Lebanese FLB league 2011-2012

[gazara]

Updates about the Clubs One week before the Start of the Championship - Oct 16, 2011 (by Asia-Basket Lebanon)


The Lebanese Clubs are preparing for the upcoming season which is supposed to start on Saturday October 22nd 2011.For this reason many teams made lot of changes in their rosters especially with the foreign players.


Riyadi the champion for the past 7 seasons resigned Ismail Ahmad whos the main reason for the teams success in the past years; they added another big name in the European Basketball Dewarick Spencer who is well known to his scoring especially behind the 3pt line. Riyadi will have a big task this year to regain the rhythm quickly due that the team will have a different philosophy on the floor after the departure of Nate Johnson. Riyadi will be a very strong favorite to retain the Title for the 8th consecutive time. As for the Local players Riyadi signed Ali Kanaan, William Pharis, Hussein Tawbeh.Riyadi is playing in the Hariri Tournament which will be a big preparation.


Last 2 seasons Finalist Champville also changed their way of recruitment , they added 2 big guys to the team , Guarnette Thompson who played with Sagesse last season and had a very successful championship but the most important is the signing of Samuel Hoskin the Lebanese National Team player who showed a very big level in the past FIBA ASIA Championship which was held in China. Together with Fadi Khatib this trio will give the chance to Champville to go all the way till the end this year. As for the local players the team signed Elie Stephan, Mohamad Ibrahim.


Moutahed the team who played 2 times the Finals in seasons 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 , renewed their cooperation with coach Paul Coughter , The team signed a talented center Kibwe Trim who will provides size and presence in the paint , after signing Porter Troupe the team decided to release and to bring back last season star Austin Johnson ,Moutahed is playing in the Hariri Tournament , With the signings of good local players Samer Mechref and Marwan Ziadeh under the leadership of Coach Paul Coughter Moutahed is expected to have a big Chance to reach the Finals and why not to win the title.


The most popular club in Lebanon is on his way back to the winning track, Sagesse is expected to have their elections on October 30th to elect the club legendary captain Eli Mechantaf as president , meanwhile the team brought back Tony Vujanic as head coach and made two great recruitments as foreign players , Terrence Leather who played in Korea and was among the best players in the Korean League and most important they signed the best scorer in the Korean League Aaron Haynes , it will be his 2nd season in Lebanon after the season 2007-2008 where he was a real star with his club Feytroun. The green Castle signed a new comer to the league Joey Akkaoui, Mohamad Fahes, Charbel Sokhen,Daniel Faris,Miguel Martinez.


Anibal who finished 5th last year made major changes in the team with one target the Final 4, they signed a new coach Miodrag Perisic, they signed Jasmon Youngblood from Champville whos expected to have a great season in Zahle this year , another good addition is the Nigerian Center Ndudi Ebi who is well experienced player especially in the European basketball he played many years in Italy. Together with the signing of Ghaleb Reda , Mazen Mneimneh and Bachit Ammoury Anibal have a very big chance to go to the Final 4.


Byblos lost their local star from Last season Samer Mechref to Moutahed but they signed 2 big names , Chudney Gray and Desmond Penigar , this 2 players are well experienced players who will carry Byblos to have the same positive results like last season, they finished 7th in 2010-2011.


Hoops who finished 3rd in his 1st appearance 2 years ago in the Lebanese League is hoping to come back between the top teams, for this reason they signed the Lebanese coach Patrick Saba, brought back Hussein Khatib, signed Ricky Clemons and Chamberlin Ogushi.


Antranik brought back Aaron Mitchell as head coach , signed Shelton Coldwell and Ian Young.Coldwell who have big experience in Europe and Young is a big experience player who had a good career in Europe a the Middle East. Antranik signed Ray Dagher , Elie Motran and Simon Daoud as local players.


Chabab Zahle will participate this season after lot of rumors of non participation , for this reason they signed Quinton Day and Priest Lauderdale (221-C-73, college: Central State) .Chaba Zahle will play the season with the team young local players.


The new comer this season will be Bejjeh, the team signed Alain Abbaz as head coach who have 2 seasons experience in the Lebanese Basketball , as foreign players they signed Albert Fisher on the point guard position and will pick a center between 2 names Micah Brand or Chris Charles who have a big experience in the Lebanese League. As for the local players the team signed Nadim Souaid , Patrick Bou Abboud and Rony Abou Jaoudeh.


The League will start next Saturday on October 22nd and will be followed by the Super Cup Game between Riyadi and Champville on Sunday October 23rd. Last season Super Cup game saw Champville winning the title for the first time ever, it was the first time this game was held in Lebanon.

