ASEAN Basketball League
Encyclopedia
The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 league in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season. The league was proposed in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia and launched on October 1, 2009.

Formation

Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 luminaries from 6 ASEAN nations gathered at the Renaissance Hotel, Makati City
Makati City
The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...

 in Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 on September 1, 2009 to officially begin a new era of Southeast Asian basketball. In addition to the local basketball leagues in their respective countries, Brunei Darussalam
Brunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, Malaysia, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 and Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 have all contributed to setting up a diverse basketball league with passionate country-to-country rivalries.

Teams that participated in the inaugural season were the Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

, Kuala Lumpur Dragons, Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

, SM BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

, Thailand Tigers and former National Basketball League
National Basketball League (Australasia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....

 team the Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

. Mirroring the Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

 in the west, the ABL has its own set of rules in terms of its roster makeup and salary caps. Teams are permitted two imports of non-ASEAN citizenship, two ASEAN imports, one player with one Southeast Asian parent, and seven local players. Teams are allowed to field a team of all local players if wish to do so.

Name changes

The Kuala Lumpur Dragons were renamed the Westports KL Dragons, the Thailand Tigers were renamed Chang Thailand Slammers (originally Thailand Cobras), and the Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

 to AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

 for the upcoming ABL 2nd Season.

In ABL Season 3, Satria Muda BritAma will now become Indonesia Warriors, and also Westports KL Dragons will become Westports Malaysia Dragons.

League Schedule

ABL announced that the tentative start of Season 3 is on January 2012,this is due to FIBA-Asia calendar of tournaments for 2011 (FIBA Asia Championship 2011
FIBA Asia Championship 2011
The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that doubles as a qualifying tournament for the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The tournament was held in 15–25 September...

 and 2011 Southeast Asian Games
2011 Southeast Asian Games
The 26th Southeast Asian Games was held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia on 11 until 22 November 2011. Indonesia's fourth time to host the SEA Games, it last hosted the Games in 1997...

).

And from then on, ABL will start in January and ends in June coincided with FIBA
International Basketball Federation
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...

 calendar of tournaments.

League expansion

In the ABL Internship Program Press Conference held on March 11,2011, ABL CEO Kuhan Foo reported that 3 teams are on talks for a possible entry as expansion teams, 2 of them are from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, one of them is San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation
Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....

 and another a Cebu
Cebu
Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...

-based company, the other is from Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

.

On July 6, 2011, San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen (ABL)
The San Miguel Beermen is a new professional team that will play in the ASEAN Basketball League in the 2012 season which starts in January...

 will bring their winning tradition to the ABL, when they joined the league in a signing ceremony at the San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation
Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....

 office in Mandaluyong. Bobby Parks
Bobby Parks
Bobby Ray Parks is an American professional basketball player from Grand Junction, Tennessee. He played for Memphis State University during the 1980s and played internationally in France and the Philippines...

 has been named as the team's head coach. This will be a different team from the original Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

 team that is currently named as the Petron Blaze Boosters.

On August 5, 2011, Bangkok Basketball Holdings joined ABL in a signing ceremony at Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel, the team is owned by Tom Griffin and Jeffrey Premer.

On September 22, 2011, After 2 seasons, Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

 has announced that they had bow out of ABL Season 3. This was stated by Barracudas owner Nadzaty Azma Azeez. No reason was announced on their pull-out.

ABL Champions

Season Finalists Semifinalists
Country Champions Result Country Runners-up Country Semifinalist Country Semifinalist
2009–10  Philippines Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

^
3–0
2009–10 ABL Grand Finals Playoffs
The 2009–10 ASEAN Basketball League Grand Finals Playoffs was the first season of competition since its establishment. A total of four teams competed the league...

 Indonesia Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

 Singapore Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Dragons
2010–11
2010–11 ABL Regular Season
The 2010–11 ASEAN Basketball League Regular Season is the second season of competition since its establishment. A total of six teams competed the league...

 Thailand Chang Thailand Slammers^ 2–0
2010–11 ABL Grand Finals Playoffs
The 2010–11 ASEAN Basketball League Grand Finals Playoffs was the second season of competition since its establishment. A total of four teams competed...

