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SG ART Giants Düsseldorf
SG ART Giants Düsseldorf
Nickname	Giants
Leagues	ProA
Founded	2016; 9 years ago
Arena	Castello Düsseldorf
Capacity	3,700
Location	Düsseldorf, Germany
Team colors	black, white, blue, red;
Head coach	Achmadschah Zazai
2022/23 ProA position	16th
Website	art-giants.de
Home	Away

SG ART Giants Düsseldorf, representing its professional team as ART Giants Düsseldorf, is a basketball club based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Their home arena is the Castello Düsseldorf, which seats 3,700 spectators.^[1]

History

In 2008 Bayer Giants Leverkusen lost its Bundesliga licence which was given to the newly formed Giants Dusseldof which finished 12th in the 2008–09 Basketball Bundesliga. The club relegated the following season 2009-10.

In the 2015/16 season, two teams from Düsseldorf played in the German 4th tier Regionalliga West: the ART Düsseldorf and the Giants Düsseldorf. By season ending, both teams decided to join forces, creating a 500 member strong club. After the folding and bankruptcy of the former Giants Düsseldorf in 2010,^[2] it was the officials goal to create a "new basketball force at the Rhine". This was planned to be succeeded by funding and developing young players and a promotion of the first team to professional basketball leagues in the medium run.^[3]

The team won the 2018/19 1. Regionalliga West season championship and was thus promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB, the third tear of German basketball leagues.^[4]

In the 2021/22 ProB season, the ART Giants finished the playoffs in the second place and were promoted to the second tier 2nd Bundesliga ProA. This promotion came along with moving to the Castello Düsseldorf, instead of the Comenius Gymnasium Gym, where the club formerly played its home games.^[5]

As a newcomer, the Giants finished the 2022/23 ProA season in 16th position, therefore they were able to avoid relegation.

In the summer of 2023, Marin Petrić took up the post of sports director. The playing operations of the second-division team were transferred to ART Giants Düsseldorf Spielbetriebs GmbH in 2023, with Thilo von Tongelen taking over the management.

The departure of the 2022/23 season's top performers Ryan Richmond (Melilla), Booker Coplin (Frankfurt Skyliners) and Lennart Boner (Phoenix Hagen) brought new challenges for the 2023/24 season.

After a good start into the season, but several losses before the end of the year 2023, the ART Giants parted ways with Florian Flabb ^[6] and signed Andaç Yapicier as his successor.^[7]

Current roster

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ART Giants Düsseldorf roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	0	Saigge, John Joseph	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	23 – (2001-03-09)9 March 2001
PG	1	Hart, Isaiah Rayshaud	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	25 – (1999-07-05)5 July 1999
PG	3	Averette, Brandon Michael-Andre	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	27 – (1997-09-22)22 September 1997
PF	4	Tucker, Justin Micheal	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	26 – (1998-04-05)5 April 1998
SF	5	Dahms, Vincent	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	19 – (2005-09-25)25 September 2005
SG	6	Teichmann, Grant	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	28 – (1996-08-06)6 August 1996
PF	8	Fleute, Finn	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	25 – (2000-01-05)5 January 2000
C	9	Richardson, Alexander	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	21 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003
SG	11	Giese, Oluwafemi Abiodun Paul	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	27 – (1997-12-25)25 December 1997
SG	12	Okpara, Leon	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998
SF	13	Henry-McCalla, Jaydon Kayne	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	25 – (1999-02-28)28 February 1999
SG	14	Sanni, Ade Ajare Iliyan	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	24 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000
SG	20	Marshall, Emil	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	24 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000
PF	22	Edwardsson, Felix	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	25 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999
SG	32	Spearman, Brandon Lloyd	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	33 – (1991-06-18)18 June 1991

Head coach

Achmadschah Zazai

Assistant coach(es)

Andrius Mikutis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: January 7, 2025

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.