Paderborn Baskets

Gartenzaun24 Baskets Paderborn
Nickname	Baskets
Leagues	ProA
Founded	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
History	List VBC 69 Paderborn (1969–1991) Paderborn Baskets (91) (1991–1992, 2001–2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2010) BOVA Baskets (1992–1993) Forbo Paderborn 91 (1993–1998) Teamwork Paderborn 91 (1998–2001) Schröno Paderborn Baskets (2004–2006) Digibu Baskets (2007–2008) webmoebel Baskets (2010–2012) Finke Baskets (2012–2016) Uni Baskets Paderborn (2016–2023) Gartenzaun24 Baskets Paderborn (2023–present)
Arena	Sportzentrum Maspernplatz
Capacity	3,014
Location	Paderborn, Germany
Team colors	Crimson, OrangeRed, Navy and White
President	Jordi Perez
Head coach	Steven Esterkamp
Website	www.paderborn-baskets.de
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Paderborn Baskets 91 e.V., for sponsorship reasons named Gartenzaun24 Baskets Paderborn, is a basketball club based in Paderborn, Germany. The club currently plays in the ProA, the second highest basketball league in Germany.^[1]

The club reached the 2008–09 Basketball Bundesliga playoffs where Paderborn earned two victories against the defending champion ALBA Berlin against all odds. It has been Paderborn's main accomplishment to date.

History

The immediate predecessor club of the Paderborn Baskets was the VBC 69 Paderborn, founded in 1969, in which competitive basketball was also played in the city for the first time. After only six years, youth teams were able to win championships in the West German Basketball Association (WBV) in 1975, and subsequently youth and junior national players such as Manfred Winter and Bernd Zengerling came forth, who later played in the Basketball Bundesliga and the ProA predecessor leagues. Then in 1984, the first men's team itself succeeded in advancing to the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga Group North. The promotion team mainly included players from the team's own youth, such as Dirk Happe, who had won a bronze medal as a youth national player at the European Cadet (U16) Championships in his own country the year before.

Players of the Basketball Bundesliga Play–off team in 2009 included: Kendale Mccullum, Ryan Logan, Thomas Reuter, Martin Seiferth, Ivan Buntic, Demetrius Ward, Henning Ballhausen, Jens Großmann, Grant Benzinger, Daniel Mixich, Lavelle Felton, Piet Kahl and Jacksons Trapp.

Current roster

Paderborn Baskets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name G 0 Hutton Yenor F 1 Dejan Bruce SG 3 Jake Biss G 4 Quashawn Lane PG 5 TJ Washington SG 6 Leon Anbinder PG 7 Tom Brüggemann PG 8 Lucas Mayer F 9 Philipp Walz G 10 Nicolas Decker PG 11 Nicolas Buchholz PF 28 Lars Lagerpusch PF/C 35 Julian Roche G 51 Zach Chappell PF 99 Jubril Adekoya	Head coach Steven Esterkamp Assistant coach(es) Florian Held Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 March 2024

Head coaches

• Werner Rotsaert (1992–1995)
• Ed Visscher (1995–1996)
• Pat Elzie (1996–1999)
• Werner Rotsaert (1999–2000)
• Nima Mehrdadi (2000–2001)
• Doug Spradley (2001–2009)
• Steven Esterkamp (2019–present)

Players

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 at any time.

References

External links

• German League Profile

This page was last edited on 29 March 2024, at 10:18