Review of Big 8's Newcomers (by Eric Press Release)
SingSing82 (Ranked 17) from II.2
SingSing82 breeze thru to SBBL Big 8 with two straight wins (127-101, 153-121) against slinger for the division II.2 title. In preparation for SBBL, bigman Brice Lemesle was purchased for $ 1,268,800. Together with II.2 MVP, Zdeněk Helebrant (averaging 16.6 pts and 13.3 rebs), SingSing82 are expected to put up a strong fight to stay in SBBL.
SaungHninPwint (Ranked 19) from II.1
SaungHninPwint survived a strong challenge from Singapore Cup semi-finalist, FuTureSG to win the division II.1 title and gain promotion to SBBL. Fans expectation were raise with the $1,294,200 purchase of Power Forward, Baptiste Sola, but many were left scratching their heads as players like Paul Beirne and Tome Petrovski were placed on the transfer list by the manager.