[gazara]

Antranik Inks Ian Young, - Oct 16, 2011 (by John Khoury)

After failing to get Austin johnson's release from mouttahed, Antranik head coach Decided to sign the american Point Guard Ian Young (191-PG-81, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Auburn).
Antranik management had to pick between young and porter troupe who already got replaced by Austin johnson in mouttahed.
Ian young had an excellent season with gorgon last year along side Sam hoskin who already arrived to lebanon to join Champville.
Aaron Mitchell got his eyes on the 6th position this season, having two good imports with young tallented lebanese players.

Source: Asia-Basket

[gazara]

Sunday 23 October 2011:

Lebanese Super-Cup :

Riyadi (Beirut) Vs Champville (Maristes)

Time: 6 P.M

Location: Michelle Murr Close door Stadium (3500 Seats)

[gazara]

Lebanese Basketball League Division 1 :

Round 1 :

Saturday 22 October 2011:

Hoops(Beirut) Vs Anibal (Zahle) [4 P.M ,Michelle Murr Stadium ,LIVE ON LBC ]

Sunday 23 October 2011:

Antranik (Beirut) Vs Mouttahed(Tripoli) [4 P.M ,Demerjian Center ]

Monday 24 October 2011:


Chabab (Zahle) Vs Riyadi (Beirut) [ 7 P.M ,Antonine School Stadium in Zahle ]


Champville (Maristes) Vs Bejje (Jbeil) [6 P.M ,Dik El Mehde Court ]


Thursday 3 November 2011:

Sagesse (Beirut) Vs Byblos (Jbeil) [6 P.M ,Ghazir Stadium ] {POSTPONED GAME}

[mavrick_h]

Lebanese Basketball League Division 1 :

Round 1 :

Saturday 22 October 2011:

Hoops(Beirut) Vs Anibal (Zahle) [4 P.M ,Michelle Murr Stadium ,LIVE ON LBC ]

Sunday 23 October 2011:

Antranik (Beirut) Vs Mouttahed(Tripoli) [4 P.M ,Demerjian Center ,LIVE ON LBC ]

Monday 24 October 2011:


Chabab (Zahle) Vs Riyadi (Beirut) [ 7 P.M ,Antonine School Stadium in Zahle ]


Champville (Maristes) Vs Bejje (Jbeil) [6 P.M ,Dik El Mehde Court ]


Thursday 3 November 2011:

Sagesse (Beirut) Vs Byblos (Jbeil) [6 P.M ,Ghazir Stadium ] {POSTPONED GAME}

gazara sunday LBC will broadcast the super cup game Riyadi vs Champville.
and monday games are yet to be rescheduled

[mavrick_h]

Antranik Inks Ian Young, - Oct 16, 2011 (by John Khoury)

After failing to get Austin johnson's release from mouttahed, Antranik head coach Decided to sign the american Point Guard Ian Young (191-PG-81, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Auburn).
Antranik management had to pick between young and porter troupe who already got replaced by Austin johnson in mouttahed.
Ian young had an excellent season with gorgon last year along side Sam hoskin who already arrived to lebanon to join Champville.
Aaron Mitchell got his eyes on the 6th position this season, having two good imports with young tallented lebanese players.

Source: Asia-Basket

Ian really not to his level on his first game. Johnson was better lol

[gazara]

hey mavrik yea my fault ,they will broadcast the super cup !! i will correct it

About Ian he needs time and he will be good i am sure ,this player is very good but he needs to adapt in Lebanon !!

[gazara]

Riyadi and Champville Have A marathon Games ,they have a lot of games ,and specially Riyadi finishing Hariri tomorrow ,then Sunday have a hard game and a big game against Champville on a title ,then monday a Trip to Zahle ( Beirut to Zahle about 2 Hours ) then have a game there ,and in zahle there is no easy game even if Chabab Zahle are not that big team but they have good foreigners ,Same for Champville have the Super cup on Sunday ,a hard game and a big game on a title ,then monday a game against Bejje who will be one maybe the Surprise of the Season ,they have good players and they everything !

[kingjafie]

LOL....as for Ian young this guy just got here a couple of days ago. From what I hear didn't even have a practice with the team yet.. Lets remember this guy was voted the best PG in Iran last season. Give him some time..As for Ryadi there really good the way they moved the ball today was really great basketball. It's good to see a team like that playing team basketball.

[gazara]

yes you have right ,we have to give him some time and we will see him on Sunday against a good team like Muttahed also very good PG Austin Johnson ,we want to see head to head btw both players !! Austin is Huge ,hope Ian will be the same as he was in Iran ...As for Riyadi ,the team is really stable ,they have everything to win ,Riyadi still Riyadi ...they have a great team !!

