Excellent League Standings Regular Season 1. Zain 12-2 2. Orthodox 12-2 3. Arena 10-4 4. Al Riyadi 8-6 5. Hussein Erbid 7-7 6. College SC 7-7 7. Al Wihdat 6-8 8. Al Awdah 0-14

Orthodox The Jordanian Cup 2007-2008 Winners

Zain 2007-2008
Trakh	Johnson	Thomas	Sampson	Wright	Al Khas

9	Johnson Nate	199 (6'7'')	F	77
11	Thomas John III	175 (5'9'')	G	76
	Sampson Jamal	209 (6'10'')	F/C	83
	Wright Rasheim	193 (6'4'')	G	81
4	Al Khas Zaid	205 (6'9'')	C	76
8	Soobzokov Enver	193 (6'4'')	G/F	78
	Abbas Islam	201 (6'7'')	C	80
	Abbas Zeid	203 (6'8'')	C	83
15	Basheer Moussa	208 (6'10'')	C	78
12	Ma'aytah Jamal	213 (7'0'')	C	81
14	Hamdan Mohammad	201 (6'7'')	F	84
10	El-Zubi Ali	182 (6'0'')	G	89
13	Al Awadi Moussa	190 (6'3'')	G/F	85
13	Bushnaq Mohammad	200 (6'7'')	F	81
5	Abo Rukayeah Khaldon	198 (6'6'')	F	83
6	Al Saqa Fadi	179 (5'11'')	G	77
Head Coach: Trakh Maz (USA-JOR) Assistant: Soobzokov Ruslan Consultant: Barakat Murad Chairman: Al Kaderi Nasooh Assoc.H.Coach: Taylor Robert (USA)

  Zain: Winners of the Excellent League's title for the 5th consecutive time!! 
* First place Game 5 - Sunday 13th of April:

Zain 77 - Orthodox 69 (Qs: 20-14, 35-37, 56-54 & 77-69) 'Zain won the series 3-2'

# Best performance:
- Zain:
Nate Johnson (199-F-77, college: Louisville) (27 pts, 5 stl, 7 reb)
John III Thomas (175-G-76, college: St.Francis,NY) (25 pts, 9 ast, 3 stl)
Mohammad Hamdan (201-F-84) (11 pts)
- Orthodox:
Leroy Davis (194-F-81, agency: ProSportsCareers, college: Georgia St.) (14 pts, 4 ast)
Naser Bassam (198-G/F-76) (14 pts, 8 reb, 3 stl)
Torraye Braggs (203-F/C-76, college: Xavier) (13 pts, 12 reb)

* Third place Game 5 - Sunday 13th of April:

Arena Amman 92 - Al Riyadi/Aramex Amman 91 (Qs: 23-27, 47-35, 69-64 & 92-91) 'Arena Amman won the series 3-2'

# Best performance:
- Arena Amman:
Mark Strickland (208-F/C-70, college: Temple) (29 pts, 12 reb)
Zeid Abbas (203-C-83) (26 pts, 9 reb)
Josh Cooperwood (193-G-80, agency: Pro Management Agency, college: Tennessee St.) (16 pts, 7 ast)
- Al Riyadi/Aramex Amman:
Rob Anderson (196-G/F-79, college: George Mason) (30 pts, 8 reb)
Hussam Lutfi (198-F/C-73) (18 pts, 9 reb)
Wesam Sous (181-G-83) (17 pts, 5 ast)

* After his top performance in Finals series of Excellent League, John II Thomas deserved to be the MVP of this stage, He joined Zain last month and became a big addition to the team who was missing the services of Sam Daghlas (197-G-79, college: Midwestern St.), Enver Soobzokov (193-G/F-78, college: Cal.St.-San Bernar.) and Rasheim Wright (193-G-81, college: District of Col.) due to different injuries...

* Orthodox's third import Chris Campbell (194-G/F-81, agency: 011 Sports, college: Harding)'s injury forced him to be away in the last two games for the reds.

* This is the 5th consecutive title for Zain...Congratulations for Zain andf hardluck for Orthodox.

Asia-Basket.com All-Excellent League 1st Team 2007-2008
Thomas	Campbell	Johnson	Idais	Strickland

MVP of the Finals: John III Thomas (175-G-76) of Zain 1st Team
John III Thomas of Zain
Chris Campbell (194-G/F-81) of Orthodox
Nate Johnson (199-F-77, college: Louisville) of Zain
Ayman Idais (205-C-78) of Orthodox
Mark Strickland (208-F/C-70) of Arena Amman

2nd Team
Wesam Sous (181-G-83) of Al Riyadi/Aramex
Josh Cooperwood (193-G-80, college: Tennessee St.) of Arena Amman
Mohammad Hamdan (201-F-84) of Zain
Zeid Abbas (203-C-83) of Arena Amman
Torraye Braggs (203-F/C-76, college: Xavier) of Orthodox

All-Domestic Players Team
Wesam Sous of Al Riyadi/Aramex
Naser Bassam (198-G/F-76) of Orthodox
Mohammad Hamdan of Zain
Zeid Abbas of Arena Amman
Ayman Idais of Orthodox

All-Imports Team
John III Thomas of Zain
Chris Campbell of Orthodox
Nate Johnson of Zain
Torraye Braggs of Orthodox
Mark Strickland of Arena Amman

Player of the Year: Nate Johnson of Zain
Guard of the Year: Chris Campbell of Orthodox
Forward of the Year: Nate Johnson of Zain
Center of the Year: Mark Strickland of Arena Amman
Newcomer of the Year: Ali Jamal (204-F/C-88) of Al Riyadi/Aramex
Most Improved Player of the Year: Mohammad Hamdan of Zain
Import Player of the Year: Nate Johnson of Zain
Domestic Player of the Year: Ayman Idais of Orthodox
Defensive Player of the Year: Wesam Sous of Al Riyadi/Aramex
Coach of the Year: Nenad Hrvoic of Arena Amman

 

  Orthodox: Jordan Cup 2007/2008 Winners.... 
* Tuesday 25th of March:

Orthodox 82 - Zain 77 (Qs: 17-21, 31-40, 52-56 & 82-77)

# Best performance:
- Orthodox:
Ayman Idais (205-C-78, agency: Court Side) (28 pts, 14 reb)
Chris Campbell (194-G/F-81, agency: 011 Sports, college: Harding) (15 pts, 4 ast, 7 reb)
Ghazi Naber (178-G-76) (9 pts, 5 ast)
- Zain:
Nate Johnson (199-F-77, college: Louisville) (31 pts, 9 reb)
Soumaila Samake (215-C-78, agency: CAA Sports) (10 pts, 11 reb)
Mohammad Hamdan (201-F-84) (9 pts, 3 stl)

Its the 1st title for Orthodox in Jordan Cup, The team improved alot this year after their successful performance during the season until now, Zain is still suffering from lack of local players due to injury of 3 of their important players (Sam Daghlas (197-G-79, college: Midwestern St.), Rasheim Wright (193-G-81, college: District of Col.) & Enver Soobzokov (193-G/F-78, college: Cal.St.-San Bernar.))....

Congratulations for Orthodox and Hardluck for Zain ....