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    Quote Originally Posted by logre23 View Post
    now at 6'7 per maxprep --

    http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/gX2...rian-organ.htm

    Cheyenne Tops Faith Lutheran 72-56.
    Brian Organ- 19 points, 6 rebounds

    I was most impressed with Brian Organ. The kid is really active with his interior defense. Finished well around the basket


    http://www.premierball.com/cheyenne-...utheran-72-56/

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    ask gameface is he really bounded to that famous basketball program

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    Quote Originally Posted by logre23 View Post
    now at 6'7 per maxprep --

    http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/gX2...rian-organ.htm

    Cheyenne Tops Faith Lutheran 72-56.
    Brian Organ- 19 points, 6 rebounds

    I was most impressed with Brian Organ. The kid is really active with his interior defense. Finished well around the basket


    http://www.premierball.com/cheyenne-...utheran-72-56/

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQwpv...layer_embedded

    PAGING COACH ERIC ALTAMIRANO
    . .get him in under 18 team. .plz. .if he is really a fil-am. .
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    Quote Originally Posted by ultimate_baller24 View Post
    PAGING COACH ERIC ALTAMIRANO
    . .get him in under 18 team. .plz. .if he is really a fil-am. .
    kaso he is bounded to a team that...

    clue

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    Houston 81, Marshall 66

    Jan. 30, 2010

    Marshall guard Chris Lutz (14) has his shot blocked by the shortest player on the court, UH guard Desmond Wade, in the first half of Saturday's game.


    HOUSTON (AP) -The NCAA's top scorer, Aubrey Coleman, gave his best showing of the season, scoring 37 points and pulling down 13 rebounds to lead Houston to an 81-66 win over Marshall on Saturday.

    It was the third-straight game in which Coleman, who entered the day averaging an NCAA-best 25.6 points per game, scored 30 or more for the Cougars (11-9, 4-3 USA). It was also his highest scoring and rebounding game this season.

    The Cougars took the lead after just four minutes and never lost it, leading by as many as 20 points midway through the second half.

    Maurice McNeil helped out with 13 points, while Kendrick Washington and Kelvin Lewis each added 10.

    Damier Pitts led the Herd (15-6, 4-3) with nine rebounds and 12 points. Antonio Haymon also scored 12, Chris Lutz added 13 and Hassan Whiteside 10.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FARIDOON View Post
    Houston 81, Marshall 66

    Jan. 30, 2010

    HOUSTON (AP) -The NCAA's top scorer, Aubrey Coleman, gave his best showing of the season, scoring 37 points and pulling down 13 rebounds to lead Houston to an 81-66 win over Marshall on Saturday.

    It was the third-straight game in which Coleman, who entered the day averaging an NCAA-best 25.6 points per game, scored 30 or more for the Cougars (11-9, 4-3 USA). It was also his highest scoring and rebounding game this season.

    The Cougars took the lead after just four minutes and never lost it, leading by as many as 20 points midway through the second half.

    Maurice McNeil helped out with 13 points, while Kendrick Washington and Kelvin Lewis each added 10.

    Damier Pitts led the Herd (15-6, 4-3) with nine rebounds and 12 points. Antonio Haymon also scored 12, Chris Lutz added 13 and Hassan Whiteside 10.
    Christian had 8 pts 5rebs 1 stl in 18 mins action in the win vs Oklahoma

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    Quote Originally Posted by reamily View Post
    kaso he is bounded to a team that...

    clue
    la salle or ateneo
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    High hopes for Lao
    SPORTING CHANCE By Joaquin Henson (The Philippine Star)
    Pharex picked a little-known Filipino-born player from Canada in the recent PBL draft and the word is he could be the steal of the batch.

    Anthony Lao, 25, was born here and moved to Canada when he was 12. The 6-4 forward played two years for Fraser Valley in the Canadian collegiate league, averaging 10.2 points in 2006-07 and 7.7 points in 2007-08.

    What’s going for Lao isn’t just his credentials. He comes with solid backing from coach Laurian (Manuel) Watkins and former PBA cager Jon Ordonio.

    Watkins said Lao is coming to play in the PBL “in a big way.” The goal is for Lao to strut his wares in the PBL then apply for the PBA draft in August.

