Den Helder Suns

Den Helder Suns
Leagues Dutch Basketball League
Founded 2016 (2016)
Arena Sporthal Sportlaan
Capacity 1,000
Location Den Helder, Netherlands
Team colors Black, Blue, Gold
              
President James Meijer
Head coach Peter van Noord
Retired numbers 1 (5)
Website denheldersuns.nl
Uniforms

Den Helder Suns is a professional basketball club based in Den Helder, Netherlands. The club was founded in 2016 and will enter the Dutch Basketball League for the 2017–18 season.

History

After the bankruptcy and of Den Helder Kings during the 2013–14 season, a professional basketball representative from Den Helder was missing for three seasons. In 2016, the Suns organisation was founded with the goal of making a return to the DBL. On June 30, 2017, Den Helder Suns announced it would return to the highest level in the 2017–18 season.[1] In its first DBL season, Suns finished in the eight place of the regular season, above last-placed BAL. Captain Tjoe de Paula, who played for different clubs from Den Helder before, got his number retired on 19 April 2018.[2]

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. W–L NBB Cup
2017–18 1 DBL 8th
6–26
 Quarterfinals

Players

Retired numbers

Den Helder Suns retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure Ceremony date
5Dominican RepublicTjoe de PaulaGuard2017–201819 April 2018[2]

Current roster

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

Den Helder Suns roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
PG 4 United States Dority, LaVonte 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 5 Netherlands de Paula, Tjoe (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 6 Netherlands Thran, Nick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 7 Netherlands Hoogsteden, Ole 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
G 8 Netherlands Lugtenburg, Neill 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
F 9 Netherlands Cup, Dennis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F 10 Netherlands Kolhorn, Mickey 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
F 11 Netherlands Koopman, Tom 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
G 12 Netherlands van Veen, Niels 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 13 Netherlands van der Vuurst-de Vries, Boyd 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 14 Netherlands de Boer, Shem 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
C 15 Netherlands Halman, Dyon 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
C 16 Netherlands Pomstra, Jarno 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
F 22 Luxembourg Laurent, Alex 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
C 42 United States McConico, Quinterian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Head coach
  • Netherlands Peter van Noord
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2017-09-09

Notable players

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Indiviudal awards

DBL MVP Under 23

DBL Rookie of the Year

References

  1. ↑ "Den Helder volgend seizoen terug in eredivisie basketbal! - Den Helder Actueel". www.DenHelderActueel.nl. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Tjoe de Paula voor altijd de Helderse nummer 5" (in Dutch). Denhelderactueel.nl. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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