Lnb 2006/07 (ROUND 9)

[Jokinen]

Round 9

Peñarol remains as the best team so far as they got another victory this time by 36 pts against Obras. Sionista recovered from two straight losses and remains on top of the north group as they defeated Libertad by scoring 8 pts in the last 3 seconds of the game when Libertad was ahead by 5 pts

Peñarol 102 - 66 Obras

Peñarol:
Sebastian Rodriguez 23 pts 9 ast 5 rbs
Josh Pittman 17 pts 2 stls

Obras:
Tyler Field 18 pts 4 rbs
Raheim Brown 15 pts 4 rbs

Sionista 87 - 84 Libertad

Sionista:
Michael Robinson 23 pts 4 rbs 3 stls
Mariano Byro 18 pts 4 ast 2 rbs

Libertad:
Cleotis Brown 22 pts 3 rbs 2 ast 2 stls
Andres Pelussi 12 pts 5 rbs 3 ast 2 stls

Belgrano 82 - 105 Atenas

Atenas:
Bruno Labaque 38 pts 3 stls 2 ast 2 rbs
Terrell Taylor 17 pts 9 rbs

Belgrano:
Maxi Riolfo 17 pts 3 rbs
Carlos Colla 15 pts 4 rbs 4 stls 2 ast

Dep Madryn 73 - 74 Boca Jrs

Boca:
Lazaro Borrell 26 pts 12 rbs
Maurice Spillers 20 pts 6 rbs 3 stls
Martin Leiva 10 pts 11 rbs 2 ast 10 to

Madryn:
Alejandro Burgos 19 pts 9 rbs 3 blks
Andres Rodriguez 18 pts 8 rbs 4 ast 4 stls
William Sanders 17 pts 4 rbs 3 ast

Gimnasia 88 - 78 Ciclista

Gimnasia:
Leandro Masieri 27 pts (9/14 3PtFG) 3 rbs
Pablo Moldu 25 pts 5 rbs 4 stls 2 ast

Ciclista:
Marcus Fleming 26 pts 5 rbs
Rafael Costa 13 pts 4 rbs 3 ast 2 stls

Regatas 69 - 79 Ben Hur

Ben Hur:
Eduardo Villares 28 pts 4 ast 2 stls
Damian Tintorelli 22 pts 11 rbs
William Mc Farlan 14 pts 5 rbs 2 stls

Regatas:
Jason Keep 10 pts 13 rbs 2 blks
Roberto Lopez 14 pts 8 rbs 5 stls 2 ast

Estudiantes 83 - 97 Quilmes

Quilmes:
Clarence Robinson 31 pts 10 rbs
Enrique Martinez 22 pts 4 rbs 3 ast

Estudiantes:
Stalin Ortiz 34 pts 7 rbs
Jamal Levy 13 pts 10 rbs

Central 86 - 100 Quimsa

Quimsa:
Robert Brown Jr 29 pts 7 rbs 2 ast
Erron Maxey 21 pts 6 rbs 3 stls
Fernando Small 15 pts 2 rbs 2 stls

Central:
Ezequiel Dentis 20 pts 10 rbs 4 stls
Eric Martin 19 pts 3 rbs
Gabriel Diaz 17 pts 4 rbs 2 stls
Williard Ford 15 pts 3 rbs 3 ast

[carlosGC]

* Regatas signs Román González, will drop Diego Romero.
* Gimnasia might sign Diego Romero.

Román González signed with Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia.

[carlosGC]

Salaries have to be decent, if they were low, I would see no reason why European teams do not "fish these rich grounds" in Argentina for great and affordable talent more.

Not only European teams. See above post.

[Jokinen]

Not only European teams. See above post.

well they have petrodollars...

[carlosGC]

* Regatas cut Carmelo Lee, displaced by the North American Silas Mills.
* Juan Espil ended his contract with Bilbao(Spain), I think he arrives to Bahía Blanca this weekend. Hope he signs with Estudiantes. But that may be hoping too much, he'll surely prioritize "European team" options.

