JPL 09/10 - Signings and Rumors

[Oshafaamri]

Zain picks their 1st import - Dec 12, 2009 (by Mohammed Malas)
Zain's point guard Sam Daghlas (199-G-79, college: Midwestern St.) will arrive today to Amman, Jordan to join the trainings of his team for the new season, The surprise was the ex-team forward Damian Cantrell (200-F-76, college: USF)'s arrival with the Jordanian NT star on the same plane according to Al Ghad local newspaper.

Cantrell was wearing the shirts of Fastlink (The previous name of Zain) when they crowned with the Asian Clubs Championship title in 2006, He was ranked as 1st in rebounds in most of the league he played in, He played the last seasons in Belguim with Generali Okapi Aalstar (Division 1), His numbers last season were as follows: 7.8ppg, Reb-1 (9.4rpg), 1.2apg & 1.1spg in 24 games.

Meanwhile, Two another Americans will be joining the Jordanian champions soon, One of them is 215 cm tall and the other is a former forward in the NBA D-League.... A familiar name will be coaching the team for the upcoming period.

[Oshafaamri]

Here & there ! - Dec 11, 2009 (by Omar Shafaamri)
# Special Television Episode Tomorrow @17:00 PM (Amman Local Time) About the Current Basketball Situation in Jordan on JOSAT Tv ( Nilesat 7w, 12379 / Vertical / 27500 S.R ) , this Episode will host Dr.Nasooh Qadiri (Zain Club Chef ) Haythem abu khadija (ASU Club Chef) , Fadi Sabbah ( Riyadi Club Basketball Supervisor) .

# Positive Signs of a Solution for the Current Basketball Situation , Big Name in Jordanian Sports Pushing for Solving problems , the current problem won't affect our participation in World Championship 2010 and Jordan's Name will be in the Draw on Tuesday (15/12/2009) .

# Our Brothers in Lebanon Are Optimistic to Get the Wild Card to World Championship 2010 in Turkey , this Optimism is Real as our Brothers Did their Best for this Target and they Deserve it , all the signs says that Lebanon is too close to get that Card and waiting for the Declaration on 13th of December .

# Imad Qahwash the Jordanian Abroad , Makes good Performance with his team Central Arkansas State University in NCAA , Imad Averaging Now 4 ppg , 2 apg , 3P% : 0.125 , 4.6 Rpg & 0.8 Spg
Imad is 188 cm but has a great Rebounding ability sometimes better than Pivots !!

# ASU & Zain Club Looking forward their Participation in Dubai Friendly Tourney next month by making Extensive Preparations and waiting for the Imports to arrive who are expected to be Super Level Imports .

[Oshafaamri]

Zaid Abbas (Shaved Head) Impresses Everybody In China !!! - Dec 11, 2009 (by Omar Shafaamri)
Abbaas Zaid (203-F-83) Jordan NT's Star Played his First Game With his New Team Shanghai Sharks on last Wednesday, He made 11 pts and 19 Rebounds !! in 30 minutes .

' an excellent sense of all the movements, picking rebounds quickly Accurate, hands like a magnet. And very strong '
Sharks Coach Said about Zaid ...

Shanghai Sharks Will play the Opening game of the New CBA Season 2009/2010 on 19th of December against Zhejiang Guangsha . Zaid will be considered as a local player in the League as CBA Allows one Asian Player playing With Teams which were Ranked in the Bottom of Schedule Season Before .

List of Imports in CBA till Now :

Guangdong: Smush Parker, David Harrison
Xinjiang: Myron Allen, Charles Gaines
Jiangsu: DerMarr Johnson, Jameel Watkins
Dongguan: Dajuan Tate, Alexander Johnson, Sean Chen Hsin-An (Taiwan)
Shaanxi: Corsley Edwards, Tim Pickett
Fujian: Chris Porter, Jelani McCoy
Zhejiang L: Peter John Ramos, Rodney White, Lin Chih-Chieh (Taiwan)
Shandong: Andre Emmett, Stromile Swift
Beijing: Cedric Bozeman, James Mays
Shanxi: Lee Benson, Maurice Taylor, Hsu Hao-Cheng (Taiwan), Lin Kuan-Lun (Taiwan)
Liaoning: Olumide Oyedeji, Brandon Robinson
Jilin: Leon Rodgers, Soumaila Samake
Zhejiang B: Andre Brown, Marcus Williams
Qingdao: Chris Williams, Frans Steyn, Sabah Khoury (Lebanon)
Tianjin: Herve Lamizana, Brandon Crump, Rony Fahed (Lebanon)
Shanghai: John Lucas III, Garrett Siler, Abbaas Zaid (Jordan), Johnny Yen Hsing-su (Taiwan)

** Thanks to Our Friends sinobball & whocare From Interbasket forums

[Oshafaamri]

Zaid Abbas will Start the Challenge Tomorrow @ 13:30 (Amman Time (GMT +2) )

Originally Posted by BlacKOEIsle

Tomorrow evening,19:30(GMT+8)
4 Channels will broadcast this game,they are CCTV5,Shanghai Sports,Beijing Sports and Jiangsu Sports..

