East Asia Super League

[hmbopbaduwap]

Mukhang hindi they moving to Japan with taht ugly format..

Yeah 2 games per team, medyo bitin hahaha

[hmbopbaduwap]

Honestly, I find this championship week that EASL came up with as a bit meh (it will not even complete a single-round robin) and should have been a little longer by modelling it after the FIBA continental cup tournament format and its duration, perhaps at least 10 days.

Yeah single round robin would have been great

[Athrunzala]

Yeah 2 games per team, medyo bitin hahaha

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[Giannis34GOD]

Yeah single round robin would have been great

While the West version of this tournament doing Home and Away games, teams like Al Hilal of KSA, Beirut, Al Riyadi of Lebanon, Al Naft of Iraq, Manama of Bahrain, etc... already starts last month... Is there any possible of clash of winners between champs of WASL and EASL?

[Giannis34GOD]

Honestly, I find this championship week that EASL came up with as a bit meh (it will not even complete a single-round robin) and should have been a little longer by modelling it after the FIBA continental cup tournament format and its duration, perhaps at least 10 days.

Until now the pandemic still effecting East Asian countries i think!!! maybe teams in Taiwan and Korea were not allowed to conduct home and away setting... Because for sure Philippines and Japan can capable now to conduct home and away games, same as Hong Kong (Bay Area's base) since in 6th window, China's final 2 home games will be held in Hong Kong.... So it's Korea and Taiwan the only countries are still strict about protocols...

[Rodbi]

Until now the pandemic still effecting East Asian countries i think!!! maybe teams in Taiwan and Korea were not allowed to conduct home and away setting... Because for sure Philippines and Japan can capable now to conduct home and away games, same as Hong Kong (Bay Area's base) since in 6th window, China's final 2 home games will be held in Hong Kong.... So it's Korea and Taiwan the only countries are still strict about protocols...

Actually, I'm all set with the short-tournament format upon reading the news of pull-out from the home-away format of other East Asian countries due to COVID. It's just that the 2-game elimination round is a little.. off, don't you think, considering that it's 2 groups of four teams? Anyway, their tournament, their format.

[IPC]

I have a question now. How will PBA teams qualify for the EASL next season? EASL starts in October, and the next PBA season will start September to October.

[CoJ]

if only BGSM didnt screw up last all filipino cup they would have been playing in the EASL, that BAD-BGSM rematch would be fire

@IPC, probably the champion and runner up of the governors cup would be the EASL rep for next season?

[Joe Yabuki]

Yeah BGSM seem like our best int team right now, SMB is in the middle of a rebuild and the less the said about the other the better

[paolylo]

I have a question now. How will PBA teams qualify for the EASL next season? EASL starts in October, and the next PBA season will start September to October.

The EASL isn’t the same without the CBA and the Taiwan situation is really messed up. At this rate, they should include the ABL Champion. The PBA will just send hotter chicks the next time EASL execs visits Manila so that they can talk them into the two-makeshift teams as the league tries to do another special format season complete with special draft to deal with the World Cup. Chances are, they’ll say: Fck it, one SMC team, one MPIC team.

It’s cute how Bay Area changes the make-up of their team alternating Nicholson and Powell just to comply with the PBA’s stupidity. How about just making the Governor’s and Commissioner’s Cups a literal Cup tournament simultaneously during the same season and tally the win-loss records for whoever should go to EASL? Some days 6’10 imports, others 6’6, All-Filipino on Sundays. That way, it ensures a full season of games that makes it easier to adjust for a major tournament between mid June to late September as well as FIBA windows and EASL games.

[Giannis34GOD]

The EASL isn?t the same without the CBA and the Taiwan situation is really messed up. At this rate, they should include the ABL Champion. The PBA will just send hotter chicks the next time EASL execs visits Manila so that they can talk them into the two-makeshift teams as the league tries to do another special format season complete with special draft to deal with the World Cup. Chances are, they?ll say: Fck it, one SMC team, one MPIC team.

