Krasnie Krilya Samara (PBL) added to their roster 37-year old American guard DeJuan Collins (188-85kg-76, college: Tuskegee). He was tested at Al Riyadi in Lebanese Division A, but was not approved after all. The last season Collins played at Zalgiris (LKL) in Lithuanian league. The team played in four different competitions (!!!) that year, and he was exposed to basketball on different levels. In 16 LKL games he recorded 5.1ppg, 2.1rpg, 1.6apg and 1.2spg. Collins also played 12 games in Euroleague where he averaged 6.3ppg, 1.3rpg and 1.5apg. He also played 2 games in Baltic League where he averaged 5.5ppg, 3.0rpg and 1.0apg. And finally Collins played 15 games in VTB United League where he averaged 3.5ppg, 1.7rpg and 1.7apg. He helped them to make it to the quarterfinals.
The list of the past achievements is quite long as he was voted Eurobasket.com All-Lithuanian LKL Honorable Mention in 2011. Collins is quite experienced player. He has played also in Germany (ALBA Berlin, Brose Baskets Bamberg and Walter Tigers), Greece (Aris and Kavala), Italy (Cimberio Varese), Spain (Cajasol) and Russia (Lokomotiv). Collins attended Tuskegee University until 1999 and it is his 14th (!!!) season as a professional player. The scouts decsribe him following way:
DeJuan is a big strong physical guard, who is able to score off the penetration as well as his perimeter shooting. With a strong powerful first step and his quickness, he is very difficult to defend. He is a fierce competitor, who backs down from nobody, as he has been known to dunk over 7'0' players. He is also a very physical defender, as his athleticism allows him to shut down players. He is capable of playing the point guard and shooting guard position.
DeJuan is a very outgoing person, who loves to compete and win. He makes his off-season home in Baton Rogue, Louisiana.
The 2012-2013 Final Four started as expected full of excitement , In Ghazir Sagesse welcomed Moutahed , the game Sagesses dominance from the first minutes of the game despite very good organized Moutahed team , but Sagesse key payers were always ready to deliver.
The first quarter saw Sagesse with a great 9-2 start but Moutahed was answering through Bassel BAWJI , the first quarter finished at the score of 26-21 [read more]
The 2012-2013 Final Four started as expected full of excitement , In Ghazir Sagesse welcomed Moutahed , the game Sagesses dominance from the first minutes of the game despite very good organized Moutahed team , but Sagesse key payers were always ready to deliver.
The first quarter saw Sagesse with a great 9-2 start but Moutahed was answering through Bassel BAWJI , the first quarter finished at the score of 26-21. The 2nd quarter was only Quincy DOUBY , he scored 4 3pointers and controlled the tempo through a big leadership , this performance gave Sagesse an 11 points lead , the score was 56-45. The 2nd half the same tempo continued and Sagesse was increasing the lead which reached up to 16 through the trio of Quincy DOUBY , Deshawn SIMMS and Julien KHAZZOUH , KHAZZOUH had a huge game with 15points,15rebounds,6blockshots. He was the main reason that Sagesse dominated inside the paint defensively and offensively. Moutahed through BAWJI , Eric CHATFIELD and Marc SALYERS were always coming back in the game but the closest they got was within 7 points from Sagesse. The 2nd half saw also Douby continuing its performance , the game finished in the end on the score of 87-72.
Quincy DOUBY led all scorers with 38 points , Deshawn SIIMS finished with 18points , Julien KHAZZOUH with 15points,15rebounds,6blockshots. From Moutahed side Bassel BAWJI finished with 20 and Eric Chatfield with 17.
72 hours before the Final four, teams are not allowed to change their imports anymore.
Here is the last import list for the 4 teams:
Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut : Dewarick Spencer (193-G-82, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: Arkansas St.) and Loren Woods (218-C-78, college: Arizona)
Sagesse - Al Hekmeh Beirut : Quincy Douby (191-G-84, college: Rutgers) and DeShawn Sims (203-F-88, college: Michigan)
Champville : Jeremiah Massey (202-F-82, college: Kansas St [read more]
72 hours before the Final four, teams are not allowed to change their imports anymore. Here is the last import list for the 4 teams:
Ten teams started A very long Regular season followed by the playoffs, only four teams deserved the opportunity to compete for the only two tickets for the final battle .
League's leaders , Riyadi will be facing the League's ranked fourth Champville .
This Series will kick off on Friday the 24th of may .
Riyadi took its final decision by choosing Dewarick Spencer and Loren Woods to play along their Local team mates [read more]
Ten teams started A very long Regular season followed by the playoffs, only four teams deserved the opportunity to compete for the only two tickets for the final battle . League's leaders , Riyadi will be facing the League's ranked fourth Champville . This Series will kick off on Friday the 24th of may . Riyadi took its final decision by choosing Dewarick Spencer and Loren Woods to play along their Local team mates. Champville and after winning their first ever Waba Trophy, decided on keeping both Jeleel Akindele and Jeremiah Massey who showed a tremendous level that took the Lebanese Current Champions to a very high level .
On the other side of the pool, Sagesse who finished the regular season as second, will face mouttahed ( third ) in a battle that is expected to be a thrilling war zone. Thursday the 23rd will show this series' debut. Sagesse is coming from a somehow easy series against hoops, and a withdrawal from Waba due to unknown reasons, while mouttahed just finished last night it's playoffs series against the power horse Byblos.
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