2018–19 ABL season

2018–19 ABL season
League ASEAN Basketball League
Sport Basketball
TV partner(s) Hong Kong Cable TV
Indonesia MNC Sports
Philippines ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Singapore StarHub
Taiwan Eleven Sports Network
Vietnam HTV
Regular season

The 2019–20 ABL season is the nineth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 16 November 2018 and ended on 28 March 2018.[1]

Teams

All the teams in 2017-18 season return for the 2018-19 season. However, the following changes are noted:

  1. Chong Son Kung Fu Relocates and Rebrands to Macau Black Bears. [2]
  2. Zhuhai Wolf Warriors is the 10th team in the ABL, added after Kung Fu relocate to Macau. [3]


Personnel

TeamHead coach
Indonesia CLS Knights IndonesiaUnited States Brian Rowsom
Taiwan Formosa DreamersUnited States Dean Murray [4]
Hong Kong Hong Kong EasternSpain Edu Torres
Macau Macau Black BearsMacau
Thailand Mono VampireUnited States Douglas Clark Marty
Vietnam Saigon HeatCanada Kyle Julius
Philippines San Miguel Alab PilipinasPhilippines Jimmy Alapag
Singapore Singapore SlingersSingapore Neo Beng Siang
Malaysia Westports Malaysia DragonsAustralia Jamie Pearlman [5]
China Zhuhai Wolf Warriors

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. Each team can register 3 imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.

Club Import 1 Import 2 Import 3 Former Imports
Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia United States Maxie Esho [6]
Taiwan Formosa Dreamers United States Malcolm Miller [7] United States Will Artino [8] United States Tevin Glass [9]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Eastern Basketball Team United States Marcus Elliott [10] United States Trey Gilder [11] Malta Italy Samuel Deguara [12]
Macau Macau Black Bears United States Anthony Tucker [13] United States Ryan Watkins [14] United States Philippines Mikh McKinney [15]
Thailand Mono Vampire United States Mike Singletary United States Philippines Jason Brickman United States Germany Marcus Keene [16]
Vietnam Saigon Heat United States Kyle Barone [17] United States Davonte Lacy [18] Canada Murphy Burnatowski [19]
Philippines San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Puerto Rico Renaldo Balkman [20] Puerto Rico Peter John Ramos [21]
Singapore Singapore Slingers United States Xavier Alexander [22] United States John Fields [23] United States Jerran Youngs [24]
Malaysia Westports Malaysia Dragons United States Chris Eversley [25] United States Sundiata Gaines [26] United States Nigeria Egwu Nnanna [27]
China Zhuhai Wolf Warriors

Local Heritage

Vietnam Saigon Heat Philippines San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Macau Macau Black Bears Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia Taiwan Formosa Dreamers
United States Vietnam Corey Cillia
United States Vietnam Chris Dierker
United States Vietnam Trần Đăng Khoa
United States Vietnam Justin Young
United States Vietnam Henry Nguyen
United States Vietnam Sang Đinh
Sweden Vietnam Stefan Nguyen
Canada Vietnam Jonathan Bermillo		 United States Philippines Josh Urbiztondo
United States Philippines Lawrence Domingo
United States Philippines Caelan Tiongson
United States Philippines Brandon Rosser
United States Philippines Ethan Alvano		 United States China Kane Ma
Canada Hong Kong Nathan Yu
China Derek King
China Liu Zankun
China Luo Yongxuan		 United States Indonesia Brandon Jawato
Singapore Indonesia Wei Long Wong		 England Taiwan Kenneth Chien
Thailand Mono Vampire Malaysia Westports Malaysia Dragons Hong Kong Hong Kong Eastern Basketball Team Singapore Singapore Slingers China Zhuhai Wolf Warriors
United States Thailand Moses Morgan England Malaysia Calvin Tse

Regular season

Each team will play 26 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 9 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 18 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 26 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times:

  • Bears, Wolves, Long Lions, Dreamers, Pilipinas
  • Knights, Slingers, Dragons, Vampires, Heats

Standings

Template:2018–19 ABL season standings

References

  1. ↑ "ABL 2018-2019 Schedule Released, Tips Off November 16".
  2. ↑ "Chong Son Kung Fu Relocates and Rebrands to Macau Black Bears".
  3. ↑ "ASEAN Basketball League adds historic 10th team with the Zhuhai Wolf Warriors".
  4. ↑ "Hsu Hao Cheng Out, Dean Murray In as Head Coach for Formosa Dreamers".
  5. ↑ "Jamie Pearlman Signs on as Westports Malaysia Dragons' Head Coach".
  6. ↑ "Maxie Esho switch from Heats to Knights".
  7. ↑ "Malcolm Miller Signs With Formosa Dreamers for ABL 2018-2019".
  8. ↑ "Will Artino joins Taiwan Club".
  9. ↑ "Glass complete 2018/19 signing for Dreamers".
  10. ↑ "'16-'17 MVP and Champion Marcus Elliott Signs for Third Season with Eastern".
  11. ↑ "Trey Gilder will be joining Hong Kong Eastern Basketball team for this upcoming ABL 2018-2019 as their import".
  12. ↑ "Eastern Makes Big Acquisition, Signs Ex-Mono Vampire Samuel Deguara".
  13. ↑ "Anthony Tucker Returns to the ABL with the Macau Black Bears".
  14. ↑ "Macau Black Bears Sign Import Ryan Watkins".
  15. ↑ "Mikh McKinney Also Joins the Macau Black Bears in the ABL".
  16. ↑ "Marcus Keene the new killer for Vampire".
  17. ↑ "KYLE BARONE – THE PERFECT CENTER OF SAIGON HEAT".
  18. ↑ "LET'S MEET MURPHY BURNATOWSKI – SAIGON HEAT NEW IMPORT PLAYER".
  19. ↑ "DAVONTE LACY – THE GREAT 3-POINT SHOOTER".
  20. ↑ "Renaldo Balkman returns as Alab boosts ABL title-retention bid".
  21. ↑ "Ramos the new Alab import".
  22. ↑ "Xavier Alexander Re-Signs for 4th Season with Singapore Slingers".
  23. ↑ "Singapore Slingers sign John Fields to Bulk Up Down Low for Upcoming Season".
  24. ↑ "Singapore Slingers land Jerran Young".
  25. ↑ "Eversley return to KL Dragon".
  26. ↑ "Gaines join KL Dragons".
  27. ↑ "Nigerian center as new import".
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