Vrenz Bleijenbergh will leave Antwerp, he declares for 2021 NBA Draft as expected. After the elimination against Mons, Vrenz Bleijenbergh decided to announce that he’s leaving Antwerp and he declares for 2021 NBA Draft as expected. Vrenz Bleijenbergh Now it’s time for a new chapter “17 years spent with this incredible team: Antwerp Giants …..
Belgian Lions: Ajay Mitchell and Tim Lambrecht replace Kesteloot and Bleijenbergh in the squad for the Eurobasket Qualifier in Vilnius. Vincent Kesteloot tested positive for Covid-19 and therefore can’t join the squad. Being his teammate, Vrenz Bleijenbergh need to stay in quarantine and can’t join the team either. Tim Lambrecht and Ajay Mitchell (18 yo)…
Antwerp beats Mechelen at the Winketkaai this Sunday (74-77). The Giants won after a nice game on the road to Mechelen (74-77) It was the Mechelen who took the best start, in the wake of a very good Marvin Clark (25-22) . In the second quarter, Christophe Beghin’s team was way more agressive. They obtained…
Bologna beats Antwerp in Eurocup this Wednesday night (92-73) After his first win of the season against Lietkabelis last week, Antwerp was playing in Bologna this Wednesday. In the first half, Antwerp was unable to stop the offensive power of the Italians who quickly took off. In the last 2 minutes of the first half,…
Here is weekly TIB High Five (11-13 December). Dusan Djordjevic The General had the best performance index rating of all BCO-players in the loss against Mons. “Is this normal at the age of 37?” was the rhetorical question of Dario Gjergja. After an awful third quarter (11-25), nine-time EMBL champ Djordjevic tried to turn things…
Dario Gjergja selects 15 Belgian Lions for the EuroBasket qualifiers window in November. Belgium will travel to Vilnius in Lithuania, in a bubble due to the coronavirus health crisis, to play the Eurobasket Qualifiers. The Belgian Lions will play against the Czech Republic on November 27 and Lithuania on November 29. Belgium sits at the…
In their second match-up of the EuroCup the Antwerp Giants showed two faces in their game against Morabanc Andorra. In the opening half – albeit after a slow opening 2 minutes – the Giants stepped to the forefront with strong play by Dudzinski and an excellent entrance by youngster Bleijenbergh to close the little gap…
There won’t be a finals for our U20 Belgian Lions who couldn’t find their rhythm against the Czech Republic and take the 82-64 loss. Unable to get to the basket against the Czech defense our youngsters blasted away from long-range with very minimal success (6/30 on 3pt shots) and it was only Haris Bratanović who was able to put…
The Belgian Lions remained undefeated in the European Championship Pre-Qualifiers as they easily put aside Iceland with the 90-62 final score. Despite playing with a heavily altered roster – which included 3 youngsters who were getting their first minutes with the National Team – the Belgian Lions overcame a somewhat slow start to fairly easily pull away…
