Arab Basketball Championship UAE 2010-2011 [15 May - 25 May]
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mvblair
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It's hard to believe we're looking at a Salah/Sharjah finals. Both those semi-final games are shocking: seeing Champville and ASU lose is very difficult.
Still, I guess congratulations are in order to Morocco and UAE. I hope this brings some fans of their teams here to InterBasket.Net.
Still, I guess congratulations are in order to Morocco and UAE. I hope this brings some fans of their teams here to InterBasket.Net.
Gilardino1206
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I watched again today, Sala vs. ASU and I now can see why Sala made it to the final. They play with effort and aggressiveness on defense and their aggressive guard play is killing the opposing teams because they have no ballhandlers. Their big men are not that good but that does not matter bc the other team´s big guys rarely even get the ball in a good position down low. If Sala had not had a lot of stupid TOs (big guys not catching the ball, careless passes), they would have blown out ASU by 30 but they always let them back in the game.
gazara
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Champville could win the Game if they had their 3rd import Lee Benson ,Champville was playing 3 4 Games Without C !!!!!! if Lee was there i think champville to the Finals
but it s okk , i am very happy of Khatib performance what a player !!! no one stopped him
he scored today big Numbers :
Fadi Khatib 35Pts, 5Rbs, 3Ass (5/7 3's + 5/6 FT) (Added 1 Block)
What a huge Player !!
but it s okk , i am very happy of Khatib performance what a player !!! no one stopped him
he scored today big Numbers :
Fadi Khatib 35Pts, 5Rbs, 3Ass (5/7 3's + 5/6 FT) (Added 1 Block)
What a huge Player !!
SOLO
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Well , Both Forehan and coach Oniga should be replaced and Forehan before Oniga ! Kelly can't do anything other than shooting from the Arc and his Defense Sucks ..... he is a 1 Dimensional Player
Khalid80
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Hard luck for Champville and ASU.... Imo they both didn't take their opponents seriously and both played below par to lose to Sala and Sharjah...
On the other hand congrats to both Sala and Sharjah who honestly played their hearts out in todays' game.
Some pics from both games:
On the other hand congrats to both Sala and Sharjah who honestly played their hearts out in todays' game.
Some pics from both games:
Khalid80
Moderator
It's hard to believe we're looking at a Salah/Sharjah finals. Both those semi-final games are shocking: seeing Champville and ASU lose is very difficult.
Still, I guess congratulations are in order to Morocco and UAE. I hope this brings some fans of their teams here to InterBasket.Net.
And yet if you look at the fans who came to the games today it was mostly Lebanese and some Jordanians
There were a few Moroccans as well but just a handful but i'm sure they'll come in bigger numbers for tomorrow's game...
gazara
Active member
Hey Solo ,For sure you need Necessarly to Change Forehan-Kelly ,Jameel is Ok Average you can find better but as for Kelly i think you need someone like Nate Johnson-Jay Yongblood-Calvin Cage-Chudney Gray -Darren Kelly ... Those are big Imports ,they can Bring the Game and the score ...
As For Riyadi they changed Nate by Corey Bradford Sharjah Team Player for The Asian Championship along with (Ismail or Loren ) and 90% will be Loren Woods !
Corey and Khatib will make a big Duo !
As For Riyadi they changed Nate by Corey Bradford Sharjah Team Player for The Asian Championship along with (Ismail or Loren ) and 90% will be Loren Woods !
Corey and Khatib will make a big Duo !
SOLO
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Hey Gazara , dunno the general atmosphere in ASU is not good at all , Sam Daghlas is really upset and thinks of not making it to Asia Champions Cup , our Imports took the last place between the whole Tourney Imports ... Frederick Oniga made nothing at all ... now we regret Mario Palma's days... am really guys with you now that CBA Chinese League is a Propaganda ... Zaid Abbas is the Best Example for that .... Sam Daghlas was the best in ASU as usual and did his Best but nobody supported him !
Am really upset , with these 2 Imports (Watkins is a little bit better but still under the Level) , Player's Mentality and this Coach : I hope ASU gonna make it to second round in Asia!
Khalid80
Moderator
Solo the CBA league style of play is much more different than in our leagues and this will make it difficult for these players to adapt again to our systems...First their games are 48 minutes, second and this is my opinion, they don't play tough physical defense in the CBA... Last but not least some players who were quite successful in the CBA weren't able to impress and have good games in our league so it all depends.
We had Rony Fahed and Sabah Khoury play in the CBA last season and since they came back they haven't been playing that well... Rony averaged something close to 14 points/game in the CBA but when he came back to Lebanon he was averaging close to 11 points/game.
As for our teams chances in Asia it will be tough for both of us and we need to watch for Mahram, Al Rayyan and Smart Gilas (playing in front of their fans and home court advantage)
Khalid80
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ASU won't be able to change their foreign players for the Asian Cup as they tried but their request got rejected from FIBA Asia (same with Riyadi).... This will make things really tough for you guys unless Kelly and Watkins play at a much higher level by then...
mvblair
Administrator
Yeah, he's still big time. You can give a man years, but you can never take away his skill.
sinobball
Moderator
Actually they weren't very good in the CBA. 14p/48min vs. 11p/40min, what's the difference. How about the FG% in the CBA: 30.9% for Rony Fahed (28.2% from 3); 34.7% for Sabah Khoury (30.6% from 3). Both below average in the league. Also they played for 2 of the worst teams in the league, Khoury didn't help his team at all; Fahed helped but it wasn't a big improvement (finished 2 spaces higher). Had they had decent stats like Zaid they would have remained in the CBA this year.
What are the stats for Zaid Abbas, Daghlas and Watkins in this tourney?
daniab
Active member
For ur own info, both Sabah and Rony were offered to extend their contracts in China but they preferred to return to the Lebanese league!
As per ur question, both Watkins and Abbas are performing less than average while Daghlas is doing well!
sinobball
Moderator
Of course they say that to your media, but if you check back my posts last summer I already predicted they wouldn't get contracts, especially Sabah.
The Chinese league has preferred to get the ball to post players so you'd see stats drop when centers/PFs go to other competitions. I'm not worried. If Zaid underperforming now (heck can we get some stats???) means CBA is propaganda what does Zaid's stellar performance in the 2010 World Championship mean then?
Also this Jordan team has always had those up-and-down issues in these insignificant tourneys, I remember last year they lost soundly to Philippines, Qatar etc. in Lebanon, then almost shocked Australia and was quite competitive against Argentina in the real thing.
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mavrick_h
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Hello guys, i saw that no review about Sala (sportive association of Sala was made ^^) since it's not a Lebanese club. Anyway, it's the best club here in Morocco so far and it got both the championship and the cup last year.
It made me really so proud to see Sala in the final, and that's a triumph in it self. I hope them the best for the final (going now).
And hard luck for the Lebanese teams, they were favorite before the start of the championships, and may be now they will prepare harder for the next time ^^
One last thing i'd like to add is that ASS (association sportive de Salé), like its called in Morocco, only recruited 1 foreigner/professional for this arab championship. And all it's main players are from original team that won the league and the cup of the last year (and certainly this year too).
Good luck with the forum.
Salam !
It made me really so proud to see Sala in the final, and that's a triumph in it self. I hope them the best for the final (going now).
And hard luck for the Lebanese teams, they were favorite before the start of the championships, and may be now they will prepare harder for the next time ^^
One last thing i'd like to add is that ASS (association sportive de Salé), like its called in Morocco, only recruited 1 foreigner/professional for this arab championship. And all it's main players are from original team that won the league and the cup of the last year (and certainly this year too).
Good luck with the forum.
Salam !
