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Fat Alexander (Rank 5)
Swapped Noel Giménez Guerra with Serbia U21 Adis Mehmedovic (8.5ppg 10.9rpg), and brought in Denmark veteran PG Zakhar Kutkin (15ppg 6.2apg 5.3rpg). The most notable is the SGP NT Yeo Tse Hui (27 ppg). He and Gian Montecucco (29 ppg) are at first and second rank on the SBBL points per game leader, proved that the dynamic duo now become the icons of Fat-A team. Sitting at Great 8 First spot, Fat-A is eyeing to the playoff again with a deeper vision.

Shohoku Backers (Rank 1)
The same old Backers, with only addition of Sebastian Darras (15.7ppg) at the expense of Eldad Galam. Although still hanging steadily on 4th place on the crowded strong teams in Big 8, the Backers actually were on a step back. The shocking defeat to SLZH on semifinal tournament weren't expected at all, denied SHB for aiming Tournament Cup after they eliminated 3 time Champs Whampoa All-Stars. Cataldo Momente led the team with 16.6ppg although coming off the bench, followed by Aniol Soler 16.5ppg and 6apg. Sertug Acay (14.8ppg 12.8rpg) and Jason Peachey (13.7ppg 10rpg) still the paint guardians. And the Agisilaos "Chief" Kostis (13.8ppg) still as soundly as last season. Although SHB will look for back-to-back League Champion, but the road to playoff now doesn't look that easy, with five teams fighting for 4 playoff spots.

Eric United (Rank 8)
Eric Utd finally pulled the trigger to reshuffle, shipped out their long tenures Milan Vukic and Alfredo Montecucco. They brought in Estonian Rainer Mand (14.4ppg 5.4apg), German Sven Gruner (13.8ppg 6.8rpg), and the best acquisition was Cedomir Gušic (19.0ppg 12.3). Gusic was brought in to excel with those bigmans on Big 8 division, which are making the competition for playoff are more tougher than before. Relying now on their new bigman, Eric Utd again will try to gain back their glory old days, the SBBL Dominator.

Pekanbaru Jaguars (Rank 4)
Released Thiseas Chantampakis and Sorin Niculae as part of their Playoff Final dissapointment, looking to another attempt with veteran Tommy Kupila (19.8ppg 5.2apg), Zhong XuanWen (18.0ppg) and Singaporean Lim Eng Ze (5.6ppg 8.0rpg). Although without their injured leader Petrus Alexandersson (18ppg 16rpg) on past few weeks, the Jaguars still present the stingy defense. The only obstacle for Jaguars is their longtime Rival, Fat-A.

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Whampoa Allstars (Rank 2)
Still with their last year Tournament Champions core players. Omri Arnon (19.9ppg 5.1rpg), Arthur Hottinger (16.2ppg), Ng Chao Huat (16ppg 7.2apg) and Falko Rogali (9.1ppg 4.9apg off the bench) are just can't be separated. Their new addition Polski Konrad Krassowski (22.0 ppg), are just the similar type with Omri Arnon & Hottinger, which showcased the Whampoa as a good purchaser of basketball talents. And they even only have Fransiskus Detjen (12.0ppg 12.8rpg) as their inside presence. With their underrated bigman, Whampoa are still able to excel with those opponent like Sessioes Doers, Shohoku Backers, Singapore Showstoppers, and even still own winning edge from them. But as we saw the latest result, things don't go well with Whampoa as they have gone 0-4 since the Allstar Weekend, dropped the game against the mediocre STN and Chai Chee team. Will they able to stop the slide? The actually-redhot Lycans BB , 8-2 after 7 losing streak, is awaiting to swap their position out.

Cheesecake (Rank 7)
They are like they were last year before the injury of their important blue-collar man, Felipe Massana (9.5 ppg 16.1rpg), cost cheesecake three straight losses with big margin. Cheesecake big defensive plays success since last season were contributed heavily by Massana and Rafael Vasquez, with their offense relying on those long gunner Tan Kim Wai (16ppg off the bench), Justin Liepins (21.3ppg), Vincent Katic (21.8ppg) and Victor Sramek(16.7ppg 3.7apg 4.4rpg). This season, cheesecake hasn't yet to make purchase on any players. Combined with their faded W-L records, it looks like they were not planning to climb high on the playoff on this season.

News Release from lower Div ....

Compassvale United acquired SGP NT player, Wang Xiang Jia, ready to make SBBL return.

Through a tough bid war, Compassvale United (57960) managed to escaped away with Wang Xiang Jia (11049964) for 800k, bringing home another power player to Singapore League. SBBL Lycans BB were among the bidders, withdrawn after the bid raised up to 700k.

Wang, unlucky when he was stranded twice on Free Agency because of his abandoned team, hope to find a new home with Compasvalle United for a new beginning. According to Compassvale Manager, Shogun, the team is currently exercising on bigman, so expect the team to give Wang extra training to sharpen up more on his skill.

With this acquisition, Compassvale is ready to make their comeback to SBBL next season. Pairing Wang with their speedy Italian PG, Giovanni Duskhu, Compassvale should be able to shock the Singapore no.1 BB league.

Wang is averaging 12ppg and 13reb this season.

Last edited by SGP_BigBen(SGP-U21-Manager) at 6/29/2011 11:04:00 PM

Great to see Wang join Compassvale United!!
I think he will definitely be well taken care =)

With two rounds remaining, let's take a look at the five team that are still playing for a playoff spot:

1. Sessioes Doers (Rank 3)
Sessioes Doers used a strong fourth quarter to secure a 113-105 win against Singapore Showstoppers. The key victory makes them strong favourites to secure top spot With two remaining home games against ESPLANADE BASKETBALL CLUB and Whampoa All-Stars.