    “Anthony has amazing abilities and is a great all-around person,” said Watkins who used to provide imports for Pop Cola in the PBA when Elmer Yanga was team manager and Norman Black the head coach. “He was a force in the Canadian collegiate league.”

    Ordonio works in Watkins’ sports management company as a scout and he, too, had glowing remarks on Lao.

    “I know Anthony will take the PBL and the PBA by storm,” said Ordonio who is based in Monterey, northern California. “There is footage on him in the internet. I know his name will get out there but I’m looking for a team to take him in. I’ll also be looking to bring in imports and other Fil-Ams in the future. But right now, I’m concentrating on Anthony.”

    Watkins said Ordonio is an asset to his company.

    “Jon is really doing a great job,” said Watkins. “I needed someone to cover the Philippines so I thought an ex-PBA player would be perfect. I remember him from college days and I remember how he was when he came back from the Philippines and how things went down. I do know he loves this game and he loves the Philippines and he wanted to do something to give back and I felt he would be the best fit for our agency. We are FIBA-certified and we place players globally but could never forget about the Philippines. My family is from the Philippines, too. We have many other good talents we are preparing for the PBA and college levels so we are doing our best to educate them on the Filipino style of play, the Filipino culture and how to succeed in the Philippines which we consider to be extremely basketball-friendly. Jon is new in the business but he’s learning fast.”
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    Jan 30, 2010
    Redlands Men’s Basketball Stifles La Verne, 78-61


    With a solid shooting effort that resulted in four double-digit scorers, the University of Redlands men’s basketball team captured an important 78-61 victory over the University of La Verne in tonight’s Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in Currier Gym.

    Amidst more than 700 enthusiastic fans, the Maroon and Gray jumped out to an early five-point lead and never relinquished control of the game. Although the Leopards tied it up twice, Redlands controlled the pace of play with quality shooting form every aspect of the floor. The Bulldogs knocked down 49.1% of their shots to go along with a 38.5% showing from long range and a 72.4% effort from the charity stripe.

    Redlands garnered a seven-point lead at the break and then opened the second half with a 7-0 run to get up by 14.

    La Verne fought back to move within eight on more than one occasion but that was all the Leopards could muster.

    The Maroon and Gray made it a 17-point game in the final seconds for the largest lead of the game when sophomore forward Steven Williams (Ventura, CA) came off the bench and scored a lay-up.

    Senior guard Pat Coffey (San Carlos, CA) paced the Bulldog offense with 13 points, going 2-for-3 from long range. Junior guard Matt Dietrich (Phoenix, AZ) and junior center Jordan Sanvictores (Redwood City, CA) each contributed 12 points. Senior guard Andrew Maertens (Salt Lake City, UT) chipped in 11 points while hitting all three of his three-pointers.

    The Leopards looked to sophomore forward Trevor Woodland (Covina, CA) to come off the bench for a game-leading 20 points. Their next best scorer was sophomore guard John Leggett (Riverside, CA), who added nine points.

    Among the conference schools, the Bulldogs (10-8, 6-1 SCIAC) sit in a first-place tie with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges and look forward to hosting the Stags on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Currier Gym.



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    'Relentless' Joe Jackson lifts White Station over Melrose
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    White Station's Joe Jackson, who lead the White Station Spartans to a late fourth quarter comeback to beat the Melrose Golden Wildcats.

    Melrose's Adonis Thomas with an emphatic dunk in the first quarter against White Station.
    With his White Station Spartans trailing nationally ranked Melrose by double digits in the fourth quarter Tuesday night, senior guard Joe Jackson spotted a close acquaintance making her way toward the exit.

    "Actually, I saw my mama leave," Jackson said. "But, you know, we were down by like 14 points in the fourth quarter and it looked bad. I would've left too.

    "But it was a miracle."

    The "miracle" came in the form of an 80-78 District 16-AAA road victory over the host Golden Wildcats, a win in which the Spartans had trailed Melrose, 72-59, with less than four minutes to play.

    But Jackson, a University of Memphis signee and the area's leading scorer coming into Tuesday's game at 30.6 points per game, scored 18 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, including 14 straight at one point, to help rally the Spartans.