 Philippines AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

 Malaysia Westports KL Dragons  Singapore Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

2012

  • ^ finished regular season with the best win-loss record.

Current clubs

Team City / Region Arena (Capacity) Founded Joined ABL Head coach
  Air Asia Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

Ynares Sports Arena
Ynares Sports Arena
The Ynares Sports Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasig, Philippines. The stadium has hosted to the basketball games of the Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League, as well as collegiate basketball tournaments...

, Pasig (3,000)
2009 2009   Glenn Capacio
  Bangkok Cobras Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University is the oldest university in Thailand and is the country's highest ranked university. It now has nineteen faculties and institutes. Regarded as the best and most selective university in Thailand, it consistently attracts top students from around the country...

 Gymnasium, Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

2011 2012
  Chang Thailand Slammers Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

Thai-Japanese Association Gymnasium, Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

 (6,000)
2009 2009   Raja Mortel
  Indonesia Warriors
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

The BritAma Arena, North Jakarta
North Jakarta
North Jakarta is one of the five cities of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta contains the entire coastal area within Jakarta Special District. In North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which will later grows to become Jakarta....

 (4,000)
1994 2009   Ocky Tamtelahitu
  San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen (ABL)
The San Miguel Beermen is a new professional team that will play in the ASEAN Basketball League in the 2012 season which starts in January...

Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

Ynares Center
Ynares Center
The Ynares Center is an indoor sporting arena located in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines.The arena was built at a cost of P350 million. The coliseum was constructed in a 5-hectare lot located at the heart of the City of Antipolo. This is the current landmark in the province where PBA games and big...

, Antipolo
Antipolo
Antipolo is a city in the Philippines located in the province of Rizal; about 25 kilometers east of Manila. It is the largest city in the Calabarzon Region in terms of population...

 (10,000)
2011 2012   Bobby Parks
Bobby Parks
Bobby Ray Parks is an American professional basketball player from Grand Junction, Tennessee. He played for Memphis State University during the 1980s and played internationally in France and the Philippines...

  SSA Saigon Heat
SSA Saigon Heat
SSA Saigon Heat is a professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam that is set to begin play in the ASEAN Basketball League in 2012.-History:Saigon Heat was officially announced as a member of the ASEAN Basketball League in October 2011...

Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

2011 2012
  Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 (8,126)
2006 2009   Beng Siang Neo
Beng Siang Neo
Neo Beng Siang is a Singapore basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Singapore national basketball team and the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League....

  Westports KL Dragons Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

 (2,000)
2009 2009   Goh Cheng Huat

ASEAN

  Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


= Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

  = Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

  = Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...


= Chang Thailand Slammers  = Chang Thailand Slammers  = Chang Thailand Slammers
Don Dulay
Don Dulay
Donald Dulay is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who is on the inactive list of the Alaska Aces. He was an undrafted player but was later signed by Rain or Shine in 2007...

  = Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

  = Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

  = Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....


= Indonesia Warriors
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

  = Indonesia Warriors
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

  = Indonesia Warriors
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...


= Westports KL Dragons  = Westports KL Dragons  = Westports KL Dragons
= Bangkok Cobras = Bangkok Cobras = Bangkok Cobras

Non-ASEAN

= AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

  = AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...


= Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

  = Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...


= Chang Thailand Slammers  = Chang Thailand Slammers
Donald Little = Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

  Louis Graham = Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....


Robbie Jackson = Indonesia Warriors
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

  Reggie Warren = Indonesia Warriors
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...


= Westports KL Dragons  = Westports KL Dragons
Richard Jeter
Richard Jeter
Richard Jeter is an American professional basketball player. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He played college basketball at Atlanta Metro college, then signed a letter of intent to Indiana University. After winning the National Junior college player of the year award he decided to forgo his...

 = San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...

  Dalron Johnson = San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...


= Bangkok Cobras = Bangkok Cobras

Imports with multiple clubs

  Alexander Hartman SM BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

 Westports KL Dragons

  Celedon Camaso
Don Camaso
Celedon Camaso better known as Don Camaso is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League currently playing as an import for the Satria Muda BritAma. He previously played for numerous teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, the most recent being Red Bull Barako...

 Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

 SM BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...



  Chris Kuete
Chris Kuete
Chris Kuete is a Cameroonian professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League currently playing as an import for the Chang Thailand Slammers. He previously played for numerous teams in the Malaysia National Basketball League, the most recent being Red Bull Barako...

 Westports KL Dragons Chang Thailand Slammers

  Froilan Baguion
Froilan Baguion
Froilan Baguion is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who plays for the Chang Thailand Slammers...

 Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

 Chang Thailand Slammers

  Jason Dixon Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

 Chang Thailand Slammers
  Kevin White Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

 Westports KL Dragons

  Leo Avenido Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

 Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....



  Nakiea Miller SM BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

 Westports KL Dragons

  Ricky Ricafuente Thailand Tigers SM BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...



  Roel Hugnatan Westports KL Dragons Chang Thailand Slammers

Previous coaches

ABL Season One
  • From   Chuck Davisson to   Mawinporn Soonpornthont (Thailand Tigers)


ABL Season Two
  • From   Geraldo "Bong" Ramos to   Ozell Wells (Brunei Barracudas
    Brunei Barracudas
    The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

    ) (before ABL Season Two began)
  • From   Ozell Wells to   Geraldo "Bong" Ramos (Brunei Barracudas
    Brunei Barracudas
    The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

    )
  • From   Frank Arsego to   Neo Beng Siang (Singapore Slingers
    Singapore Slingers
    The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

    )
  • From   Fictor Roring to   Ocky Tamtelahitu (SM BritAma
    Satria Muda BritAma
    Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

    )


ABL Season Three
  • San Miguel Beermen named   Bobby Parks
    Bobby Parks
    Bobby Ray Parks is an American professional basketball player from Grand Junction, Tennessee. He played for Memphis State University during the 1980s and played internationally in France and the Philippines...

     as head coach
  • From   Louie Alas
    Louie Alas
    Francisco Luis "Louie" Alas is a multi-titled Filipino basketball head coach. He is currently the head coach of the Letran Knights in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and will soon coach the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League...

     to   Glenn Capacio (AirAsia Philippine Patriots
    Philippine Patriots
    The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

    )

Notable former imports

  AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

 Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson is the name of:* Anthony Johnson , American film actor* Anthony Johnson , a freedman of African descent in early Virginia* Anthony Johnson , NFL running back...

 Brandon Powell Donald Little   Rasheim Wright
Rasheim Wright
Rasheim Ali Abdul Wright is an American-Jordanian basketball player. He is a 6'4" guard. He attended District of Columbia. In 2007 he received a Jordanian citizenchip. He's currently member of Anibal Zahle in the Lebanese Basketball League.-References:...



  Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

 Celedon Camaso
Don Camaso
Celedon Camaso better known as Don Camaso is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League currently playing as an import for the Satria Muda BritAma. He previously played for numerous teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, the most recent being Red Bull Barako...

 Lonnie Jones Michael Pilgrim Reggie Larry Simon Conn

  Thailand Tigers / Chang Thailand Slammers Axel Doruelo Chaz Twain Briggs Devon Sullivan Eric Canlas Glen Bolocon   Ike Nwankwo
Ike Nwankwo
Ikenna Nwankwo is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player.-Collegiate career:...

 Roel Hugnatan
  Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

 Marcus Ng Michael LeBlanc

  Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

 Alexander Hartman Celedon Camaso
Don Camaso
Celedon Camaso better known as Don Camaso is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League currently playing as an import for the Satria Muda BritAma. He previously played for numerous teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, the most recent being Red Bull Barako...

 Joey Mente
Joey Mente
Joey Mente is a former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Welcoat Dragons. He was drafted 6th overall by San Miguel in 2001.-Player Profile:...

 J.R. Aquino Rensy Bajar Robert Sanz Ronald Capati Theo Little

  Westports KL Dragons Alexander Hartman Chris Lynch Conor Grace
Conor Grace
Connor Grace is a professional basketball player from Ireland. He last played for the Norrköping Dolphins in Sweden & the Ireland team. He attended St. Andrews College in Booterstown and played junior cup rugby at fullback. He started basketball at 16. He also played for the Westports KL Dragons in...

