Antwerp Diamond Giants
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Antwerp Giants is a Belgian professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena
Lotto Arena
Lotto Arena is an arena in Antwerp, Belgium. It has a seating capacity for 8,050 people for concerts and 5,218 for sporting events. The arena opened on March 10, 2007, after nine month of construction and Adjacent to the Sportpaleis....

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Antwerpse, Zaziko, Brabo, Oxaco, Tunnel and more Antwerp basketball teams formed a union called SOBABEE which merged with Racing Mechelen BC
R.C. Mechelen (basketball)
Racing Club Mechelen was a Belgian basketball club from the city of Mechelen, Belgium. The club folded and merged with Sobabee to create Racing Basket Antwerpen in 1995. Until it was dissolved the club's senior team was the most successful Belgian basketball club winning a total of 15 national...

. The club was called Racing Basket Antwerpen then. In 2005 the name changed to Antwerp Giants.

Current squad

Team 2011-2012
# Player Pos HT Date of birth Country
4 Roel Moors  G 186 cm 16/12/1978
5 Salah Mejri
Salah Mejri
Salah Mejri is a Tunisian basketball player who has played for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the Tunisian Basketball League....

 
C 216 cm 15/06/1986
6 Ralph Biggs
Ralph Biggs
Ralph Biggs is a naturalized Belgian professional basketball player, originally from the United States. Biggs is 1.99 m tall and 91 kg in weight and plays small forward....

 
F 199 cm 06/02/1975
7 Bryan Hopkins  G 183 cm 26/10/1983
8 Darnell Wilson  PF 198 cm 08/04/1985
9 Tim Black  G 178 cm 30/04/1981
10 Dennis Donkor  G 193 cm 15/07/1991
11 Michael Roll  F 197 cm 04/12/1987
12 Jean-Marc Mwema F 195 cm 05/12/1989
14 Maarten Rademakers  F 204 cm 13/06/1991
15 |Julian Vaughn  C 206 cm 16/12/1988
20 Dorian Marchant  F 195 cm 24/04/1993
21 Christof Aertssen  F 197 cm 29/06/1990

Head coach : Eddy Casteels 

Former Players

  Gabriel Mikulas (2007–08)

  Vinny Arrendell (2000–01)

  Paul Bayer (2000–02, 2004–05)

  Christophe Beghin (2008–10)

  Sebastien Bellin (2003–06)

  Frederik Biot (2007–08)

  Jozef Casteels (2001–04)

  Piet De Bel (2004–05)

  Thomas De Thaey (2009–10)

  Dave d'Haens (2000–01)

  Thomas Dreesen (2005–07)

  Yves Dupont (1999–2000, 2006–09)

  Ron Ellis (2004–05)

  Gianni Fiermans (2007–08)

  Senne Geukens (2005–07)

  Maarten Goethaert (2000–03)

  Brecht Guillemyn (2009–11)

  Michael Krikemans (2000–03)

  Thomas Lamot (2005–09)

  Alexander Lichodzijewski (2006–10)

  Pieter Loridon (2000–06)

  Domien Loubry (2001–06)

  Joeri Moonen (2003–04)

  Randy Oveneke (2008–11)

  Sam Rotsaert (2003–05)

  Stefan Sappenberghs (2000–02)

  Kris Sergeant (2007–08)

  Hugo Sterk (2002–03)

  Lennert Swaeb (2003–04)

  Duke Tshomba (2003–05)

  Wim Vandenweyer (2010–11)

  Jef Vander Jonckheyd (2001–03, 2010-11)

  Gerben Van Dorpe (2001–02)

  Vincent Verbeeck (2005–08)

  Niels Vinckx (2003–04)

  Lee Wouters (2007–09)

  Damir Milacic (2005–06)

  Igor Starcevic (2003–04)

Bob Tshitenge (2005–07)

  David Arigbabu (2003–04)

  Peter Lorant (2005–06)

  John O'Connell (2000–01)

  Gur Shelef (2005–07)

  Joe Ingegneri (2001–02)

   Shaun Stonerook
Shaun Stonerook
Shaun Andrew Stonerook is an American professional basketball player who also holds Italian citizenship. He currently plays for Italian club power Montepaschi Siena.-External links:**...

 (2000–01)

  Ilia Bocevski (2002–03)

  Mladen Sekularac
Mladen Šekularac
Mladen Šekularac is a Montenegrin professional basketball player.At one point Šekularac was considered to be one of the biggest European talents and was projected as NBA Draft lottery pick candidate. His reputation was such that his club at the time, KK FMP, put a €1,300,000 price tag on his...

 (2005–08)

  Francisco de Miranda (2002–03)

  Vincent Krieger (2002–03)

  Nick Oudendag (2007–09)

  Miroslaw Lopatka (2002–03)

  Milos Babic
Miloš Babic
Miloš Babić is a retired Serbian basketball player. He was a 7'0" 240 lb power forward/center....

 (2000–01)

  David Toya (2005–08)

  Kostyantyn Galenkin (2001–02)

  Bogdan Karebin (2002–03)

  Dwayne Archbold (2006–07)

  Tezale Archie (2002–03)

  Charles Bennett (2003–04)

  Graham Brown (2009–11)

  Gyasi Cline-Heard (2001–02)

  Thomas Gardner
Thomas Gardner (basketball)
Thomas Earl Gardner is an American professional basketball player.A 6'5" guard, Gardner played three seasons of college basketball at the University of Missouri. He was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team in 2006 after averaging 19.7 points per game in 28 games...

 (2009–10)

  Brandon Gay (2007–10)

  Darius Hall (2001–02)

  Ian Hanavan (2007–08)

  Otis Hill
Otis Hill
Otis Hill , the oldest of 14 siblings, is a basketball player playing as a power forward. He is a graduate of Pleasantville High School in NY, played basketball there and won many awards. At Pleasantville High School, Otis was also a standout in football and a member of the 1991 undefeated season...

 (2000–01)

  Brian Lynch
Brian Lynch (basketball)
Brian Robert Lynch is a retired American professional basketball player. Lynch was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, lived in Belmar, New Jersey and went to high school at Christian Brothers Academy. He played college basketball at Villanova University. After graduating from Villanova in 2000,...

 (2008–09)

  Len Matela (2003–07)

  Kelley McClure (2006–07)

  Nakiae Miller (2001–02)

  Ed Norvell (2003–07)

  Ryan Sears (2007–08)

  Trent Strickland (2009–11)

  Ayinde Ubaka
Ayinde Ubaka
Ayinde Ubaka is an American professional basketball player, currently signed with the Melbourne Tigers of the NBL. Standing at 6'4" and weighing 200 lb , Ubaka plays both point guard and shooting guard. -External links:...

 (2007–08)

  Chris Young (2002–03)
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