East Asia Super League

[hmbopbaduwap]

Final 4 and Championship in a 5-6k capacity venue

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/cebu-to-host-easl-final-four-on-march-8-10-a1373-20240201?utm_source=Facebook-Spin&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20240201-fbnp-basketball-cebu-to-host-easl-final-four-on-march-8-10-a1373-20240201-fbfirst&fbclid=IwAR2g-z9P6kfYdZuuSgAaWF3Tqr7vJQRv4I42xiFvPJt5YQvpECzvr8MtLtM

The Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City, located just outside Cebu City, will host the thrilling conclusion to the first full-length EASL season.


Star players like Jeremy Lin from the New Taipei Kings and Yuki Togashi from the Chiba Jets are expected to showcase their skills in the Final Four.

The tournament will feature two semifinals on March 8, followed by the third place game and the championship game on March 10.

The four teams vying for the title of East Asian champions are the Seoul SK Knights (Korean Basketball League), New Taipei Kings (P. LEAGUE+), Chiba Jets (Japan B. LEAGUE), and reigning champions Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters.

[Rodbi]

Final 4 and Championship in a 5-6k capacity venue

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/cebu-to-host-easl-final-four-on-march-8-10-a1373-20240201?utm_source=Facebook-Spin&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20240201-fbnp-basketball-cebu-to-host-easl-final-four-on-march-8-10-a1373-20240201-fbfirst&fbclid=IwAR2g-z9P6kfYdZuuSgAaWF3Tqr7vJQRv4I42xiFvPJt5YQvpECzvr8MtLtM

The Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City, located just outside Cebu City, will host the thrilling conclusion to the first full-length EASL season.


Star players like Jeremy Lin from the New Taipei Kings and Yuki Togashi from the Chiba Jets are expected to showcase their skills in the Final Four.

The tournament will feature two semifinals on March 8, followed by the third place game and the championship game on March 10.

The four teams vying for the title of East Asian champions are the Seoul SK Knights (Korean Basketball League), New Taipei Kings (P. LEAGUE+), Chiba Jets (Japan B. LEAGUE), and reigning champions Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters.

It seems that EASL organizers are either not confident enough for the tournament playoff games to sell at the Metro, or they are counting on the prospect that there'll be a better turnout on a PHL basketball hotbed in Cebu and its local basketball fanbase. Either way, it's great that they chose our country to host.

[Sikatrix]

Selling games in the metro is hard.

[magic_chiongson]

Selling games in the metro is hard.

dunno how much interest cebuanos have on easl teams without the pba, but pba games always get sold out in that arena

[hmbopbaduwap]

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/meralco-taps-new-import-alioune-tew-for-easl-game-vs-seoul-sk-knights-a793-20240206?ref=article_reco_slide

[IPC]

should have replaced them with Magnolia. Gins might want to focus on the pba titles, and their main guns are either injured and tired due to their Gilas duties,

hay sayang

I wish TNT do a Ginebra, They should backout EASL and replace it by Magnolia... Aside that they are injured prone squad, They are not ready to play EASL yet... If Ginebra back out due to injuries and fatigue then TNT should do the same too... They have the reason thou... Pogoy is injured, Erram is injured, Castro is injured, Mikey has problems with his team and RHJ also have fatigue issue, came from his national team duties in Jordan... Magnolia might have better performance than TNT if they play there instead....

You need talent and depth to be able to compete in both the PBA and the EASL. Depth is something MERALCO has in spades that neither TNT nor Ginebra have as of the moment.

That's why Magnolia is best option there... They have depth too.. And they are doing well this conference...

So, with these Finals, Mags gave up 70-224 from 3, amounting to 31.25%. However, in SMB's four wins, they gave up 55-151 from 3, amounting to 36.4%. Couldn't hold them to poor shooting for enough games.

That, combined with their lack of offensive firepower without a local go-to guy and a 2nd import, might spell trouble for them in the EASL, where they'll face better shooting teams from Japan, SoKor, and Taiwan.

[paolylo]

It seems that EASL organizers are either not confident enough for the tournament playoff games to sell at the Metro, or they are counting on the prospect that there'll be a better turnout on a PHL basketball hotbed in Cebu and its local basketball fanbase. Either way, it's great that they chose our country to host.

All that money on chicks and drinks care of the PBA Board to fool the EASL bosses into believing this country can draw crowds of people when having a Champions League-type format and here we are a few years later, the Bay Area Dragons have disbanded... the PBA ever uncooperative while the other leagues send their actual champions (remember, what the EASL wanted was the All-Filipino Cup Champion and Finalist).

The EASL ought to look at replacing the PBA with the Indonesian League since it's clear that PBA teams just wanna get this over with and are resigned to the fact that they're not that good against clubs with 2 imports plus naturalized players on their roster with this entitled "we'll beat you anyway if you take out all those black/white dudes" attitude.

[IPC]

All that money on chicks and drinks care of the PBA Board to fool the EASL bosses into believing this country can draw crowds of people when having a Champions League-type format and here we are a few years later, the Bay Area Dragons have disbanded... the PBA ever uncooperative while the other leagues send their actual champions (remember, what the EASL wanted was the All-Filipino Cup Champion and Finalist).

The EASL ought to look at replacing the PBA with the Indonesian League since it's clear that PBA teams just wanna get this over with and are resigned to the fact that they're not that good against clubs with 2 imports plus naturalized players on their roster with this entitled "we'll beat you anyway if you take out all those black/white dudes" attitude.

