You have to wonder if people in general ever wonder about what it would have been like having had your birthday at another time during the year. I remember having a classmate who had his birthday right around Christmas. I always thought as a kid how inappropriate simply because you can´t get so many extra presents if both are at the same time can you? It´s just so much cooler to have those 2 big present days more spread apart. My birthday is in September, and I just remember blowing out the candles, opening presents and eating a piece of my mom´s favorite plumb cake before being whisked off to school. In September I felt was a cool time to have a birthday. For American ballers grinding overseas, I can imagine the best time to feel in birthday heaven has to be in June and July. These are 2 months where the majority of players are always at home and the only time where you can properly celebrate your born day with everyone close to you. From August to May, players overseas have to celebrate the best they can. For American Shawn Scott (185-G-1996, college: SW Christian) who has been balling overseas for sometime now celebrates his birthday on January 30th and at a time where his season in Germany is in full swing. He has bene overseas now 3 years and is getting used to having to celebrate his birthday overseas. “ It´s still a little bit hard but mostly just not being able to see my family on this day is toughest. But friends, family and loved ones always send birthday wishes which is always amazing to receive”, stressed Shawn Scott. The BG Hagen forward is 4,833 miles away from Jenks, Oklahoma. Thank God for the internet. Players nowadays can at least face time with their loved ones. Imagine how it must have been for ballers 20 years ago without internet?

Miles Schmidt-Scheuber celebrating his 3rd birthday in Hamburg, Germany

The flashy and versatile forward who believes the San Francisco 49ers will win the Super Bowel and is mad Lamar Jackson and the Ravens didn´t make it recently turned 28 years old and typically as you get older a person isn´t as worked up about their birthday or in anticipation of how his birthday will be days before, or be up longer than usual the night before like a kid, but now just takes his birthday like any other day even if it is a very special day in anyone´s life. “It’s truly a blessing to just be able to wake up a year older and playing the game that I love overseas. I never imagined that I would be here but I feel I have much much more left to do and achieve. I’m excited for this year of my life”, stated Shawn Scott. In the last years, his birthday was always during a certain time of the week so he has followed a certain pattern on his birthday. “Usually my birthday is on a weekday so I have practice most times but we really celebrate it on the weekend after a game”, said Shawn Scott. So how did he celebrate his 28th birthday this year? The worst thing is when people forget or don´t notice it, but for him he has got the utmost respect from his teammates. How could one not when your teammate is one of the top players in the Regionalliga. “I just went for dinner with a few of my teammates but on the weekend I plan to do something with my girlfriend. My teammates just wished me happy birthday but that’s more than enough for me”, commented Shawn Scott.

He celebrated his birthday in 2024 at a very fond time of the season mainly because everything is really coming along smoothly for BG Hagen. The club began hot winning their first 6 games, then had a severe lull losing 4 of 5 games, but now are riding an exciting 8 game win streak. They are on a serious run now and want to keep it going. “I just think we’ve bought into what made us a dangerous team in the start of the season and we’re being more disciplined and focused on scouting and what it takes to beat teams. We just need to continue on the path we’re on and get better every practice and translate it into the game”, said Shawn Scott. The team is battling the ETB Miners for the top position as both teams have 15 wins a piece. Does BG Hagen have the resources to win the Regionalliga title? “We know what our end goal for the season is and we want to win it all but we aren’t putting pressure on ourselves at all. We will continue to be at our very best come playoffs and we will see what happens then”, stressed Shawn Scott. Currently the American is putting up insane stats of 30/6/9/3 stats. Alone in the last 3 games is averaging 32/10/5/3 stats. Is he playing his best basketball of the season now? “I think yes. I told you during Christmas break I wanted to be unpredictable come the second half of the season and I think it’s working so far and we’re winning and that’s all that matters to me. Still have more to improve and I’m still not satisfied”, warned Shawn Scott. In the last 3 games, he is also shooting a crazy 42/63. Can he top this in the next games? “I believe I can. If I Improve my 3pt percentage then I feel I can be that more dangerous in the next games”, warned Shawn Scott.

The ex Southwestern Christian University (NAIA) player who believes Luka Doncic could be only the third player ever after Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant to reach 80 points in a NBA game is a guy that has very fond memories of their birthday as a kid. “I always remember waking up for school and running to my parents room and them having my gift for me and then always going to red lobster for dinner. Then on the weekend having a birthday party inviting all my friends over”, added Shawn Scott. His favorite present wasn´t that first GI Joe or bicycle, but he actually thought very big and many more years ahead to his teenage years to what he cherished most getting. I mean not every kid wakes up at 16 and thinks something big will be parked in the garage. “My favorite present as a kid? Hmm that’s tough. I think getting my first car at 16”, smiled Shawn Scott. One of the great added incentives to having your birthday is having that party where you can invite all your friends. I can remember going to a Red Sox game getting a foul ball and getting it torn out of my hands by an adult or going miniature golfing. Everyone has those childhood birthday memories. “I remember going to Incredible Pizza with a lot of my friends. It was so much fun”, expressed Shawn Scott. He never had a dream birthday as a kid, but now craves a moment that would kind of mesh both countries together. “I would say now it’s getting my closest friends from Germany together with all my closest friends and family in the states and throwing a big party”, stressed Shawn Scott. But for him, it doesn´t really matter if he had no party this year or no messages from anyone, because all in all, he just looks up and knows that God has blessed him once again. “I’m just happy to be alive and be able to see another birthday. There’s not more I can ask for honestly”, warned Shawn Scott