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  • #31
    Originally posted by Silent Killer View Post

    in comparison, last years team has good perimeter defenders (roberson, heading)..

    plus good shooting as well (quiambao, heading)
    Actually they were good defenders. Dwight, Roberson and even the guard import. KQ and Heading also gave effort on D. I saw Dave play a lot of minutes but showed nothing for it. His drive then stop and fake is such a useless move for a guard. He is an example of weighing too much for his position. I still remember when he was just 5'11 and was quick and had a smooth pull-up. With the way he's playing I'm not sure he will even be good in the PBA.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Giannis34GOD View Post

      Remember they beat OQT participant Bahrain last year... UAE, like other Gulf countries now investing basketball, they are also hosting some team USA warm up games, holding NBA pre season games, having a ball club participating in ABA league and will host Final 4 of Euroleague this year, I'm not surprised the way UAE is now turning seriously on their basketball program... It seems Gulf countries now embracing basketball as their 2nd sport after football... As Saudi basketball chief says, basketball now is the 2nd watch/most popular sport in middle east today... And it's good for basketball competition as whole.. We all know those gulf countries have resources to improve their basketball program, they can easily hire quality coaches, grassroot program and finding quality players...
      I think basketball governing bodies in Gulf countries will eventually come up a common ground and establish a regional league. Home and away format. At least 3 teams from Saudi ; 2 from Qatar and 1 each from Bahrain, UAE and Kuwait. Guest teams from neighbouring West Asia, 1 each from Lebanon and Jordan. Another 2 guest teams 1 each from Egypt and Philippines (like SGA) that is to cater its respective large expatriate communities. That make 12 teams.

      Home and away format may apply with Jordan and Lebanon because of its proximity to Gulf countries. Whereas teams from Philippines and Egypt it’s possible a Gulf city which has large community of Filipinos and Egyptians may adopt and host them. To maintain parity Gulf teams can utilise 3 world imports at the same time while guest teams can only have 2. All 12 teams can have a maximum of 2 naturalised players… Well, this is just a figment idea of mine…

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Giannis34GOD View Post

        Maybe he can play in Mongolian league... Cousins will play there after this SGA stint.. he can be a dominant players there since mongolians are too small...
        Dubai tournament is blatche last tournament. He'll retire after the tournament
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        • #34
          Originally posted by Silent Killer View Post

          Dubai tournament is blatche last tournament. He'll retire after the tournament
          You never know especially if offer comes... Durham said he will retire professional basketball after losing to Ginebra but signed again in Japan couple of weeks ago...

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Giannis34GOD View Post

            You never know especially if offer comes... Durham said he will retire professional basketball after losing to Ginebra but signed again in Japan couple of weeks ago...
            Blatche hasnt have a club in years.. just rely on this tournaments. Plus he's already 38 and out of shape.



            Unlike blatche, durham is little bit younger than blatche and been active unlike blatche who hasnt have a pro club in years.
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            • #36
              Originally posted by Silent Killer View Post

              Blatche hasnt have a club in years.. just rely on this tournaments. Plus he's already 38 and out of shape.



              Unlike blatche, durham is little bit younger than blatche and been active unlike blatche who hasnt have a pro club in years.
              Does he even need it? Already made bank during those CBA stints.

              Looks all set for life as far as I can tell.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by sroth3839 View Post

                Does he even need it? Already made bank during those CBA stints.

                Looks all set for life as far as I can tell.
                Maybe try coaching here.. he knows basketball very well...

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                • #38
                  Mikey williams will have a drill on shooting that three.. the pba defense is made to asawa those shooters and mikey make a mince.meat of that..
                  To becomes Asia's Best, we need to compete against the World's Best..
                  1 Big 4 small > 5 out offense.

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                  • #39
                    Day 2 :

                    Zamboanga Valientes 82 - 97 Sharjah SC


                    Strong Group Athletics (SGA) 99 - 87 Al Nasr SC

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                    • #40
                      SHARJAH (97) – West 30, Jones 29, Asad 15, Gueye 11, Roberson 6, Thani 3, Alblooshi 3, Alhammadi 0, Ahmad 0, Al Midfa 0.