    After Jackson's 3-point play with 20.6 seconds left cut Melrose's advantage to 78-77, the Spartans (18-4, 7-0 in District 16-AAA and ranked No. 3 in the Dandy Dozen) took their first lead since late in the first quarter (79-78) on senior guard Julian Burton's layup with 13.6 left on an assist from Jackson.

    No. 2-ranked Melrose (21-2, 4-2), ranked No. 15 nationally in USA Today's Super 25, missed a 3-pointer in the waning seconds before Jackson grabbed the loose ball and split a pair of free throws with six-tenths of a second left to provide the final margin.

    The Golden Wildcats, who had led by as many as 14 points (68-54) in the fourth, made just 9-of-22 free-throw attempts in the final period, missing 12 of their last 16.

    "We fell behind and we were out of character," said White Station coach Jesus Patino, whose Spartans were playing their second nationally ranked opponent in as many games after falling, 68-66, Saturday in New Jersey to USA Today's No. 5-ranked team, St. Patrick of Elizabeth, N.J.

    "My whole thing was, 'You need to control emotion,' ... and Joe finally settled down like he always does. ... They missed one (free throw), they missed two and by the time they looked up, it was too late."

    Junior guard Andre Hollins added 15 for White Station, which also got 10 apiece from Burton and senior post Jordan Miles.

    "We were just saying, 'Stay humble,' " Burton said. "They were missing their free throws and we were fouling the right players."

    Tennessee commitment Chris Jones' 23 points led Melrose. Fellow junior star Adonis Thomas added 22 points for the Golden Wildcats, who were outscored, 30-19, in the fourth.

    "We missed 12 free throws with two minutes to go," said Melrose coach Jermaine Johnson. "They had to play a foul game. They did what they had to do.

    "(Jackson) didn't score in the third quarter. He had 12 in the first half, and then in the fourth quarter he went Kobe on us. I just witnessed one of the best performances from a player because he was relentless."

    -- Jason Smith: 529-5804
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    White Station (80) -- Julian Burton 12, Andre Hollins 15, Joe Jackson 30, Nino Johnson 2, Jordan Miles 10, Marvin Williams 11.

    Melrose (78) -- Jermaine Hollimon 9, Chris Jones 23, Bobby Parks 3, Nate Rucker 9, Adonis Thomas 23, Telvin Wilkerson 11.

    White Station / 15 / 19 / 16 / 30 / -- / 80 /

    Melrose / 19 / 20 / 19 / 20 / -- / 78 /

    Records -- White Station (7-0, 16AAA), Melrose 21-2 (4-2, 16AAA).

    Fairley (48) -- Kyree Brown 2, Rashard Johnson 11, Keno Jones

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    Melrose lost to Whitestation 78-80. Bobby Ray Parks only had 3 points, 2 block shots, 2 steals and a few rebounds and fouls. But he did hustle a lot.

    Rayray could have been distracted as his former girlfriend who is a student of Whitestation was watching on the stands.
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    Default Stanley Pringle's stutter step

    check this video out from Stanley Pringle..making his guard fall from his stutter step
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex07 View Post
    check this video out from Stanley Pringle..making his guard fall from his stutter step
    no knockdown! it was a slip - referee bruce mctavish
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    Quote Originally Posted by yesha_24 View Post
    no knockdown! it was a slip - referee bruce mctavish
    hehehe nice one
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    Quote Originally Posted by nardy View Post
    Melrose lost to Whitestation 78-80. Bobby Ray Parks only had 3 points, 2 block shots, 2 steals and a few rebounds and fouls. But he did hustle a lot.

    Rayray could have been distracted as his former girlfriend who is a student of Whitestation was watching on the stands.
    havent move on? hehe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex07 View Post
    check this video out from Stanley Pringle..making his guard fall from his stutter step
    ankle breaker hehe

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    Default Marshall 69, Tulsa 73

    Chris Lutz had 5 points, FGM/A 2/4, 1 assist and a steal in 20 minutes of action...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FARIDOON View Post
    Chris Lutz had 5 points, FGM/A 2/4, 1 assist and a steal in 20 minutes of action...
    Thanks for the wonderful post. You're really a fan of Pinoy basketballers!
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    I don't know if this was already posted


    2008 LA Showcase Tourney ELITE (Los Angeles)


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    2/29/2008 8:00AM

    MARCH 1, 2008 (7:15AM) -- Updated completely. See you in less than 2 hours!

