Nürnberg Falcons BC, formerly called Nürnberger BC (abbreviated as NBC) is a

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club based in

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. The club currently plays in the ProA, the German professional second division. In 2010–11 Nürnberg was promoted from the ProB to the ProA. In 2019, Nürnberg finished as runner-ups in the ProA. The club play their home games since 2021 in the newly built Kia Metropol arena which has a capacity of 4,000 people.

History

The "Franken Hexer" was founded in 2002 as a "joint project of several Middle Franconian clubs to promote young basketball talents". The newly founded club started with a men's team in the lowest league (district class) as well as a male U16 and U18 team. The men's teams were also explicitly intended for young players. In 2016, the name was changed to ''Falcons''. In the 2018–19 ProA season, Nürnberg ended in third place in the standings. In the playoffs it defeated second-seeded

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to qualify for the ProA finals. Because of this achievement, the team earned promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) for the first time. In May 2019, it was announced that Falcons did not obtain a license for the BBL due to not meeting requirements on minimum arena size and minimum budget. N Falcons

Honours

* ProA **Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Players

Current squad

Individual awards

; ProA MVP * Braydon Hobbs: 2015

Notable players

- 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.
* Bastian Doreth * Tim Ohlbrecht * Ish Wainright * A. J. Davis * Braydon Hobbs * Dan Oppland * Eric Washington * Diante Watkins

Head coaches

* Vytautas Buzas: (2019-2020, 2021-2022) * Derrick Taylor: (2022-2023) * Virgil Matthews: (2023–2024) * Ralph Junge: (2024–present)

References

External links

Nürnberger BC

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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