DBE SEASON 2007/2008: Results, Signings and Rumours...

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Season 2006/2007 is over, so now we can talk about new DBE season - new teams, new players, and also new rumours. I hope that this - new season will be better than last, there will be more fans in arenas, and in Polish teams with play great European players I hope also that my team - Anwil, will be on better position than 4th place, like in last year.

Team in DBE season 2007/2008:
1. Prokom Trefl Sopot
2. Turow Zgorzelec
3. Slask Wroclaw
4. WTK Anwil Wloclawek
5. Energa Czarni Slupsk
6. Polpak Swiecie
7. Stal Ostrow Wlkp.
8. Polpharma Starogard Gdanski
9. Kager Gdynia
10. AZS Koszalin
11. Kotwica Kolobrzeg
12. Polonia Warszawa
13. BAsket Kwidzyn (newcomer)
14. Gornik Walbrzych (newcomer)

So...... DBE Season 2007/2008 thread is OPEN Now I wait for first regular season games

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Big name, and changes in Sopot...



Today the biggets Polish newspaper "GAzeta Wyborcza" write that Milan Gurovic sign contract with Prokom Trefl.
SOurce: http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,65025,4199146.html

Newspaper write also that in team will stay 3 players: Besok, Masiulis and Slalina.
Team negotiating with Dylewicz.
Prokom leave: Hukic, Nordgaard, Andersen and Dalmau.
Still nobody know what will be with Wojcik.

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Anwil without stars

Ales Pipan who re-sign contract with Anwil, is now in Slovenia where think about NT for Spain 2007. He think also about Anwil, but here are little problems. Team didnt have moneys for Otis Hill and Goran Jagodnik - both players want earn more than in last season. Hill want teams from Spain, so he can more wait. Club probably in next week will sign contract with new player(s) - also with Andrzej Pluta, who said that he want end his career in Wloclawek.

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Germany Welcome To .

Here are the rules for polish/foreigner players for 2007/2008: minimum 4 polish players in match roster, 1 polish players always play and there is no difference in hiring players from Europe/Cotonou/Other countries, so you can even have 8 US players in the match roster.

I like some of the coaches we have in DBE, so it will be interesting how they will work with this rule and will our league become BBL vol 2.0, or not. I can see the most poorest teams going for a lot of cheap Americans, but teams like Polpak or Czarni (not mentioning Prokom, Turow, Anwil and Slask) can do better than it. We'll see.

[Joško Poljak Fan]

I think whichever team (from the most ambitious group) will decide for 8 americans will have their arena full, make some upsets, but in general dissapoint, just as it was obvious with some teams in Germany or euroleague...

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[B]minimum 4 polish players in match roster.

I didnt know where teams like Prokom or Turow will find 4 Polish players, and you woma Maybe on street

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Here are all changes:

- every team has to have in their game roster 4 players with Polish passport,
- the number of Americans in the roster are without any restrictions,
- after the regular season teams from places from 5 to 12 will play in pre play-off,
- after the regular season teams from places from 1 to 4 will play in the Final Four of Polish Cup,
- teams would play in semifinals and finals in the best of seven series,
- there will be All Star Game and game where Polish NT will play vs. foreign all star team,
- trade deadline is on 15th of February 2008.

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Kelati still in Zgorzelec
Thomas Kelati re-signed contract with Turow Zgorzelec for another season.

Source: http://miasta.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/1,35760,4212267.html

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News news news ...
Thomas Kelati has signed a new contract with BOT Turow Zgorzelec. He was the best scorer of the team with 15.7 ppg (2FGP: 62%, 3FGP: 43%, FT: 76%%). After good season in the 2nd team he had many offers from all over the Europe, he also wanted to go to the NBA Summer League but finally he decided to stay in Saso Filipovski team.

The best scorer of the DBE - Patrick Okafor (203-F-79, college: Houston) has signed a contract with WTK Anwil Wloclawek. Okafor was tested in Polpak Swiecie in 2005 but he decided to leave the team. In last season he joined SKS Polphamra-Pakmet Starogard Gd. and he was the most valuable player of the team with 17.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg.