    FEBRUARY 29, 2008 (8:00AM) -- This is gonna be quick because I really don't have much time to post anything. Let's see, I suppose I can break up the list of teams into the following: (1) those I know have won or came close to winning a notable tournament recently, and (2) those who have not.

    Hopefully I can kill two birds with one stone by putting teams' rosters -- as available -- below.

    RECENT CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

    Bay Area Wizards: In terms of joining any given tourney, they are sometimes hit or miss, but when they join, usually they have a stable of athletic half-black half-Filipino ex-PBA-prospect players. This usually puts them over the top. These players include Phil Newton, Kenny Evans, Nate Payne and Robyn Edwards. Guard/forward Newton was the only one of that bunch who made it to Fairfield last December to help the Wizards win another championship -- they also had TJ Hawkins, who will be back with the Stockton Ballers this weekend, anchoring the middle. They beat the Heads, who beat the Dream League team in overtime in the semifinals. Prior to that, Solomon Mercado (pure Filipino, btw), who was last heard trying out for the Toront Raptors in the summer (not here this weekend), helped the Wizards beat a revamped Dream League team at the Hayward Showtime tournament. The pickup of Julian Ramos from the Heads for this tourney is also a good move in bolstering the defensive presence. Chris Tenoso is usually solid down low. And I personally thought that the aging Jeremy Dela Cruz slowing down the tempo a bit (because of the age) at the point has been a surprise advantage for this team.

    Jeremy Dela Cruz
    Phil Newton -- approved per PBA ethnicity standards
    Chris Tenoso
    Francis Machica
    Kenny Evans -- approved per PBA ethnicity standards
    Julian Ramos
    Aries Candolesa
    Nate Payne -- approved per PBA ethnicity standards
    Robyn Edwards -- approved per PBA ethnicity standards
    Carlo Gacula
    Joe Rufino

    PacRimSports: They recently won the Japanese/Asian Imperials tournament in December. In the LA area they have a strong reputation as one of the top long-standing teams alongside the Chinese/Vietnamese Alpine Striders and the Japanese Tigers, to whom they lost in the championship at the Japanese/Asian Mofufus tourney. They finally took one of those non-Filipino tourneys (Imperials) for which they get a special invite. In the Filipino circuit itself, they usually can tap PBA- or college D1-level talent similar to that of the Wizards, although not as much during college bball season. They have had an influence on the Jacksonville team winning the East Coast PIBNA tournament twice in a row, as they share college D1-level players with Jacksonville. I don't have a roster as my talks with coach/GM Don Raymundo have all been about running the tourney itself, but I do know that they have a 6'6" center coming and Lance Convento, the big point guard from the LA Showtime franchise, which recently sent two key players to the PBA/PBL (otherwise Showtime would be playing in this tourney). Let's not forget the quick point guard Mario Thompson (black/Filipino) and one player under the radar who I like: small forward Shawn Gonzales. Guard Robby Rivera torched the Dream League team in the Mofufus tourney. Looks like center Jay Arizabal will be playing for Long Beach, though.

    Arizona Desert Jade: In September, captain Edward Yee's team accomplished a difficult task: winning the cutthroat Japanese Vegas Invitational tourney. 6'3" inside-outside forward Fruity Brooks, half-black half-Chinese, was the clear-cut MVP in that tourney, but he will not make the trip to LA this weekend. The next day, they entered our "Asian-Am National Championship" playoff round and lost to an upstart Uptempo team. But it's always hard to transition from LVI to the AANC, esp. after winning the LVI. For this tourney, they have their regular crew of "hapas", but aside from swingmen David Clarke and Bennet Woodward, I have not seen Tom Adams or Adam Eichorst play. Don't even know what position they play. Adams played in the Chinese Nationals, which verifies his ethnicity and Clarke and Woodward played in LVI, which has similar stringent requirements. Hank Huang is a solid 4 who has much experience in Asian tourneys, originally the captain of the Minneapolis Lakers team (yes, Asians in Minnesota!) before his move out to Phoenix, then to the Bay Area recently. However, what looms large for me is the absence of Brooks.

