Draft:2005–06 Basketball Bundesliga

2005–06 Basketball Bundesliga
2005–06 Basketball Bundesliga
League	Basketball Bundesliga
Sport	Basketball
Regular season
Top seed	Alba Berlin
Season MVP	Jovo Stanojević
Top scorer	Andrew Wisniewski
Finals
Champions	RheinEnergie Cologne
Runners-up	Alba Berlin
Finals MVP	Immanuel McElroy
Basketball Bundesliga seasons
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The Basketball Bundesliga 2005–06 was the 40th season of the highest German league in men's basketball. The regular season began on October 14, 2005 and ended on April 16, 2006.

Season notes

RheinEnergie Köln became champions in the 2005–06 season.
Alba Berlin was the Pokalsieger winner of the 2005–06 season.
The BBL All-Star Game 2006 took place on January 28, 2006 in front of 15,172 spectators in the Cologne Arena in Cologne. The North won after three overtimes with a score of 157:154. Brian Brown (TBB Trier) was named MVP.

Final results

Main round

#	Team	Wins	Losses	Points	Points For:Against
1	Alba Berlin	26	4	52:8	2722:2353
2	GHP Bamberg	24	6	48:12	2340:2069
3	RheinEnergie Köln	21	9	42:18	2333:2176
4	Eisbären Bremerhaven	19	11	38:22	2323:2287
5	Artland Dragons Quakenbrück	17	13	34:26	2423:2332
6	EnBW Ludwigsburg	16	14	32:28	2361:2423
7	Telekom Baskets Bonn	16	14	32:28	2430:2409
8	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	15	15	30:30	2490:2474
9	TBB Trier	15	15	30:30	2472:2453
10	Bayer Giants Leverkusen	13	17	26:34	2507:2537
11	Gießen 46ers	11	19	22:38	2378:2531
12	Walter Tigers Tübingen	11	19	22:38	2282:2404
13	BG Karlsruhe	10	20	20:40	2324:2432
14	Skyliners Frankfurt	10	20	20:40	2208:2294
15	Sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg	9	21	18:42	2292:2486
16	Energy Braunschweig	7	23	14:46	2226:2451

	= Qualification for Playoffs
	= Relegation to Pro A

Since the next season, 2006–07, was played with 18 instead of 16 teams, the two teams were able to remain in the relegation places in the Bundesliga.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Alba Berlin	3

8	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	2
			1	Alba Berlin	3

			4	Eisbären Bremerhaven	1
4	Eisbären Bremerhaven	3

5	Artland Dragons Quakenbrück	2
						1	Alba Berlin	1

						3	RheinEnergie Köln	3
2	GHP Bamberg	3

7	Telekom Baskets Bonn	1
			2	GHP Bamberg	2

			3	RheinEnergie Köln	3
3	RheinEnergie Köln	3

6	EnBW Ludwigsburg	0

Championship team

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

2005/06 RheinEnergie Köln roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	4	Savo Milović (DL)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	38 – (1986-02-13)13 February 1986
G	5	Michael-Hakim Jordan	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	47 – (1977-06-24)24 June 1977
SG	7	Jannik Zimmer (DL)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		38 – (1986-02-12)12 February 1986
F	8	Aleksandar Nađfeji (C)	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	47 – (1976-10-27)27 October 1976
G	9	Johannes Strasser	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	42 – (1982-06-13)13 June 1982
F	10	Philipp Schwethelm (DL)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	35 – (1989-05-01)1 May 1989
C	12	Janar Talts (A-Nat.)	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	41 – (1983-04-07)7 April 1983
C	13	Marcin Gortat (A-Nat.)	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	40 – (1984-02-17)17 February 1984
F	14	Glen McGowan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	43 – (1981-03-23)23 March 1981
SG	23	Immanuel McElroy	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	44 – (1980-03-25)25 March 1980
F	24	Nikola Vučurović	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	44 – (1980-05-17)17 May 1980
SF	31	Guido Grünheid	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	114 kg (251 lb)	41 – (1982-10-25)25 October 1982
SF	32	Mlađen Šljivančanin	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	39 – (1985-07-01)1 July 1985
G	33	Titus Ivory	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	44 – (1979-08-13)13 August 1979

Head coach

Saša Obradović

Assistant coach(es)

Draško Prodanović
(Assistant coach)
Stephan Baeck
(Sports Director)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 1 July 2024

Before the end of the season, Darren McLinton and Ademola Okulaja, who was used in one game, left the team.

