Lebanese FLB League : 08-09 !

[daniab]

New format for the Championship - Round up on the Clubs - Oct 29, 2008 (by Asia-Basket Lebanon)

The much anticipated championship will start on November 22nd 2008 , this year anew format will be adopted which will bring more intensity to the game and will create bigger competition .

In the first round the 10 teams will play against each other on a home and away format .
From the 1st round the first 8 teams will qualify to the 2nd round and they will be divided into 2 groups A & B:

A : 1st , 3rd , 6th , 8th
B : 2nd , 4th , 5th , 7th

The teams in the groups will play each other on a home and away format, the teams will be classified after this round in each group .

The 3rd round will the playoffs and will be played as follows:

Group A : A1 ,A2 ,A3 ,A4

Group B : B1 ,B2 , B3 , B4

The games will be played with a best of 3 format.

PO 1 : A1-B4
PO 2: A2-B3
PO 3: B1-A4
PO 4: B2-A3

The 4th round will be the Final 4 which will join the winners from the playoffs round with a best of 5 format :

SF 1 : W . PO1 W. PO4
SF2 : W. PO2 W. PO3

The winners of the two series will meet each others in the Finals with a best of 7 format.

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Schedule/Results:

Round 1:
Riyadi 109 - Anibal 82
Antranik 66 - Sagesse 81
Mouttahed 87 - Kahraba 56
Blue Stars 101 - Tebnine 86
Feytroun 73 - Champville 78

Round 2:
Tebnine 62 - Mouttahed 68
Riyadi 95 - Kahraba 82
Anibal 79 - Antranik 75
Sagesse 99 - Feytroun 85
Champville 86 - Blue stars 77

Round 3:
Feytroun 93 - Anibal 90
Kahraba 69 - Tebnine 61
Mouttahed 100 - Champville 66
Antranik 76 - Riyadi 98
Blue Stars 79 - Sagesse 80

Round 4:
Antranik 96 - Feytroun 68
Champville 86 - Kahraba 82
Riyadi 116 - Tebnine 79
Anibal 64 - Blue Stars 81
Sagesse 57 - Mouttahed 65

Round 5
Feytroun 80 - Riyadi 117
Mouttahed 73 - Anibal 75
Blue Stars 73 - Antranik 62
Kahraba 55 - Sagesse 62
Tebnine 84 - Champville 86

Round 6:
Feytroun 70 - Blue Stars 97
Anibal 93 - Kahraba 70
Sagesse 74 - Tebnine 82
Riyadi 101 - Champville 91
Antranik 82 - Mouttahed 92

Round 7
Kahraba 59 - Antranik 70
Blue Stars 74 - Riyadi 80
Mouttahed 101 - Feytroun 68
Tebnine 81 - Anibal 60
Champville 56 - Sagesse 83

Round 8
Feytroun 62 - Kahraba 74
Antranik 73 - Tebnine 59
Blue Stars 80 - Mouttahed 67
Anibal 49 - Champville 65
Riyadi 74 - Sagesse 49

Round 9
Kahraba 69 - Blue Stars 76
Sagesse 90 - Anibal 54
Champville 76 - Antranik 72
Tebnine 73 - Feytroun 72
Mouttahed 120 - Riyadi 50

Round 10
Anibal 83 - Riyadi 87
Kahraba 52 - Mouttahed 74
Sagesse 68 - Antranik 51
Champville 93 - Feytroun 73
Tebnine 79 - Blue Stars 68

[daniab]

Squads:

****Foreign players in bold****

Blue Stars

Joel Box (205-C-84)
Nick Zachery (191-G-79)
Jean Abdelnour (198-G/F-83)
Rodrigue Akl (185 - G-88)
Anthony Yamin (187-F-89)
Miguel Martinez (188-G-88)
Marwan Ziede (202-F/C-87)
Ahmad Ozeir (206-C-79) (C) *Injured
Amir Eid (188-G-89)
Jad Bittar (202-C-88)
Mario Fahed
Milo Abou Jaoude
Naji Birac

Coach: Lukosius Mindaugas
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Sagesse

Marcus Malvin(204-F-81)
Rolando Howell (206-F/C-82)
Rony Fahed (182-G-81) *Injured
Sabah khoury (196-G-82) (C)
Joe Ghatas (185-G-82)
Imad Saade (182-G-87)
Nadim Souaid (193-G/F-87)
Brian Beshara (204-G/F-77)
Elie Haber (218-C-90)
Bassem Balaa (199-F-79)
Robert Abou Dagher (204-C-84)
Joe Mansour (196-F-77)
David Derghyiyan (192-G-79)
Ramy Rizk (191-G/F-90)

Coach: Guillermo Vecchio
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Riyadi

