Basketball Bundesliga 2008/09

Basketball Bundesliga 2008/09

Order of execution		43rd season
organizer		BBL GmbH
Number of teams		18th
Main round
Main round first		Alba Berlin
Main rounds - MVP		United States Jason Gardner ( EWE Baskets Oldenburg )
Top scorer		United States Omari Westley ( Giants Nördlingen )
Best defender		United States Immanuel McElroy ( Alba Berlin )
Best young player		Germany Per Günther ( Ratiopharm Ulm )
Coach of the season		United States John Patrick ( BG Göttingen )
Play-offs
German champions		EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Runner-up		Telekom Baskets Bonn
Finals - MVP		United States Rickey Paulding ( EWE Baskets Oldenburg )
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The 2008/09 basketball Bundesliga season was the 43rd season of the top German division in men's basketball . The regular season began on September 20, 2008 and ended on May 9, 2009.

Season Notes

EWE Baskets Oldenburg was the champion of the 2008/09 season .

Cup winner of the 2008/09 season was Alba Berlin in the final against Telekom Baskets Bonn .

Alba Berlin was the first Bundesliga team to move permanently to a hall with a capacity of 10,000 spectators, the O ₂ World Berlin .

After the withdrawal of the Giants Nördlingen on July 9, 2009, the LTi Gießen 46ers appealed against the final table. However, the court of arbitration of the Basketball Bundesliga rejected this. The Cologne 99ers basketball GmbH & Co. KG presented on 10 July 2009 an application for insolvency at the Amtsgericht Köln . On July 17, 2009, she declared that she would not participate in the game operation for the 2009/10 season .

Participating teams

Phantoms Braunschweig

Polar bears Bremerhaven

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

Paderborn Baskets

TBB Trier

Walter Tigers Tubingen

Ratiopharm Ulm

Teams of the basketball league 2008/09

team	Hall	Places	Previous year's placement
Artland Dragons	Artland Arena	3000	2, quarter-finals
Brose Baskets	Jako Arena	6900	4, quarter-finals
Alba Berlin	O ₂ World Berlin	14500	1, master
Telekom Baskets Bonn	Telekom Dome	6000	7, finals
Phantoms Braunschweig	Volkswagen Hall Braunschweig	6600	9
Polar bears Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven City Hall	4795	8, quarter-finals
Giants Düsseldorf	Castle Guard Castello	3700	3, quarter-finals
Skyliners Frankfurt	Ball sports hall Frankfurt	5000	6, semi-finals
LTi Gießen 46ers	Gießen-Ost sports hall	4003	16
BG Göttingen	Lokhalle Göttingen	3350	14th
Cologne 99ers	Energy Dome	3200	10
EnBW Ludwigsburg	Round sports hall Ludwigsburg	3000	13
Giants Nordlingen	Hermann Kessler Hall	3000	Per A
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	EWE Arena	3900	5, semi-finals
Paderborn Baskets ¹	Sports center Maspernplatz	3041	11
TBB Trier	Arena Trier	8000	17th
Tigers Tubingen	Paul Horn Arena	3180	15th
Ratiopharm Ulm	Kuhberghalle	3000	12

¹ Until February 2009 as Digibu Baskets

The previous year's placement relates to the placement after the main round as well as the highest partial round reached in the final round.

Since the Cuxhaven BasCats from Pro A waived a Bundesliga license, TBB Trier was able to hold the class despite relegation place. The Giants Nördlingen rose from the Pro A.

Final results

Main round

#	team	Victories	Defeats	Points	baskets
1	Alba Berlin	26th	8th	52:16	2712: 2392
2	MEG Göttingen	25th	9	50:18	2566: 2396
3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	25th	9	50:18	2667: 2488
4th	Telekom Baskets Bonn	22nd	12	44:24	2564: 2478
5	Ratiopharm Ulm	21st	13	42:26	2678: 2644
6th	Deutsche Bank Skyliners	21st	13	42:26	2442: 2301
7th	Brose Baskets Bamberg	19th	15th	38:30	2508: 2373
8th	Paderborn Baskets	18th	16	36:32	2607: 2563
9	Artland Dragons	18th	16	36:32	2633: 2606
10	TBB Trier	16	18th	32:36	2588: 2623
11	EnBW Ludwigsburg	16	18th	32:36	2307: 2432
12	Giants Düsseldorf	14th	20th	28:40	2616: 2701
13	New York Phantoms Braunschweig	14th	20th	28:40	2452: 2455
14th	Walter Tigers Tubingen	14th	20th	28:40	2566: 2638
15th	Cologne 99ers	11	23	22:46	2486: 2628
16	Giants Nordlingen	11	23	22:46	2466: 2619
17th	LTi Gießen 46ers	8th	26th	16:52	2400: 2644
18th	Polar bears Bremerhaven	7th	27	14:54	2553: 2830

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Final round

Quarter finals			Semifinals			final

1	Alba Berlin	3
8th	Paderborn Baskets	2
				Alba Berlin	2

				Telekom Baskets Bonn	3
4th	Telekom Baskets Bonn	3

5	Ratiopharm Ulm	0
							Telekom Baskets Bonn	2

							EWE Baskets Oldenburg	3
2	MEG Göttingen	1

7th	Brose Baskets Bamberg	3
				Brose Baskets Bamberg	0

				EWE Baskets Oldenburg	3
3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	3

6th	Deutsche Bank Skyliners	1

Champions team

Squad EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the 2008/09 season

player
No.	Nat.	Surname	birth	size	info	Last club
		Guards ( PG , SG )
7th	United States	Jonathan Wallace	05/16/1986	186
8th	United States	Je'Kel Foster	07/22/1983	191
19th	Germany	Daniel Hain	07/19/1985	195
22nd	United States	Jason Gardner	11/14/1980	178
33	Serbia	Miladin Peković	06/18/1983	196
		Forwards ( SF , PF )
4th	Serbia	Marko Šćekić	05/23/1981	205
5	Germany	Marco Buljevic	03/26/1987	196	DL
10	Serbia	Milan Majstorović	01/28/1983	207
12	Croatia	Jasmin Perković	December 25, 1980	205
23	United States	Rickey Paulding	10/23/1982	196	(C)
		Center ( C )
6th	Germany	Daniel Strauch	01/08/1981	206
44	Cameroon	Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje	05/20/1978	212	A-Nat.

