Optima Gent is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 professional basketball

Basketball

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 club that is located in the Gent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

 area of the Province of East-Flanders, Belgium. The club competes in the Basketball League Belgium

Basketball League Belgium

The Basketball League Belgium , also known as the Ligue Ethias or Ethias League, is the highest professional basketball league in Belgium.-Teams:* Antwerp Giants* Belgacom Liège Basket* Dexia Mons-Hainaut* Generali Okapi Aalstar...

. The team was founded in the year 1950. The team plays home games at the 2374-seat Tolhuis. The club has played in the Belgian highest division since 2007. The season before, they became champion in the second division.

History

• 1950 - 1991 : Hellas Gent
• 1991 - 1995 : Bobcat Gent
• 1995 - 1997 : AST Gent
• 1997 - 2000 : Siemens Gent
• 2000 - 2002 : Gent United
• 2002 - 2007 : Gent Dragons
• 2007 - .... : Optima Gent

Trophies and championships

• Belgian champion(1x) 1955
• Belgian cup(1x) 1992
• Champion in the second division(1x) 2007

Players

La'Shard Anderson		1988	1m85	Point-Guard
Lionel Bosco		1981	1m80	Point-Guard
Lars De Lepeleire		1991	1m75	Point-Guard
Michael Jenkins		1986	1m92	Shooting-Guard
Senne Geukens		1983	1m90	Shooting-Guard
Richard Chaney		1984	1m96	Shooting-Forward
Jeffrey Jones		1991	1m87	Shooting-Forward
Michael Haynes		1981	2m03	Power-Forward
Brian Heinle		1978	2m05	Power-Forward
Yannick Desiron		1992	2m06	Power-Forward
Graham Brown		1984	2m06	Center
Luc Louves		1989	2m06	Center

Staff

Coach	Yves Defraigne
Assistant-Coach	Jean Collinet
Assistant-Coach	Carl Verstraeten
Assistant-Coach	Koen Eerdekens
General Manager	Tony Van den Bosch