Leaders of team statistics

Best defensive team: GHP Bamberg (68.9 points per game) Defensively worst team: Energy Braunschweig (82.9 points per game)

Best offensive team: Alba Berlin (90.7 points per game) Worst team offensively: Energy Braunschweig (74.2 points per game)

Leaders of player statistics

Category	Player	Team	Value
Points per game	Andrew Wisniewski	Telekom Baskets Bonn	21.4
Rebounds per game	Bingo Merriex	Walter Tigers Tübingen	10.3
Assists per game	Brian Brown	TBB Trier	5.2
Steals per game	Gordon Geib	Bayer Giants Leverkusen	2.2
Blocks per game	David Dixon	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	1.4
Three-point shot per game	Mike Penberthy	Alba Berlin	2.2
Efficieny value per game	Tyray Pearson	Phantoms Braunschweig	18.8

Season records

Criteria	Value	Player
Points	41	Chuck Eidson (Giessen)
Rebounds	18	Ermin Jazvin (Ludwigsburg)
Three-point shots	9	Mike Penberthy (Berlin)
Assists	12	Jerry Green (Ludwigsburg)
Ball wins	8	Nate Fox (Leverkusen)
Blocked throws	6	Nate Doornekamp (Trier)
Effectiveness	42	Justin Love (Ludwigsburg)

Honors

Award	Name	Association
All-Star Game MVP	United States Brian Brown	TBB Trier
Player of the Year	Serbia and Montenegro Jovo Stanojević	Alba Berlin
Best Defender	Nigeria Koko Archibong	GHP Bamberg
Rookie of the Year	Slovakia Anton Gavel	Gießen 46ers
Newcomer of the Year	United States Andrew Wisniewski	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Bester Offensive Player	United States Andrew Wisniewski	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Coach of the Year	Lithuania Šarūnas Sakalauskas	Eisbären Bremerhaven
Most Likeable Player	Croatia Matej Mamić	Alba Berlin
Finals Most Valuable Player	United States Immanuel McElroy	RheinEnergie Köln

All-BBL Teams

All-BBL First Team:
- G Pascal Roller (Skyliners Frankfurt)
- G Aleksandar Nađfeji (RheinEnergie Köln)
- F Chuck Eidson (Giessen 46ers)
- F Mike Penberthy (Berlin)
- C Jovo Stanojevic (ALBA Berlin)

All-BBL Second Team:
- G Justin Love (Ludwigsburg)
- G Brian Brown (Trier)
- F Nate Fox (Leverkusen)
- F Koko Archibong (GHP Bamberg)
- C Ermin Jazvin (Ludwigsburg)

Average viewership

City	Visitors	Capacity	Workload
Frankfurt	4.396	5.002	87.89%
Bamberg	4.690	6.800	68.97%
Berlin	6.922	8.861	78.12%
Oldenburg	3.109	3.148	98.78%
Bonn	3.362	3.500	96.05%
Köln	3.749	3.200	117.17%
Trier	3.975	5.900	67.38%
Leverkusen	2.530	3.142	80.52%
Quakenbrück	3.000	3.000	100.00%
Karlsruhe	3.493	4.809	72.64%
Braunschweig	2.645	6.600	40.07%
Ludwigsburg	2.582	3.000	86.08%
Bremerhaven	3.293	4.795	68.67%
Tübingen	2.913	3.132	93.01%
Nürnberg	2.500	8.200	30.49%
Giessen	3.150	3.150	100.00%
Gesamt	3.619	4.283	84.49%

References

External links

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