Win = 15, Lost = 5, Point Diff = 302
Probability of securing top spot = 90%
Probability of securing playoff spot = 100%

Home game against ESPLANADE BASKETBALL CLUB
Home game against Whampoa All-Stars

2. EricUnited (Rank 6)
The latest defeat saw EricUnited surrender their top spot to Sessioes Doers. Eric admitted, "It is currently out of our hands as we can only hope that Sessioes Doers slips in one of their remaining home games."

Win = 14, Lost = 6, Point Diff = 358
Probability of securing top spot = 30%
Probability of securing playoff spot = 100%

Home game against Chai Chee
Away game against Lycans BB

3. Shohoku Backers (Rank 1)
With 2 games left, Shohoku Backers must win both remaining games and hope that Sessioes Doers loses both home games, which seems highly unlikely.

Win = 13, Lost = 7, Point Diff = 317
Probability of securing top spot = 10%
Probability of securing playoff spot = 99%

Away game against Lycans BB
Away game against Chai Chee

4. Singapore Showstoppers (Rank 7)
With 2 games left, Singapore Showstoppers must win both remaining games and hope that Sessioes Doers loses both home games, which seems highly unlikely.

Win = 13, Lost = 7, Point Diff = 84
Probability of securing top spot = 10%
Probability of securing playoff spot = 70%

Away game against Whampoa All-Stars
Home game against ESPLANADE BASKETBALL CLUB

5. Whampoa All-Stars (Rank 2)
Whampoa All-Stars 81-90 defeat at ESPLANADE INDOOR STADIUM could see them lose their playoff spot as their last two games are against two teams, Singapore Showstoppers and Sessioes Doers, who are currently occupying the playoff spots now.

Win = 11, Lost = 9, Point Diff = 110
Probability of securing top spot = 0%
Probability of securing playoff spot = 20%

Home game against Singapore Showstoppers
Away game against Sessioes Doers

Last edited by SGP_Eric at 7/4/2011 10:30:39 AM

I thought I'm 100% in the playoff spot? Haha

I will be back better than before!! Beware!!

Hee, just kidding ;P

Oops.. forgot you have a superior point difference..
My apologies.. hee ;P

Big 8 is really interesting conference. Besides those Five team that fighting for four playoff spots, there are also two teams that playing spoiler role, Lycans BB and Chai Chee.

@Rane : You're against FXS today.. wish you luck... ha...

Whampoa @ Sessioes Doers .. SD is very hard to beat at home... the team is very deep of bench players...

With two bot teams at Great 8, again will have three new teams coming to SBBL next season (Hello Wang Xiang Jia).

Last round of games coming up this Saturday:

Whampoa All-Stars vs Sessioes Doers
EricUnited vs Lycans BB
Shohoku Backers vs Chai Chee
ESPLANADE BASKETBALL CLUB vs Singapore Showstoppers

If Whampoa All-Stars wins and Singapore Showstoppers loses, then Whampoa will be in the playoff instead of Showstoppers.. stay tuned..

Roberto Paz 41 pts brought Sessioes Doers escaped from Esplanade Basketball Team with OT 101-87.

All the teams here wished they don't want to play at WTD Arena. But the Esplanadians managed to think different. Playing full of body contact inside, the ESPs managed to frustate Balkhausen and team almost the whole game.

Intense play of Primo Mosberger led the ESP for 28-17 1st Q lead and 10 pts lead on Halftime, before SD's Roberto Paz spark the rally on the 4th quarter. SD seemed safe when they outscored ESP 25-11, clinging for 5 point lead with 3 points remaining, but ESP weren't give up yet. Five different scored each bucket to rally ESP back, even lead 81-79 after Rytis Vengeliauskas power dunk with 30 seconds remaining. Tough luck, SD's local hero Lim Wee Min managed to save SD's night after he hit the jumper off Cees Jan Hagebeek assistance. From there, the game went to OT and SD's deep lineup managed to tame down their exhausted opponent.

SD is led by Paz 41pts, surviving Eike Balkhausen poor play. Phil Hanson scored 20pts and 24rebs. Jan Hagebeek has 15 assists and Lim Wee Min scored 18pts, played 53 minutes last night.

Mosberger led ESP with 24pts and 12rebs, Podalski with 18pts. Tanner Brannon has triple double with 13pts 13assists 11 rebounds to go with 4 steals.

Meanwhile on All-Stars De Grandeur Arena, Konrad Krassowski 31pts led the Whampoa All-Stars to outlast Singapore Showstoppers 122-103. Whampoa blasted out 38-15 run on the 3rd quarter for 30 pts lead, although the Showstoppers dropped 42 pts on the 4th, but it was too late.

Ng Chao Huat scored 24pts and 11assists. Arthur Hottinger & Omri Arnon scored 20pts and 16pts. Singapore Showstoppers Noel Lima and Pedro Pineda each scored 22pts.

With their latest victory, Whampoa, who trailed 1 game from Showstoppers, can clinch the last Big 8 playoff spots if they managed to win their last league match, provided the Showstoppers lost theirs. But Whampoa chance will be slim, as they have to defeat Sessioes Doers at the WTD Arena, while Showstoppers will have an easier match with ESP.

On the Great 8, the longtime rivalries continues between Pekanbaru Jaguars and Fat Alexander, as both team will match up on their last league games to fight for the Conference top spots. The odds will go to Fat-A, as they are very strong team at their homecourt. Jaguars' Petrus Alexandersson & Lim Eng Ze seems weren't at their top form yet, as both are just healed from their 14 day injury.