2011 22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup [May 28-Jun 5 Philippines]

[nader72]

MABROUK LEBANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!!

Who do u think is the MVP and best five in this tournament

mine:
MVP : FADI KING KHATIB!!!!!!!

best team:
Casio
Abdelnour
Khatib
Chris Williams
Douthitt

 

[international882]

even in Iran super league all experienced guys killed Chiekh Samb! look back at his games against Sam Hoskin or Soumiela Samake! and here in Asian cup Loren Woods and Marcus Douthit killed him , he need more experience and he is just doing some fool things in important moments of the match! I believe U can pick better players when U pay 65k per month!!!!
and about Samad U know my idea and U know i don't like him!!
Mahram other problem in today match was Kamrani ! Mahram plays really better with out him.

65k is quite a ton don't yah think? who's the highest paid player in Iran and by how much?

 

[gazara2]

What a Game what a level simply the best Final since 3 4 and 5 years Ago !!! i relived the same moments as When Sagesse were playing the final of Asia and the buzzer from Boulos Becharaa !!! wowww what a huge game and level from Our Beloved Team Al Riyadi beirut and The Iranian Mahram !!
the cup is backkkk !!!!!!!!!!!to us ,
Plz Guys ,no one have the Rights !! to Even Compared any player of Asia with Fadi El Khatib ,This Player is from another planet !!!! he s simply the best Slasher and Guard in All Asia and no one should be compared to him !!!
and Today proved it again ,Samad is number 2 but for Sure after Fadi !!!
Fadi 41 pts ,4 ass ,3 reb ,6/9 on the Arc !!! what a player simply no one can stop him ,a big scorer machine !!! today he takes very difficult shots and made them
As For Samad he had a good game and specially in the first Quarter !!!
Samb=0 lol
We Are Asiaaaaaaaaa Championss !!!!!! the Cup is back to beirut !!!!!
Congrats Riyadi ,Hard Luck Mahram !!

 

[gazara2]

The Most Dangerous Duo in All Asia and Lebanon !!!

 

[SOLO3]

Mbrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook Lebanon , Mbrooooooooooook Riyadi
The Best won honestly and Fadi Khatib despite that i hate his behaviour but he is Number One in his position in Asia and Arab World ....

Time to get BACK to National Teams & then Jordan inshalla be Back again

 

[gorganbasketball2]

65k is quite a ton don't yah think? who's the highest paid player in Iran and by how much?

in Iranian players Samad Nik'khah earn 450k per season!
in imports Chris Williams earns biggest money this year 80k per month!! also Mahram paid 60k to Kaspars Kambala for 15 days!!!!!

 

[zoman1142]

Final Standings:
CHAMPION: Al Riyadi (LIB)
2nd: Mahram (IRN)
3rd: Al Rayyan (QAT)
4th: Smart-Gilas (PHL)
5th: ASU (JOR)
6th: Al Jala'a (SYR)
7th: Al Ittihad (KSA)
8th: Duhok (IRQ)
9th (Tied): Al Shabab (UAE) and WKL Dragons (MAS)


Speeding Bullets:
- Smart-Gilas continues to be medal-less in the Champions Cup, getting beaten by a more athletic Al Rayyan five. It's a good sign, though, that Gilas remained competitive all throughout the tourney. Adding Jimmy Alapag and Kelly Williams will definitely help their shooting and athleticism.

- The Qataris finish 3rd yet again. It cements them as a force in the region, but they have yet to dominate the way the Iranians and Lebanese have.

- Samad Nikkhah Bahrami got shut down in the 4th quarter of the gold medal match. He was still very prolific, but lost a second head-to-head match-up with Fadi El Khatib. The next time they face each other could be at the Jones Cup or the FIBA-Asia Men's tourney later in the year.

- The Lebanese Tiger torched the hoops for 4 big points, punctuating a superb all-around performance by Al Riyadi in the tournament. The club finished without any losses, 7-0, en route to their first ever Champions Cup title, and the they also snapped Iran's 4-year stranglehold on the league championship.

 

[gazara2]

Riyadi eraised all their Losses from Mahram from 2 years Ago with a 4-0 This Year for Riyadi ,2 in Waba and 2 in the Asian Championship !!

The Best Thing is that Our Locals give us the Win !! i mean that our Locals are putting the score and not foreigners!! the Imports are Role Player and that s definitly how we Create a winning Team !! Today Fadi with 41 and Jean with 21
Jean Abdel Nour a big Player ,what a skills for this Player ,in my opinion he was the turning point Jean and Fadi with Giving Lebanon today s win ,with their 3pts serie in the 4 th Q then have the Lead !!and win the game
And Hicham El Jaroudi add a Bonus of 200,000 $ for the Team ,and for the players !!! for Winning the Championship and after a long Time !! the cup is back to Beirut !!

 

[leb-basket2]

Riyadi, Mahram, Smart Gilas, Al rayyan and ASU (need better imports and more chemistry) are able to beat any chinese, korean or japanese team! I consider them stop participating in the ABC is due to their weakness. They are unprofessional.