As for the League Jermaine Dearman (203-PF/C)(USA) Signed with Bejje Basketball Club to be next to Albert Fisher (184-PG)(USA) as a 2nd Foreigner !
Jermaine Played in Germany ,Finland ,France ,Turkey and have a good profile and will help a lot bejje !

[gazara]

Anibal Preparations For Today's Game against Hoops (Interviews+Press Conferance):





Interview with Rodrigue Akl



Interview with Roy Samaha



Interview with Ghaleb Rida



Interview with Charles Tabet



With Ndudi Ebi

[gazara]

Lebanese Basketball League Division 1 :

Round 1 :

Saturday 22 October 2011:

Hoops(Beirut) Vs Anibal (Zahle)

Time: 4 P.M

Location: Michelle Murr Basketball Stadium (3500 Seats)

[gazara]

Lebanese Basketball League Division 1 :

Round 1 :

Saturday 22 October 2011:

Hoops(Beirut) 79-68 Anibal (Zahle)


Q1: 21-19, Q2: 32-34, Q3: 58-52, Q4: 79-68

Stats:

Hoops:
-Chamberlain Ogushi 29Pts, 10Rbs, 2Ass (4/10 3's + 3/4 FT)
-Hussein Khatib 20Pts, 3Rbs, 1Ass (3/6 3's + 5/7 FT)
-Ali Fakherdine 10Pts, 6Rbs
-Ricky Clemons 6Pts, 2Rbs, 9Ass (2/5 3's)
-Mohamad Hamdar 6Pts, 12Rbs, 1Ass (4/6 FT) (Added 3 Blocks)
-Hussein Kanso 5Pts, 4Rbs, 3Ass (0/3 3's + 1/2 FT)
-Ramy Rizk 3Pts, 1Rbs (1/2 3's)

Anibal:
-Jay Youngblood 18Pts, 9Rbs, 2Ass (0/6 3's + 0/2 FT) (Added 1 Block)
-Ghaleb Reda 16Pts, 5Rbs, 1Ass (3/13 3's + 1/2 FT)
-Roy Samaha 10Pts, 14Rbs, 2Ass (0/3 FT) (Added 1 Block)
-Rodrigue Akl 7Pts, 7Rbs, 4Ass (1/4 3's + 2/2 FT)
-Bachir Ammoury 7Pts, 1Rbs (1/5 3's + 2/2 FT)
-Mazen Mneimneh 5Pts, 4Rbs (1/3 3's)
-Charles Tabet 4Pts, 11Rbs, 3Ass (2/8 FT) (Added 2 Blocks)

(N.B: Anibal Head Coach Meodrag Perisic Didn't attend the Game ,his dead left and he went to his home country and he will return in the next few days ,
Also Ndudi Ebi (206-C)(NGR) Anibal second Foreigner didn t play ,he s injured)

[gazara]

that s a big Surprise with the Start of the season,Hoops winning over Anibal one of the contendor on the Championship (Next to Riyadi-Champville-Sagesse-Muttahed) ...even with the Absent of Ndudi Ebi ,Hoops played really well and they have a very good foreigner Chamberlain Oguchi ,also Hoops played very good system ,they are a very good team and they will a hard mission for Every team to win against them ! the first game was very good
Congrats for Hoops ,Hard luck for Anibal !

[Khaled-Salloum]

Ghaleb Reda's Stats 16Pts, 5Rbs, 1Ass (3/13 3's + 1/2 FT)

A great team leader That's what happened to Sagesse last season and to the national team !!!! " A team leader is never the player who shoots a thousand basket to land only ten "

[leb-basket]

It was a very close game. Anibal's head coach's dad unfortunately passed away and he had to travel back to his home country to attend the funerals. Moreover their ex nba player ndudi ebi had an injury and couldn't attend the first game. All these factors led to anibal's loss. They have a great team. It's still one loss and we are still at the very beginning gd luck for all teams in the rest of the tournament. Yesterday's game proved that we are going to follow one hell of a league.

Today's game : CHAMPVILLE VS RIYADI (super cup game) It;s the official take off of the lebanese league. Champville might lose the effort of their pf garnett thompson due to a small injury. Riyadi are the favourites to win the cup. They are in full shape and way better prepared.

[lebanese phoenix]

just came back, the Super Cup was on fire specially in the last quarter.
it ended 84-82 in favor of riyadi.

