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Last season saw our struggles against a stout schedule. But overall we made progress. Most of the stalwarts have moved on however so once again the process moves along. Afrobasket 50 is on home soil, for what thats worth. We are a little soft overall but there is enough talent to compete for a medal, and you never know if we might see some breakthroughs as the season progresses. of course i will be on the lookout for players in the pipeline who are reasy to be called up, but for the moment we look to be set. if you have someone i have overlooked who you feel is worthy of a callup let me know.

heres how everyone looks so far

Siphiwe Mamoepa: without a doubt the straw that will stir the drink this season. Dropped 50 against Tunisia in our friendly last week. Took 54 shots to get there, but thats ok! I expect his club manager to keep pounding js/jr and some od, some IS and ha/dr would make him more effective overall.

Bobo Makana: saw a OD pop this week, excellent ha/dr, i look for him to round into shape as the season goes on.


Mswati Makhanya: od, ha, dr are all in good shape. lets see where he can improve, by seasons end he could be a secret weapon.

Kopano Mase: excellent ID, gives us a defensive presence down low. still needs a lot of work in a lot of places but hes not too bad.

Steve Johnson: shpuld of could of would of, yeah hes still on the squad but has been a disappointment.

Momar Phatudi: could have real potential being only 19, is on the TL but at way too high a price.

Uuka Jaga: another guy who could have developed into a force

Abe Fritsma: needs a lot of work yet but he is coming along

Umi Mugabe: could develop into a inside force, had a rebounding pop this week

Julius Young: yet another guy who shoukd be on the road to being a quality player but who is not.

Ketumile Tshuma: mifht not be a lot in this guy but we'll see



this week we open with Nigeria, and they are looking actually pretty good!!! We will have our hands full! So it might be a early loss on the ledger, but we will see.

Good luck this season!

got a little too cute in the opener. went reverse patient and normal with our customary 3-2 zone, but Nigeria also deployed a 3-2 and took Mamoepa right out of his groove as he wemt a sordid 12-43 and we got thumped by a dozen 89-77. the next two weeks are gimmes but it was a lesson hard earned. not the result i wdnted but was about what i expected.

Kind of still feeling our way this season. We need some players to develop and be in position to step up, but there is time yet. No one in the pipeline really looks ready to break out, but that should change. The good thing is this season is wide open and we are in the mix. Tommorow against Tunisia will give us a good idea of where we are.

Today against Morocco was high drama indeed! I did not bother to look at the roster this morning so I missed out on the ability to bring back one of our big men from injury but we managed to survive the game anyway! I'm noticing teams are starting to sit on it for a little bit tactic wise since our God is far and away the best scoring option but today I was able to cross things up a little bit got good support around from other players and managed to win the game to literally at the buzzer! but I guess that's why they call the game buzzer beater! We are in good shape going into the next round we will be seeded fourth but I think that's okay because all that matters is making it into the final four and then we can see where the chips fall. Keep training your players! and if there's someone in the pipeline you think I need to take a closer look at let me know because we have plenty of call-ups that can still be used.

Nice. Keep it up!

The goal is to get to the final four and see what happens. This week we can bury Egypt once and for all and pretty much deal the deal. Then it will be about seeing how well we can develop and on how we can best attack Nigeria and Senegal. It's pretty much a six man effort as we just lack depth. Several players who have had spots on this roster just never got any training which is unfortunate. If they had we would be in great shape. As it is however we can still compete because we have THE MAN! And our bigs have the right skills, the PG and SF spots are ably manned as well. However next season is looking really rough. But we will worry about that when the time comes.

Tough loss last week, tougher opponent this week. A warrior (that is his screen name) is a American manager who has come back into the fold after a absence and who is looking for higher end (MVP or higher) drafteees to purchase, so keep that in mind when your picks come in. Train train train those guys you have and don't forget to let me know about those making progress.

Hello! As coachlambini mentioned, I'm a long-time manager who is just returning to the game after a year away and am hoping to pick-up some trainees next season to help out. Tough finish this season but looking forward to the ones to come.

Ewald ter Avest (48757388) will probably get botified on monday !
Not a huge profile (19 yo + pot. 7 + 51 TSP) but he could be interesting in 4 to 5 seasons if well trained

Bump him up!!!