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West Brabant Giants

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Nickname
  
Giants

Arena
  
Sporthal de Boulevard

Team colors
  
Maroon, White

Capacity
  
900

Dissolved
  
2011

Arena Capacity
  
900

Founded
  
2003

Color
  
Maroon, White

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Location
  
Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

West-Brabant Giants was a Dutch professional basketball club based in Bergen op Zoom. The club was established in 2003 and dissolved in 2011. The team played its games at Sporthal de Boulevard and its main colors were red and white.

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History

The club was established in 2003 and was called Fun 4 All, for sponsorship reasons. The club entered the Dutch Basketball League, and ended 10th in the regular season. The next season the club was named the Myleasecar Giants, and the team reached the play-offs for the first time in its history. From 2005 till 2007 the club had the name Polynorm Giants, in these seasons the Giants made the postseason once. In 2008 and 2009 the Giants were semi-finalist in the play-offs. In 2010 the club had its best season, under the name Giants the team reached the Dutch finals. In the best-of-seven play-off series the Giants lost 4-1 to the GasTerra Flames from Groningen. After a season in which the Giants were quarterfinalists, the club was dissolved on September 9, 2011.

Notable players

  • Daniel Faris 1 seasons: 2009–10
  • Arvin Slagter 3 seasons: 2007–10
  • Tyler Tiedeman 1 season: 2010–11
  • Tim Blue 3 seasons: 2007–09, 2010–11
  • Thomas Koenis 2 season: 2009–11
  • References

    West-Brabant Giants Wikipedia