2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup (reinforced)

[swish#20]

INCOMING CROP OF IMPORTS (no height limit):

Air21 (formerly Shopinas) -
Alaska - Matt Haryasz 6'11" 27y.o. (Stanford, NBA D-league, Eurocup)
Barako Bull - DerMarr Johnson 6'9" 31y.o. (Cincinnati, NBA, Lebanon, CBA, Italy, P.Rico, Colombia)
BGK - Chris Alexander 7'1" 31y.o. (Iowa, ABA, USBL, CBA, PBA, KBL)
BMeg - Denzel Bowles 6'10" 22y.o. (NCAA-James Madison, Baltic league)
Meralco - Jelani McCoy 6'10" 34y.o. (UCLA, NBA)
Petron - Nick Fazekas 6'11" 26y.o. (Uni. of Nevada, NBA, French league, NBA D-league)
Powerade - Dwayne Jones 6'11" 28y.o. (St. Joseph's-NCAA, NBA, Adriatic League, CBA)
ROS - Jake Voskuhl 6'11" 34y.o. (UConn, NBA)
TNT - Omar Samhan 6'10" 23y.o. (St. Mary's-NCAA, Euroleague)


CONFERENCE FORMAT:

Eliminations (Feb 12 – March 28, 2012)
– Single Round
– 45 games total; 9 games each
– 5 provincial games

After playing 9 games,
– 1st and 2nd advance to Semis
– 3rd to 6th advance to Quarters
– 7th to 10th Eliminated

Note: Playoff for 2nd and 6th only (all other ties will be resolved via PBA quotient system)

Quarterfinals – (Best-of-3) March 30 – April 4, 2012
QF1: 3rd vs 6th
QF2: 4th vs 5th

Semifinals – (Best-of-5) April – 08 to 18, 2012
SF1: 1st vs QF2 winner
SF2: 2nd vs QF1 winner

Finals – (Best-of-7) April 20 – May 04, 2012
SF1 winner vs SF2 winner

*Dates could change without prior notice.

[swish#20]

The above-mentioned imports are already practicing or at least confirmed to play for their respective ballclubs. That leaves 5 teams for the Marcus Douthit lottery (btw he still has to decide until jan.20 whether to play in the pba or not). Then what if only two teams want his services - Powerade and TNT... that would be fun.

[amamangloy]

according to tweets from snowbadua and quinito,

Barako Bull will be getting NBA vet DerMarr Johnson while ROS is considering 34-year old Jake Voskuhl

[swish#20]

according to tweets from snowbadua and quinito,

Barako Bull will be getting NBA vet DerMarr Johnson while ROS is considering 34-year old Jake Voskuhl

Thanks. dermarr already practicing. 4 teams yet to finalize talks.

[Phlegm Thrower]

Marcus to Powerade would be great

[swish#20]

Marcus to Powerade would be great

Well, his familiar with casio and lassiter and charles tiu, could be a big boost in a relatively short tournament. Or not. other imports have impressive resume and some are younger so who knows.

[grunge_act]

Marcus to Powerade would be great

Isn't CBA conference runs through until March? If so, Douthit will be available on the said date. I just don't know if his team is on the brink of early elmination that will pave way for his early PBA stint.

[RedMetal]

Alaska import Matt Haryasz






Barako Bull import Dermarr Johnson






Bgy. Ginebra Gin Kings import Chris Alexander







Bmeg import Denzel Bowles





Meralco Bolts import Jelani Mccoy






Tnt import Omar Samhan





Rain or Shine import Jake Voskuhl




Air21 import Randall Orr






Perton Blaze Boosters import Nick Fazekas





Powerade Tigers................No import yet

[st_ang3r]

powerade import is GARY DAVID!

[saints13]

wtf is wrong with the PBA? why put Marcus Douthit on a lottery, he should've been considered as an import in the 1st place. hopefully they enlighten the general public with this one, provide a logical explanation pls.

[durden_tyler]

wtf is wrong with the PBA? why put Marcus Douthit on a lottery, he should've been considered as an import in the 1st place. hopefully they enlighten the general public with this one, provide a logical explanation pls.

He's not quite an import and not quite a Filipino. Good luck finding logic on this one. (Also, will MVP allow him to play with other teams since they own him?)

[FARIDOON]

according to tweets from snowbadua and quinito,

Barako Bull will be getting NBA vet DerMarr Johnson while ROS is considering 34-year old Jake Voskuhl

DerMarr was a 1st round (6th pick overall) by the Atlanta Hawks in 2000 and at 6'9 plays guard-forward..

[FARIDOON]

Group E Player to Watch: Matt Haryasz, GasTerra Flames

The man in the middle for Dutch champion GasTerra Flames is Matt Haryasz and he is a player that many around Europe will be familiar with by the end of the Eurocup season. Groningen became the fifth stop in Haryasz’s first three seasons playing in Europe, but the versatile center seems to have found a home. He dominated in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds at the start of the season, but his team was ultimately overmatched by Unics Kazan. Now Haryasz takes his skills to the Eurocup where he will try to lead the Flames to the next round by dominating the paint in every game.

Haryasz made a name for himself during a standout college basketball career at Stanford University, where he was named First Team All Pacific-10 Conference after his senior season and finished among the school’s alltime top 10 in blocked shots and rebounding. Following a productive year in the NBDL with Arkansas, Haryasz came to Europe first with Italian side Napoli. Things did not go as well as planned and he soon moved to Bremerhaven in Germany, where he established himself as a dominant big man. A strong season in Belgium with Oostende followed before moving to Israeli side Bnei Hasharon last season. An early-season injury torpedoed that stint, but Haryasz wound up in Groningen, where he dominated as he led GasTerra to the Dutch League title and has become a fixture for the team.

Haryasz has the size and all the skills of a classic center: An array of low-post moves, great timing for rebounding and blocking shots and the eye to find the open man when double-teamed. His fine mid-range shot and face-up game complicates matters for defenders and makes it easy for Haryasz to rack up points, as he did against Kazan in the Euroleague Qualifying. Now that the Eurocup has rolled around, look for Haryasz to remain GasTerra’s go-to guy as he displays his skills on both ends of the floor and tries to take his team to new heights.

[FARIDOON]

Denzel Bowles: 29 rebounds in 2 games

Chr1stopher | Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Denzel Bowles continues to play like the Pro that his team is very much in need of. This weekend, Bowles had two outstanding performances in back-to-back games:

On Friday night, Bowles put up a career-high 30 points on 13 of 21 shooting and gave his team a great shot at a tough win against Kaunas. He also grabbed 14 rebounds and dished out 4 assists, but is was just not enough to keep his team from losing by just 4 points.

Saturday, against Kedainia, Bowles had another big rebounding night, pulling down 15 while also scoring 8 points.

Denzel Bowles is currently averaging 20 points and 8 rebounds in the Baltic League, and 12 points, 7 rebounds in Lithuanian play.





Denzel Bowles: 27 pts, 8 reb, 7 ast

Chr1stopher | Saturday, December 24th, 2011


Two days before Christmas and Denzel Bowles remains as focused as ever. Last night, in a double-overtime game against Rudupis, Bowles helped carry his team to a 110-104 victory.

Siauliai was ahead nearly 20 points going into halftime and all was looking good. Rudupis started the second half very strong, and by the 4th quarter and made it a close game again.

Bowles finished the game with 27 points, while shooting a perfect 7 of 7 from the free-throw line. He also added 8 rebounds and 7 assists to give him a very well rounded performance.

[killmebusy]

the only thing special about douthit at this point is his marketability...but skills and age wise there definitely are better options around.