Honors and Awards

Today the eurobasket.com awards came out for germany and I was nominated. I made the Honorable mention all eurobasket.com team and I was the only one from my team to get any votes. Kejuan Johnson was named player of the year.

http://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/basketball.asp

Home Sweet Home!!!

Well, I flew home from Germany Monday April 26, and I think it could have been my worst flying experience Ever!!!! I really miss all the friends I made and the players I coach.

First, Rupert and I drove to Frankfurt and got stuck in traffic for about an hour. Second, when I got to the airport I found out my 11am flight was cancelled and changed to 1pm. Third, I had to pay an extra 50 Euros because the club forgot that I might be taking more than one bag home and every extra bag costs!! :( Fourth, 8hrs on a plane sucks. Fifth, when I got to Philly my transfer plane left in an hour after landing so I had to RUN through the Philly airport and it's not little. I ran from International flights to C Gate. Then I found out that the plane home had bee changed to gate A14 and nobody told me. Sixth, so I RAN to Gate A14 and found out that my Plane to Vegas had been delayed 2.5 hrs and wont be leaving until real late. Seventh, by then I was sweating, Literally dripping with sweat. Literally! Eighth, had no US dollars to buy food so I was starving the whole day once in Philly. Ninth, on the plane to Vegas, NO FOOD was served. Tenth, 6hour plane ride from Philly to Vegas with no food and a dead laptop battery.

So, that was my flying home experience BUT I was glad to be home and hear all the familiar voices from family and friends.

Last Game

We played our last game of the season last night at home against Oldenburg. Even though the game was meaningless for us, because we are in 8th place, Oldenburg was playing for moving up into a the next highest league. The last time we played Oldenburg we lost by 3 at their place and it left a bad taste in our mouth. As a team we really wanted to come out and punish them and send a message that we are the better team even if the record doesn't show it. Also, I personally wanted to come out and have a great game because it was my last game and I wanted to leave Germany on a high and keep my motivation high going into the off season.

We won the game 80-67 and we controlled and dominated the whole game. From the start Oldenburg never had a chance. We were playing on a lot of emotion and energy on both ends of the floor. We really wanted this game. I lead up with 20pts 4ast 2rbs 1stl and 2TO in 25min of play. Max and Kevin both had 14pts and Jan Both (6'10 center) finished with 13pts to round out the scoring. Oldenburg's American's combined for 34pts.

We ended the season on a positive and that's just how coach Hansi and us wanted to do it. The season started off very poorly, with us going 0-10 but finished very positively with us winning 7 out of 10.

I leave tomorrow to go back home and I just wanted to thank all the people I met for helping me have a great first time German experience. Danke Schon.

Keep me and my family in your prayers as I fly home.

Update!!!

Update!!!!

Vienna, Austria

My 16U and 14U teams had the opportunity to play in one of the biggest basketball tournaments in Europe in Vienna, Austria. My 16U team played very well but lost in the second round of the playoffs after winning their pool and the first round game. They won by an average of 29points but were stopped by a very good team from southern Germany. They finished the tourney with a 4-1 record.

I took over 100 pictures in Vienna but I will only post the ones of me and the teams.