With Tibor Pleiss doing his job in the ACB and earning MVP trophies on a weekly basis, there is another German seven-footer on its way to the top at the moment. Born in 1995 and son of the former German National Team player Rolf “Bibo” Mayr who was once considered as the tallest German ever, […]
Daniel Mayr working his way in the German ProA
December 12th, 2013 · No Comments
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Albert Schweitzer 2012: Germany Preview
April 4th, 2012 · No Comments
Looking forward to the 2012 Albert Schweitzer Tournament it‘s time to take a brief glimpse at the German NT, which will be coached by Kay Bluemel once again. Bluemel led the hosts‘ U18 team to the gold medal game two years ago, before coming short to the eventual winners Australia.
Tags: AST 2012·Daniel Mayr·David Taylor·Gavin Schilling·Ismet Akpinar·Kenneth Ogbe·Malik Müller·Mauricio Marin·Paul Zipser
Kay Blümel (German U18 Coach) Interview (Pt.1)
March 13th, 2012 · No Comments
Our friends at Yabazz published a long interviewwith the German U18 National Team head coach Kay Blümel these days. We provide you the English version of the talk where Blümel speaks about the upcoming Albert Schweitzer Tournament and the new Senior head coach Svetislav Pesic in the first part.
Tags: AST 2012·Daniel Mayr·David Taylor·Dominic Lockhart·Gavin Schilling·Helge Baues·Ismet Akpinar·Kalidou Diouf·Kay Blümel·Kenneth Ogbe·Kevin Bryant·Malik Müller·Mauricio Marin·Paul Zipser·Robin Jorch
Christmas Tournaments Overview 2011/2012
December 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Traditionally, the weeks around Christmas and New Year are filled with interesting tournaments. Because of logistical reasons (I moved and am still moving to a new place), I can not cover any of these tournaments live. However, here is a quick overview of the major events of the next days.
Tags: Albert Homs·Alex Ramon·Amedeo Tessitori·Andreas Obst·Axel Louissaint·Constantin Ebert·Daniel Mayr·Dario Saric·David Taylor·Dominik Mavra·Filip Knezevic·Francesco Candussi·Gerard Sevillano·Guillermo Hernangomez·Ilimane Diop·Ismet Akpinar·James Birsen·Jan-Niklas Wimberg·Josep Perez·Maodo Lo·Marc Bauza·Mario Hezonja·Mehmet Sanli·Oskars Reinfelds·Paul Zipser·Sergio Hernandez·Simas Raupys
U16 European Championship 2011: Day 1
August 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
After a nice drive through the Polish backcountry from Wroclaw to the Czech Republic, we arrived in Pardubice to cover the U16 European Championship of Division A for two days. As all teams except one played at least one game in the small Hala Dukla of the Czech town, we could get a bit of […]
Tags: 2011 U16 European Championship DivA·Alberto Martin·Aleksandar Vezenkov·Brano Djukanovic·Constantin Ebert·Damian Jeszke·Daniel Mayr·David Taylor·Doko Salic·Dusan Ristic·Giorgos Diamantakos·Ilimane Diop·Ismet Akpinar·Jan-Niklas Wimberg·Javier de la Blanca·Martin Peterka·Maximilian Ugrai·Michalis Liapis·Mikolaj Witlinski·Niklas Ney·Nikola Rebic·Radovan Kouril·Vasily Martynov·Viacheslav Fedorchenko
Türk Telekom Tournament 2011 about to start
February 3rd, 2011 · 5 Comments
The largest international U16 Tournament in Europe will start this Saturday in Gaziantep in Turkey. After Serbia won the tournament in 2010 behind the 16pts and 12rebs of Nikola Jankovic, we will take a look at who are the players and teams to follow in this year’s edition.
Tags: Alexander Martynov·Andrei Ciordas·ANdrii Kharchynskyi·Charly Pontens·Damien Inglis·Daniel Mayr·David Taylor·Dogukan Sanli·Filip Kamenov·Gavin Schilling·Giga Janelidze·Ismet Akpinar·James Birsen·Kartal Ozmirak·Kenan Sipahi·Konstantin Kulikov·Luka Kokol·Mehmet Hortoglu·Mehmet Sanli·Niklas Ney·Nikola Jankovic·Olivier Yao-Delon·Paul Rigot·Robyn Missa·Türk Telekom Tournament·Vasil Stoimenov·Vladlen Berezhnyy
December/New Year Tournaments Preview
November 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments
The month of December/Christmas/New Year period is normally filled with interesting tournaments for Youth Basketball. We checked a few news and notes that are in relation with those upcoming events. For a full overview of the main tournaments, you can find it on our Tournament Agenda.
Tags: Alexander Zhigulin·Augustinas Jankaitis·Daniel Mayr·Dario Saric·David Taylor·Gavin Schilling·Janis Stielow·Kevin Bright·Malik Müller·Marcus Eriksson·Mauricio Marin·Modou Mbaye·Nicholas Spires·Paul Zipser·Tauras Jogela