's prime youth divisions. The club's aim was to increase the number of their own players to jump into the squad of the 1st team. The club's first success stories are both Fabian Thülig and Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann. Under coach Mike Koch the Baskets succeeded to the finals of the National Basketball League both in 2007/2008, as well as in 2008/2009. There, the Baskets finished runner-up to Alba Berlin and the EWE Baskets Oldenburg. The season 2010/2011, however, was the weakest since the rise of the Telekom Baskets to Germany's first division. With only 14 wins and 20 defeats, the Baskets finished the season ranked 13th and missed the play offs for only the second time in their club history.
For the 2011/2012 season Mike Koch remained Head Coach of the Telekom Baskets and built a new squad. New additions such as Benas Veikalas, Tony Gaffney, Talor Battle, Daniel Hain and Andrej Mangold and most notably former player Jared Jordan joined the team. Together they led the team through a regular season full of ups and downs. At the end they finished at the 8th spot with 18 wins and 16 defeats. In the quarter-finals of the playoffs, the Baskets were subject to a 1:3 result as they were beaten in 4 matches by defending champions Brose Baskets Bamberg. The Baskets Bonn also reached the Cup final where they were also beaten by Bamberg at Bonn's own court.
2012/2013, the Baskets qualified for the play-offs again. Overall, the team finished the season ranked 7th in the regular season. A few months into the season the team was supplemented by forward Jamel McLean, who replaced Patrick Ewing Jr.. In the quarterfinals, the Baskets met the EWE Baskets Oldenburg. There, the Baskets Bonn were eliminated with 2:3 victories after 5 games. After the season, the contract of coach Michael Koch was not extended, thus the Koch era ended after eight years as head coach of the team. When he left the club, he had been the longest serving head coach of the league.
Two new faces for the club's main tasks
In May 2013, as the successor to Michael Koch, the Telekom Baskets Bonn presented Mathias Fischer as the new head coach. Fischer had worked for the LTi Giessen 46ers before and had been responsible for several youth programs and national selections of Germany. Under his leadership, especially the youth development should expand and receive new impetus to the cooperation with the Dragons Rhöndorf. In addition to Fischer, the Baskets presented Michael Wichterich as new full-time sports manager. Wichterich is a former player of the Baskets and the Dragons Rhöndorf. He had previously worked for the Dragons where he was in a similar position as Arvid Kramer in 2004. Wichterich is only the second full-time manager of the club. The previous manager Andreas Boettcher is still involved in management.
Arenas
- 1995–1996 Sportpark Pennenfel (capacity: 700)
- 1996–2008 Hardtberghalle (capacity: 3,500)
- Since 2008 Telekom Dome (capacity: 6,000)
Team
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Filip Barovic | Julian Gamble | ||
| PF | Ojārs Siliņš | Johannes Richter | ||
| SF | Yorman Polas Bartolo | Florian Koch | Ken Horton | |
| SG | Ryan Thompson | Anthony DiLeo | ||
| PG | Josh Mayo | Konstantin Klein |
Head Coach History
- John Ecker
(1993–1995) - Bruno Socé
(1995–2001) - Predrag Krunic
(2001–2005) - Danijel Jusup (2005)
- Michael Koch
(2005–2013) - Mathias Fischer (2013–2015)
- Carsten Pohl (2015–2016)
- Silvano Poropat (2016)
- Predrag Krunić (2016-now)
Notable players
- To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.
- Hurl Beechum 4 seasons: '98-'02
- Gunther Behnke 4 seasons: '96-'00
- Steven Hutchinson 2 seasons: '97-'99
- Alex King 3 seasons: '08-'11
- Branko Klepač 8 seasons: '98-'06
- Bernd Kruel 2 seasons: '06-'08
- Dirk Mädrich 2 seasons: '14-'16
- Andrej Mangold 5 seasons: '11-'16
- Michael Meeks 1 season: '05-'06
- Tim Ohlbrecht 2 seasons: '09-'11
- Klaus Perwas 4 seasons: '97-'01
Kurt Looby 1 season: '13-'14
Earl Rowland 1 season: '08-'09- Aleksandar Radojević 1 season: '02-'03
- Sinisa Kelecevic 4 seasons: '96-'98, '00-'01, '05-'06
Patrick Ewing Jr. 1 season: '12
Kristaps Janicenoks 1 season: '04-'05
Rimantas Kaukėnas 1 season: '03-'04- Tadas Klimavicius 2 seasons: '14-'16
- Benas Veikalas 4 seasons: '11-'15
Branko Milisavljević 1 season: '04-'05- Aleksandar Nadjfeji 4 seasons: '01-'05
Aleksandar Ćapin 1 season: '03-'04
Paul Burke 2 seasons: '00-'02- Brandon Bowman 1 season: '08-'09
- Angelo Caloiaro 1 season: '14-'15
- Jason Conley 3 seasons: '05-'08
- Ronald Dupree 1 season: '09-'10
- Chris Ensminger 4 seasons: '09-'13
- Winsome Frazier 2 seasons: '07-'09
- Tony Gaffney 2 seasons: '11-'12, '13-'14
- Jason Gardner 1 season: '06-'07
- Altron Jackson 2 seasons: '03-'05
- Ken Johnson 1 season: '08-'09
- Jared Jordan 4 seasons: '09-'10, '11-'14
- Arvid Kramer 10 seasons: '87-'97
- Eugene Lawrence 3 seasons: '14-'16
- Jamel McLean 2 seasons: '13-'14
- Mark Miller 1 season: '00-'01
- Derrick Phelps 2 seasons: '98-'00
- Terrence Rencher 2 seasons: '01-'03
- Eric Taylor 5 seasons: '93-'98
- Andrew Wisniewski 1 season: '05-'06
Bonn's individual stats leaders
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| Season | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
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| 2011-12 Basketball Bundesliga | Chris Ensminger 360 (15.7 per game) |
Chris Ensminger 182 (7.9) |
Jared Jordan 184 (8.4) |
Anthony Gaffney 24 (1.0) |
Anthony Gaffney 47 (2.0) |
| 2011-12 EuroChallenge | Zvonko Buljan 174 (14.5) |
Zvonko Buljan 71 (5.9) |
Jared Jordan 105 (8.8) |
Anthony Gaffney 15 (1.3) |
Anthony Gaffney 25 (2.1) |
| 2010-11 Basketball Bundesliga | Nic Wise 451 (13.7) |
Chris Ensminger 258 (8.1) |
Nic Wise 101 (3.1) |
Nic Wise 47 (1.4) |
Tim Ohlbrecht 21 (0.8) |
| 2010-11 EuroChallenge | Nic Wise 76 (12.7) |
Chris Ensminger 41 (6.8) |
Nic Wise 13 (2.2) |
Folarin Campbell 10 (1.7) |
Tim Ohlbrecht 3 (0.6) |
| 2009-10 Basketball Bundesliga | Chris Ensminger 447 (12.8) |
Chris Ensminger 296 (8.5) |
Jared Jordan 195 (5.3) |
Jared Jordan 31 (0.8) |
Tim Ohlbrecht 10 (1.7) |
| 2009-10 FIBA Eurocup | Bryce Taylor 111 (18.5) |
Chris Ensminger 50 (10.0) |
Jared Jordan 22 (4.4) |
Bryce Taylor 6 (1.0) |
Patrick Flomo 22 (1.4) |
| 2008-09 Basketball Bundesliga | Brandon Bowman 657 (14.3) |
Brandon Bowman 251 (5.5) |
Earl Jerrod Rowland 155 (3.4) |
Earl Jerrod Rowland 58 (1.3) |
Ken Johnson 102 (2.2) |
| 2008-09 EuroChallenge | Winsome Frazier 182 (11.4) |
Brandon Bowman 77 (5.1) |
Earl Jerrod Rowland 62 (3.9) |
Earl Jerrod Rowland 26 (1.6) |
Ken Johnson 22 (1.4) |
| 2007-08 Basketball Bundesliga | Ronnie Burrell 556 (12.4) |
Ronnie Burrell 227 (5.0) |
Jeremiah Davis 113 (2.5) |
Winsome Frazier 77 (1.8) |
