Baltic Basketball All-Star Game

The Baltic Basketball All-Star Game (known also as SEB-BBL All-Stars Game) was a basketball event organised by the Baltic Basketball League. It was established in 2006, and it lasted for 3 seasons. Players from the Baltic Basketball League teams were eligible for selection.

The biggest name to feature in the event is Kenny Anderson , a NBA All-Star (1994).

Background

The Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was founded in 2004 as a Baltic states regional basketball league. It was considered the continuation of the NEBL that featured teams from the former Soviet Union.

The BBL mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but later also teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus participated in the Baltic League. In 2006, alongside with the launch of the Adriatic Basketball Association All-Star Game from the ABA League, the BBL started its own event.

It dissolved after the 2017–18 season, the league announced that it was suspending its operations.[1] Now the ENBL seems like its successor.

Results

Bold: Team that won the game.

Season Date City Team Score Team MVP Team
2005-06 4 March 2006 Riga, Latvia Baltic Stars 134- 126 Foreign Stars Latvia Ainars Bagatskis Latvia Barons Riga
2006-07 3 February 2007 Kaunas, Lithuania Baltic Stars 98 - 100 Foreign Stars United States Tanoka Beard Lithuania BC Žalgiris
2007-08 [2] 2 February 2008 Baltic Stars 136- 154 Foreign Stars Croatia Vladimir Stimac Latvia Valmiera

Slam-dunk contest

Season Winner Team
2005-06 Latvia Klavs Ansons Latvia Livu alus/Liepaja
2006-07 Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis Lithuania BC Žalgiris
2007-08 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Pelkic Estonia BC Kalev/Cramo

Three-point shootout

Season Winner Team
2005-06 Latvia Ainars Bagatskis Latvia Barons Rīga
2006-07 Lithuania Martynas Gecevicius Lithuania BC Sakalai
2006-07 Latvia Ingus Bankevics Latvia Valmiera

Topscorers

Season Winner Team
2005-06 United States Tanoka Beard Latvia BC Žalgiris
2006-07 Estonia Martin Muursepp
Estonia Tartu Ülikool
2007-08 Croatia Vladimir Stimac Latvia Valmiera

Score sheets (2006-2008)

  • 1st All-Star Game 2005-06:

DATE: 4 March 2006
VENUE: Riga, Latvia
SCORE: Baltic Stars 134 - Foreign Stars 126 [3]

Baltic Stars: Darius Lavrinovic 27 (8 reb), Ainars Bagatskis 23, Simas Jasaitis 17, Paulius Jankūnas 16, Roberts Štelmahers 13 (11 ass), Gintautas Matulis 11, Tanel Tein 9, Janis Blums 6, Pauliukenas 5, Akselis Vairogs 4, Gregor Arbet 3.

Foreign Stars: Tanoka Beard 28 (10 reb), Fred House 22, Thomas 18, Frir 18, Matt Nielsen 12, Rasheed Brokenborough 11, Dalron Johnson 5, Rich 5, Kenny Anderson 4, Clemons 3, Reggie Freeman 0, Jerome Coleman 0.

  • 2nd All-Star Game 2006-07:

DATE: 3 February 2007
VENUE: Kaunas Lithuania
SCORE: Baltic Stars 98 - Foreign Stars 100 [4]

Baltic Stars: Martin Muursepp 16 (10 reb), Artūras Jomantas 15, Eurelijus Žukauskas 15, Sandis Valters 14, Kullamae 11, Mantas Kalnietis 8, Tadas Klimavičius 8, Michailis Anisimov 6, Tomas Gaidamavicius 2, Raitis Grafs 2, Jonas Mačiulis 1, Darius Lukminas.

Foreign Stars: Dalron Johnson 16, Kirk Penney 13, Tanoka Beard 12 (16 reb), J. P. Batista 10, Hanno Möttölä 10, Marcelinho Machado 9, Curtis Millage 8, Joey Dorsey 8, Shannon 7, Travis Reed 5, Justin Love 2, A. J. Bramlett.

  • 3d All-Star Game 2007-08:

DATE: 2 February 2008
VENUE:
SCORE: Baltic Stars 136 - Foreign Stars 154 [5]

Baltic Stars: Sandis Valters 22, Marijonas Petravičius 20, Mantas Kalnietis 18, Mindaugas Lukauskis 18, Armands Skele 15, Eurelijus Žukauskas 8, Kristjan Kangur, Janar Talts, Tanel Tein, Valmo Kriisa, Andrejs Jansons. Coach: Rimantas Grigas (Zalgiris). Ass: Ainars Bagatskis (SK Valmiera)

Foreign Stars: Vladimir Stimac 25, Mateo Kedzo 23, Dwayne Broyles 20, Marko Popovic 15, Chuck Eidson 14, Akinlolu Akinbala 14, Brian Cusworth, George Tsintsadze, Hollis Price, Curtis Millage. Coach: Aleksandar Trifunovic (Lietuvos Rytas). Ass: Veselin Matic (Kalev/Cramo)

Players with most appearances

Player All-Star Editions Notes
Lithuania Eurelijus Žukauskas 2 2007, 2008
Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis 2 2007, 2008 1x Slam-dunk winner
Latvia Sandis Valters 2 [6] 2007, 2008
United States Tanoka Beard 2 2006, 2007 1x MVP
United States Curtis Millage 2 2007, 2008
United States Dalron Johnson 2 2006, 2007

See also

References

  1. ^ Urbonas, Donatas (13 June 2018). "Merdėjantis BBL turnyras stabdomas, LKL mąsto apie naują lygą". LRT.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Foreigners outscore Baltic stars". talkbasket.net. February 2, 2008.
  3. ^ SEB Baltic Basketball League (2005-2006) - eurobasket.com
  4. ^ SEB Baltic Basketball League (2006-2007) - eurobasket.com
  5. ^ SEB Baltic Basketball League (2007-2008) - eurobasket.com
  6. ^ SANDIS VALTERS Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net
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