 

[micho2]

Riyadi eraised all their Losses from Mahram from 2 years Ago with a 4-0 This Year for Riyadi ,2 in Waba and 2 in the Asian Championship !!

The Best Thing is that Our Locals give us the Win !! i mean that our Locals are putting the score and not foreigners!! the Imports are Role Player and that s definitly how we Create a winning Team !! Today Fadi with 41 and Jean with 21
Jean Abdel Nour a big Player ,what a skills for this Player ,in my opinion he was the turning point Jean and Fadi with Giving Lebanon today s win ,with their 3pts serie in the 4 th Q then have the Lead !!and win the game
And Hicham El Jaroudi add a Bonus of 200,000 $ for the Team ,and for the players !!! for Winning the Championship and after a long Time !! the cup is back to Beirut !!

why don t he donate another 200 000 $ for the national team ?

 

[rikhardur2]

Congratulations to Riyadi for the title. Fadi does it again

 

[saints132]

it's hard to have a picture w/ Fadi, too bad he was sleeky..hehe. congratulations, he was the better main man tonight against Samad Nikkah.

congrats to Al-Riyadi..I've always thought Mahram Iran was invincible..but I was wrong.

 

[mavrick_h2]

congrats to lebanon and to riyadi. however i believe we have a deeper bench then them but FAC did not make use of it in this game. he freaked out. still it feels good to win over iran and get passed this iranian curse that haunted us for years

looooooooooooooooll

he was the most calm person in the arena

 

[lebanese NT2]

looooooooooooooooll

he was the most calm person in the arena

man pfffffffff i didint mean literally! and started to panic. when i said freaked out i meant he was afraid on involving the bench

 

[mohsena26312]

even in Iran super league all experienced guys killed Chiekh Samb! look back at his games against Sam Hoskin or Soumiela Samake! and here in Asian cup Loren Woods and Marcus Douthit killed him , he need more experience and he is just doing some fool things in important moments of the match! I believe U can pick better players when U pay 65k per month!!!!
and about Samad U know my idea and U know i don't like him!!
Mahram other problem in today match was Kamrani ! Mahram plays really better with out him.

100% agree about Samb. Mahram was searching for a better player during the season but he played some good games and they dicided to stay with him.

about Samad, I know what do you think about him, but Amin jan I think you are too harsh on him, he was out for 7/8 months and now he is recovering. I know he is playing selfish sometimes. but it's not his fault, It's the coach that let it go on. remember he saved our teams many times in crucial moments.

about Kamrani, yeah I agree, he had a bad season in general, he had some good games, some great games but in general no, I hope Matic send him home for 2 weeks at least

 

[wilo222]

Lebaaaaaanooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnn

Fadi el Khatib the Lebanese Tiger best player in Asia

 

[mavrick_h2]

Congrats to Riyadi/Lebanon and every single person committed to the lebanese basketball community.

And who thought that Riyadi will go all the way and bring back the title where it belongs a week ago ?

FAC hats off he made a Champion team in 1 week.

about Fadi...what can i say ? Please get back and play with our NT in Wuhan later this summer. I Salute the tiger. 'Shi bi Kabbir el Alb'

Jean is the most improved player since last season having his best days in his career. crucial shots during the second half.

Ismail wasn't in his top level but he made very positive acts.during the last seconds grabbed a marvelous offensive rebound.he was more like the team player today.

Loren in his defense reminds me of Assan N'diaye to be honest like 'Stay OUT' everyone tries to penetrate the basket. A big defensive game by Woods tonight.

Ali played very well despite his injury....also great moments for Omar as he played few minutes giving Jean and Fadi small breaks.

 

[mavrick_h2]

man pfffffffff i didint mean literally! and started to panic. when i said freaked out i meant he was afraid on involving the bench

i don't think he's afraid from something that's his nature he doesn't like to change a lot.

 

[lebanese phoenix2]

even in Iran super league all experienced guys killed Chiekh Samb! look back at his games against Sam Hoskin or Soumiela Samake! and here in Asian cup Loren Woods and Marcus Douthit killed him , he need more experience and he is just doing some fool things in important moments of the match! I believe U can pick better players when U pay 65k per month!!!!
and about Samad U know my idea and U know i don't like him!!
Mahram other problem in today match was Kamrani ! Mahram plays really better with out him.

i think that the biggest mistake mahram did was releasing Vroman, the guy is great, and he's the one that offered mahram the last 2 asian championships.
I dont know what Mahram was thinking when they did the stupidest move by replacing Vroman by cheikh samb or williams.
If it hadent been for his finger injury,i'm sure that Vroman would've lead his chinese team to the CBA title this season.He really is a very effective player and it pains me not to see him with out NT this summer

 

[gazara2]

Fadi El Khatib (199-SF)(LEB) The Tiger ,Lebanese National Team Captain ,MVP of ASIA 2011 !!!