Germany – Eurobasket Select Team Opens German Tour against VfL AstroStars Bochum Aug 26

Maurice Cole The Eurobasket Select ESL Tour team is a week away from opening their 10 day-10 game schedule against VfL AstroStars Bochum on August 26, 2016. The tour consists of 13 potential rookies and 1 international veteran that had attended a Eurobasket Summer League event earlier this year. The 2016 tour ventures into Germany for the first time after previous stops in Estonia, Australia, and Italy. ESL Director Dustin Simcox will be accompanying the team serving as the players’ representatives (along with Iska Waterloh from Slammers Agency [Bonn, Germany]) for teams and assistant coaching the team. Simcox has hired Russian Coach Allen Mkrtychyan as the team’s head coach. Mkrtychyan has had a very busy summer as he was invited to be a Assistant Coach for the Armenian National Team followed by serving both sessions of the Vegas ESL. “Coach Mkrtychyan was very respected by the players at the ESL events in Vegas and has continued to be a friend of Eurobasket. With experience at the National Team level along with playing experience in Russia, Allen will be a great asset to the players looking to begin their professional careers,” Simcox said. The ESL Select Staff will consist of …

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