Hamburg Towers

Hamburg Towers is a professional basketball team, based in Hamburg, Germany. The Towers are currently playing in the Basketball Bundesliga, after promoting from the ProA in 2019.[2]

Hamburg Towers
LeaguesBasketball Bundesliga
Founded2013 (2013)
ArenaEdel-optics.de Arena
Capacity3,400[1]
LocationHamburg, Germany
Team colorsWhite, Black, Silver
              
Main sponsorVTG
PresidentJan Fischer
Marvin Willoughby
Team managerMarvin Willoughby
Head coachVacant
Affiliation(s)SC Rist Wedel
Championships1 ProA
Websitewww.hamburgtowers.de

Founded in 2013, the club played in the ProA from the 2014–15 season. In 2019, Hamburg promoted to the BBL for the first time. Since 2014, their home arena is the Edel-optics.de Arena in Wilhelmsburg. It has capacity for 3,400 people.

History

In February 2013, former player Pascal Roller and entrepreneur Wolfgang Sahm announced their plans to bring back professional basketball to Hamburg.[3] There had been no professional basketball in the city since the bankruptcy of BCJ Hamburg in 2002. The original goal of the club was to obtain a wild card for the first tier Basketball Bundesliga. However, the team was given a spot in the second tier ProA.

The club debuted in the 2014–15 ProA season. It played its first home game on 28 September 2014, and won 66–65 over Gießen 46ers.[4] In its debut season, the team ended eight in the standings. In the 2015–16 season, the Towers had the highest average attendance of all ProA clubs with 3,047 per game.

In the 2018–19 season, Hamburg finished the regular season in the fourth place. On 30 April 2019, Hamburg Towers promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time after defeating first-seeded Chemnitz Niners in the playoffs semifinals, and thus reaching the ProA Finals.[5] On 4 May 2019, the team won the ProA championship after defeating Nürnberg Falcons in the second leg.

Season by season
Towers home game in the 2016–17 season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2014–15 2 ProA 8th 15–18
2015–16 2 ProA 5th
2016–17 2 ProA 9th 14–16
2017–18 2 ProA 10th 13–17
2018–19 2 ProA 1st 26–15
2019–20 1 Basketball Bundesliga 17th 3–17

    Honours

    Titles: 1

    Players

    Current roster

    Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

    Hamburg Towers roster
    PlayersCoaches
    Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
    C 1 Ibeh, Prince 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 26 – (1994-06-03)3 June 1994
    G 3 Rich, Osaro Jürgen 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 22 – (1998-07-22)22 July 1998
    G 4 Holland, Demarcus 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 26 – (1994-03-02)2 March 1994
    G 6 Walker, Tevonn 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993
    G 8 Schaffartzik, Heiko 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 36 – (1984-01-03)3 January 1984
    F/C 11 Kotsar, Maik 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 23 – (1996-12-22)22 December 1996
    F 12 Müller, Malik 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – (1994-01-24)24 January 1994
    C 13 Freese, Jannik 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 34 – (1986-08-13)13 August 1986
    C 15 Radosavljević, Bogdan 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 27 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993
    G 21 Hollatz, Justus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 19 – (2001-04-21)21 April 2001
    F 24 Carrera, Michael 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 27 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993
    F 26 Ogunsipe, Marvin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 24 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996
    F 53 Yebo, Kevin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 24 – (1996-03-14)14 March 1996
    PG DiLeo, Max 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1993-03-12)12 March 1993
    PG Shorts, T. J. 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 22 – (1997-10-15)15 October 1997
    G/F Taylor, Kameron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1994-10-05)5 October 1994
    Head coach

    Pedro Calles

    Assistant coach(es)

    Miguel Zapata

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • Injured
    Updated: July 31, 2020

    Depth chart
    Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
    C Bogdan Radosavljević Prince Ibeh Jannik Freese
    PF Marvin Ogunsipe
    SF Michael Carrera Malik Müller Kevin Yebo
    SG Heiko Schaffartzik Yannick Franke Tevonn Walker Osaro Jürgen Rich
    PG Jorge Gutiérrez Demarcus Holland Justus Hollatz René Kindzeka

    Notable players

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    Head coaches
    # Name Period Honours
    1 Hamed Attarbashi 2014 – February 2018
    2 Benka Barloschky February – May 2018
    3 Mike Taylor May 2018 – June 2020 ProA: 2019
    4 Pedro Calles August 2020 – present

    Arena
    Edel-optics.de Arena in 2015

    References
    2. Die Towers – mehr als nur Basketball Hamburger Abendblatt (Inga Radel), 23 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.(in German)
    3. "Basketball wie in München – nur anders". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
    4. "Happy End bei Towers-Premiere in der Zweiten Liga". abendblatt.de. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
    5. "Erstklassig! Hamburg Towers steigen in BBL auf". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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