Luuk Van Bree - Big Game

[KillerB]

Luuk Van Bree was on fire and led ZZ Leiden @ZZLEIDENBASKETB to the win in @BnxtLeague against Den Helder @DenHelderSuns
25 Points (season-high), 2 Assists. 3 Steals, 11-17 Field Goals, +19 Plus/minus, 26 Ranking

[Da Coach]

Luuk van Bree plays for ZZ Leiden in the Dutch BNXT League, the top pro league in the Netherlands. His team is 15-3 this season, good for 2nd place behind Den Bosch (17-2) with 3 games to go in the regular season.
Luuk is averaging 9.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.1 apg in BNXT League games.

Ironically, the 1st place team, Den Bosch, just acquired Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye for their playoff run-
https://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/n...r-at-Den-Bosch

This is the third pro team that DLO has played for this season. He started this season playing for Old Wild West Udine in the Italian Serie A2 league and averaged 10.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, and 2.3 apg. Then he moved to Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina Basket in the same Italian Serie A2 pro league, and averaged 9,0 ppg and a team-leading 3.3 assists per game. Now his contract was purchased by Den Bosch of the Dutch BNXT league. There is a pretty good chance DLO will be playing against Luuk van Bree in the league playoffs.

A couple other Bradley alums also plays in the Dutch BNXT League, for a different team, Donar Groningen. That is the team Rienk Mast played for as an amateur prior to coming to Bradley. Groningen is in 3rd place behind Den Bosch and ZZ Leiden with a record of 12-6.
Donte Thomas - Donte's season has been limited by injury. He is averaging 7.0 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Groningen. Donte started the season by signing with a team in Hungary, but never played any games there.
Jimmy Gavin - Jimmy is averaging 10.1 ppg and 3.4 assists per game for Groningen, and he's shooting 51.7% from three. Jimmy started the season playing in Turkey.

[Jim]

Do you know if the ZZ Leiden vs Den Bosch game will be streamed? It would be fun to watch Luuk and DLO again.

[Da Coach]

Do you know if the ZZ Leiden vs Den Bosch game will be streamed? It would be fun to watch Luuk and DLO again.

The two teams split their regular season series so far-
Den Bosch beat ZZ Leiden 72-64 early in the season on 9/24/21- Luuk had 4 points & 5 rebounds for Leiden; no DLO for Den Bosch-

https://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/BNXT%20League/2021/0924_2_1183.asp

Leiden beat Den Bosch 85-70 on 1/9/22- Luuk had 11 points & 5 rebounds. DLO was still not with Den Bosch yet.

https://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/BNXT%20League/2022/0109_1183_2.asp

They do not appear to be scheduled to meet again soon. But if or when they do, I'll try to check on a video stream.

[Tommy]

My money is on Den Bosch. Adding someone like DLO with his defense has got to make them much better.

Great to see them both excelling, though!

[Da Coach]

Luuk van Bree plays for ZZ Leiden in the Dutch BNXT League, the top pro league in the Netherlands. His team is 15-3 this season, good for 2nd place behind Den Bosch (17-2) with 3 games to go in the regular season.
Luuk is averaging 9.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.1 apg in BNXT League games.

Ironically, the 1st place team, Den Bosch, just acquired Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye for their playoff run-
https://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/n...r-at-Den-Bosch

.... There is a pretty good chance DLO will be playing against Luuk van Bree in the DBL league playoffs.

The two teams, ZZ Leiden (with Luuk van Bree) and Den Bosch (with Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye) are in the Dutch league final series ties 2 games to 2. The DBL championship will be decided with a game 5 today-

https://twitter.com/TangramSports/status/1530835257217384448

[Da Coach]

Den Bosch and DLO defeat ZZ Leiden, Luuk van Bree's team, to win the Dutch League Championship

https://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/news/748382/Den-Bosch-upset-ZZ-Leiden-to-capture-DBL-trophy

[Tommy]

My money is on Den Bosch. Adding someone like DLO with his defense has got to make them much better.

Look, I'm not going to say I'm an expert on the Dutch league, but I'm an expert on the Dutch league.

[Bradley3342]

Look, I'm not going to say I'm an expert on the Dutch league, but I'm an expert on the Dutch league.

Haha!

[Da Coach]

Luuk van Bree's team ZZ Leiden just won the Basketball Cup, an annual Dutch basketball tournament-
The Basketball Cup- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket..._(Netherlands)
Story -
(translated)- https://sleutelstad-nl.translate.goo..._x_tr_pto=wapp
https://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/n...re-Cup-winners

Luuk had 10 points and 7 rebounds in the championship game-
https://twitter.com/TangramSports/st...99139217829888

Another honor for Luuk- he was named to the 2023 Dutch National Team-
https://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/n...onal-Team-2023