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EuroBasket 2015 Group B
Group B of the EuroBasket 2015 took place between 5 and 10 September 2015. The group played all of its games at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. The group was composed of Germany, Iceland, Italy, Serbia, Spain and Turkey. The four best ranked teams advanced to the second round. The group was considered as the toughest group in the tournament. Standings ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' 5 September Germany v Iceland Spain v Serbia Italy v Turkey 6 September Serbia v Germany Iceland v Italy Turkey v Spain 8 September Serbia v Iceland Germany v Turkey Spain v Italy 9 September Turkey v Serbia Italy v Germany Iceland v Spain 10 September Serbia v Italy Germany v Spain Turkey v Iceland References External linksOfficial website {{FIBA EuroBasket 2015 Group B Group B was a set of regulations for grand touring (GT) vehicles used in sports car racing and rallying introduced in 1982 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 2015
EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 September and ended on 20 September 2015. The top two teams ( and ) qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The next five teams (, , , and the ) advanced to the World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. and later qualified due to Serbia and Italy hosting two of the Olympic qualifying tournaments while also qualified as an invitee. Spain won their third title by defeating Lithuania 80–63 in the final. France won bronze on home soil defeating Serbia (81–68). The final game was held in the Stade Pierre-Mauroy and set a new record for the highest attendance in a EuroBasket game, with 26,922. Pau Gasol was named the tournament's MVP. Host selection On 18 December 2011, FIBA Europe decided to let Ukraine host EuroBasket 2015, after France, Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol Sáez (, ; born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. Gasol won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers back-to-back in 2009 and 2010. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, being the first non-American player to have won that award. He is regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is also considered as one of the greatest European players of all time. He is the older brother of former NBA player Marc Gasol. Gasol was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft, but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. He holds the Grizzlies' franchise record for free throws made and attempted. Following more than six seasons with Memphis, Gasol played for the Los Angeles Lakers (2008–2014), the Chic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibor Pleiß
Tibor Pleiß (, alternative spelling Pleiss; born 2 November 1989) is a German professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Super League and the EuroLeague. Standing , he plays the center position. He is also a member of the German national team. Professional career Europe Pleiß joined RheinEnergie Köln (a year later they changed their name to Köln 99ers) of the German Bundesliga as a 17-year-old in 2006. He played with the club for three years, playing in the 2008 EuroCup. After the season ended, he joined the Brose Baskets where he played for three years. On 24 June 2012, Pleiß left Germany and signed a four-year contract with the Spanish club Saski Baskonia, one of the top teams of the Liga ACB. In the 2013–14 season, he averaged 12.4 points on 58.3 percent shooting and 6.0 rebounds in 21.8 minutes per game. He left Baskonia after two years. On 11 August 2014, he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club FC Barcelona. In the 2014–15 ACB s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Teodosić
Miloš Teodosić ( sr-cyr, Милош Теодосић, born March 19, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the National Basketball Team of Serbia internationally. He primarily plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is a six time All-EuroLeague selection, and was voted EuroLeague MVP in 2010. Teodosić helped the Serbian national team win a EuroBasket silver medal in 2009, as well as a FIBA Basketball World Cup silver medal in 2014, being elected to the All-Tournament Team in both competitions. He also won an Olympic silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games. He was named FIBA Europe Player of the Year in 2010, and in 2016, he was voted the best non-NBA player in the world by NBA coaches, as well as the European Player of the Year by ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. Professional career Early years He began playing basketball in hometown clubs KK Student and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemanja Nedović
Nemanja Nedović ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Недовић; ; born 16 June 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he can play both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Early years Nedović began to train in Italy with Ascoli basketball when he was 11 years of age. He lived there because his father was playing professional handball locally with the Ascoli Piceno Handball. After that, he trained for two years in Nova Varoš. In 2005, he moved to Crvena zvezda at the age of 15. He had success in the junior competition, as in 2008 when he became champion with the junior team of Crvena zvezda. After that, he moved to the first team where he finally made a breakthrough professionally. In his first season with the team, he was scoring in double digits, forcing the team management to extend a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ognjen Kuzmić
Ognjen Kuzmić ( sr-cyrl, Огњен Кузмић, ; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbia national basketball team, Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he plays at the Center (basketball), center position. He was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and won the 2015 NBA Finals, 2015 NBA Championship with that team. Professional career Kuzmić started his senior career in OKK Borac, Borac Banja Luka and the first basketball steps began in Findo Doboj. After one season, he left to play for Korihait in the Korisliiga, Finnish league. In 2010, he returned to Bosnia to play for KK Čelik, KK Čelik Zenica. In 2011, he signed with Baloncesto Málaga, Unicaja Málaga but played the 2011–12 season with farm team, CB Axarquía, Clínicas Rincón Benahavís o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan Güler
