Giessen 46ers

JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people.

JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers
Nickname	MTV Gießen
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1937
History	MTV 1846 Gießen 1937–1993 Gießen Flippers 1993–2000 Avitos Gießen 2000–2003 Gießen 46ers 2003–2019 JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers 2019–present
Arena	Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
Capacity	4,003
Location	Gießen, Germany
Team colors	Red, White, Black
President	Michael Koch
Head coach	Rolf Scholz
Championships	5 German Championships 3 German Cups 1 German 2nd League
Website	Team site
Home Away

History

The biggest achievements in club history are five German Championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German Cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semi-finals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1–3, to the eventual champion GHP Bamberg, and the third place in the BBL Cup in 2006.

In the 2012–13 season, the 46ers relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.[1] In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.[1]

They are known in the USA, for having been the team for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career, due to a knee injury.[2]

Honours

• German Championship

Winners: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978

• German Cup

Winners: 1969, 1973, 1979

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	German Cup	European Competitions
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	17th[lower-alpha 1]
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	14th
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	15th
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	17th[lower-alpha 1]
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	18th
2013–14	2	ProA	3rd
2014–15	2	ProA	1st
2015–16	1	Bundesliga	9th
2016–17	1	Bundesliga	9th
2017–18	1	Bundesliga	11th
2018–19	1	Bundesliga	13th	Round of 16
2019–20	1	Bundesliga	13th	Round of 16
2020–21	1	Bundesliga		Group stage

Notes

1. Gießen eventually did not relegate in the 2007–08 and 2011–12 season.

Team

Current roster

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

Gießen 46ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name PG 1 Stark, Jonathan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – 23 May 1995 G 2 Hamilton, Isaac 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – 14 May 1994 G 3 O´Reilly, Liam 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – 19 March 1996 PG 4 Kraushaar, Bjarne 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 21 – 12 June 1999 PG 5 Köpple, Tim Levin 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 20 – 3 September 2000 SF 8 Pjanic, Alen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – 5 March 1997 PF 10 Uhlemann, Tim 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 21 – 9 April 1999 F/C 12 Richter, Johannes 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – 6 December 1993 F/C 15 Bowman, Brandon 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 36 – 15 October 1984 SG 20 Zylka, Ferdinand 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – 11 April 1998 F/C 31 James, Scottie 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 24 – 7 November 1996 G/F 33 Thomas, Brandon (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 36 – 17 August 1984 C 54 Bryant, John 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 127 kg (280 lb) 33 – 13 June 1987	Head coach Ingo Freyer Assistant coach(es) Steven Wriedt Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 12, 2021

Individual awards

Basketball Bundesliga MVP

• Chuck Eidson – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Best Offensive Player

• Chuck Eidson – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year

• Stefan Koch – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Rookie of the Year

• Anton Gavel – 2006

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• 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 or one NBA game at any time.
• Achieved significant notability outside of basketball.
• Henning Harnisch (3 seasons: 1985–88)
• Heiko Schaffartzik (2 seasons: 2004–05, 2007–08)
• Anton Gavel (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Louis Campbell (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Chuck Eidson (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Kevin Nash (1 season: 1980–1981)

Top scorers

Suleiman Braimoh

Season	Player	PPG
2012–13	Ryan Brooks	15.9
2013–14	Myles Hesson	16.1
2014–15	Cameron Wells	12.3
2015–16	Suleiman Braimoh	12.1
2016–17	Cameron Wells	14

References

1. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
2. Davies, Ross. Kevin Nash, p.19

External links

• Official website (in German)