    David Clarke -- 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Japanese
    Bennet Woodward -- 1/2 Chinese
    Daven Vo
    Mihn Van
    James Vargo -- Filipino

    Tom Adams -- 1/2 Chinese
    Adam Eichorst -- 1/2 Japanese
    Hank Huang
    Edward Yee

    Dream League Bay/East: A mish-mash of top Bay Area talent that play in the home metro of Dream League, this team made a major overhaul earlier in 2007 due to players leaving the area and some joining other teams. Even the team that lost to the Wizards back in Hayward in June will not be the same here. Won the SF Gold Rush tourney back in December, then went to New Jersey for the Gotham Games and lost to the eventual champion Philly FAY (IndoPak) in the semifinals. However, that team was led by swingman Mike Reding, mobile power forward Gene Cleghorn, and small forward Mike Lee, who are all unavailable for this tournament. Prior to that, the team had a poor showing at Mofufus in October. Prior to that, they lost in the championship to Hawaii Chosen Few at the AANC, a day after a poor showing at the LVI, in which they lost to Arizona (led by Brooks) and Alpine. For AANC, the team picked up super-power-forward Nic Echevestre from the fabled Tigers, which also lost to Arizona. So now, they're back to leaning on the stars Taraz Lee at the big point and Echevestre, along with Ryan Mateo, a shooting guard from South Bay Shootout which sometimes overlaps with the Stockton Ballers. They also have sharpshooter Keith Wang who has played for Arizona in the past (tight with Brooks).

    Barry Lee
    Keith Wang
    Ryan Susanto
    Taraz Lee
    Nic Echevestre -- 1/2 Japanese
    Ryan Mateo
    Dan Matsumura
    Yih-Wei Chien

    Stockton Ballers: They always seem to lose to the Wizards in the semis. Won the Memorial Day Vegas tourney, then lost semifinals (to Wizards) at Hayward Showtime and lost semifinals to the Wizards at Fairfield December. You can't talk about Stockton without talking about JoJo Pierce. He's simply the Charles Barkley (in his prime) of Asian ball. Then you got TJ Hawkins anchoring the paint. Sunny Margate also joins the team and gives them a solid 4, along with his protege Ryan Cruz. Lee Bethea is an athletic swingman. The Hernandez shooting guards will always be challenged as Filipino as opposed to straight Hispanic even if they have documentation, but the way I see it, they've been playing in the Filipino circuit for years, even at the Filipino PIBNA national in Detroit, and sometime long ago someone accepted them into our basketball community. No one will ever know the circumstances of that and I'm sure they just got invited to play so they played. Does that mean teams can now go out and recruit players of Hispanic descent? No. It's a difficult subject matter, esp. in trying to explain this to the newer Asian teams on the scene, but for this tourney we welcome the Stockton Ballers franchise once again.

    Roderick Cortes
    JoJo Pierce -- black/Filipino
    Lee Bethea -- black/Filipino

    Bobby Hernandez -- grandfathered
    George Hernandez -- grandfathered
    Theodore Hawkins -- black/Filipino
    Eian Art
    Sunny Margate
    KJ Rosales -- black/Filipino
    Omar Krayem
    Ryan Cruz

    Las Vegas Aces: Probably the best team I have seen who has not yet won a championship, although they don't get many opportunities. Lost to the Stockton Ballers in the Vegas Memorial Day tourney. Then in the AANC in September, lost to the Dream League team, but in pool play, was the only team to beat champion Hawaii Chosen Few, with a thrilling 2OT victory. This is a big team, but not as big this time as they are without Michael Carboni, many-time MVP of the Vegas Asian Leagues, who has work this weekend. Also notably absent is point guard Derek Bughao. Of those here this weekend, Charlie Farber is a rugged inside/outside player and TJ Valera is a versatile player who is sort of a smaller, more finesse version of Carboni. I'm not sure if there's a point guard on the roster, as the remaining names are all rangy, athletic, taller swingmen. And obviously with 7 players, they are not deep. The last two on the list were not on the final roster.

