Telekom Baskets Bonn
Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||
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Leagues | Basketball Bundesliga | ||
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 | Roel Moors | ||
Championships | 1 Champions League | ||
Website | telekom-baskets-bonn.de | ||
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Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn, is a German professional basketball club that is 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.
In 2023, the Baskets won the Basketball Champions League, Europe's most prestigious FIBA competition. Bonn became the first German team to win it. It was the first title in club history.
The Baskets reached the German League Final Four nine times in 17 years of league affiliation. Bonn reached the national league's finals six times, in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009, and 2023 albeit coming up short on each occasion.
History
The beginning
The Telekom Baskets Bonn was founded in 1992 when the German clubs Godesberger 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 promoted to the
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 2006–07 season started a cooperation with former rival
For the 2011–12 season
2012–13, 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
Two new faces for the club's main tasks
In May 2013, as the successor to Michael Koch, the Telekom Baskets Bonn presented
After two seasons at the helm that included solid regular season results and first round exits in the playoffs, Bonn got off to a 6–1 start in 2015–16 before breaking down in a major way. The Baskets finished with a 12–22 record that included a string of 14 consecutive losses in BBL and
After Poropat left the team in September 2016 due to an undisclosed illness, former coach Predrag Krunić returned to Bonn for a second coaching stint.[1] Major additions for the 2016–17 season included former Bamberg player Ryan Thompson, point guard Josh Mayo, and center Julian Gamble. In the 2016/2017 season, the Baskets bounced back by reaching a playoff-spot and finished the regular season on the seventh place with an 18–14 record. In the playoffs, Bonn managed to win the first game of the quarterfinals against the defending champs Brose Bamberg, but ended up losing the series 1:3.
The following 2017/2018 season, Bonn nearly could gain home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, but just came up short in this race despite finishing on a good fifth place with a 21–13 record. In the quarterfinals, the Baskets played against Brose Bamberg again but could not get a win this time by losing the quarterfinal series 0:3.
After winning the first three games in the 2018/2019 season, the Baskets lost eight out of the next ten regular season games. In January 2019 former assistant coach Chris O’Shea became head coach right before the German cup semifinals, which Bonn lost 87:90 against Brose Bamberg who ended up winning the cup. Bonn won eight out of the next eleven games and finished the regular season with an impressive 102:98 home win against Bayern Munich, who won the German league title in the last two years. In the playoffs, Bonn had to play EWE Baskets Oldenburg and lost the series 0:3.
In February 2020, after 17 match days, the club announced the hiring of Will Voigt as head coach of the team [1], who previously coached Angola's national team. He is the successor of Thomas Päch, who was assigned as head coach in summer 2019. The results of the regular Basketball Bundesliga season (BBL) did not meet overall's expectations, whereas in the Basketball Champions League, Telekom Baskets Bonn have reached the round of the last 16 remaining teams and compete against AEK Athens in the first round of the Play-offs. Voigt ended his first Bonn stint at the conclusion of the 2019-20 season, but was hired again in January 2021, when Bonn fired Igor Jovović.[2] Voigt parted ways with Bonn after the 2020-21 season, Tuomas Iisalo was appointed the new head coach in May 2021.[3]
The Iisalo legacy and Champions League title (2021–2023)
The Iisalo brothers, Tuomas (head coach) and Joonas (associate head coach), took Bonn from a medium power to second place in the 2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga and qualified for the Bundesliga playoff semifinals. The Iisalos' tactics were known for a lot of passing. In 2022, Joonas left Bonn to become head coach at
During the 2022–23 season, Bonn finished as first seed in the 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga after their 32–2 record in the regular season.[5] On 4 May, Bonn's Macedonian-American point guard T. J. Shorts was named the BBL MVP,[6] as well as the Basketball Champions League MVP.[7] On 14 May 2023, Bonn won the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League championship, the club's first ever trophy. They defeated Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem in the final of the Final Four in Málaga. Shorts was named the Final Four MVP.[8]
Roel Moors takes over (2023–present)
In June 2023, Roel Moors took over as Bonn's new head coach. The unexpected Champions League title had drastically increased the team's marked value which caused the players and coaches to accept higher salaries elsewhere. Bonn went through a complete restructure. Yet, the success of 2023 brought in price money which the Baskets used to hire new, internationally competitive players.
Honours
- Runners-up (1): 2023
- Champions (1): 2022–23
- Runners-up (3): 2005, 2009, 2012
- Champions (1): 1995-96
Arenas
- 1995–1996: Sportpark Pennenfeld (capacity: 700)
- 1996–2008: Hardtberghalle (capacity: 3,500)
- Since 2008: Telekom Dome (capacity: 6,000)
Players
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 | Thomas Kennedy | Till Pape | Benedikt Turudic | |
PF
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Savion Flagg | Christian Sengfelder | Leon Bulić | |
SF | Sam Griesel | Noah Kirkwood | ||
SG | Brian Fobbs | Florian Koch | ||
PG | Glynn Watson Jr. | Harald Frey | Tyreese Blunt |
Head coaches
- John Ecker: (1993–1995)
- Bruno Socé: (1995–2001)
- Predrag Krunić: (2001–2005)
- Danijel Jusup: (2005)
- Michael Koch: (2005–2013)
- Mathias Fischer: (2013–2015)
- Carsten Pohl: (2015–2016)
- Silvano Poropat: (2016)
- Predrag Krunić: (2016–2019)
- Chris O'Shea: (2019)
- Thomas Päch: (2019–2020)
- Will Voigt: (2020)
- Igor Jovović: (2020–2021)
- Will Voigt: (2021)
- Tuomas Iisalo: (2021–2023) (Champions League winner 2023)
- Roel Moors: (2023–present)
Team
Award winners
- BBL Most Valuable Player
- To appear in this section a player must have played at least two seasons for the club AND 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.
