Hamburg Towers

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Hamburg Towers
Hamburg Towers logo
LeaguesBasketball Bundesliga
EuroCup
Founded2013; 9 years ago (2013)
ArenaEdel-optics.de Arena
Capacity3,400[1]
LocationHamburg, Germany
Team colorsWhite, Black, Silver
     
Main sponsorVTG
PresidentJan Fischer
Marvin Willoughby
Team managerMarvin Willoughby
Head coachPedro Calles
Affiliation(s)SC Rist Wedel
Championships1 ProA
Websitewww.hamburgtowers.de

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]

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
2020–21 1 Basketball Bundesliga 7th 21–13

Honours[]

Titles: 1

Players[]

Main category: Hamburg Towers 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
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 00 United States Brown, Jaylon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1994-09-11)11 September 1994
F 1 United States 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 26 – (1995-09-28)28 September 1995
G 2 United States 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (1997-10-19)19 October 1997
G 3 Germany 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1993-03-12)12 March 1993
G/F 5 United States Homesley, Caleb 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1996-11-27)27 November 1996
G 6 Germany 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 23 – (1998-07-22)22 July 1998
F 7 Germany 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1995-08-08)8 August 1995
F 8 Germany 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 30 – (1991-04-19)19 April 1991
PG 10 United States Mccallum, Ray 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1991-06-12)12 June 1991
C 11 Estonia Kotsar, Maik 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 25 – (1996-12-22)22 December 1996
F 12 United States  (C) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 28 – (1993-03-24)24 March 1993
C 17 Germany 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 – (1995-10-17)17 October 1995
C 20 Germany 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 21 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000
G 21 Germany 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (2001-04-21)21 April 2001
G 23 Germany 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 18 – (2003-06-14)14 June 2003
Head coach

Spain Pedro Calles

Assistant coach(es)
  • Germany Benka Barloschky
  • Spain Miguel Zapata
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: October 26, 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Maik Kotsar Eddy Edigin Hendrik Drescher
PF Seth Hinrichs Lukas Meisner
SF Zach Brown Robin Christen Osaro Jürgen Rich
SG Jaylon Brown Max DiLeo Leif Möller
PG Ray McCallum Jordan Walker Justus Hollatz

Notable players[]

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches[]

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

Arena[]

Edel-optics.de Arena in 2015

References[]

  1. ^ [1]
  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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