Season VII Rosters

With 6 successful seasons passed since the EIS Lovers community was formed, there was always a question to when the next season will begin, how do we draft our players for next season, who are last seasons MVP and Best player.

Since the beginning of the 6th season, we have evolved and instead of using personal policies to decide when the season starts or how we draft our players, we use the online voting system, far better technology than your AF (Academy Fantasy).

Poll results were gathered and results are of the following:

MVP Season VI: Robin (Proflex Family)
Best Player Season VI: Jai (Wednesday)
Season VII Begins on January 2009

The most important of them all is the Drafting Policy. As everyone season passes through, each player has their own idea of how to evenly distribute the teams to create a more competitive atmosphere. Last season, our players selected their own team.

For this season, Lucky draw edged out Form your own team by a single vote. Lucky draw is a good selection because you’re get a chance to form a new team and partnership with someone you might not know well. However, the drawbacks are the player’s position and skills may not be well balanced throughout.

Amidst reports that a couple of players wished we would draft according to positions, like separating all the centers/forwards/guards to different teams, so we can have a 4 team height/position balance, this selection yielded only one vote. So if any of you think a change may be needed for season VIII, please do me a favor by voting at http://eislover.blogspot.com/ at the end of season VII.

The drafting for season VII is of below. Though each team rosters are not well balanced in terms of height or position, in terms of skills, I think each team has their own strong/weak points.

Team A : Walking Tall
C Victor
C Mark
C Jay
PF Pupae
PF A. Chang
SG Karun
PG Abishek

Strong Points:
Judging from all the 4 teams, WALKING TALL is packed well with all the tall players. Obtaining half of the available 6 centers, if this team can get their 5 PF/C players to be able to both crash the boards and rule the insides, no team should be able to stop their progress.

Weak Points:
The overall speed of this team seems to be the lowest. If either is missing, the team’s fast break defense and offense may be weakened. Also, if the ball distribution cannot reach the tall players in their favorite position, the game may be easily gone.


Team B : Snipers
C Michael
PF Pete
SF Jolly
SG Job
SG Mamalek
SG Robin
PG Tae+

Strong Points:
From ESBN scouts, the whole rosters of SNIPERS are good shooters whether it’s a 2 or 3 pointer. History reveals that if any of the 7 players get good looks at the rim, it’s a sure basket. If they can continue to hit open jumpers throughout the game, it’s only a win-win situation.

Weak Points:
Except for Michael, all the other players’ good spots are in the perimeter. If the game is competitive or in a high tempo, if the team cannot cope with the pressure and start missing consecutive jumpers, and if the bad shooting run continues, it might be too late to recover.


Team C : Fast and Furious
SF Wu
SF Vinit
SG Ake
SG Trin
PG Bank
PG Joke
PG Plai

Strong Points:
FAST & FURIOUS occupies almost all the best point guards and fast break players in the league. All the players have abundance of speed and love to run the fast break. If the opponent team tires and gets outrun, it’s no question how the run & gun team can be victorious.

Weak Points:
With no PF or C, this team has an average height of just a high school team. If FAST & FURIOUS can’t defend their zone, no matter how many fast break points they score, it might never be enough.


Team D : The Veterans
C Vikram
C Bob
PF Benz
SF Dev
SF Joey
SF Jai
PG Toe+

Strong Points:
THE VETERANS consists of 4 players playing since season I. With the team filled with many experienced players and with obtaining the best players of season V (Vikram) and season VI (Jai), this season might be a piece of cake.

Weak Points:
It is a doubt if the team can gel together. A strong roster sometimes doesn’t yield the best team. Look at the great Lakers team with Shaq, Malone, Kobie, and Payton…..forgot who the SF was. They were a championship quality team that became the memoirs of years to come.


Don’t get disheartened if your name is not in the list. Due to our growing popularity, those who have not replied to our mails or went missing for many weeks are left out of the draft. The following players may appear as special guest in our season VII:

P’Beer (Special Guests) – Fresh from obtaining one of the top spots at the triathlon games in Phuket, he’s taking his body and national pride to China. He’ll be appearing once in a while if he’s free from practicing.

Le Champ (Special Guests) – He finish his study obligations and though didn’t make it in time for the draft pick, he’s raring to go to fill any void for any team in season VII.

EIS Lovers Season VI Finals

Finals Report

When the news spread that EIS Lovers Tournament Season VI Finale will end on this day, numerous people have came to join bringing a season high 25 players hitting the court. With the biggest games of the year we also welcome the biggest stars on TV, Toe+ and Show, whom was drafted to Wednesday team in the absence of the Sundae dudes.

