Brunei to fish for new barracudas

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Preparations for the Brunei Baraccudas for the upcoming second season of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) is well underway, Barracudas owner Nadzaty Azma Azeez tells The Brunei Times.

"We are already in the middle of preparations in terms of administration and scouting of players for the upcoming season," she said during an interview yesterday.

The ABL announced on Monday in Jakarta that they will launch its sophomore season in October and a total of six teams will feature in the new campaign.

The teams are champions Philippine Patriots, finalists Satria Muda BritAma (Indonesia), KL Dragons (Malaysia), Singapore Slingers and the new look Thailand Cobras.

The Cobras will be replacing the Tigers, a team marred by controversy after it was revealed that their players have not been paid since March.

The same import rules apply this season as of last season whereby each team is allowed to have two foreign imports, three ASEAN imports and seven local players.

However, Nadzaty revealed that two of their former players have confirmed that they will not be lacing up for Brunei's first professional team for the new season.

American Reggie Larry, the team's topscorer with an average of 19.4 points per game and leader in assists with 3.1 per game, will not return as he was recently offered to play for Barcelona FC in Spain. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times