Saigon Heat aim to win the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), said the basketball club at a ceremony to introduce its squad and uniform for the ABL 2017-2018 season on November 21.
Saigon Heat basketball team at a press briefing on November 21 (Photo: nld.com.vn)
HCM City (VNA) –🎉 SaigonHeat aim to win the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), said the basketball club ata ceremony to introduce its squad and uniform for the ABL 2017-2018 season onNovember 21.
To realise the target, the team has hiredKyle Julius as its coach. Julius had three years of experience in Canada’sprofessional basketball and helped London Lightning become the champion onlyafter one year. New recruits Akeem Scott and TraveleJones are also expected to boost the team, along with key players David Arnoldand Nguyen Tuan Tu. Formed in 2011, the Saigon Heat areVietnam’s sole representative in the ABL. The team’s best result was making thetournament’s final four in 2014. The league features nine teams,including Hong Kong Eastern (Hong Kong, China), Westports Malaysia Dragons(Malaysia), Singapore Slingers (Singapore), Saigon Heat (Vietnam), AlabPilipinas (the Philippines), Formosa Dreamers (Taiwan, China), Nanhai LongLions (China), CLS Knights Indonesia (Indonesia) and Moni Vampire BasketballClub (Thailand). The teams will compete in 20 matchesin the regular season, with the top two teams qualifying for the semi-finals.Four teams from third to sixth place will compete in the quarter-finals. The seasonbegan in Manila, the Philippines on November 17, with Saigon Heat set to begintheir campaign on December 9.-VNA
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Saigon Heat basketball team at a press briefing on November 21 (Photo: nld.com.vn) 
