ABL: Barracudas release all imports
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The manager of Brunei's first professional basketball side said that the team have released all five of their imports and will be focusing on developing local talent for next season's Asean Basketball League (ABL).
The team's season ended on Sunday when they fell 87-65 to the Philippine Patriots at the Ynares Sports Arena in Manila.
A win for them would have seen the Bruneians through to the play-offs.
"It is not that their contracts were terminated, they were always signed for only until the end of the season," Benny Ang told The Brunei Times yesterday.
"They all came back with us from the Philippines and they will be allowed to stay, meet the fans for as long as they want.
"Next for the Barracudas, we are going to spend the off-season preparing the locals for next season. Our priority now is to whip the locals into shape.
"We are going to put them through the paces and see who can step up. We are going to bring it back to basics, the fundamentals like defence and stamina.
"This year they just weren't ready, and they will be the first to admit it," he added. Read More...
Source: TBT
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