AZS Koszalin has got the new coach but the board of the Club would announce his name after signing the contract.

Dean Oliver (180-G-78, college: Iowa) is not going to play in ASCO Slask Wroclaw. He wants to stay but the team is not interested in extending his contract. Radoslaw Hyzy (200-F-77), Branislav Jancikin (198-G-86) and Oliver Stevic (201-F-84) have valid contracts for next season and the Club is interested in signing Dominik Tomczyk (205-F/G-74). Ime Oduok and Zendon Hamilton (209-C-75, college: St.John's) would not play in Slask. Coach Andrej Urlep is not satisfied from their play in last season.

Marcin Stefanski (199-F-83) was catched on using steroids - metanabol. He would be suspended by the league and he would be banned from the Polish NT

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News from Sopot:
Source; http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,67926,4216484.html

Filip Dylewicz, Krzysztof Roszyk and Iwo Kitzinger - all three Polish NT players sign today contracts with Prokom. All details with contract has agreed also Milan Gurovic.

Now Prokom looking for PG - first candidate was Pepe Sanchez. Prokom give him big moneys, but he said that he didnt want play in Poland. Second candidate was Tyus Edney, but he also didnt want play in Poland.

Prokom negotiating currently with two players - Goran Jeretin and Jeff Horner.

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Adam Wojcik leave Prokom



After 3 years Adam Wojcik didnt re-sign contract with Prokom Trefl Sopot and now he is a free agent. "This was my own decision" - said Polish NT PF.

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News, news, news ...

The captain of the team, Przemyslaw Frasunkiewicz (202-G/F-79), is the first player who decided to sign a deal with Energa Czarni Slupsk. Polish small forward has just extended the contract and it will be his third year in Slupsk in a row. Last season he was the key player is the headcoach's tactic and averaged 12.0 ppg., 4.2 rpg. and 2.6 apg.

Dariusz Szczubial will be the headcoach of AZS Koszalin. He will replace Arkadiusz Koniecki on this position. Szczubial is one of the well-known Polish coaches. He led Poland NT in the past but with no successes. He was also the headcoach of Polpharma Starogard Gdanski in the past while last season he spent in MKKS Rybnik in the Second League.

The website of Prokom Trefl Sopot announced officially today that Tomas Pacesas retires and he will be the assistant of the headcoach Eugeniusz Kijewski (he has valid contract until 2009) in Prokom Trefl next season

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News from Wloclawek:
Wiktor Grudzinski (208-C-78, agency: AB Agency) has just extended today his contract with Anwil Wloclawek. The 29-year-old center has played for Anwil since December 2005 so it will be his third season in Wloclawek in a row. Grudzinski last season averaged only 3.2 ppg. and 4.2 rpg. but he was very important player in Ales Pipan's defensive tactics. In his career he was also a member of Spojnia Stargard Szczecinski, Polonia Warsaw, Czarni Slupsk or Turow Zgorzelec.

The club is also interested in extension of the contracts with Andrzej Pluta, Goran Jagodnik, Gatis Jahovics and Nikola Otasevic. These players got the offers and now Anwil is waiting for their's responses. The club made a decision about the future of Otis Hill, Chris Thomas and Dusan Bocevski - they will leave Anwil for sure.

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Rodruguez still in Turow
Puertorican guard Andrez Rodriguez re-sgn today contract with Turow Zgorzelec for next season. In last season he averaged 10 points and 5 assists per game.
Source: http://www.plk.pl/?sub=news&id=3378

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Travis Best in Prokom
American guard Travis Best, who 2 years ago play 96 games in NBA will be new PG in Prokom Trefl Sopot.

Best last season spent in VidiVici, where play in Lega A final against Montepashi. Best averaged 8.2 points and 3 assists per game.

Prokom board still think about player on SG position - they think about Andrzej Pluta (from Anwil) or Iwo Kitzinger (from Polpharma).
Source: http://www.e-basket.pl/News__Travis_...rokomie__39880