The first phase of LNB just ended. The tournament is postponed until Dec 2nd (the start of 2nd phase). The best four teams of each zone qualified for the Super8 which will take place from Nov 22nd to the 26th in Ruca Che Arena, Neuquen. Due to the incidents in Puerto Madryn after the game with Ciclista, two pts (minus one when 1st phase is over) were taken away from them, thus leaving them out of the Super8 Tournament.
The second phase is one single zone of sixteen teams, and all teams drag 50 percent of 1st phase points.
Each team plays in turn against every other (one game as local, the other as visitor), so each team will contend in 30 matches. This second stage determines which teams qualify for playoff quarter-finals, and which teams loose the category.

1st Phase Final Standings

South Zone
PEÑAROL (MP) 25
QUILMES (MP) 23
GIMN. y ESGR. (C) 22
BOCA JUNIORS 21
DEPORTIVO MADRYN 19
CICLISTA JUNINENSE 19
OBRAS SANITARIAS 19
ESTUDIANTES (BB) 18

North Zone
JUVENTUD SIONISTA 23
QUIMSA 22
REGATAS (C) 22
ATENAS 22
BEN HUR 22
DEPORTIVO LIBERTAD 21
CENTRAL ENTRERRIANO 19
BELGRANO (SN) 17

PTS for 2nd phase

PEÑAROL (MP) 12.5 pts
JUVENTUD SIONISTA 11.5
GIMN. y ESGR. (C) 11
QUIMSA 11
REGATAS (C) 11
ATENAS 11
BEN HUR 11
QUILMES (MP) 11.5
BOCA JUNIORS 10.5
DEPORTIVO MADRYN 10.5
DEPORTIVO LIBERTAD 10.5
CICLISTA JUNINENSE 9.5
OBRAS SANITARIAS 9.5
CENTRAL ENTRERRIANO 9.5
ESTUDIANTES (BB) 9
BELGRANO (SN) 8.5

[rikhardur]

Who are currently the top scorers and rebounders of LNB?

[Jokinen]

Who are currently the top scorers and rebounders of LNB?

Sorry I've been very busy (I just opened a business in a Shopping Center and I'm still working in my old job, so I wasn't able to update this thread)

Pts:

1 ORTÍZ Stalin (Colombia) Estudiantes 25,9
2 GARCÍA Diego (Argentina) Regatas 24,9
3 BROWN Robert (EEUU) Quimsa 21,0
4 GUTIÉRREZ Leonardo (Argentina) Boca Juniors 20,2
5 ROBINSON Clarence (EEUU) Quilmes 20,1

Rebounds:

1 KEEP Jason (EEUU) Regatas 9,9
2 LEIVA Martín (Argentina) Boca Juniors 9,1
3 LEVY Jamaal (Panama) Estudiantes 8,9
4 FIELD Tyler (EEUU) Obras Sanitarias 8,6
5 ZILLI Alejandro (Argentina) Sionista 8,2
5 LÓPEZ Roberto (Argentina) Regatas 8,2

Asts:

1 COSTA Rafael (Argentina) Ciclista 4,8
2 RODRÍGUEZ Sebastián (Argentina) Peñarol 4,6
3 LÁBAQUE Bruno (Argentina) Atenas 4,0
4 GARCÍA Diego (Argentina) Regatas 3,9
5 GINÓBILI Sebastián (Argentina) Quilmes 3,6

Steals:

1 LÁBAQUE Bruno (Argentina) Atenas 2,86
2 MOLDÚ Pablo (Argentina) Gimnasia 2,86
3 DENTIS Ezequiel (Argentina) C. Entrerriano 2,21
4 PELUSSI Andrés (Argentina) Libertad 1,86
5 SPILLERS Maurice (EEUU) Ben Hur (Raf) / Boca 1,79

Blocks:

1 LEIVA Martín (Argentina) Boca Juniors 1,2
2 BROWN Raheim (EEUU) Obras Sanitarias 1,2
3 McFARLAN William (EEUU) Atenas / Ben Hur 1,2
4 BURGOS Alejandro (Argentina) Deportivo Madryn 1,1
5 FORD Williard (EEUU) C. Entrerriano 1,1
6 GÓMEZ Dionisio (Panama) Libertad 1,1

EFF. Pts:

1 ROBINSON Clarence (EEUU) Quilmes 21,14 (20.1 ppg 6.4 rpg 1.4 apg)

2 BROWN Robert (EEUU) Quimsa 21,07 (21 ppg 7.1 rpg 1.7 apg)

3 GARCÍA Diego (Argentina) Regatas 20,86 (24.9 ppg 4.4 rpg 3.9 apg 1.4 spg)

4 FIELD Tyler (EEUU) Obras Sanitarias 20,57 (17.7 ppg 8.6 rpg 1.1 spg)

5 LÁBAQUE Bruno (Argentina) Atenas 19,86 (19.5 ppg 4 apg 3 rpg 2.9 spg)

[rikhardur]

No problem Jokinen Thanks

[alermac]

Kind of left behind, huh?

The trend of foreigners being signed and released is really amazing. Just for this holidays, players like Jason Keep, William Sanders and Dionisio Gómez got cut. But the new signings aren't bad (Chris Jackson, Larry Florence, Robert Battle and Dionisio Gómez himself ).

Plus, during december many good Americans were released (Silas Mills and Raheim Brown are some examples; Mills wound up replacing Brown). It seems that coaches either don't know what they need from them, or perhaps they don't know who they are signing.

The ggod thing is that a new rule allows teams to sign players who already played for other LNB clubs. Some foreigners who played for two teams are Maurice Spillers (Ben Hur and Boca), Jamar Brown (Atenas, Ben Hur and Gimnasia CR, they all released him), Chima Igwe (Belgrano and Ciclista, both released him), Gómez and Mills.

[alermac]

Standiins after Holidays break (22 of 44 games played)

1-Quilmes MdP 26,5
2-Peñarol MdP 26,5
3-Boca Juniors 24,5
4-Gimnasia CR 24
5-Ben Hur Rafaela 24
6-Sionista Paraná 23,5
7-Libertad Sunchales 23,5
8-Regatas Corrientes 23
9-Quimsa Santiago 23
10-Atenas Córdoba 22
11-Ciclista Juninense 21,5
12-Estudiantes Bahía Blanca 21
13-Deportivo Madryn 19,5
14-Central Entrerriano 19,5
15-Obras 19,5
16-Belgrano San Nicolás 17,5

Scorers:

Diego García (ARG - SG - Regatas) 24,4
Stalin Ortiz (COL - SG - Estudiantes) 24,1
Chuckie Robinson (USA - PF - Quilmes) 20,2
Robert Brown (USA - PF - Quimsa) 19,5
Leo Gutiérrez (ARG - PF - Boca) 19,3

Rebounders:

Martín Leiva* (ARG - C - Boca) 9,4
Jason Keep (USA - C - cut by Regatas) 9,0
Tyler Field (USA - C - Obras) 8,5
Jamaal Levy (PAN - PF/C - Estudiantes) 8,3
Quincy Alexander (USA - PF - Sionista) 8,0

Passers:

Pablo Sebastián Rodríguez (ARG - PG - Peñarol) 4,3
Rafa Costa (ARG - PG - Ciclista) 4,2
Bruno Lábaque (ARG - PG/SG - Atenas) 3,9
Sebastián Ginóbili** (ARG - PG - Quilmes) 3,8
Cristian Cadillac (ARG - PG - Madryn) 3,3

*Possibly the worst FT shooter in the world: 35% this season, and that's an improvement. Not kidding.
**Manu's older brother

[ARIS WORLD FANS]

why dont play in this league River Plate??