Patrick Flomo 25 (0.7) |
| 2007-08 not qualified for international competitions | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006-07 Basketball Bundesliga | Jason Gardner 555 (14.6) |
Jason Conley 209 (5.4) |
Jason Gardner 105 (2.8) |
Artur Kolodziejski 29 (0.7) |
Patrick Flomo 41 (1.5) |
| 2006-07 not qualified | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005-06 Basketball Bundesliga | Andrew Wisniewski 660 (20.6) |
Hrovje Perincic 203 (6.0) |
Andrew Wisniewski 134 (4.2) |
Andrew Wisniewski 49 (1.5) |
Michael Meeks 17 (0.5) |
| 2005-06 FIBA EuroCup | Andrew Wisniewski 81 (13.5) |
Branko Klepač 26 (4.3) |
Andrew Wisniewski 17 (2.8) |
Andrew Wisniewski 7 (1.2) |
Branko Klepač 2 (0.3) |
| 2004-05 Basketball Bundesliga | Branko Milisavljević 487 (16.8) |
Altron Jackson 251 (9.0) |
Branko Milisavljević 164 (5.7) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 33 (1.1) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 21 (0.7) |
| 2004-05 ULEB Cup | Kristaps Janicenoks 143 (14.3) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 56 (5.6) |
Branko Milisavljević 38 (4.2) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 13 (1.3) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 5 (0.5) |
| 2003-04 Basketball Bundesliga | Rimantas Kaukėnas 651 (18,6) |
Altron Jackson 263 (7,3) |
Aleksandar Ćapin 125 (3,5) |
Rimantas Kaukėnas 40 (1,1) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 29 (0,8) |
| 2003-04 ULEB Cup | Rimantas Kaukėnas 169 (18.8) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 59 (5.9) |
Aleksandar Ćapin 30 (3.0) |
Rimantas Kaukėnas 14 (1.6) |
Oluoma Nnamaka 9 (0.9) |
| 2002-03 Basketball Bundesliga | Brad Traina  639 (18.3) |
Aleksandar Radojević 262 (7.5) |
Terrence Rencher 145 (4.1) |
Terrence Rencher 57 (1.6) |
Aleksandar Radojević 38 (1.1) |
| 2002-03 ULEB Cup | Aleksandar Nadjfeji 179 (17.9) |
Aleksandar Nadjfeji 63 (6.3) |
Terrence Rencher 39 (3.9) |
Terrence Rencher 20 (2.0) |
Aleksandar Radojević 13 (1.3) |
| 2001-02 Basketball Bundesliga | Aleksander Nadjfeji 573 (16.9) |
Mike Mardesich 245 (7.2) |
Terrence Rencher 187 (5.3) |
Paul Burke 67 (2.1) |
Mike Mardesich 45 (1.3) |
| 2001-02 Saporta Cup | Hurl Beechum 260 (18.6) |
Mike Mardesich 84 (7.0) |
Terrence Rencher 87 (6.2) |
Hurl Beechum 32 (2.3) |
Mike Mardesich 40 (1.2) |
| 2000-01 Basketball Bundesliga | Marc Miller 614 (17.5) |
Sinisa Kelecevic 225 (6.4) |
Paul Burke 174 (5.0) |
Paul Burke 82 (2.3) |
Igor Perica 23 (0.8) |
| 2000-01 Saporta Cup | Sinisa Kelecevic 273 (19.5) |
Sinisa Kelecevic 108 (7.7) |
Paul Burke 62 (4.4) |
Paul Burke 38 (2.7) |
MC Mazique 12 (0.9) |
| 1999-00 Basketball Bundesliga | Derrick Phelps 493 (14.5) |
Ivo Josipović 166 (5.0) |
Derrick Phelps 151 (4.4) |
Derrick Phelps 72 (2.1) |
Detlef Musch 19 (0.6) |
| 1999-00 Saporta Cup | Hurl Beechum 183 (16.6) |
Derrick Phelps 47 (3.9) |
Derrick Phelps 54 (4.5) |
Derrick Phelps 32 (2.7) |
Detlef Musch 5 (0.4) |
| 1998-99 Basketball Bundesliga | Hurl Beechum 654 (17.2) |
Steven Hutchinson 229 (6.4) |
Derrick Phelps 191 (5.6) |
Steven Hutchinson 66 (1.8) |
Gunther Behnke 56 (1.5) |
| 1998-99 Korać Cup | Hurl Beechum 107 (15.3) |
Steven Hutchinson 35 (5.8) |