    Randy Saramosing
    Charlie Farber -- Filipino/Russian
    Nainoa Spencer
    Sean Uyehara
    Ben Suiso
    TJ Valera -- Filipino
    Michael Miranda
    Steph Allen -- Filipino/Black
    Tyler McReady -- 1/2 Japanese

    California Shockwaves: This highly regarded IndoPak franchise made an incredible run in the IndoPak circuit in 2006. Last year, they took a step back as captain and Scottie Pippen-like (in his prime) Himanshu Singh suffered a year-long injury. I saw the rangy 6'4" Vivek Vinjamur before he hit is prime, and now he's in his prime so I can't wait to see him play again. The rest of the squad are all IndoPak, although we don't have their names. There's probably one more star player in the mix that I haven't familiarized myself with since the "Shox" played in our tournament two years ago, before their historic IndoPak circuit run. I'm concerned that Singh may not be himself with his recent injuries. But I have much respect for the IndoPak circuit and the amount of traveling teams do, so they are battle-tested and will surely show up with some talent.

    Manav Ahuja
    Himanshu Singh
    Kaushik Vinjamur
    Vivek Vinjamur
    Ketan Patel

    East Bay Cardinals: Coach Jones Wu is a living legend and nobody knows it yet. He always takes kids from Oakland's inner-city and molds them into future mature Asian basketball stars. Then through his own players, he can add talent here and there to fill in the spaces. This may be his best group yet, but then again sometimes his young players get the deer-in-the-headlights syndrome. The team is led by Johnson Bui at the point and smallish center Andrew Lee. Add former Dream League teamer Ross Lim and Huy Nguyen, then renowned Chinese Nationals tournament power forward Dennis Yuen, and you have a solid starting five. However, perimeter players Karl Gusner and Vannack Phann are unavailable this weekend.

    1. Johnson Bui (#22)
    2. Andrew Lee (#53)
    3. Ross Lim (#13)
    4. Huy Nguyen (#45)
    5. Henry Chhiv (#21)
    6. Brad Nakano (#10)
    7. Tony Tran (#52)
    8. Dennis Yuen (#11)
    9. Victor Vonphrachanh (#41)
    10. Nam Le (#25)
    11. Nick

    Hotshots (Hayward): The next generation, led by the son of legendary Joel Sales (who is still playing), Joel Sales, Jr., of the Uptempo Filipino tournament team. I'm not sure what other young talent is here for this tournament, perhaps the steady Jimmy Noriega at the point and up-and-coming shooting guard Nick Wong, but Ryan Cruz is already playing for Margate on Stockton. Sales Sr. and fellow living/playing/scoring legend Vince Encelan score from outside and Chris Guintu and the undersized but overpowering Rommel Canon clean up the boards.

    Joel Sales
    Joel Sales, Jr.
    Vince Encelan
    Chris Guintu
    Rommel Canon
    Nick Wong
    Jimmy Noriega

    Fo' Show (Seattle): I hardly know anything about this team, but captain Paul Koura, who once played in Dream League Bay Area in the middle divisions, said that four of his players used to play for the 3-time Chinese Nationals champions Seattle Bladerunners, which accomplished their feat in 4 years. That's not easy to do. But the biggest names from that mini-dynasty, point guard Song Cun and 6'7" swingman Kyle Kiang are not on the roster. Even though I'm a Chinese Nationals vet, I never got a chance to see the Bladerunners play, so I'm eager to see the rest of them here this weekend.

    Tim Wang
    Jim Shih
    Royce Yuen
    Andy Chow
    Ken Lee
    Eugene Oh
    Paul Koura
    Darien Tung
    Jae Lee

    San Diego 619ers: The last time I saw San Diego at the Hayward Showtime tourney, they had superstar 6'3" small forward James Francisco
    who was clearly head and shoulders above the talent, perhaps except for the Wizards' Mercado. One of the teams San Diego lost to was my Dream League squad by a healthy margin, and Galang & Co. gave us props, but I must say ours was a different squad than now, and quite frankly that team played the best game that any team has ever played for me, esp. since we had the benefit of no shotclock. So that was a bit of a flash in the pan from my point of view and probably a quick little dip in the pulse for the San Diegans. Still, captain Roger Galang and power forward Jeff Espiritu just didn't seem as on top of their games as in previous years. This time, Francisco is away at Chaminade playing D-1 ball. I'm not sure who else can fill such a void, but we'll see.