 Fhadzmir Bandaying Jamal Brown James Mangahas Jason Killeen Roel Hugnatan

Notable domestic players

  AirAsia Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

  • Egay Billones
    Egay Billones
    Ernesto Billiones or better known as Egay Billiones is a Filipino Professional basketball player of the Asean Basketball League. He last played for the Philippine Patriots...

  • Elmer Espiritu
    Elmer Espiritu
    Elmer Torres Espiritu is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers in the Philippine Basketball Association. He played five seasons for the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2005 to...

  • Erwin Sta. Maria
  • JP Alcaraz
    JP Alcaraz
    John Paul "JP" Alcaraz is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League. He is a member of the Philippine Patriots team who won the 2010 ABL Championship. During his collegiate days with the Letran Knights he was a member...

  • Junjun Cabatu
    Junjun Cabatu
    Santiago Cabatu, Jr. , better known as Junjun Cabatu, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Philippine Patriots. Known by many because of his father Santiago "Sonny" Cabatu, Sr., who is a former PBA player and was the very first draft pick of the league in 1985. He played high school...

  • Nonoy Baclao
    Nonoy Baclao
    Siverino A. Baclao, Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association...

  • Rob Wainwright
    Rob Wainwright
    Robert Iain Wainwright is a former rugby union footballer who was capped 37 times for Scotland and once for the British Lions. He played flanker. He was educated at Glenalmond College and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C..He received his first cap in...

  • Warren Ybanez
    Warren Ybañez
    Warren Ybañez is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League. He was drafted 27th overall by Coca-Cola in 2004....



  Brunei Barracudas
Brunei Barracudas
The Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

  • Afif Khalidi
  • Aik Hock Lim
  • Benjamin Lim
  • Esmond Tan
  • Md. Badri Suhaili
  • Md. Jamri Ramlee
  • Mizi Noor Deen


  Chang Thailand Slammers
  • Attaporn Lertmalaiporn
  • Jakkraparn Sillapapipat
  • Mana Jantuma
  • Piyapong Piroon
  • Sangthong Supachai
  • Sopon Pinitpacharalert
  • Sukdave Ghogar

  Singapore Slingers
Singapore Slingers
The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

  • Desmond Oh
    Desmond Oh
    Wei Jie Desmond Oh is a Singaporean basketball player who last played for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League...

  • Sheng Yu Lim
    Sheng Yu Lim
    Sheng Yu, Lim is a Singaporean basketball player who plays forward for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League . The former Hwa Chong Institution centre was one of three Singaporean players selected for the prestigious Adidas Nations basketball camp in Shanghai in 2008...

  • Pathman Matialakan
    Pathman Matialakan
    Pathman s/o Matialakan is a Singaporean basketball player who last played for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League...

  • Steven Khoo
    Steven Khoo
    Kiat Huat Steven Khoo , nicknamed "Yakuza", is a Singaporean Basketball player who plays forward for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League ....

  • Wei Jian Hong
    Wei Jian Hong
    Hong Wei Jian is a Singaporean basketball player who last played for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League . Known for his 39' vertical jump, he goes by the nickname of "Flyboy" on the court.-ABL career:...

  • Wei Long Wong
    Wei Long Wong
    Wei Long, Wong is a Singaporean guard who last played for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League .-ABL career:...



  Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma
Satria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...

  • Amin Prihantono
  • Christian Sitepu
  • Doni Ristanto
  • Faisal Achmed
  • Mario Wuysang
    Mario Wuysang
    Mario Wuysang is a basketball player from Indonesia. He plays in Garuda Flexi Bandung. he went to college in Indiana. He also plays in the Indonesian national basketball team.-References:...

  • Ronny Gunawan
  • Ryan Febrian
  • Welyanson Situmorang
  • Youbel Sondakh


  Westports KL Dragons
  • Chee,Li Wei
  • Guganeswaran Batumalai
  • John Ng, Yeo Seng
  • Kwaan,Yoong Jing
  • Loh,Shee Fai


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