Mark Dickel
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Mark Robert Dickel | |
| Nickname | Sparky | |
| birthday | December 21, 1976 | |
| place of birth | Dunedin , New Zealand | |
| size | 187 cm | |
| position |
Point Guard / Shooting Guard |
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| college | UNLV | |
| NBA draft | undrafted ( 2000 ) | |
| Clubs as active | ||
1993–1996 Otago Nuggets 1998 Wellington Saints 1996–2000 UNLV Rebels 2000–2002 Victoria Titans 2002 Wellington Saints 2002–2003 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 2003 Otago Nuggets 2003 Telindus Oostende 2003–2004 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 2004–2005 Erdemirspor Ereğli 2005–2006 Lokomotiw Rostow 2006–2007 Anwil Włocławek 2007 Marousi Athens 2007 Brose Baskets 2008 Selçuk Üniversitesi 2008–2010 AS Trikala 2000 2011 Sydney Kings 2011         Southland Sharks 2012–2014 Otago Nuggets |
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| National team | ||
| 1994– | New Zealand | |
| Clubs as coaches | ||
2010–2011 Albania 2014 Otago Nuggets (player- coach ) 2014–2018 Canterbury Rams since 2018 TNT KaTropa (consultant) since 2020 Philippines 
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Mark Dickel (born December 21, 1976 in Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand ) is a New Zealand basketball coach and former player who has played professionally in several European basketball leagues, including briefly with the Brose Baskets from Bamberg in the German basketball league . Dickel has participated in two Olympic Games with the New Zealand national basketball team . In addition to his athletic achievements, Dickel caused a sensation in 2006 when he was banned for cannabis use and missed the first three games of the 2006 World Basketball Championship . In addition, his contract at the time with Lokomotiw Rostow was dissolved in the Russian Superleague .
Down under and studying in the USA
Dickel began his career in New Zealand's NZNBL with the Otago Nuggets and was named Rookie of the Year in this league in 1993 . In 1996 he began studying in the United States and was active for the University of Nevada in Las Vegas as a player for the Rebels , placing himself among the three best assists in the history of this college team. After completing his studies, he played for two seasons in Melbourne, Australia for the Victoria Titans in the Australian National Basketball League . In the European summer months - correspondingly the winter months in the southern hemisphere - he was still basketball for teams in his home country in 1998, 2002 and 2003.
Europe
In 2002, Dickel to Europe and played for Fenerbahçe in Turkish Istanbul . With good statistics (almost 15 points and almost 6 assists per game) he drew attention. At the start of the 2003/04 season, he moved to Belgium on the English Channel before returning to Fener on the Bosporus in December . In the following season 2004/05 he played in the TBL , at Erdemirspor he had his strongest European season so far with almost 20 points and almost 9 assists per game. He recommended himself for Lokomotiw from Rostov in Russia. With almost 5 minutes less playing time per game, his statistics in the Russian Super League were halved. After the doping ban, Dickel had to look for a new club and ended up in Poland . In January 2007 he moved to Maroussi into Greek Athens . Due to a back injury, he only played one game for the club.
At the start of the 2007/08 season, Dickel was looking for a new start in the German basketball league with Brose Baskets, the title holder at the time. His role in the team did not meet his expectations and probably also not those of coach Dirk Bauermann , so that his contract was terminated prematurely after Mithat Demirel was signed. Dickel then moved back to the TBL, where he had celebrated his greatest successes in Europe, to Selçuk Üniversitesi from Konya . At the end of 2008, Dickel was signed by the promoted team in the highest Greek division AS Trikala. After the contract initially ended at the end of the 2008/09 season, the whole thing was repeated in the following season. While the relegation in the last game could be avoided in 2008/09, this success was not granted to AS Trikala in 2009/10 and the sporting descent could not be prevented. From March 2010 Dickel was injured again and in the meantime acted as national coach of the Albania selection before returning to his homeland in November 2010. Before the start of the season in New Zealand, however, he first jumped in as a replacement for the Sydney Kings in the NBL. As of April 2011, he now plays for the Southland Sharks under the command of his older brother Richard, who was the team's coach. For the following season, 2012, he returned to the Otago Nuggets, where he ended his career in 2014.
National team
Dickel was with the New Zealand selection participants in the basketball tournament of the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens. In Sydney the Tall Blacks , the nickname of the New Zealand national team, were second to last among twelve participating teams, while in Athens they could improve by one place to tenth place. New Zealand could not qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , as they failed in the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament against host Greece .
In the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis occupied Tall Blacks with Dickel, however, an excellent fourth place after surprising the previously strong aufspielende choose from in the quarterfinals Puerto Rico defeated the eventual champions in the second round of Yugoslavia and the medal candidates Spain had conquered . In the game for the bronze medal, the German selection for tournament MVP Dirk Nowitzki failed . Dickel was the third best assist provider in this tournament. The 2006 Basketball World Cup in Japan was overshadowed by Dickel's doping affair. After two games in which Dickel was eligible to play, he was eliminated in the round of 16 with the selection against the Olympic champion from Athens Argentina .
Others
His father Carl coached the New Zealand women's national team and coached the Otago Nuggets, where Dickel began his career. His brother Richard was the trainer of the Southland Sharks in the NZNBL and later in Norway, among others .
Trainer
In 2014 he acted as a player-coach in Otago, then moved to the Canterbury Rams as head coach. After the end of the 2018 season, he left the team and accepted an offer from TnT KaTropa from the Philippines. Since foreign coaches are banned in the Philippine League (with the exception of foreigners who are married to a Filipino woman), Dickel was officially hired as a consultant. In addition, he was appointed national coach of the Philippines in 2020 to oversee the selection round for the 2021 Asian Cup.
Web links
- Mark Dickel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Mark Dickel - Profile on the statistics pages of the TBL (English)
- easyCredit BBL - Mark Dickel - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://rappler.com/sports/gilas-pilipinas/mark-dickel-philippine-team-interim-coach-fiba-asia-qualifiers-2021
- ^ Otago Nuggets taking on golden sheen in 2012. March 6, 2012, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ UNLVRebels.com: Men's Basketball Media Guide 09/10 - History (English), p. 154, PDF (5.1 MB), accessed on March 10, 2010
- ↑ ODT.co.nz: Basketball: Mark Dickel signs for Southland (English), article from November 19, 2010 in the online edition of the 'Otago Daily Times', accessed on May 8, 2011
- ↑ DailyTelegraph.com.au: Kings' court cop to call the shots , article in the online edition of Australia's Daily Telegraph , December 15, 2010, accessed May 8, 2011
- ↑ Rob Shaw: Boss aims high. May 18, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Adrian Seconi: Basketball: Dickel's departure leaves huge void. August 18, 2014, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ NZ club confirms Mark Dickel has left to coach TNT KaTropa in PBA. Retrieved August 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Why Mark Dickel can't be named TnT coach even if he calls the shots. Retrieved August 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Mark Dickel to call shots for Gilas Pilipinas. Retrieved August 27, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dickel, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dickel, Mark Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunedin |