Borås Basket

Borås Basket
Leagues Basketligan
EuroChallenge
Founded 1952
Arena Boråshallen
 Capacity 3,000[1]
Team colors Black, Orange
         
Website www.borasbasket.se

Borås basket is a professional basketball club based in the Swedish town of Borås. The club was founded in 1952 and currently plays in the Basketligan, the country's premier league.

Borås has played in European competitions multiple times in its history; in 1995, 1996 and 2000 it played in the Korac Cup. In 2014 Borås returned to Europe when it entered the EuroChallenge.

In the 1999–2000 season Borås was personally sponsored by all-time NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson and was named Magic M7 Borås.[2] Johnson himself played 5 games for the club between October and January that season.

Current roster

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

Borås Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name
G 4 Denmark Darboe, Adama
PG 5 Sweden Lundstedt, Emil
PG 6 Sweden Rajacic, Nikica
SG 7 Sweden Carlsson, Henrik
G/F 8 Sweden Andersson, Fredrik
F 9 Sweden Hajzer, Ismaili
PG 10 United States Miller, James
F 11 Sweden Gunnarsson, Simon
PF 12 Sweden Maraker, Christian
SG 13 Finland Haanpaa, Samuel
PF 14 United States McKnight, Christopher
C 15 Sweden Palm, Michael
Head coach

Sweden Pat Ryan

Assistant coach(es)

Sweden Jonas Larsson
Sweden Frederick Pedersen


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 4 November 2014

Season by season

Season Domestic competitions European competitions
Tier League Pos. Postseason Tier League Result
2010–11 1 Basketligan 7 Quarterfinalist N/A
2011–12 1 Basketligan 4 Semifinalist N/A
2012–13 1 Basketligan 5 Quarterfinalist N/A
2013–14 1 Basketligan 2 Semifinalist N/A

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, set a club record or won an individual award while at the club, played at least one official international match for their national team at any time or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

References

  1. "Borås Basket". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. "Historias nórdicas: Magic Johnson, el vikingo". Solobasket.com.

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