[alermac]

why dont play in this league River Plate??

They finished last season owing U$S 300000 to players and coach and failed to reach an agreement on how to pay them, so they got kicked out of the league. Days later, the league gave their playing rights to Estudiantes Bahía Blanca, that was playing in TNA (2º division)

[alermac]

Standings after 36 of 44 games:

1-Peñarol MdP 49,5
2-Quilmes MdP 48,5
3-Libertad Sunchales 46,5
4-Boca Juniors 45,5*
5-Sionista Paraná 45,5
6-Estudiantes Bahía Blanca 45
7-Ben Hur Rafaela 45
8-Gimnasia CR 44
9-Quimsa Santiago 43*
10-Deportivo Madryn 42,5
11-Regatas Corrientes 41*
12-Atenas Córdoba 40*
13-Ciclista Juninense 39,5
14-Obras 38,5*
15-Central Entrerriano 38,5
16-Belgrano San Nicolás 33,5*

(*)= Have played one game less than the others, so they'll add 1 or 2 more points.

A few comments:

-Estudiantes and Sionista are the biggest surprises so far. Both teams are composed with mostly TNA (second division) players but are between the best. Estudiantes amazingly won every game since releasing LNB top scorer Stalin Ortiz (he wanted to leave the club because of a better offer in Spanish LEB).

-Atenas is having a nightmare season. They've fired the coach, they made multiple signings and releasings of foreigners, and nothing improves. They got trashed by Boca 79-55 yesterday. And there are rumors that they may strike a commercial alliance with local football club Belgrano, seeing more sponsorship and attendace.

-Regatas shocked the market with a big budget and big signings; but injuries, bad coaching and multiple roster changes have them underachieving.

-Belgrano is almost doomed. Obras, Central and Ciclista fight to avoid being relegated too.

-Central is another big disappointment. They have a very good roster, and made some big signings during the season (Panama NT C Antonio García, former Wizards F/C Randell Jackson, former Tau & Argentina NT G/F Leandro Palladino), but they keep losing anyway.

[alermac]

Standings after 41 of 44 games:

1 Peñarol MdP 58.5 (30-11)
2 Libertad Sunchales 56.5 (27-14)
3 Boca 56.5 (25-17; has played 1 more match)
4 Quilmes MdP 55.5 (26-15)
5 Ben Hur Rafaela 53 (23-18)
6 Sionista Paraná 52.5 (23-18)
7 Quimsa Santiago 52 (22-19)
8 Regatas Corrientes 51 (21-20)
9 Estudiantes Bahía Blanca 50 (18-23)
10 Gimnasia CR 50 (20-21)
11 Atenas Córdoba 50 (20-21)
12 Deportivo Madryn 49.5 (20-21)
13 Central Entrerriano 46.5 (15-26)
14 Obras 45.5 (14-27)
15 Ciclista Juninense 45.5 (15-26; has played one less match)
16 Belgrano San Nicolás 42.5 (10-31; already relegated to TNA)

[alermac]

Regular Season over:

1 Peñarol 62,5
2 Libertad 61,5
3 Boca Juniors 59,5
4 Quilmes 59,5
5 Regatas 57
6 Quimsa 57
7 Ben Hur 56
8 Madryn 55,5
9 Sionista 55,5
10 Estudiantes 55
11 Atenas 54
12 Gimnasia 53
13 Central 52,5
14 Obras Sanitarias 51,5
15 Ciclista 51,5 (x)
16 Belgrano 45,5 (x)

(x) Relegated to TNA (2º division)

Obras won its last two games against Quilmes, including an away game with a Byron Wilson score with :05 left.

First round of playoffs:

Regatas (5º) vs. Gimnasia (12º)
Quimsa (6º) vs. Atenas (11º)
Ben Hur (7º) vs. Estudiantes (10º)
Deportivo Madryn (8º) vs. Sionista (9º)