Under the auspices of the Euroleague and other European competitions, many of the domestic leagues have grown in level as more teams join them and have to compete in ambitious projects. One of those which is developing in this sense is the German league basketball, known by the sponsorship and official name easycredit BBL, which has brought more interest from Spain with the arrival of many coaches and former players of ACB.
The reasons for following the German basketball league from Spain
In previous seasons, the German basketball league, the easycredit BBL, was a great focus of interest for Spanish followers in the game of basketball due to the fact that there are many well-known names in our basketball, such as Aíto García Reneses as coach of ALBA Berlin, Pablo Laso of Bayern Munich or Juan Núñez as a player of Ratiopharm Ulm.
In this 24-25 season, which It started on Friday, September 20 With the early game of matchday 3 between Bayern Munich and Niners Chemnitz, the German basketball league has other points of interest for Spanish fans and the Solobasket We’ve checked it out for you:
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Entrenadores ‘made in Spain’
yes ok Pablo Laso He bid farewell to the German basketball league after one season on the bench of Bayern Munich, on the benches of the BBL There are also Spanish coaches with certain weight and prominence in various projects. At ALBA Berlin continues to lead Israel Gonzalezin his third campaign since he relieved Aíto García Reneses after he finished second.
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Jesús Ramírez also retained his position at Basketball Löwen Braunschweig, a team owned by NBA star Dennis Schröder, as well Pedro Calleswho remains in his third year as coach of EWE Baskets Oldenburg. In addition to the main starters, there are some helpers in German banks, such as Miguel Zapata of RASTA Vechta or a new one like this Jose Maria Berrocal in Bayern Munich.
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Stars forged on First FEB
Although the banks are one of the biggest points of interest in German basketball for the Spanish, there are some compatriots who follow and strong projects of some relevance, the past is linked to Spain that some players also make them a reference for basketball fans, and Primera FEB regulars have some former stars of the competition which is now part of the easycredit BBL templates.
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That is the case of When Kuathsigning from Hamburg Towers, and who recently became the MVP of the LEB Oro promotion Final Four with Força Lleida, or one of the revelations of last season like Alex Barcello of Gipuzkoa Basket, and who is now a player for MLP Academics Heidelberg. Precisely, also there is a good past in the Basque team that he has Justin Jaworskithat this campaign is under the orders of the Spanish Pedro Calles of EWE Baskets Oldenburg
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Players with ACB past
The same point as interest from players with a past in Spain The German league also has its share of fans in the ACB League, as happened to some like Martin Hermannsson, Matt Thomas, Matteo Spagnolo in ALBA Berlin or Oscar Da Silva, Johannes Voigtmann, Andreas Obst in Bayern Munich.
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— ALBA BERLIN (@albaberlin) September 21, 2024
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Spanish rivals in Europe
Precisely Bayern Munich and ALBA Berlin are two points of interest in the German league, as they are both Euroleague teams and against Baskonia, Real Madrid and Barçaas is the case in a similar way with Ratiopharm Ulm, rival of Gran Canaria and Joventut de Badalona in the Eurocup, and Hamburg Towers, rival of Valencia Basket in the Eurocup.
Although they are not rivals at the moment, they are also given attention other Germans in other European competitions such as the Basketball Champions League and FIBAEurope Cup, as in the case of Niners Chemnitz, Telekom Baskets Bonn, RASTA Vechta or Basketball Löwen Braunschweig, because in the upcoming rounds they may face against the Spanish ones team.
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— Telekom Baskets Bonn (@TelekomBaskets) May 31, 2023
But one of the most interesting reasons for basketball fans to follow the German league is the fact that has become a competitive platform for players from the United States and other countries in America and Europe to be able to jump to the main competitions such as the Euroleague. In fact, this happened to players like former Baskonista Maik Kostar, TJ Shorts, who recently became the MVP of the Eurocup and will debut in Paris Basketball this season, or Bruno Caboclo, who recently played for Partizan Belgrade.
Where to follow the German basketball league from Spain?
After explaining the reasons for following the German basketball league, came the usual question of how and where to follow the easycredit BBL from Spain. unfortunately, The matches of this competition are not available on any payment platform nor any special television. In Germany, the league can be seen on the platform Dynand on some occasions it is possible to see it openly.
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easycredit BBL matches can be followed with complete statistics from the competition website, as well as various calendar and schedule data. from Solobasket.com ALSO You can learn about the German basketball league with a special focus on Spanish and the points of interest of fans from Spain, the ACB and Primera FEB.