2015–16 ABL season explained

2015–16 ABL season
League:ASEAN Basketball League
Sport:Basketball
Duration:27 October 2015 – 21 February 2016
No Of Games:60
No Of Teams:6
Tv: JakTV
TV1
Basketball TV
SuperSports
True Sport, Mono 29 TV
HTV
pan-Asia: Fox Sports Asia
Livestream:Sport Singapore's YouTube channel
Season:ABL season
Finals:2016 ABL finals
Finals Champ:Westports Malaysia Dragons
Finals Runner-Up:Singapore Slingers
Mvp:Local MVP: Wong Wei Long (Singapore Slingers)
ASEAN/Heritage Import MVP: Matthew Wright (Westports Malaysia Dragons)
World Import MVP: Reggie Johnson (Westports Malaysia Dragons)
Finals MVP: Jason Brickman (Westports Malaysia Dragons)
Seasonslist:List of ABL seasons
Seasonslistnames:ABL
Prevseason Link:2014 ABL season
Prevseason Year:2014
Nextseason Link:2016–17 ABL season
Nextseason Year:2016–17

The 2015–16 ASEAN Basketball League season was the sixth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The regular season started on 27 October 2015 and ended on 21 February 2016.[1] [2] Two Indonesian teams, the Indonesia Warriors and Laskar Dreya South Sumatra did not return to the league.

The Westports Malaysia Dragons defeated first-time finalist Singapore Slingers in the finals, earning the Dragons its first ever championship in franchise history since joining the league in 2009.

Teams

Team Location Arena Head coach
Thai-Japanese Stadium Gym 1
Hi-Tech Gym
Jerry Ruiz
Mono Vampire Gym
Chulalongkorn University Gymnasium
Sripatum University Stadium
Soontornpong Mawintorn
USEP Gymnasium (former arena)
San Juan Gym
Malolos Convention Center
Jack Santiago
CIS Arena Anthony Garbelotto
Neo Beng Siang
Ariel Vanguardia

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.

Team World Import(s) ASEAN/Heritage Import(s)
Tyler Lamb
Freddie Goldstein
Froilan Baguion
Leo Avenido
Jerramy King
Alli Austria
Lenny Daniel
Paul Williams
Will Creekmore
David Arnold
Moses Morgan
Kris Rosales
Reggie Johnson
Calvin Godfrey
Jason Brickman
Matthew Wright

Results

Third and fourth round

Playoffs

See main article: 2016 ABL playoffs.

Semifinals

Singapore vs. Bangkok City

Finals

Awards

The awarding ceremony was held before the game 2 of the ABL finals on March 13, 2016 held at the MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Players of the week

WeekPlayerRef.
27 Oct. – 3 Nov.Jason Brickman (Westports Malaysia Dragons)align=center [4]
4 Nov. – 10 Nov.Christien Charles (Hi-Tech Bangkok City)align=center [5]
11 Nov. – 17 Nov.Calvin Godfrey (Westports Malaysia Dragons)[6]
18 Nov. – 23 Nov.Justin Howard (Singapore Slingers)[7]
24 Nov. – 30 Nov.Moses Morgan (Saigon Heat)[8]
1 Dec. – 7 Dec.Freddie Goldstein (Hi-Tech Bangkok City)[9]
8 Dec. – 15 Dec.Anthony McClain (Mono Vampire Basketball Club)[10]
16 Dec. – 23 Dec.Will Creekmore (Saigon Heat)[11]
6 Jan. – 13 Jan.Wu Qingde (Singapore Slingers)[12]
14 Jan. – 19 Jan.Wu Qingde (Singapore Slingers)[13]
20 Jan. – 26 Jan.Calvin Godfrey (Westports Malaysia Dragons)[14]
27 Jan. – 2. Feb.Kris Rosales (Singapore Slingers)[15]
3 Feb. – 9. FebChristien Charles Hi-Tech Bangkok City[16]
10. Feb – 16. FebJason Brickman (Westports Malaysia Dragons)[17]
17 Feb. – 22. FebMatthew Wright (Westports Malaysia Dragons)[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sixth season of ASEAN Basketball League starts October . 8 September 2015 . DZRH . 30 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001014711/http://dzrhnews.com/sixth-season-of-asean-basketball-league-starts-october/ . 1 October 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: 2015–2016 ABL Regular Season Schedule . . ASEANBasketballLeague.com . 12 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151114173746/http://aseanbasketballleague.com/2015-2016-regular-season-schedule/ . 14 November 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. News: Giongco . Mark . Fil-Canadian Matthew Wright named ABL Heritage MVP . . March 13, 2016 . March 14, 2016 .
  4. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-jason-brickman/ Player of the Week: Jason Brickman
  5. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-chris-charles/ Player of the Week: Chris Charles
  6. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-calvin-godfrey/ Player of the Week: Calvin Godfrey
  7. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-week-justin-howard/ Player of the Week: Justin Howard
  8. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-moses-morgan/ Player of the Week: Moses Morgan
  9. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-fred-goldstein/ Player of the Week: Fred Goldstein
  10. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-anthony-mcclain/ Player of the Week: Anthony McClain
  11. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-william-creekmore/ Player of the Week: William Creekmore
  12. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-qingde-wu/ Player of the Week: Qingde Wu
  13. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-wu-qingde/ Player of the Week: Qingde Wu
  14. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-calvin-godfrey-2/ Player of the Week: Calvin Godfrey
  15. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-kris-rosales/ Player of the Week: Kris Rosales
  16. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/featured/player-week-chris-charles/ Player of the Week: Chris Charles
  17. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-jason-brickman-2/ Player of the Week: Jason Brickman
  18. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/player-of-the-week-matthew-wright/ Player of the Week: Matthew Wright