BBL Team of the Week – Week 25 There’s a certain BBL Trophy Final MVP this week and a couple of players who had such a good weekend, they met the criteria twice over. BJ Holmes (One Health Sharks Sheffield) Yes, it’s the most apt starting point for our fabulous five as the MVP and…
Newcastle Eagles’ high-flying forward Kareem Maddox has been crowned the Molten BBL Player of the Month for February having also taken the honour last November. The 23 year old averaged a stellar double-double of 21.6 points and 13 rebounds per game during the month to continue his excellent rookie BBL campaign and keep his team…
This week brings a debutante and the second best BBL performance of the season. Devan Bailey (Manchester Giants) It’s a debut slot in our line-up for the Giants’ playmaker, having inspired his team to a valuable home-floor success against north-west rivals Cheshire Phoenix. Bailey enjoyed an incredible shooting night and could hardly miss from tip…
There are some familiar names in our line-up this week, including a couple of players who feature for the fourth time. Chez Marks (Cheshire Phoenix) There could barely have been a better way for the Phoenix guard to rack up a third appearance in our starting five than by conjuring up a fast-break score to…
Four of our starting five this week will contest the forthcoming BBL Trophy semi-finals. Stefan Gill (Manchester Giants) The Giants’ guard takes his second berth in the BBL Team of the Week, courtesy of some blistering three-point shooting which torched Surrey Heat and resulted in Gill finishing with a stellar 28 points. He was a…
Newcastle Eagles 88 (Smith 23, Maddox 21, Defoe 16) Worcester Wolves 94 (Owumi 34, Masiulis 19, Ocitti) Worcester Wolves shocked a sell-out crowd at Sport Central with a superb 94-88 victory against Newcastle Eagles. Nothing could separate the teams over the first three quarters but a 7-0 burst gave Wolves a 78-71 lead late in…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 15 Our last line-up of the calendar year contains two debutantes and only the second player to reach five appearances. Stefan Gill (Manchester Giants) The guard makes his BBL Team of the Week debut after instigating a remarkable second-half performance by the Giants to storm to a win…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 14 Our festive line-up includes a player with a perfect shooting performance and another with a stellar and rare triple-double. Ralph Bucci (Durham Wildcats) Veteran guard Ralph Bucci is the player that makes Wildcats tick, and having made the bench on a number of occasions so far this…
BBL Team Of The Week – Week 13 We’ve two debutantes this week, but most importantly, there’s a very strong British presence too. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles; pictured) The Eagles’ playmaker produced one of the best performances of the BBL season so far and the best of the weekend by some distance as his team…