Here are the match results

3rd Place : Born Handsome 29 : 67 EIS2000

Born Handsome: Ake 11 pts., FBT 9pts.

EIS2000: Pete 13 pts., Benz & Victor 11 pts.

Fighting to avoid being the worst team, it's no big surprise Born Handsome had a foot stamped on the position before the match. Having lost two consecutive close games, morale was on a low. While EIS2000 whom were surprised by Wednesday last week are hoping to blast their temper on the Handsome dudes.

Just 5 minutes pass, Born Handsome were in serious foul trouble as the referee were able to spot all the mischievous happenings. From then EIS2000 rolled passed easily hitting a Tournament record 11 free throws as Born Handsome recorded a Tournament best 13 fouls. EIS2000 led 30-9 at halftime and shown their superiority with a 67-29 win.

Finals : Proflex 53 : 51 Wednesday

Proflex: Vikram 18 pts., Abishek 17 pts.

Wednesday: Michael 23 pts., Uday 12 pts.

It was a big challenge as surprise package Wednesday tries to uncrown the undefeatable Proflex team. With Uday switching from Sundae to Wednesday on the deadline of the trade day and new loan signings Toe+ and Show, Proflex might really sweat alot. The game began quietly with a friendly atmosphere for around ten minutes as both teams were ice cold, missing many easy shots.

However as the clock ticked 11 minutes, trio (Michael, Show, Uday) combined well for 21 points as Abishek single-handedly tried to keep Proflex in touch.

Half-time score Wednesday 29-27 Proflex.

Wednesday were dealt a big blow as Jai got injured and Joe came in. With their creative point guard gone, Proflex slowly ran the show and led 7 points with 3 minutes remaining. With Vikram gasping for air and been substituted, Wednesday took the initiative a hit two baskets against one Karun free throw. With 30 seconds remaining, Wednesday tried all sorts of tricks but it was Uday whom with 3 defenders around him, hit an absolutely unbelievable turn-around fade-away 3 pointer leading the Wednesday team trailing by 1. With Vikram splitting the next free throw foul attempt, Wednesday trailed by 2 with 5 seconds remaining. With Show asking for a time-out, which wasn't seen by the referee, Michael threw a long pass to Show who missed the potential game tying layup. With a second remaining, the ball fell to surprised Jai who also missed the crucial basket crowning the Proflex as Champions!!!

MVP (Most Vulnerable Person)

Joke Born Handsome

2 pts. 4 fouls

It was a cruel night for Joke as all his shots were totally OFF radar. With a dismal 1-of-11 shooting, his shooting percentage might have recorded in the Tournament's lowest field goal percentage. His MVP has shown great deal with his team losing by 38 points.

EIS Lovers Season VI SemiFinal

This is when the competition really begins. It's a time where upsets can occur. One occured last season when the 3rd place team beat the 2nd place team to book a place in the finals. This season was no different as Jai evaded all theories to lead his team to the finals. Though Born Handsome came close, Proflex were still too strong in the end.. .

Match 1 : Born Handsome 48 : 55 Proflex

Born Handsome: Ake 16 pts., Joke 13pts.

Proflex: Vikram 14 pts., Karun 12 pts.

Born Handsome came out strong with their aim of winning only the last 2 games. With a three man attack of JAM (Joke Ake Mamalek), Born Handsome held a 30-20 advantage at halftime. The second half was another story as Born Handsome used up all their fuel in the first half as the Proflex team ran RIOT outscoring Born Handsome 35-18 in the second half.

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Match 2 : EIS2000 42 : 43 Wednesday

EIS2000: Benz, Mark, Pete 11 pts.

Wednesday: Jai 13 pts., Michael 12 pts.

It was the first competitve season that brothers Benz and Jai were seperated. It was like the battle of brothers as both of them turned to be the teams both top scorer. Both teams were evenly matched with many lead changes. The big hype was on the last minute when EIS2000 held a one point lead with 20 seconds to go. A missed shot by EIS2000 led to a chicken-run by Jai who stealed the victory with the last basket of the game.

Knockout Specialist

Jai Wednesday

Led 3rd place team to 2 Finals

It was the second straight season to which Jai finished 3rd in regular season but was able to taste the FINALS. ESBN is not sure if Jai kept his strengths and plans for the finals or was it his competitive nature that brought his team another unexpected finals appearance. ESBN will be wishing if Jai will be able to make another remarkable achievement as history defines that no team than the 1st and 2nd place in regular season has tasted the championship.

