SG ART Giants Düsseldorf

In the 2015/16 season, two teams from Düsseldorf played in the German 4th tier Regionalliga West: the ART Düsseldorf and the Giants Düsseldorf. By season ending, both teams decided to join forces, creating a 500 member strong club. After the folding and bancruptcy of the former Giants Düsseldorf in 2010,[2] it was the officials goal to create an "new basketball force at the Rhine". This was planned to be suceeded by funding and developing young players and a promotion of the first team to professional basketball leagues in the medium run.[3]

The team won the 2018/19 1. Regionalliga West season championship and was thus promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB, the third tear of German basketball leagues.[4]

In the 2021/22 ProB season, the ART Giants finished the playoffs in the second place and were promoted to the second tier 2nd Bundesliga ProA. This promotion came along with moving to the Castello Düsseldorf, instead of the Comenius Gymnasium Gym, where the club formerly played its home games.[5]

Current roster

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

ART Giants Düsseldorf roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0 Richmond, Ryan 2.83 m (9 ft 3 in) 27 – (1996-03-21)21 March 1996 SG 4 Silic, Matej 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2003-04-26)26 April 2003 SG 6 Coplin, Booker 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1997-11-19)19 November 1997 SG 7 Mikutis, Andrius 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 SG 8 Will, Thamy 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2003-05-22)22 May 2003 SG 9 Dizdar, Benjamin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2000-05-04)4 May 2000 SF 11 Gebhardt, Mark 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1994-10-13)13 October 1994 SF 15 Rollins Jr, Christopher 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999 C 17 Möller, Alexander 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 SG 21 Hollowell, Travion 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 PF 23 Moreaux, Melkisedek 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1997-07-23)23 July 1997 SG 25 Rigoni, Jacob 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1998-12-10)10 December 1998 SG 21 Friederici, Vincent 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2001-03-30)30 March 2001 C 42 Mayr, Daniel 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 27 – (1995-07-28)28 July 1995 SG 47 Bogdan, Stefan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2005-08-14)14 August 2005 C 51 Boner, Lennart 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-01-05)5 January 1993	Head coach Florian Flabb Assistant coach(es) Matthew Dodson Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 12, 2023

The team mascot is a Gorilla.

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