Nate Johnson (199-G/F-79)
Nigel Dixon (210-C-80)
Ali Mahmoud (182-G-83)
Mohamad Ibrahim (192-G-83)
Omar Turk (186-G-81)
Amir Saoud (186-G)
Fadi El khatib (198-G/F-79) *Banned
Abdullah Hijazi (190-G)
Joe Vogel (211-C-73)
Hussein Tawbe (198-F-82) *Injured
Ali Fakhreddine (202-F/C-83)
Yehia Sabra (196-F-85)
Mohamad Jalloul (195-G)
Yasser Kassem (Center)

Coach: Fouad Abou Chacra
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Mouttahed

Darren Kelly (192-G-79)
Tony Williams (202-F-78)
Elie Jermanos (175-G-84)
Mazen Mneimneh (192-G/F-86)
Elie Rustom (191-G-87)
Mohamad Fahes (198-F-82)
Roy Samaha (205-C-84) (C)
Mario Abboud (204-F/C-81)
Tarek Hauchar (208-C-88)
Ali Hamza (186-G-90)
Hany Zakaria (198-F)
Jad Kabara (188-G-90)
Mohamad Akkary (185-G-85)
Mohamad Jaber (176-G-82)

Coach: Tony Vujanic
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Champville

Jamel Staten(200-G/F-83)
Chris Charles (215-C)
Ramy Akiki (187-G)
Elie Estephan (190-G)
Karl Sarkis (182-G)
Samer Mechrif (190-G/F)
Joe Abi Mrad (202-F/C)
Nadim Hawi (204-F/C)
Khalil Aoun (192-F)
Ralph Sarkis
Ray Dagher (196-F)
Bob Awkar ( G )

Coach: Ghassan Sarkis
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Tebnine
Chudney Gray (188-G)
Brandon Kurtz (209-C-78)
Ghaleb Rida (190-F)
Anis Feghali (182-G) *Injured
Hassan Lakis (184-G)
Mohamad Hamdar (204-C)
Mohamad Akkad (192-G)
Charbel El Skhen (200-C)
Michel Hakim (194-F)
Mohamad Dagher (208-C)
Mohamad Sleem (F)
Ali Kobaissy (192-G)
Hilal Sheet (195-F) (C)

Coach : Alen Abaz
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Anibal

Ron Alexander (213-C)
Mike Byars-Dawson (183-G-79)
Elie Kassouf (200-C)
Bashir Saad (198-G/F)
Jihad El murr (198-G/F)
Walid Zakhia (184-G) *Injured
Alain Andraos (180-G)
Georges Ghanem (198-F/C)
Michel Balech (192-G)
Khalil Freiji

Coach : Rizkallah Zaloum
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Antranik

Mike Fraser (204-F/C)
Brian Wethers (196-G)
Rony Abou Jaoude (184-G)
Simon Daoud (184-G)
Roudy Faraj (188-G/F)
Vicken Eskedjian (198-F)
Patrick Bou Abboud (200-F)
Georges Badawi (184-G)
Hosep Lochkajian (180-G)
Yervant Avakian (184-G)
Ziad Hamati
Konstantine Koudssi
Karim El Andari

Coach : Georges Kelzi
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Feytroun:

Alain Boustani (182-G)
Georges Kehdi (182-G)
Elie Frangieh (187-G)
Bob Yassin (186-G)
Larry Williams (191-G-86)
Rodrigue Riley (210-C-81)
Marwan El Hajj (202-C)
Georges Khaled
Pierre Najem
Jad Naoum
Fouad Anati
Roy Chalhoub

Coach : Elie Nasr
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Kahraba

Larry Cox (210-F-85)
William Byrd (201-F-85) ***Injured***'
Donta Richardson (188-G)
Maek Nar (182-G)
Joey Zaloum (178-G)
Jason Kozah (193-G)
Mark kozah (192-G/F)
Ramy Farhat
Nabil Hassoun (204-C)
Badih Souaid
Georges Rizk
Jad Bachour
Wael Habchi
Ribal Bchara

Coach : Sarkis Korjian

[khalid]

Rosters:

Blue Stars:
William Byrd (201-F)
Nick Zackary (186-G)

Nick Zachery (The correct spelling)

Also Joel Box, F/C 205cm / 120kg arrived to join Blue stars, probably replacing William Byrd for simply technical reasons, Blue stars needing a center after the season ending injury for Ahmed Ozeir

[khalid]

Feytroun:

Patrick Culver (208-F/C)[/B]

No more Patrick Culver.. They released him

[khalid]

Anibal:
Elie Kassouf (200-C)
Bashir Saad (198-G/F)
Jihad El murr (198-G/F)
Walid Zakhia (184-G)
Alain Andraos (180-G)
Charbel Chibani (184-G)
Georges Ghanem (198-F/C)
Alvin Sims (193-G)
Michel Balech (192-G)
Khalil Freiji

Ron Alexander will be the team center. coming from the Cyprus league where he wasn't able to play with AEK over there because Anibal refused to grant him with his release. After tough negotiations Anibal allowed him to play there only one game (that was yesterday). His team lost by one point but Ron was the game top scorer.