This site usually release the link before the game start:http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?ma...36&part=sports it's in English,so I think you guys will get it easily.

BTW,Abbas played very well in the friendly matches,and his rebounding skills particularly impressed.

[Oshafaamri]

Dartez arrives for Zain today - Dec 15, 2009 (by Mohammed Malas)

The American bigman Kendall Dartez (207-C/F-80, college: Louisville) arrived today to join his new teammates in Zain for the upcoming tournaments...He's the 2nd deal on imports list after Damian Cantrell (200-F-76, college: USF), The 3rd player will be announced soon.

The ex-Louisville University's player is an inside player with big variety of moves around the basket, He has skills and tremendous athletic abilities, Can shoot also the ball from midrange distance.He has good timing in blocks....Dartez's career includes teams in Turkey, France, South Korea and the NBA D-League.

http://www.asia-basket.com/Jordan/basketball.asp

[Oshafaamri]

ASU Won't Participate in Dubai Friendly , Petrovic Resigns ! - Dec 18, 2009 (by Omar Shafaamri)

ASU admins declared earlier that the Team won't Participate in Dubai Friendly Tournament Next Month due to the ' Fogy Basketball Future ' in the Country !!!

in Addition ASU Coach Georgi Petrovic Resigned Today after 3 months in his position due to the same Reason , His assistant Faisal Nsour will take his place temporarily , Negotiations started with Maz Trakh Ex-Zain Club Coach & Frederick Oniga the U16 National Team Coach .

On other hand , Zaid Abbas ASU Star Will Start his Challenge in Chinese Basketball League (CBA) Tomorrow ( 11:30 GMT ) with his Teams Shanghai Sharks against Zhijiang , this Game will be the Opening Game of 2009/2010 CBA Season .

http://www.asia-basket.com/Jordan/ba...?NewsID=179978

[Oshafaamri]

Banks completes Zain's imports list - Dec 18, 2009 (by Mohammed Malas)

Zain basketball club welcomed the arrival of the American forward Sean Banks (203-F-85, college: Memphis) last night to complete the list of imports for the team after Kendall Dartez (207-C/F-80, college: Louisville) and Damian Cantrell (200-F-76, college: USF).

Sean Anthony Banks (born January 20, 1985, in New York, New York) is an American professional basketball player formerly of the NBA Development League's Tulsa 66ers 66ers. Banks is a 6'8' forward who played AAU basketball for the Tim Thomas Playaz. He attended the University of Memphis, where he was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2004 after leading his team in scoring. He left Memphis as a Sophomore after becoming academically ineligible.

Banks grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey.

Banks was signed by the New Orleans Hornets as an undrafted rookie free agent in the summer of 2005. He was assigned to the Hornets' NBDL affiliate Tulsa 66ers. On January 5, 2006 he was waived by the Hornets and thus released by the 66ers. After being waived Banks spent time playing professional basketball in Puerto Rico as well as other D-League teams. Banks played for the Los Angeles D-Fenders, another NBDL team. While playing on the Los Angeles D-Fenders Sean has received honors by participating in the D-League All-Star Game 08' (Scoring 14pts) in New Orleans and being named to the All D-League First Team (07-08), He played most recently with Darussafaka C.Tires Istanbul where he played with them 30 games making 13.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg & 2.0 apg.

He was invited to play with the Toronto Raptors' summer league team in 2009, and was named to the 11-man roster.

Meanwhile, Zain is so close to finalize a deal with a US-basked Jordanian 6'9 center in the next few days adding to the expected deal with a head coach very soon...

http://www.asia-basket.com/Jordan/basketball.asp

[Oshafaamri]

Zaid Abbas Fails to Score in his first CBA Game !! - Dec 19, 2009 (by Omar Shafaamri)

In the Opening Game of Chinese Basketball League (CBA) and with the Presence of China's injured Big Man Yao Ming , Shanghai Sharks Lost against Zhejiang Guangdong 102-101 after Overtime !!!
The Jordanian Abbaas Zaid (203-F-83) Failed to impress this Time , he scored only 1 pt through a Free throw !!! Grabbed 6 Rebounds, 2 assists and 1 Block .
Abbas Did not play the 3rd & 4th quarter of the Game due to his Nervousness after his bad Performance in the 1st Half . From the other Hand Rodney White was the Game Star from Zhejiang G. Side .

