~~ The Lebanese National Team 2O13 ~~

[micho]

(Only Opinion)

About our NT , we have noticed that many Players are reaching their peak and they are playing very well due to our Good Level in the league ,we Can See Riyadi on Top in WABL ,Champville 2nd not to miss they are playing with Mahram (3 NT Players ,and 3 Starters ,Mehdi ,Hamed Afagh and Bahrami + 2 Super Imports) and Still it was a very Close Game what if we Put Mahmoud ,Jean ,Khatib as 3 Starter it will change for Sure ,we are really good ,we have 2 Teams at the level of Mahram (Riyadi and Champville) not To Miss Mouttahed who Also Played well ,if they had a very good center and Restom Back they will compete ,also Anibal Won Dubai ...

About the NT Now :

Coach :Ghassan Sarkis (LEB)

1-Ali Mahmoud (180-PG) (Riyadi Beirut Team)
2-Jean Abdel Nour (199-SF)(Riyadi Beirut Team)
3-Ali Kanaan (206-C)(Riyadi Beirut Team)
4-Omar Turk (188-SG)(Riyadi Beirut Team)
5-Amir Saoud (188-PG/SG)(Riyadi Beirut Team)
6-Billy Fares (206-PF)(Riyadi Beirut Team)
7-Elie Stephan (192-SG)(Champville Team)
8-Mohammad Ibrahim (195-PG)(Champville Team)
10-Fadi El Khatib (199-SF)(Champville Team)
11-Elias Restom (197-SF)(Mouttahed Tripoli)
12-Bassel Bawji (204-PF)(Mouttahed Tripoli)
13-Sabah Khoury (196-SF)(Sagesse Beirut)
14-Miguel Martinez (188-PG)(Sagesse Beirut)
15-Daniel Faris (206-C)(Sagesse Beirut)
16-Roy Samaha (206-C)(Anibal Zahle)
17-Ghaleb Rida (192-SG)(Anibal Zahle)
18-Rodrigue Akl (188-PG)(Anibal Zahle)
19-Charles Tabet (206-C)(Anibal Zahle)
20-Mohammad Hamdar (205-C)(Hoops club)
21-Hussein Khatib (192-SG)(Hoops Club)
22-Nadim Soueid (192-SG)(Bejje Club)
23-Rony Fahed (184-PG)(Abroad Player)
24-Matt Freijie (208-PF)(Abroad Player)
25-Ahmad Ibrahim (199-SF)(Abroad Player)
26-Ali Haidar (202-PF)(Abroad Player)
27-Naturalized Player ,Center Position : Loren Woods (218-C) / Darryl Watkins (211-C) /Cheikh Samb (216-C)

Final 12 :

1-Ali Mahmoud (180-PG)
2-Rodrigue Akl (188-PG)
3-Miguel Martinez (188-PG)
4-Ghaleb Rida (192-SG)
5-Elie Stephan (192-SG)
6-Elias Restom (197-SF)
7-Jean Abdel Nour (199-SF)
8-Sabah Khoury (196-SF)
9-Fadi El Khatib (199-SF)
10-Ali Kanaan (206-C)
11-Bassel Bawji (204-PF)
12-Roy Samaha (206-C)
13-Charles Tabet (206-C)
14-Matt Freijie (208-PF)
15-Naturalized Player


Starting Five:

PG:Ali Mahmoud
SG:Jean Abdel Nour
SF:Fadi El Khatib
PF:Matt Freijie
C:Naturalized Player



What is Your Opinion Guys ???

i agree but i think the naturalized player should be cheikh samb ..he is the best choice right now ..a pure center with a very good outside shot a a beast under the basket

[gazara]

Cheikh Samb is a very good player but not to miss ,he s not that good on Deffence ,Woods and Watkins better + if u notice he s not that mature on the Court ,he make Silly fouls and make many T.O but doenst mean that he isnt a good player ,he s for sure a Beast that s true ,if anyone will be over his head he will give us a lot ,he s a beast on offence ,but also Watkins is good too !

