LTi Gießen 46ers is a basketball club based in Gießen, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga and the only team that never left the league since it was established in 1966. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost.
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 semifinals 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.
They are known in the USA for having been the team playing for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career due to a knee injury.[1]
The current roster includes the German national team player Johannes Lischka. Their current head coach is Vladimir Bogojevič.
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