Asia Championship 2017

[Lebasketball]

Jordan NT Preliminary Roster for FIBA Asia Cup 2017

Ahmad Dwairi (Fenerbahce - Turkey)
Zaid Abbas (Tongxi - China)
Dar Tucker (Estudiantes - Argentina)
Mohammad Shaher (FUS - Morocco)
Mahmoud Abdeen
Mousa Awadi
Malek Kanaan
Ali Jamal
Sami Bzai (NCAA - USA)
Jordan Dasqui (NCAA - USA)
Amin Abuhawwas
Ahmad Obeid
Ahmad Hamarsheh
Abudllah Sawalhi
Yazan Taweel
Yousef Abuwazaneh
Nader Ahmad

Coach : Sam Daghlas

That's what we call a great news ! Im very happy for our Jordanian brother. We (bilad al sham) have to keep this sport and protect it

[alexbolt84]

No way Yi Jianlin will not play
On 777score.com you can see teams which are playing but unfortunately not players
Among countries, know for sure about Philippines.

Can't wait for 8.08.17

[OSHAFA]

That's what we call a great news ! Im very happy for our Jordanian brother. We (bilad al sham) have to keep this sport and protect it

Thanks Lebasketball, we wish Lebanon a Succesfull Asian Cup on your homesoul

[Roofman]

It appears that NZ will send a young and experimental team to the FIBA Asia Cup. Although the squad hasn't yet been announced, it is probably that the Webster brothers won't appear. Can only help Lebanon's chances further.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/basketball/news/article.cfm?c_id=21&objectid=11883204

[Lebasketball]

It seems that Khazzouh is still injured so he will probably not join the NT.

[sinobball]

What are the interests for the NT to play this competition which won't give tickets to the world cup or olympic games? but it can help them to have a better ranking…

FIBA rankings are a joke, this is the consensus on this board and elsewhere (e.g. on betting websites). Personally I never check them.

[reamily]

I dont know why we are so obsessed with that "ranking" thing..

[khaledlebanon]

I still can't get how some are still insisting that this tournament is not important, why?

Its the Asian Championship, the winner will be the Asian Champion for the next four years! In football, do you see national teams not sending their best players to the Euro, Copa Americs, Asia Cup etc?

Qualiyfing to the World Cup or olympics is important, but winning a Continental Championship is as important! If Australia and New Zealand dont want to send their A teams, then why bring them to Asia? They shouldnt be given the Chance to participate...

Anyway, the best asian teams like China Iran Korea Japan Tawian Jordan and Lebanon are sending their A teams so thats great... I hope Philippines sends their A team otherwise they'll regret it in future! This tournament will only be played every 4 years like in football from now on and winning it should be a priority for all Asia's big national teams!

[eshmawi]

Lots of top players missing. This is "Abou Liras" last chance to finally deliver a title to Lebanon, or else no one should ever call him "King of Asia".

[Lebasketball]

Lots of top players missing. This is "Abou Liras" last chance to finally deliver a title to Lebanon, or else no one should ever call him "King of Asia".

Come on man ! It's not an individual game...he can't win it alone (I guess you never watched a basketball game to say that one player can give you a championship) and to be honest I don't see us favorite to win it.
Australia is for sure the favorite one even without their NBA players. Plus they are very good teams like Philippines, China, Iran, NZ, S Korea, etc so stop disrespecting other NT.
Instead of beeing all behind the NT. They will always be guys like you who talk sh*t before 4 days of the first ever and last fiba asia in Lebanon. I don't know if it's jealousy ?
Like Guy Manoukian who talks bad about Fadi, Amir and Nadim 4 days before the Fiba Asia Cup. Whyyyy ????
Im not a big fan of Fadi but come on stop hating on him. He gave a lot to Lebanon and btw he's nickname is "Tiger of Asia" (just for your information) not the King of Asia
And I don't think Fadi is waiting for you to be called king or tiger or whatever hehe just see how the other players and fans around the world love him ! One week ago against Turkey, Turkoglu himself came to take a picture with the Tiger.
Good luck to all teams.
Special good luck to Jordan, Syria and Iraq.

[eshmawi]

I am fed up with Fadis nonsense tbh.
There is reason everyone calls him abou lira, we all know it he refused to play for NT years ago.Now he likes "Pierre Kakhia" because Pierre is loaded with money.He plays for NT for money.
Also Ahmad Ibrahim >>> Nadim or Amir.

[chacharko]

Will Ware play for Jordan? This "official" rosters on FIBA site are kinda weird. No Pelle (played), no Ware..

[Lebasketball]

Congrats to Lebanon. Hardluck S Korea.
It was a high level game especially the Q1 and Q2.
We played great, we were good at the defense but we were struggling with the koreans way of playing attack (they used so much pick and roll, they killed us with this in the Q1 but after that Butautas adjust our defense).
Arakji was very good but damn he must score his FT !!!
Haidar a real beast.
BTW Pelle just played 6 minutes (Q1).
Overall it was a good start, it's never easy to play the first game especially against a great team like Korea.
Special mention to the fans ! You were amazing !

[CKR13]

The Lebanon - Korea game was great until the last minute. Reminds me of the intensity in 2015 FIBA Asia where these two teams played. Pelle looks lost in the offense and hardly contributed. He's too young to be an instant impact of a player. This is where Haidar and Abd El Nour have risen to the occasion.

[CKR13]

Australia - Japan game looked very easy for the Boomers. Japan had no shotblocking presence to start with. The likes of Ota, Harimoto and Takeuchi do not even jump to contest a shot, just raise the hand and that's it. Aussie guards had a field day going into the lane off a screen.