    Runningunz (Sacramento): After a subpar showing getting eliminated by the Hotshots in December's SF Gold Rush tourney, captain Arsh Johl has vowed to bring a better team. I still haven't gotten a good look at this team, but one thing I do remember is that guard Manpreet Arman can score. Below, there are quite a few new players (not marked with asterisk) as opposed to players returning from the early-exit December tourney team (marked with asterisk). The name Paul Bains rings a bell and might be a stalwart IndoPak tourney player. There's probably someone else on the list below who will make their mark here this weekend.

    Arsh Johl*
    Sukhi Dosanjh*
    Sukh Purewal
    Indo Johl
    Amar Johal*
    Junni Gill*
    Mike Chohal
    Paul Bains
    Gurchet Sanghera
    Indy Johal
    Manpreet Arman*

    Davis Dynasty: An up-and-coming team that most recently struggled mightily at the SF Gold Rush tourney, but now they add power forward Kevin Sagong back from school and a stint with the Dream League team. Also add swingman Conlan Kwong and all of a sudden you have two prime-time players. Center Scott Jaw was on track to becoming a quality center before ankle injuries hit. He's now healthy. Mitchell Fong is a guard who helped a Cinderella team win last year's Chinese Nationals team (in the absence of the Seattle Bladerunners, which retired). Adam Gidaszewski and Brandon Lewis are new adds I have not seen play yet, but who also have experience in the Chinese Nationals circuit.

    Alan Liou
    Ben Kim
    Kevin Sagong
    Elbert Sagong
    Conlan Kwong
    Adam Gidaszewski -- Caucasian/Chinese
    Mitchell Fong
    Jeff Mo
    Brandon Lewis -- Caucasian/Chinese
    John Yoon
    Jesse Chuk
    Scott Jaw

    LA Blaze: Here is a team I literally have no clue about. I've been told second-hand that they are probably a quality IndoPak circuit team, but I have not heard of them mentioned in the National IndoPak circuit, which has more prestige and I highly regard. Based on the roster, obviously a 100% IndoPak team.

    Inderjit Sidhu
    Ali Tofighi
    Jasvinder Tiwana
    Rajbir Singh
    Mandeep Hayre
    Adel Barakat
    Jagdeep Samra
    Mandeep Grewal
    Amish Shah
    Lovedeep Kooner
    Mandeep Kooner
    Amandeep Samra

    Central Cali Cagers: Ditto everything I said about the LA Blaze here, too.

    Andy Chohan #10
    Bhupinder Gill #1
    Kamal Gill #2
    Gurchuran Sohal #32
    Habib Kabir #15
    Sam Sohal #12
    Baltej Sidhu #55
    Sj Chohan #8
    Soni Dhillon #6
    Gurtej Sidhu #21
    Rickpual Vander #24

    Long Beach Beatrock All-Stars: Center Jay Arizabal, who has played for PacRim, is the most notable name on this team, but Nick Tumarao is the scorer who can shoot a la Peja Stojakovic. The players with asterisks are the adds since last year when they lost in the semifinals at Vegas All-Star Weekend and in September when they lost in the championship to Bomb Squad SF in the Competitive division.

    Jay Arizabal
    Anthony Nocon
    Sergio Dizon*
    Mark Domingo
    Mark Closas
    Nick Tumarao
    Karl Dehesa
    Frank Gundran*
    Patrick Galvan
    Jason Gandia
    Eugene Gandia
    Josh Cubillo*

    I'm sure we'll be adding more names in highlights who deserve proper recognition after this weekend is over...



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    Nate Payne was being recruited by Ateneo during the latter part of the dark ages. I often saw him playing in the covered courts back then.

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    [B]Damier Pitts led the Herd (15-6, 4-3) with nine rebounds and 12 points. Antonio Haymon also scored 12, Chris Lutz added 13 and Hassan Whiteside 10.
    gilas fanboys should ask lutz to convince hassan whiteside to become a naturalized pinoy..whiteside is currently projected as the #1 pick of the 2011 NBA draft....

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