Derrick Phelps 42 (6.0) |
Steven Hutchinson 15 (2.5) |
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| 1997-98 Basketball Bundesliga | Sinisa Kelecevic 563 (20.9) |
Sinisa Kelecevic 222 (8.2) |
Klaus Perwas 121 (4.0) |
Klaus Perwas 63 (2.1) |
Gunther Behnke 41 (1.4) |
| 1997-98 Korać Cup | Sinisa Kelecevic 79 (15.8) |
Steven Hutchinson 38 (6.3) |
Klaus Perwas 33 (5.5) |
Klaus Perwas 19 (3.2) |
no data |
| 1996-97 Basketball Bundesliga | Sinisa Kelecevic 777 (21.0) |
Gunther Behnke 325 (9.0) |
Klaus Perwas 156 (4.3) |
Eric Taylor 94 (2.4) |
Gunther Behnke 55 (1.5) |
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | German Cup | European competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–93 | 2 | 2. BBL | 7 | Relegation playoffs | – | – |
| 1993–94 | 2 | 2. BBL | 5 | Promotion playoffs | – | – |
| 1994–95 | 2 | 2. BBL | 7 | Relegation playoffs | – | – |
| 1995–96 | 2 | 2. BBL | 1 | Promoted | – | – |
| 1996–97 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2 | Runner-up | Semifinalist | – |
| 1997–98 | 1 | Bundesliga | 5 | Quarterfinalist | – | Played Korac Cup |
| 1998–99 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2 | Runner-up | – | Played Korac Cup |
| 1999–00 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4 | Semifinalist | – | Played Saporta Cup |
| 2000–01 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2 | Runner-up | – | Saporta Cup quarterfinalist |
| 2001–02 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4 | Semifinalist | – | Saporta Cup quarterfinalist |
| 2002–03 | 1 | Bundesliga | 3 | Semifinalist | Fourth position | Played ULEB Cup |
| 2003–04 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4 | Semifinalist | – | Played ULEB Cup |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9 | – | Runner-up | Played ULEB Cup |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7 | Quarterfinalist | – | Played FIBA EuroCup |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7 | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2 | Runner-up | – | – |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2 | Runner-up | Runner-up | EuroChallenge quarterfinalist |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Bundesliga | 8 | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Played Eurocup |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Bundesliga | 13 | – | – | Played EuroChallenge |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Bundesliga | 8 | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | Played EuroChallenge |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7 | Quarterfinalist | – | EuroChallenge quarterfinalist |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Bundesliga | 5 | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | – |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4 | Quarterfinalist | Fourth position | Played Eurocup |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 11 | – | – | Played Eurocup |
See also
Manufacturer
References
- ↑ Team 15/16 Telekom Baskets Bonn, telekom-baskets-bonn.de, Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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