Optima Gent
Optima Gent is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in the Gent area of the Province of East-Flanders, Belgium. The club competes in the Basketball League Belgium. The team was founded in the year 1950. The team plays home games at the 2374-seat Tolhuis. The club has played in the Belgian highest division since 2007. The season before, they became champion in the second division.
History
- 1950 - 1991 : Hellas Gent
- 1991 - 1995 : Bobcat Gent
- 1995 - 1997 : AST Gent
- 1997 - 2000 : Siemens Gent
- 2000 - 2002 : Gent United
- 2002 - 2007 : Gent Dragons
- 2007 - .... : Optima Gent
Trophies and championships
- Belgian champion(1x) 1955
- Belgian cup(1x) 1992
- Champion in the second division(1x) 2007
Players 2011-2012
Players
| La'Shard Anderson |
United States |
1988 |
1m85 |
Point-Guard |
| Lionel Bosco |
Belgium |
1981 |
1m80 |
Point-Guard |
| Lars De Lepeleire |
Belgium |
1991 |
1m75 |
Point-Guard |
| Michael Jenkins |
United States |
1986 |
1m92 |
Shooting-Guard |
| Senne Geukens |
Belgium |
1983 |
1m90 |
Shooting-Guard |
| Richard Chaney |
Puerto Rico |
1984 |
1m96 |
Shooting-Forward |
| Jeffrey Jones |
Belgium |
1991 |
1m87 |
Shooting-Forward |
| Michael Haynes |
United States |
1981 |
2m03 |
Power-Forward |
| Brian Heinle |
Belgium |
1978 |
2m05 |
Power-Forward |
| Yannick Desiron |
Belgium |
1992 |
2m06 |
Power-Forward |
| Graham Brown |
United States |
1984 |
2m06 |
Center |
| Luc Louves |
France |
1989 |
2m06 |
Center |
Staff
| Coach |
Yves Defraigne |
Belgium |
| Assistant-Coach |
Jean Collinet |
Belgium |
| Assistant-Coach |
Carl Verstraeten |
Belgium |
| Assistant-Coach |
Koen Eerdekens |
Belgium |
| General Manager |
Tony Van den Bosch |
Belgium |
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