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Optima Gent is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in the Gent area of the Province of East-Flanders, Belgium. The club competes in the Basketball League Belgium. 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.
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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 2011-2012
Players
La'Shard Anderson 
United States1988 1m85 Point-Guard Lionel Bosco 
Belgium1981 1m80 Point-Guard Lars De Lepeleire Belgium1991 1m75 Point-Guard Michael Jenkins United States1986 1m92 Shooting-Guard Senne Geukens Belgium1983 1m90 Shooting-Guard Richard Chaney 
Puerto Rico1984 1m96 Shooting-Forward Jeffrey Jones Belgium1991 1m87 Shooting-Forward Michael Haynes United States1981 2m03 Power-Forward Brian Heinle Belgium1978 2m05 Power-Forward Yannick Desiron Belgium1992 2m06 Power-Forward Graham Brown United States1984 2m06 Center Luc Louves 
France1989 2m06 Center Staff
Coach Yves Defraigne BelgiumAssistant-Coach Jean Collinet BelgiumAssistant-Coach Carl Verstraeten BelgiumAssistant-Coach Koen Eerdekens BelgiumGeneral Manager Tony Van den Bosch BelgiumExternal links
Categories:- Basketball teams in Belgium
- Belgian sport stubs
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