- Hurl Beechum 4 seasons: '98–'02
- Gunther Behnke 4 seasons: '96–'00
- Steven Hutchinson 2 seasons: '97–'99
- Michael Kessens 2 seasons: '21–'23
- Alex King 3 seasons: '08–'11
- Leon Kratzer 3 seasons: '20–'23
- Konstantin Klein2 seasons: '16–'18
- Dirk Mädrich 2 seasons: '14–'16
- Andrej Mangold 5 seasons: '11–'16
- Tim Ohlbrecht 2 seasons: '09–'11
- Klaus Perwas 4 seasons: '95–'99
- Karsten Tadda 2 seasons: '21–23
- Yorman Polas Bartolo 4 seasons: '16–'20
- Siniša Kelečević 4 seasons: '96–'98, '00–'01, '05–'06
- Tadas Klimavicius2 seasons: '14–'16
- Benas Veikalas 4 seasons: '11–'15
- Aleksandar Nadjfeji4 seasons: '01–'05
- Jason Conley 3 seasons: '05–'08
- Chris Ensminger 4 seasons: '09–'13
- Tony Gaffney 2 seasons: '11–'12, '13–'14
- Julian Gamble 2 seasons: '16–'18
- Jared Jordan 4 seasons: '09–'10, '11–'14
- Arvid Kramer 10 seasons: '87–'97
- Eugene Lawrence 4 seasons: '14–'16, '20
- Jamel McLean 2 seasons: '13–'14
- Jeremy Morgan 2 seasons: '21–'23
- Derrick Phelps 2 seasons: '98–'00
- Terrence Rencher 2 seasons: '01–'03
- Tyson Ward 2 seasons: '21–'23
Season by season
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | German Cup | European competitions | |
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1992–93 | 2 | 2. BBL | 7th | |||
1993–94 | 2 | 2. BBL | 5th | |||
1994–95 | 2 | 2. BBL | 7th | |||
1995–96 | 2 | 2. BBL | 1st | |||
1996–97 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2nd | Semi-finalist | ||
1997–98 | 1 | Bundesliga | 5th | 3 Korać Cup | GS | |
1998–99 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2nd | 3 Korać Cup | R32 | |
1999–00 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | 3 Korać Cup | R32 | |
2000–01 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2nd | 2 Saporta Cup | QF | |
2001–02 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | 2 Saporta Cup | QF | |
2002–03 | 1 | Bundesliga | 3rd | Fourth position | 2 ULEB Cup |
RS |
2003–04 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | 2 ULEB Cup |
RS | |
2004–05 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | Runner-up | 2 ULEB Cup |
RS |
2005–06 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7th | 3 FIBA EuroCup |
RS | |
2006–07 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7th | |||
2007–08 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2nd | |||
2008–09
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1 | Bundesliga | 2nd | Runner-up | 3 EuroChallenge |
QF |
2009–10
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1 | Bundesliga | 8th | Quarter-finalist | 2 Eurocup |
RS |
2010–11
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1 | Bundesliga | 13th | 3 EuroChallenge |
RS | |
2011–12
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1 | Bundesliga | 8th | Runner-up | 3 EuroChallenge |
T16 |
2012–13
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1 | Bundesliga | 7th | 3 EuroChallenge |
QF | |
2013–14 | 1 | Bundesliga | 6th | Quarter-finalist | ||
2014–15 | 1 | Bundesliga | 5th | Fourth position | 2 Eurocup | RS |
2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 11th | 2 Eurocup | RS | |
2016–17 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7th | Quarter-finalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | SF |
2017–18 | 1 | Bundesliga | 5th | 3 Champions League | RS | |
2018–19 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7th | Semi-finalist | 3 Champions League | RS |
2019–20 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | Quarterfinals | 3 Champions League | R16 |
2020–21 | 1 | Bundesliga | 13th | Group stage
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2021–22 | 1 | Bundesliga | 3rd | Round of 16 | ||
2022–23 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2nd | Round of 16 | 2 Champions League | C |
2023–24 | 1 | Bundesliga | Quarterfinals | 2 Champions League | QF |
Youth development
Through building the
Manufacturer
1996 - 2010: Adidas
2015 - Now :
References
- ^ Sport1.de. "Telekom Baskets Bonn: Silvano Poropat schwer erkrankt – Krunic kommt". Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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- ^ "Tuomas Iisalo ist der neue #HEARTBERG-Dirigent". www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Ziel: Heidelberger Basketballer wollen nicht absteigen Die Zeit, 8 August 2022. Accessed 19 February 2023.(in German)
- ^ "Bonns Basketballer holen eindrucksvoll Hauptrunden-Titel". sportschau.de (in German). 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "TJ Shorts named the MVP of the German BBL". Eurohoops. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "MVP Shorts headlines BCL season seven award winners". FIBA.basketball. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Telekom Baskets Bonn celebrate their first Basketball Champions League title". FIBA.basketball. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ Team 15/16 Telekom Baskets Bonn Archived 4 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, telekom-baskets-bonn.de. Retrieved 30 September 2015.