- Giessen 46ers
Giessen 46ers is a
basketball club based inGießen ,Germany that plays in theBasketball Bundesliga and the only team that has never been relegated since the league was established in 1966. Their home arena isSporthalle Gießen-Ost .The biggest achievements in club history are five German championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semifinals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1-3 to the eventual champion
GHP Bamberg , and the third place in the BBL cup in 2006.The current roster includes the former German national team player Gerrit Terdenge, nigerian international Michael Umeh and several American players. There current head coach is
Simon Cote , who joined in the summer of2008 after working as a scout for NBA teamDenver Nuggets .External links
* [http://www.giessen46ers.de Team site]
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