                      ZAMBOANGA (82) – Deguara 16, Tolomia 14, Thomas 13, Padrigao 13, Caperal 11, Jimenez 7, Cadiz 4, Cabanero 3, Diouf 1, Lingganay 0, McCarthy 0.

                      Period Scores: 19-30, 49-47, 70-62, 97-82.



                      STRONG GROUP (99) – McCullough 31, Williams 16, Ildefonso 13, Brickman 9, Cousins 8, Richardson 8, Abando 7, Liwag 4, Kouame 2, Koon 1, Blatche 0, Ynot 0.

                      AL NASR (87) – Mohammed 34, Harris 30, Ahmed 13, Khalfa 4, Ba 4, Alblooshi 2, Petty 0.

                      Period Scores: 21-17, 50-38, 73-61, 99-87.

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                      • #41
                        I wanna ask, just how many imports are allowed each team in this tournament? If we look at SGA's roster, you got Cousins, McCullough, Richardson as world imports. Then you got Blatche & Kouame as naturalized Filipino players. From what I remember from pervious editions of this tournament, they allow just one naturalized player in each team which is not counted as an import, so one among Blatche & Kouame should be counted as a world import. SGA therefore has 4 world imports.

                        Please someone here enlighten me on this.
                        "A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IV

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by JAMSKIE View Post
                          I wanna ask, just how many imports are allowed each team in this tournament? If we look at SGA's roster, you got Cousins, McCullough, Richardson as world imports. Then you got Blatche & Kouame as naturalized Filipino players. From what I remember from pervious editions of this tournament, they allow just one naturalized player in each team which is not counted as an import, so one among Blatche & Kouame should be counted as a world import. SGA therefore has 4 world imports.

                          Please someone here enlighten me on this.
                          I think this is an open league.. you can parade all import line up and still no problem....

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by FilWelsh View Post

                            I think basketball governing bodies in Gulf countries will eventually come up a common ground and establish a regional league. Home and away format. At least 3 teams from Saudi ; 2 from Qatar and 1 each from Bahrain, UAE and Kuwait. Guest teams from neighbouring West Asia, 1 each from Lebanon and Jordan. Another 2 guest teams 1 each from Egypt and Philippines (like SGA) that is to cater its respective large expatriate communities. That make 12 teams.

                            Home and away format may apply with Jordan and Lebanon because of its proximity to Gulf countries. Whereas teams from Philippines and Egypt it’s possible a Gulf city which has large community of Filipinos and Egyptians may adopt and host them. To maintain parity Gulf teams can utilise 3 world imports at the same time while guest teams can only have 2. All 12 teams can have a maximum of 2 naturalised players… Well, this is just a figment idea of mine…
                            Actually they have already, the WASL.. top 2 ball clubs from Lebanon, Jordan, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Bahrain battling it out for being best team in West Asia.. top 2 teams there will be the representatives of WASL for BCL.. Al Riyadi is the defending champs for both WASL and BCL and currently tagged as "best ball club team in Asia" today... It gathers huge crowd and fan bases in most of the games.. especially the rivalry between Al Riyadi vs Saggesse (bitter rivals in West region ala Manila Classico of 2010s).. Egypt represents Africa and they joining BAL...

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Giannis34GOD View Post

                              I think this is an open league.. you can parade all import line up and still no problem....
                              Ah OK. I think this wasn't the case some 6 yrs ago in which 3 world imports were allowed each team but only 2 can play at a time. Then a team is allowed 1 naturalized player which doesn't count as a world import
                              "A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IV

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                              • #45
                                honestly, I'm not into the x's and o's of the games.

                                whether SGA or Valientes won this tourney, it doesn't matter to me that much.

                                just hearing that hala!! hala!! halaaah!! helwa!! helwa!! helwa!!! chuk chuk chuk

                                all game long of that arab broadcaster, I'm done for the day.

                                mababaw lang talaga ang kaligayahan ko...trans. laughter is the best medicine.

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