Small Fight between both teams happened in the Morning during their Final Trainings for the Game .

The Sharks next Game will be on Wednesday 23/12/2009 @t Zhejiang C.
** Thanks to Our Chinese Friends Kings, BlacKOEIsle & Zhang


http://www.asia-basket.com/Jordan/ba...?NewsID=180089

[kerdito]

Any news concerning the Jordanian league?

[Oshafaamri]

Originally Posted by kerdito

Any news concerning the Jordanian league?

Jordanian Olympic Committee will higher a Temporary Board which will specify the Date of Elections for a new Federation very soon ....

For the League , If not before Dubai Friendly then immediately after that Tourney , I know it's too late but we are forced due to nowadays circumstances in our Basketball !

[Oshafaamri]

:: Behind the Scenes ::

** Maz Trakh will Most probably coach Zain for the upcoming Season , the 2nd Candidate is Frederick Oniga (U16 NT Coach)

** Zain's Imports will be evaluated in Dubai Friendly next Month , 1 or 2 of them will stay for WABA Clubs and May be Asia Clubs .

** Zain Club Will hit with " Force de Frape " in Dubai Friendly .....

** ASU Club Will Not participate in Dubai and Stopped negotiations with Imports !

[kerdito]

Originally Posted by Oshafaamri

Jordanian Olympic Committee will higher a Temporary Board which will specify the Date of Elections for a new Federation very soon ....

For the League , If not before Dubai Friendly then immediately after that Tourney , I know it's too late but we are forced due to nowadays circumstances in our Basketball !

10x a lot but is the participation of imports confirmed ?

[Oshafaamri]

Originally Posted by kerdito

10x a lot but is the participation of imports confirmed ?

Nothing Clear ..... But 90% No imports in the League cause only ASU & Zain can bring Imports , the other Clubs Suffer bankrupt !!!

[Khalid80]

Originally Posted by Oshafaamri

Nothing Clear ..... But 90% No imports in the League cause only ASU & Zain can bring Imports , the other Clubs Suffer bankrupt !!!

That's very sad to hear . Since ASU & Zain make up the Jordanian NT i'm assuming that the best way they can prepare for the World Championship is by playing in as many international tournaments that they can as possible cuz they will not gain much from playing in the Jordanian League.

[kerdito]

Originally Posted by Oshafaamri

Nothing Clear ..... But 90% No imports in the League cause only ASU & Zain can bring Imports , the other Clubs Suffer bankrupt !!!

Yes but I heard Aramex and Orthodox are able to bring imports. I guess they should try to participate in every tournament as Khalid said because Zain and ASU have most of the NT players and they should really be prepared, training and playing against teams with no imports is not very productive, they need to play against higher levels.

[Oshafaamri]

Some Sources in Press Says that the League for this Season is cancelled and the Concentration will be on the NT only !!!!!!

Am Just Surprised how we have this Mentality nowadays ! , Okay you cancel this year but next year players level , how would it be ?!!!!!

[jesronne]

Originally Posted by Oshafaamri

Some Sources in Press Says that the League for this Season is cancelled and the Concentration will be on the NT only !!!!!!

Am Just Surprised how we have this Mentality nowadays ! , Okay you cancel this year but next year players level , how would it be ?!!!!!

are the other teams suffer bankruptcy already?

[Oshafaamri]

Originally Posted by jesronne

are the other teams suffer bankruptcy already?

It's Not Bankruptcy in it's Exact meaning , it's insolvency in all teams except only 3 teams which are Companies Clubs : ASU , Zain & Riyadi .......

[kerdito]

Originally Posted by Oshafaamri

Some Sources in Press Says that the League for this Season is cancelled and the Concentration will be on the NT only !!!!!!

Am Just Surprised how we have this Mentality nowadays ! , Okay you cancel this year but next year players level , how would it be ?!!!!!

This is really bad if they concentrate on the NT this year and just forget about the league, what kind of improvement would players that are not from the NT have?and when NT players' level is down who would be able to replace them!!! They should really find a better solution for that issue, it's just like a suicide!!!

[Khalid80]

Originally Posted by kerdito

This is really bad if they concentrate on the NT this year and just forget about the league, what kind of improvement would players that are not from the NT have?and when NT players' level is down who would be able to replace them!!! They should really find a better solution for that issue, it's just like a suicide!!!

Exactly! This will create a gap between the 12 players on the NT and all the other players and will definitely negatively affect the development of bball in Jordan on the long run.
I think the Jordanian league is suffering a bit of what we went through in terms of financial issues and having the league being dominated by 1 or 2 teams but their issue in on a much higher and critical level than us.