[khalid]

Antranik:

Lucious Wagner (188-G)

No more Lucious Wagner, they released him,
and they are also releasing the new guard they got: Belton Rivers who was in the game vs Riyadi, probably the worst import I have ever seen play in Lebanon.

[daniab]

thank you khalid.
yes Belton rivers is very bad...mike fraser is really good and he can fit the team really well,looking forward to see the new center of Blue stars.
after a small research about joel box ,he had 5.4 ppg , 3.6 rpg in the NCAA with New Mexico.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/players/46569/

Men's Basketball: Joel Box Unhappy with Playing Time, Quits Lobos


Associated Press
New Mexico forward Joel Box, who saw his playing time steadily diminish this season, has quit the team, the school said Tuesday.
"I just came to the decision over the Christmas break that I wasn't going to return,'' Box said in a statement issued through the university. "I have goals I'm trying to reach, and I don't see myself reaching those goals playing six or seven minutes a game.''
The 6-foot-8 250-pound Box transferred to New Mexico after averaging 18.9 points and nearly 12 rebounds a game last year at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Ill. Box was named the Collegiate Conference of Central Illinois Player of the Year.
Box was projected as a starter for New Mexico coming into the season and was expected to fill the forward spot vacated by NBA first round draft pick Danny Granger. But Box never got into the starting lineup and when he did get into a game didn't get much extended playing time.
He averaged 3.6 points and 2.6 rebounds while playing an average of just under 10 minutes a game.
"We're disappointed that Joel has decided to leave,'' said New Mexico coach Ritchie McKay. "He said he was unhappy. In terms of how it relates to our team, we will continue to nurture an atmosphere of preparation and investment in the program.''
Box is the second player to quit McKay's team this month. Forward Anthony Teague, also a junior college transfer, left the program after playing a total of just eight minutes this season.

[daniab]

and it seems the league is postponed for one week....29nov !!

[Khalid80]

Rosters:

Sagesse:
Rony Fahed (182-G)
Sabah khoury (196-G) (C)
Joe Ghatas (184-G)
Imad Saade (182-G)
Nadim Souaid (193-G/F)
Brian Beshara (204-G/F)
Elie Haber (218-C)
Samaki Walker (206-F/C)
Bassem Balaa (199-F)
Robert Abou Dagher (204-C)
Joe Mansour (196-F)
David Derghyiyan (192-G)
Ramy Rizk (191-G/)

Dani from what source did u get the height of the players?
I know David since he was with me in University and he was my height (186-187). What's great though is that he has an amazing vertical leap and he was able to win the Adidas Streetball slam dunk competition that happened many years ago (I think it was in 2000 or 2001 outside the Forum de Beirut).
I'm also pretty sure that Joe is around 191-192.

[daniab]

Dani from what source did u get the height of the players?
I know David since he was with me in University and he was my height (186-187). I'm also pretty sure that Joe is around 191-192.

Hey man.
Check it out : http://sagessefans.com/

[Khalid80]

Hey man.
Check it out : http://sagessefans.com/

I tried searching in Sagesse's website but couldn't find the updated roster with the players heights but thanks anyways.
What I think is happening is that players tend sometimes to exaggerate a bit about their heights (like what happens in China, but at least we don't change our date of birth )

[daniab]

I tried searching in Sagesse's website but couldn't find the updated roster with the players heights.
Anyways, what I think is happening is that players tend sometimes to exaggerate a bit about their heights (like what happens in China, but at least we don't change our date of birth )

how come ? yes there no updates about the team,but the heights cannot change.They mentioned its 190cm for David and 197 for Joe !

[Khalid80]

how come ? yes there no updates about the team,but the heights cannot change.They mentioned its 190cm for David and 197 for Joe !

I don't know why bro. Even Khatib is mentioned as 198 even though he's really 196. 2 cm difference is ok but more than that becomes inaccurate. The reason why I am bringing up this issue is cuz i asked David once about his height and he told me it's 187.

[MALEK]

I don't know why bro. Even Khatib is mentioned as 198 even though he's really 196. 2 cm difference is ok but more than that becomes inaccurate. The reason why I am bringing up this issue is cuz i asked David once about his height and he told me it's 187.

No man the Tiger is 198cm.

[daniab]

No man the Tiger is 198cm.

Before 2002,all the websites used to mention 197cm But now he's 198cm