[mavrick_h]

guys all these talks are useless.
Samb doesn't want to play with us, Watkins played us last summer & Woods demands a very high salary for a specific number of days.
Also we need to move on regarding Daniel Fares because it seems every time there is an injury when he comes to play here.
Regarding Matt, GS clearly said 'Freije isn't Lebanese' that means for the time being he's out.

[gazara]

if our federation have Money ,Everything is Possible ! I am ok with you about Matt ,but we have many better players like Bawji ,Samaha ,Kanaan ,and specially that Naturalized player can make impact inside ,Also Jean and Ali ,and they can Be Shooters and the player on Pos 4 (Roy ,Charles ,Kanaan,Bawji ...) can simply be their mission is Deffence !!

[rocketstar47]

Hello Lebanese fans

What's your latest updates in your NT
i heard Fadi El Khatib will be back in your team

Jackson Vroman is playing here in the PBA's most popular team
the Brgy Ginebra Kings

[gazara]

yep Fadi El Khatib (199-SF)(LEB) Lebanese NT Captain back to the Team ,and he will lead the team in every tournament
About the Naturalized player ,we didn't decide yet Vroman out from a long time ,we need a Pure 5 in the Team ,maybe in the next Monthes we will negociate :
-Darryl Watkins (211-C)(USA)
-Cheikh Samb (216-C)(SEN)
-Loren Woods (218-C)(USA)

[lebanese NT]

yep Fadi El Khatib (199-SF)(LEB) Lebanese NT Captain back to the Team ,and he will lead the team in every tournament
About the Naturalized player ,we didn't decide yet Vroman out from a long time ,we need a Pure 5 in the Team ,maybe in the next Monthes we will negociate :
-Darryl Watkins (211-C)(USA)
-Cheikh Samb (216-C)(SEN)
-Loren Woods (218-C)(USA)

i wont take neither. we need a better profile then watkins , and a more dedicated player then loren and cheikh samb. + loren is too old we need an investment for the future and not a 35 years old player.

[Bernard]

i wont take neither. we need a better profile then watkins , and a more dedicated player then loren and cheikh samb. + loren is too old we need an investment for the future and not a 35 years old player.

totally agree man !!....
but maybe the federation is enjoying putting our NT @ risk and making problems to their chemistry, bcoz they r extremely dedicated to our beloved NT (ironically) !...

Long Live Lebanon !! (Except all the Politicians!!)

[heart21]

I hope that this summer the new federation will fire coach ghassan sarkis since he proved to us that he is a bad coach by choosing weak players instead of strong players where they are not helping the national team.


If I was a coach,I would choose these players:


1-FADI EL KHATIB

2-RONY FAHED

3-JACKSON VROMAN

4-MATT FREIJE

5-ELIE RUSTOM

6-ALI MAHMOUD

7-JEAN ABDEL NOUR

8-WILLIAM PHARIS

9-DANIEL FARIS

10-AHMAD IBRAHIM

11-ALI KANAAN

12-ALI HAIDAR

13-OMAR AL TURK

14-JULLIAN KHAZZOUH

15-SABAH KHOURY

[ElieEk]

I hope that this summer the new federation will fire coach ghassan sarkis since he proved to us that he is a bad coach by choosing weak players instead of strong players where they are not helping the national team.


If I was a coach,I would choose these players:


1-FADI EL KHATIB

2-RONY FAHED

3-JACKSON VROMAN

4-MATT FREIJE

5-ELIE RUSTOM

6-ALI MAHMOUD

7-JEAN ABDEL NOUR

8-WILLIAM PHARIS

9-DANIEL FARIS

10-AHMAD IBRAHIM

11-ALI KANAAN

12-ALI HAIDAR

13-OMAR AL TURK

14-JULLIAN KHAZZOUH

15-SABAH KHOURY

this is a good one but let's mention something

fady khatib : 33 years
rony fahed : 31
jackson vroman : 31
matt freiji : 31
elie rustom : 25
ali mahmoud : 29
jean abdel nour : 29
daniel fares :25
ali kanaan : 27
ali haidar is a young one
omar el turk : 31
sabah also 30
,
so if you leave elie rustom , ali haidar , daniel faris and julian you will reach the world cup (if u will) with a 32, 33 + age team
how you are expecting from these players to run (at least lool) , ma byousalo ma3ak 3al world cup , (translate : they couldn't reach the world cup) so at least we should habe a choice of 23 , 24 , 25 age of players with maximum 4 players at 32,33 years old

[heart21]

Maybe u are right,but don't forget many old star players in the NBA are playing till now,extra ordinary,like steve nash,kobe brayant and many more and don't forgot that we cannot always rely on young players with not enough experience.


