PS Karlsruhe Lions

PS Karlsruhe Lions is a German professional basketball team located in Karlsruhe. The team competes in Germany's ProA league, the country's second division. In 2017, the team promoted from the third tier ProB to the second tier.[1] The team is part of the multi-sports club Post Südstadt Karlsruhe (PSK).

PS Karlsruhe Lions
LeaguesProA
Founded1961 (1961)
ArenaLina-Radke-Halle
Capacity1,500
LocationKarlsruhe, Germany
PresidentDanijel Ljubić
Head coachAleksandar Scepanovic
Websitepsk-lions.de
PS Karlsruhe Lions in December 2018
PS Karlsruhe Lions home game in December 2018

Arenas

Until 2017, the club played in the Friedrich-List-Schule, which had a capacity of 862 people. In the 2017–18 season, following the club's promotion to the ProA, the Lions started playing in the Europahalle Karlsruhe which has a capacity of 1,500 people. In 2020, they moved to the Lina-Radke-Halle. (1,500 seats)

Players

Current roster

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

PS Karlsruhe LIONS roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
PG 1 Kaelon Harris
PG 3 Nils Schmitz
PG 4 Tchi-Dolo Tchokni
PF 7 Matthew Moyer
F 9 Matt Freeman
SG 10 Ferdinand Zylka
G 11 Stanley Whittaker
F 15 Leo Behrend
F 17 Terry Haarmann
SF 20 Emil Marshall
C 23 Maurice Pluskota
PG 28 Hendrik Eltges
C 33 Tom Alte
Head coach

Aleksandar Scepanovic

Assistant coach(es)

Andrew Sauer
Chase Sanders

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 5 April 2022

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Cup competitions European competitions
2013–14 5 2. Regionalliga 2nd
2014–15 5 2. Regionalliga 1st
2015–16 4 1. Regionalliga 1st
2016–17 3 ProB 2nd
2017–18 2 ProA 3rd
2018–19 2 ProA 8th

Notable former players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches
  • Michael Mai: (2017-2018)
  • Ivan Rudez: (2018–2020)
  • Drazan Salavarda: (2020–21)
  • Aleksandar Scepanovic: (2021–present)

References
  1. Endstand 92:75: PSK Lions steigen in die zweite Bundesliga auf regio-news.de, 23 April 2017. Accessed 16 June 2017. (in German)
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