Actually, the EASL already had plans of expanding by 2025.

https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/easl-gets-inquiries-from-other-asian-leagues/229708

In this interview by Kume Eala with EASL CEO Henry Keirns, Indonesia was mentioned as one of the expansion targets along with Vietnam and Thailand (around the 1:27:00 mark): https://www.facebook.com/share/v/bUK...ibextid=jmPrMh

[Giannis34GOD]

Actually, the EASL already had plans of expanding by 2025.

https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/easl-gets-inquiries-from-other-asian-leagues/229708

In this interview by Kume Eala with EASL CEO Henry Keirns, Indonesia was mentioned as one of the expansion targets along with Vietnam and Thailand (around the 1:27:00 mark): https://www.facebook.com/share/v/bUK...ibextid=jmPrMh

They should… unlike FIBA… Indonesian, Vietnamese and Thai ball clubs can be competitive due to 2 - 3 import plus Asian/naturalized slot in club competitions… in Indonesia alone, Pelita Jaya club has 3 good imports in Thomas Robinson, KJ McDaniels (both are former PBA imports and a quality one) and Malachi Richardson plus NP slot In Anthony Beane… that’s tough team already… plus some national team member Prastawa, Yonga… I think they can even beat most of PBA teams (even SMB) with that full of foreign imports… and it will help the quality of our neighbours in terms of basketball level thru EASL…

[CoJ]

All that money on chicks and drinks care of the PBA Board to fool the EASL bosses into believing this country can draw crowds of people when having a Champions League-type format and here we are a few years later, the Bay Area Dragons have disbanded... the PBA ever uncooperative while the other leagues send their actual champions (remember, what the EASL wanted was the All-Filipino Cup Champion and Finalist).

The EASL ought to look at replacing the PBA with the Indonesian League since it's clear that PBA teams just wanna get this over with and are resigned to the fact that they're not that good against clubs with 2 imports plus naturalized players on their roster with this entitled "we'll beat you anyway if you take out all those black/white dudes" attitude.

lol but we beat them with a lot of black and white dudes in the Gilas roster. PBA board is so full of itself

[ARMIR]

lol but we beat them with a lot of black and white dudes in the Gilas roster. PBA board is so full of itself

But if you point that out,SBP,fans,PBA will say otherwise,they're just Filipinos with different shades of colors.

[IPC]

All that money on chicks and drinks care of the PBA Board to fool the EASL bosses into believing this country can draw crowds of people when having a Champions League-type format and here we are a few years later, the Bay Area Dragons have disbanded... the PBA ever uncooperative while the other leagues send their actual champions (remember, what the EASL wanted was the All-Filipino Cup Champion and Finalist).

The EASL ought to look at replacing the PBA with the Indonesian League since it's clear that PBA teams just wanna get this over with and are resigned to the fact that they're not that good against clubs with 2 imports plus naturalized players on their roster with this entitled "we'll beat you anyway if you take out all those black/white dudes" attitude.

lol but we beat them with a lot of black and white dudes in the Gilas roster. PBA board is so full of itself

But if you point that out,SBP,fans,PBA will say otherwise,they're just Filipinos with different shades of colors.

To be fair, I'll be one of those saying that they're Filipino.

The black and white argument in club basketball, though, is one of the stupidest arguments one can make. Literally every top league has foreign players to fill holes in their roster.

[ARMIR]

To be fair, I'll be one of those saying that they're Filipino.

The black and white argument in club basketball, though, is one of the stupidest arguments one can make. Literally every top league has foreign players to fill holes in their roster.

Fans get sensitive when others point it out,but a Filipino fan will always be the first to point out wether its a club basketball or NTs.

[paolylo]

Fans get sensitive when others point it out,but a Filipino fan will always be the first to point out wether its a club basketball or NTs.

Same argument though with the PBA's height restriction believing that local bigs will never develop if you got a pair of 6'9+ dudes on the same team... first of all, anyone Asian over 6'6 is already a rarity, the problem is local skills development more than it is the lack of opportunity. Yuta Watanabe can play center in the B-League on his height alone and yet he's an NBA wing. No one told him he was going to play center all his life. Different players have different styles of playing and yet these PBA coaches buy into this idea that they have no use for local players taller than 6'6 if there are two imports who can guard the 4 and 5 as a 3. Kawamata and Inoue in the B-League are sub-20 minute players averaging 6 and 3 but are good enough to have roles on a Japan team that didn't even have Hachimura in the World Cup. In the first place, no one expects them to develop as stars as long as they're able to guard players and execute plays.

I even remember Asi Taulava coming back from a suspension weighing 215 and for a conference was playing stretch five (until maybe Joel Banal needed bulky Asi more and went back to 240-250). That was probably Asi's MVP year.

[hmbopbaduwap]

https://www.easl.basketball/news/cebu-prepares-to-host-basketball-spectacular-as-easl-final-four-ticket-sales-begin

Friday, March 8

5 p.m. - Semifinal 1 - Seoul SK Knights (5-1, KBL) vs. Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters (5-1, KBL)

8 p.m. - Semifinal 2 -Chiba Jets (6-0, B. LEAGUE) vs. New Taipei Kings (4-2, P. LEAGUE+)

Tickets available here: https://www.ticketmax.ph/events/easl...ewtaipeikings/

Sunday, March 10

4 p.m. - Third Place Game

7 p.m. - Championship Game

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