Trainer
Nat.	Surname	position
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Predrag Krunić	Head coach
Germany	Ralph hero	Assistant coach
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Srdjan Klarić	Assistant coach

Legend
Abbr.	meaning
	injured during the play-offs
(C)	Team captain
A-Nat.	National player
DL	Dual license player
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statistics

Leading the team statistics
category	Points	ø per game	team
Defensively best team	2301	67.7	Skyliners Frankfurt
Defensively worst team	2380	83.2	Polar bears Bremerhaven
Offensive best team	2712	79.8	Alba Berlin
Offensive worst team	2307	67.9	EnBW Ludwigsburg

Leading the player stats
category	value	player	team
Points per game	15.9	Omari Westley	Giants Nordlingen
Rebounds per game	10.4	Jeff Gibbs	Ratiopharm Ulm
Assists per game	6.2	Michael-Hakim Jordan	Cologne 99ers
Steals per game	2.7	Roderick Trice	MEG Göttingen
Blocks per game	2.5	Ken Johnson	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Three-point throw per game	2.6	Osvaldo Jeanty	Giants Nordlingen
Efficiency value per game	18.9	Jeff Gibbs	Ratiopharm Ulm

Season highs
category	value	player	team
Points	39	Osvaldo Jeanty	Giants Nordlingen
Rebounds	20th	Jeff Gibbs	Ratiopharm Ulm
three	8th	Osvaldo Jeanty	Giants Nordlingen
Assists	13	Michael-Hakim Jordan	Cologne 99ers
Ball wins	7th	Roderick Trice	MEG Göttingen
Blocked throws	9	Ken Johnson	Telekom Baskets Bonn
effectiveness	42	Rickey Paulding	EWE Baskets Oldenburg

Honors

Award	Surname	society
All-Star Game MVP	United States Darren Fenn	Artland Dragons
Player of the year	United States Jason Gardner	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Best defender	United States Immanuel McElroy	Alba Berlin
Rookie of the Year	Germany Per Günther	ratiopharm ulm
Newcomer of the Year	United States Roderick Trice	BG Göttingen
Best offensive player	United States Julius Jenkins	Alba Berlin
Coach of the year	United States John Patrick	BG Göttingen
Most Likeable Player	United States Rickey Paulding	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Finals Most Valuable Player	United States Rickey Paulding	EWE Baskets Oldenburg

Source:

All-BBL teams

All-BBL First Team :

G Jason Gardner (EWE Baskets Oldenburg)
G Julius Jenkins (Alba Berlin)
F Rickey Paulding (EWE Baskets Oldenburg)
F Jeff Gibbs (Ratiopharm Ulm)
C Chris Ensminger (Paderborn Baskets)

All-BBL Second Team :

G Kyle Bailey (BG Göttingen)
G Roderick Trice (BG Göttingen)
F Immanuel McElroy (Alba Berlin)
F Predrag Šuput (Brose Baskets)
C Raško Katić (Walter Tigers Tübingen)

Average attendance in the main round

city	Visitors	capacity	workload
Bamberg	6,588	6,800	095.48%
Berlin	9,360	14,800	063.24%
Bonn	5,061	6,000	084.35%
Braunschweig	2,669	6,600	040.45%
Bremerhaven	3,196	4,795	076.11%
Dusseldorf	2,354	3,700	064.14%
Frankfurt	4,660	5,002	093.16%
to water	3,443	4,003	086.02%
Goettingen	3.113	3,474	089.61%
Cologne	2,787	3,200	087.10%
Ludwigsburg	2,929	3,000	097.36%
Nordlingen	2,260	3,000	075.33%
Oldenburg	3,045	3,148	096.71%
Paderborn	2,474	3,014	082.08%
Quakenbrück	3,000	3,000	100.00%
trier	3,647	5,900	061.81%
Tübingen	2,505	3.132	079.99%
Ulm	2,876	3,000	095.88%
total	3,666	4,725	077.59%
Previous year	3,577	4,529	078.98%

Web links

Basketball Bundesliga

Individual evidence

↑ Lars Richter: Insolvency. Off for the Cologne 99ers. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. July 10, 2009, accessed September 9, 2018 .
↑ All-Star Game. Basketball Bundesliga , accessed on November 2, 2013 (match report).
↑ Awards & awards in the history of the Bundesliga. In: easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved June 11, 2017 .
↑ The league's attractiveness continues to grow. Basketball Bundesliga , accessed on November 2, 2013 (media information).

[1] Lars Richter: Insolvency. Off for the Cologne 99ers. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. July 10, 2009, accessed September 9, 2018 .

[2] All-Star Game. Basketball Bundesliga , accessed on November 2, 2013 (match report).

[3] Awards & awards in the history of the Bundesliga. In: easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved June 11, 2017 .

[4] The league's attractiveness continues to grow. Basketball Bundesliga , accessed on November 2, 2013 (media information).