So the starting lineup for next year should be:

5-JULLIAN KHAZZOUH

4-JACKSON VROMAN

3-FADI EL KHATIB

2-AHMAD IBRAHIM

1-RONY FAHED

[ElieEk]

Maybe u are right,but don't forget many old star players in the NBA are playing till now,extra ordinary,like steve nash,kobe brayant and many more and don't forgot that we cannot always rely on young players with not enough experience.


So the starting lineup for next year should be:

5-JULLIAN KHAZZOUH

4-JACKSON VROMAN

3-FADI EL KHATIB

2-AHMAD IBRAHIM

1-RONY FAHED

yes man true , I told that we could enforce our team with maximum of 3 or 4 expertize players but not all the team

secondly , are you comparing omar turk and rony with nash and kobe

[heart21]

I wasn't comparing them to each other;just showing the importance of our strong experience players and good luck for our National Team,hopefully we are the champions next year.

[eliooo93]

I haven't appeared on this forum in months now, but i noticed that you guys have included Julian Kazzouh's name on next year's list.. Last time I checked the guy didnt really care to play for the NT.. So where are u getting the info that he might join from? thnx

[rocketstar47]

Jackson Vroman currently has a poor free throw shooting percentage in the PBA
but now they are on the semis

[heart21]

I hope that the new federation at this summer will try to host the fiba asia because we are a basketball country and we deserve it.

[heart21]

If lebanese people and federation wants really to qualify to the world cup we should have to find a very good foreign coach that knows how to lead our national team to sucess not like Ghassan Sarkis who since he come to the team showed to us that he is from the worst coaches I have ever seen where he prefers only his interest over our national team and the evidence is our failure in the arab games and not calling very strong players like rony fahed,matt freije,omar al turk and ahmad ibrahim.I don't like to nag on something but he should be fired this summer.

[Bernard]

If lebanese people and federation wants really to qualify to the world cup we should have to find a very good foreign coach that knows how to lead our national team to sucess not like Ghassan Sarkis who since he come to the team showed to us that he is from the worst coaches I have ever seen where he prefers only his interest over our national team and the evidence is our failure in the arab games and not calling very strong players like rony fahed,matt freije,omar al turk and ahmad ibrahim.I don't like to nag on something but he should be fired this summer.

we've been calling for that decision ever since he was stupidly appointed as our NT head coach, by our stupid, unprofessional, basketball-illeterate and above all the terms, our corrupted federation.
both, all federation members and GS should be dismissed from their duties ASAP !!

Long Live Lebanon !! (Except All the Poiliticians!!)

[heart21]

we've been calling for that decision ever since he was stupidly appointed as our NT head coach, by our stupid, unprofessional, basketball-illeterate and above all the terms, our corrupted federation.
both, all federation members and GS should be dismissed from their duties ASAP !!

Long Live Lebanon !! (Except All the Poiliticians!!)

Why do u think that all the players want G.S as their coach even though he is a very bad coach and have very bad tactics,the evidence is that he choosed players we didn't need them in the arab games like nadim hawe,miguel martinez , mohammed ibrahim and hussein khatib.I'm not saying that they are bad players but they don't belong to the national team.

[Khalid80]

Why do u think that all the players want G.S as their coach even though he is a very bad coach and have very bad tactics,the evidence is that he choosed players we didn't need them in the arab games like nadim hawe,miguel martinez , mohammed ibrahim and hussein khatib.I'm not saying that they are bad players but they don't belong to the national team.

These players you mentioned all play, or used to play, with Champville and that's why Sarkis selected them... Sarkis is the type of coach who doesn't like selecting players that he hasn't coached before and that's why you will rarely see him selecting Lebanese players from abroad with the exception of Ali Haidar... I don't know if his relationship with Ahmad Ibrahim has improved or not though and whether he would call his name to join the Lebanese NT in the future.