Giessen 46ers

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The 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

Season by season

Team

Current roster

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

Top scorers

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