I saw alot of weaknesses in both teams' games,where should i start:

Fadi el Khatib,amazing,simply put,if you look up the word money time player in the dictionary you're gona find Khatib.
Omgi was thrilled to watch him play today,he'd went into the 3rd quarter with some 16-18 pts, in the last quarter he scored the other 12 for a combined 30 pts, (10/10 from the free throw line),most of his points came in the last 2 minutes of the game,he carried champville on his shoulders to rally them from a 20 pt deficit and turned riyadi's lead into a 2 pt game,he had like 2 basket-ins in the last minute,sensational to see him performing this well at this age,he was getting triple teamed and still able to shoot,from under the basket,fadeaway shots....he sent Jean Abdelnour out with 5 fouls put spencer in foul trouble (4 fouls),unfortunatly after all his efforts,he failed to shoot the winning basket when omar el turk attempted to steal the ball and the time ran out.

It was clear that champville still lack chemistry,id say they should reach their full potential in 1 month,hoskin is a perfect fit,but garnett ....omg worst dribbler ever i see the ball literaly slipping from his hand as he dribbles,i was surprised to see him playing the 1 for a couple of plays,great vision and passing skills thoughstill needs some time and am sure he will be a huge asset to champville.
There were some controversial calls during the game, including 2 back to back technical fouls on GS,and 2 on fadi (one of which was a clean block on billy fares),i wont say that the referees were biased,but there were for sure some unfair whistles in riyadi's favor.
Chamville's biggest weakness remains on the position 1,Carl sarkis is usually playing the 1 and he's clearly not up to the task,he's an okay defender but other than that and his occasional 3 pt shots he stinks, hassan dandash is showin huge progress,great fast defender,he should be the backup PG and Moe brahim should play the 1 (moe is usually playing the 2 when stephan is benched).
Champville are also clearly suffering from the perimeter,they shot less than 10% today from the 3 pt line (had they shot as well as riyadi did the game would've been theirs)


As for riyadi,their level is stable,but one thing i noticed about their star player D spencer...he's hugely overrated.
and he's for sure not a money time player, in the last quarter during champville's huge rally he was almost non-present and he almost cost riyadi their game,he's no leader,he's only a scorer who can shoot the 3,he also missed some crucial FTs in the money time, i dont think he can be compared to nate who,in my opinion,along with fadi el khatib are the best money time players to play in our league.
I think that riyadi will suffer in close games now that nate is gone,frankly D spencer cant fill his shoes,he's a huge scorer no doubt about that,but he's no leader and when it counts he's off.

Lastly i heard that mouttahed trashed antranik today,which means that the league is on fire...

[gazara]

Lebanese Basketball League Division 1 :

Round 1 :


Sunday 23 October 2011:

Antranik (Beirut)56-94 Mouttahed(Tripoli)

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Sunday 23 October 2011:

Lebanese Super-Cup :

Riyadi (Beirut) 84-82 Champville (Maristes)


Stats:

Riyadi:

-Dewarick Spencer 29Pts, 6Rbs, 8Ass (5/10 3's + 4/8 FT) (Added 3 Steals)
-Ismail Ahmad 19Pts, 7Rbs (1/4 3's + 4/5 FT) (Added 2 Blocks)
-Jean Abdel Nour 12Pts, 3Rbs (1/3 3's + 1/2 FT)
-Omar Turk 8Pts, 3Rbs (0/1 3's + 4/5 FT)
-Billy Pharis 7Pts, 2Rbs, 1Ass (0/1 3's + 1/2 FT)
-Ali Mahmoud 7Pts, 5Rbs, 6Ass (0/2 3's + 1/6 FT)
-Joe Vogel 2Pts, 1Rbs, 1Ass (0/1 3's)

Champville:

-Sam Hoskin 29Pts, 9Rbs, 2Ass (7/10 FT)
-Fady Khatib 29Pts, 5Rbs, 2Ass (0/2 3's + 9/9 FT) (Added 1 Block)
-Garnett Thompson 12Pts, 12Rbs, 4Ass (0/5 3's + 2/2 FT) (Added 1 Block)
-Elie Estephan 6Pts, 3Rbs (2/6 3's)
-Carl Sarkis 6Pts, 1Rbs, 2Ass (2/8 3's)
-Mohamad Ibrahim 0Pt, 5Rbs, 1Ass (0/4 3's) (Added 1 Block)


Riyadi Beirut Are The Champions of Lebanese Super Cup 2011-2012 !

[gazara]

it was a great game today between Champville and Riyadi ... the atmosphere of the game was great, the stadium was Full !!! Riyadi are stable ,Champville needs mor time and they will be fine to compete Riyadi ,spencer is a good scorer but not a leader, Khatib still the King !! Hoskin Big Game ...Garnett needs time ,the level in general was very good ...Congrats Riyadi ,Hard luck Champville
The league will be on Fire
Btw i liked Champville new Jerseys