Giessen 46ers

JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers
Nickname	MTV Gießen
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1937 (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	Heiko Schelberg
Head coach	Ingo Freyer
Championships	5 German Championships 3 German Cups 1 German 2nd League
Website	Team site
Home Away

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.

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. In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.

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.

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
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	14th
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	15th
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	17th
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

Notes

Team

Current roster

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

Gießen 46ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name PG 2 Brown, Stephen 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 28 – (1996-03-27)27 March 1996 PG 4 Kraushaar, Bjarne 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 25 – (1999-06-12)12 June 1999 G 5 Myers, Teyvon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 PG 7 Köpple, Tim Levin 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 24 – (2000-09-03)3 September 2000 SF 8 Pjanic, Alen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1997-03-05)5 March 1997 PF 10 Uhlemann, Tim 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 25 – (1999-04-09)9 April 1999 PF 11 Tiby, Matt 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1992-12-19)19 December 1992 G 12 Okpara, Leon Iduma 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 PF 18 Petrasek, Luke 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 29 – (1995-08-17)17 August 1995 C 20 Gray, Kendall 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 32 – (1992-05-05)5 May 1992 SF 21 Barnett, Jordan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1995-12-31)31 December 1995 G/F 33 Thomas, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 40 – (1984-08-17)17 August 1984 C 54 Bryant, John 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 127 kg (280 lb) 37 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987	Head coach Ingo Freyer Assistant coach(es) Steven Wriedt Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 21 December 2019

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

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

External links

• Official website (in German)