It?s cute how Bay Area changes the make-up of their team alternating Nicholson and Powell just to comply with the PBA?s stupidity. How about just making the Governor?s and Commissioner?s Cups a literal Cup tournament simultaneously during the same season and tally the win-loss records for whoever should go to EASL? Some days 6?10 imports, others 6?6, All-Filipino on Sundays. That way, it ensures a full season of games that makes it easier to adjust for a major tournament between mid June to late September as well as FIBA windows and EASL games.

Not just only ABL champs... But also the champs of IBL (Indonesia), VBA (Vietnam), TBSL (Thailand), MNBA (Mongolia) and MBA (Malaysia).. Basketball is a global sport and they have also professional leagues... Ok, they are not so strong than establish leagues but with having 2 imports plus separate Asian import/Naturalized player to add on, they can manage to put a good fight against big teams... It will lessen the gap and possibly an upset... Those countries that i mentioned already have strong fan base in their local scene and will add to the viewership of EASL and revenue in case the home and away set up will return back to normal....

[Giannis34GOD]

Actually, I'm all set with the short-tournament format upon reading the news of pull-out from the home-away format of other East Asian countries due to COVID. It's just that the 2-game elimination round is a little.. off, don't you think, considering that it's 2 groups of four teams? Anyway, their tournament, their format.

Much better having home and away set up... Because this is EASL want to achieve.. Their mission and vision is that the league will be as same as Euroleague... And possibly another league that NBA can scout for players in the future... With that plan, Asian players will have opportunity to showcase their talents to be scouted atleast in Summer League or G-League....

[Silent Killer]

From Twitter

AussieHoopla
Illawarra Hawks ownership group have made a significant investment in the East Asian Super League which is poised to become the Euroleague of Asia (and Brain Goorjian currently coaches). Part of the deal will include creating an EASL basketball Academy in Australia.

[Giannis34GOD]

From Twitter

AussieHoopla
Illawarra Hawks ownership group have made a significant investment in the East Asian Super League which is poised to become the Euroleague of Asia (and Brain Goorjian currently coaches). Part of the deal will include creating an EASL basketball Academy in Australia.

So it means NBL teams will participate in future EASL seasons? If this happens then it will be good for basketball community in Asia/Pacific... This will be not Euroleague of Asia... It will be basketball version of AFC Champions cup of FIFA.... Maybe a possible merge between WASL and EASL in the future... This will spark more fan base in Asian basketball circuit... Unlike national teams, club teams level gap are lesser since every ballclubs will have minimum of 2 imports each to make their team competitive.... Competition is better in Club tourneys unlike national teams that level gap is huge between top teams and mid to lower tier teams....

[Rodbi]

So it means NBL teams will participate in future EASL seasons? If this happens then it will be good for basketball community in Asia/Pacific... This will be not Euroleague of Asia... It will be basketball version of AFC Champions cup of FIFA.... Maybe a possible merge between WASL and EASL in the future... This will spark more fan base in Asian basketball circuit... Unlike national teams, club teams level gap are lesser since every ballclubs will have minimum of 2 imports each to make their team competitive.... Competition is better in Club tourneys unlike national teams that level gap is huge between top teams and mid to lower tier teams....

I can only imagine for now that such league would be composed of 16 teams in the future, 8 each from top ranked pro leagues in the West and in the East. This would be the basketball equivalent of the AFC Champions' League (Div. 1) and below would be the allotment per domestic/regional league:

West
IRI - 2
JOR - 2
LIB - 2
GCC - 1
Central Asia - 1

East
PHL - 1
JPN - 1
KOR - 1
Aus-NZ NBL - 2
CHN/EASL club - 1
TPE - 1
ABL - 1

Those countries/regions not mentioned like IND/South Asia, INA, THA, VIE, Guam/South Pacific, etc. would be categorized in the Div. 2 or the AFC Cup equivalent in basketball and would have their own tournament concurrent with the Div. 1.

This might be a pipe dream for now but I'm optimistic that such format would be possible in the next 10 years.