They are the big surprise!
Newly promoted Rasta Vechta (4th place) is shaking up the Easycredit Basketball Bundesliga – there were six wins in eight games. Above all, the home record of the small town club (34,000 inhabitants) is impressive. The Lower Saxony team has been unbeaten in their own hall for 29 games across the season.
The Rasta Dome (3140 spectators) is almost always sold out and is a fortress. Champions League winners Bonn and former series champions Bamberg were recently dispatched to Vechta.
The surprise team is not only exciting in Germany – even an NBA star is happy about the success. When he finds time, Austin Reaves (25) from the Los Angeles Lakers watches the Rasta games. His big brother Spencer (27) has been playing for Vechta since this season. With around seven points on average, he is a mainstay for the promoted team.
Spencer Reaves (r.) has been playing for Rasta Vechta since this season
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NBA star Austin Reaves is a Vechta fan!
After the 85:67 in the derby against EWE Baskets Oldenburg, Spencer Reaves said: “Austin told me that he would definitely be watching again today. I’ll talk to him about the game later.”
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The brothers have a good relationship and exchange ideas regularly. Even though Austin is in a completely different league, both athletically and financially. About two weeks ago he signed a new four-year contract with the Lakers worth a total of $56 million. “Maybe he’ll give me something, I’m still waiting for it,” Spencer recently told the regional portal “OM-Medien” with a smile.
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Thanks to their grandmother, the two Americans from Newark/Arkansas also have a German passport. In the summer, the DBB even asked NBA star Austin whether he wanted to play for the German national team at the World Cup. In the end he decided against it, played for the USA and lost to the DBB team in the final. Did he regret the decision?
2023-11-20 15:08:14
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