Ex-Barracudas bite back
Esmond Tan is one of the local players who who quit en masse from the Barracudas on Monday. Picture: BT Esmond Tan of Plaza Sutera Biru goes for a shot in their semi-final match against Babes Boutique on April 13 for the BBA Open Challenge Trophy at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat. Picture: BT/Yee Chun Leong Friday, December 17, 2010
IT is ironic that Brunei's first "professional" basketball team should label their former local cagers who quit en masse on Monday as "unprofessional" when the team themselves did not even give the players any contract.
"We didn't sign any contract from the start (of the 2010) so by rights we can leave the team," the four local players Esmond Tan, Benjamin Lim, Hj Md Badri Hj Suhaili and Lim Aik Hock said in a statement yesterday.
Tan, Benjamin, Hj Md Badri and Aik Hock, who were with the Barracudas from the start of the Asean Basketball League in 2009, told The Brunei Times on Wednesday that they quit the team after they were encouraged to do so and to provide opportunities to other local players who could help the team to make the playoffs this season.
However, Nadzaty Azma Azeez, the owner of the Barracudas, has branded the four as "a disappointment to the country" on Wednesday and later branded them as "unprofessional". Read More…
Source: The Brunei Times
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