Sinan Güler (born November 8, 1983) is a former Turkish professional basketball player. College career Güler played college basketball at Salt Lake Community College (JUCO), from 2002 to 2004, and at Carroll College (Montana), Carroll College (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA), from 2004 to 2006. Professional career After playing with the youth teams of the Turkish club Beşiktaş, Güler began his pro career with the senior men's team of Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball), Beşiktaş, during the 2000–01 season. After then playing college basketball in the United States, he returned to Turkey, and joined Darüşşafaka S.K., Darüşşafaka, before returning to Beşiktaş. He joined the Turkish club Anadolu Efes S.K., Anadolu Efes in 2008. With Efes, he won the Turkish Basketball Cup, Turkish Cup and Basketbol Süper Ligi, Turkish Super League in 2009, and the Turkish Basketball Supercup, Turkish Supercup in 2009 and 2010. He moved to the Turkish club Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Dixon
Bobby Dixon or Ali Muhammed (born April 10, 1983), is an American-born naturalized Turkish professional basketball former player who played at the point guard position. He also represented the senior Turkish national basketball team, as he holds Turkish citizenship since 2015, under the name of Ali Muhammed. College career After graduating from Chicago's Sullivan High School, Dixon played college basketball at Troy University. In his two-year career with the Trojans, he played in 59 games, averaging 16.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game. He was also named to the 2005–06 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team. Professional career Dixon started his professional career in France with Saint-Étienne Basket. In May 2007, he signed a contract with the French League team Gravelines until the end of the season. In the summer of 2007, he signed a contract with Polpak Świecie of the Polish Basketball League. He led the 2007–08 season Polish League in assists, av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semih Erden
Semih Erden (born July 28, 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at , he plays at the center position. Professional career Early years Erden played with Darüşşafaka in the Turkish Basketball League in 2003-04 season, appeared in one game in which he recorded one point and two rebounds. He spent the majority of the season playing with the Darüşşafaka junior team. Next season, Erden played with Partizan Belgrade in the Adriatic League and averaged 4.6 points and 3.2 rebounds. He scored in double figures twice, tallying a high of 17 points against KK Hemofarm. He contributed 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in 12.5 minutes a contest in the EuroLeague. His highest scoring game of 10 points occurred against Efes Pilsen. In 2004–05, he also appeared in seven Yugoslav Basketball League games, averaging 1.7 points and 0.7 rebounds in 4.4 minutes a contest. Fenerbahçe In 2005, he signed with Fenerb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Gentile
Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for APU Udine, Udine of the Serie A2 (basketball), Serie A2. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 53rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. Professional career Early career (2009–2011) From 2007 to 2009, Gentile played with the junior teams of Treviso Basket. In 2009, he signed to play with Treviso's senior men's team and in the 2009–10 season, he played in 24 games in Italian basketball league system, Italy's top-tier level Lega Basket Serie A, LBA league, averaging 3.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. In 2011, he won the Lega Basket Serie A awards, Italian League's Best Player Under 22 award. On June 14, 2011, he signed a three-year contract extension with Treviso Basket. Olimpia Milano (2011–2016) In December 2011, Gentile left Treviso Basket and signed a four-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danilo Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari (; born 8 August 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After spending his first four years as a professional in his native Italy, Gallinari was drafted sixth overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. He played with the Knicks for two and a half seasons before being traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2011. He has also played for the Los Angeles Clippers, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Atlanta Hawks. Professional career Casalpusterlengo (2004–2005) Gallinari started playing professionally in 2004 for Casalpusterlengo, a team in Serie B1 ( third level in Italy). Edimes Pavia (2005–2006) In 2005, Gallinari was acquired by Armani Jeans Milano, which then sent him to Edimes Pavia, a team competing in the Italian league second division championship during the 2005–2006 season, so that he could earn more experience with extended playing minutes. Even though he played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball)
Bogdan Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Богдан Богдановић; born 18 August 1992) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 27th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, with his draft rights being traded to the Sacramento Kings during the 2016 NBA draft. Bogdanović earned an All-EuroLeague First Team and a EuroBasket All-Tournament Team selection in 2017. He was selected to the EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team. Early career Bogdanović began playing organized basketball with ŠKK Zvezdara, a club in Belgrade. In April 2008, he moved on to Žitko Basket (then known as Alimenti Basket), also from Belgrade. Playing with Žitko Basket under coach Dragan Jakovljević, Bogdanović was part of the team that in April 2010 earned third place in the 2009–10 Junior Serbian League at the final eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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