The 2014–15 season of Flamengo Basketball is the 95th season of the club, and the club's 7th in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).
Flamengo played all NBB regular season games in Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima.
Off-season The NBB defending champions started planning for the 2014-15 season with the signing of the former 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist veteran Argentinian small forward Walter Herrmann, on July 24, 2014.
On August 14, 2014 NBA officially confirmed that Flamengo would be playing against Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies in the 2014-15 pre-season games. This will be the first time a South American basketball team plays against an NBA team in a pre-season game, as well as the first in North American soil.
In preparation to play 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 2015 FIBA Americas League and the 2014–15 NBB Flamengo re-signed Vítor Benite, Gegê Chaia, Olivinha, Jerome Meyinsse and one of the team stars Nicolás Laprovíttola, in order to keep the 2013-14 team base to the next season.
On September 23, 2014 the club signed former Los Angeles Lakers center Derrick Caracter, initially to be member the team's roster only for the 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup and the NBA pre-season tour.
The season The season started with the club winning FIBA Intercontinental Cup over Maccabi Tel Aviv, on aggregate, on a two-game series. Both games were played at HSBC Arena on September 26 and 28 and the Argentine Nicolás Laprovíttola were selected the competition MVP.
Roster
(LDB) On assignment to LBD team
Transactions
In
Out
Pre-season games
Friendly
Pre-season USA tour
* First Brazilian team to play against an NBA team on North American soil.
Competitions
Rio de Janeiro State Championship
2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champions Flamengo 1st title
2014-15 NBB
Regular season standings
Regular season games
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
(3) Flamengo vs. (11) São José Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Semifinals
(2) Limeira vs. (3) Flamengo Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Finals
(1) Bauru vs. (3) Flamengo Game 1
Game 2
FIBA Americas League
Preliminary round
Group B
Quarterfinals
Group F
Final Four
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Season records Competition Regular season Playoffs Totals NBB 40 23 7 10 8 2 40 31 9 FIBA Americas League 6 5 1 2 1 1 8 6 2 Totals 46 28 8 12 9 3 48 37 11
Player statistics
NBB regular season # Player GP GS MPG 2FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG EFF1 Walter Herrmann 29 - 25.1 .492 .407 .836 4.9 .9 .5 .0 .9 11.1 11.54 Marcelinho Machado 25 - 23.1 .418 .398 .778 2.0 2.2 .6 .1 1.2 11.4 9.25 Danielzinho Lorio 9 - 1.7 .000 .250 .000 .0 .3 .0 .0 .0 .3 .37 Nicolás Laprovíttola 29 - 27.2 .551 .457 .791 3.0 5.6 1.2 .0 3.2 11.6 14.38 Vítor Benite 28 - 22.4 .521 .411 .840 2.1 1.4 .6 .0 1.3 11.7 10.69 Luís Otávio Chupeta 7 - 3.4 .167 .500 .167 1.0 .0 .3 .0 .0 1.7 1.111 Marquinhos Vieira 28 - 27.8 .539 .459 .821 4.5 2.6 .9 .2 2.0 16.3 16.312 Diego Marques 0 - 0.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .013 Léo Huguenin 1 - 0.5 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .016 Carlos Olivinha 29 - 22.6 .622 .349 .703 6.1 1.1 .9 .2 1.0 10.2 13.419 Gegê Chaia 26 - 16.7 .357 .304 .750 1.1 3.3 .7 .0 1.1 3.2 5.0 21 Cristiano Felício 29 - 14.7 .644 .000 .717 4.6 .9 .3 .3 .9 5.6 9.155 Jerome Meyinsse 29 - 25.5 .617 .500 .674 5.5 .8 .9 1.1 1.8 11.2 14.0 Updated: August 10, 2016Squad statistics, lnb.com
Notes
On October 1, 2014 Flamengo announced the project to build a multisport arena in the Gávea neighborhood in a partnership with fast food chain McDonald's. The venue will have a capacity up to 4,000 people for basketball, volleyball and futsal events and music shows.
References
External links Official club website Flamengo Team Profile at New Basket Brazil Flamengo Team Profile at Latinbasket.com