Why 25% of people abandon the last match?

There is a big question surrounding our EIS LOVERS Tournament of late.

Why do mostly half of the 1st Pair abandon refereeing for the 2nd Half of the 2nd Pair?

Currently our tournament format is

1st 20 min = 1st Half Pair 1
2nd 20 min = 1st Half Pair 2
3rd 20 min = 2nd Half Pair 1
4th 20 min = 2nd Half Pair 2 <---- Half of the players in Pair 1 hit straight home after they finish their match leaving 2nd Half Pair 2 with lack of referee support.

Every season, there is a problem but this season, it seems for most matches played in the 2nd Pair does not get it's fair share of refereeing.

An average of around 5 people of the 1st pair will go straight home after they finish the match
Leaving most of the 2nd Pair feeling uneasy or annoyed that they have received an unequal treatment in the refereeing standard.


Question arises about why these types of behavior happen?
Where has all the unity amongst us gone?

For me, I'm also kind of a culprit going home early probably 3 of the 7 weeks this season. Last week I kind of feel guilty having to go home early with only 4 people left behind refereeing. If my actions due annoy someone or change the outcome of any game, I'm truly sorry. It's a bit kind of early family problem stuffs, which I guess is finally sorted out from last week bust-up.

While for SUNDAE team, latest news is MIKE has finally got himself a daughter born sometime last week. He'll probably be missing from court due to his daughter's 2-month early birth and we will not know when exactly will he be back. He sends regards to all and hope the team will do well in his absence.

So I'm not sure what are all our other folks' reasons to hit home early but...For once, it happened this season when on the last half for every match, there remains only a few people to referee.
If you feel guilty like you're one of them who have given your friends unequality (like me included) It's never too late. And as a community, buckle up, give what everyone deserves,
a good quality of refereeing no matter if it's the first or second match.

EIS Lovers Season VI Matchday 6

With rumors the SUNDAE are abandoning ship spreading, it became no more rumor when this week none of the original Sundae players came for the match for the Sundae team. Much speculation has been heard that they'll practicing a new attacking formation for the playoffs and are reluctant to participate on Matchday 6 due to fears of their offensive plans getting leaked out. Let's see how their plans unfold on this SemiFinal Match.

Match 1 : Born Handsome 39 : 40 EIS2000

Born Handsome: Joke 12 pts., Jai 11pts.

EIS2000: Joe 12 pts., Pete 7 pts.

With A.Chang busy and Jackrin out on business it was the first time Born Handsome has acquired some players to fill the void in the starting line-up, while EIS2000 for once fielded a team over 5 players. The game was very competitive with loanings Vikram and Jai getting busy in the 1st half. With Joe back from practicing high in the mountain tops, he dominated the boards and had many put backs to keep EIS2000 in touch. A late basket by Born Handsome almost wrapped it up at 39-38, but a mistimed turnover led to the final basket converted by EIS2000 condemning Born Handsome to a 6-victoryless run.

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Match 2 : Proflex 69 : 58 Sundae

Proflex: Vikram 26 pts., Robin 18 pts.

Sundae: Mark 24 pts., Jai 21 pts.

Jai was left fuming as he entered the final day of the regular season learning he was the only player of the team to have appeared. The situation didn't get any better as having to loan 4 players or more. Though Sundae held ground and were only trailing by 2 at halftime, Proflex had shown how a stable team with great team work can bold out as they continue to hit shots all around the court throughout the match giving themselves a clean sweep of the regular season.

1 Person Team Present

Jai Sundae

Much has to be praised as Jai was the only person to appear on court for the Sundae team. Though he may have wished more would have come, he alone led a team of mercenaries to compete and would likely to be hoping next match his team will all be present and ready to fight for the championship.

EIS Lovers Season VI Matchday 5

It was the first day people felt the Sundae's may have abandoned shipped with only Mike hitting court with Uday as the other late arrival. Elsewhere, for the first time Proflex came with abundance with a full squad of 7 players, whom one was loaned out for more playing time. Here are the match results

Match 1 : Born Handsome 50 : 65 Proflex

Born Handsome: Joke 13 pts., Pete 10pts.

Proflex: Jolly 17 pts., Vikram 16 pts.

Although Born Handsome had acquired Hardeep for help on Proflex gameplans, the information was not enough as Jolly led a host of other 3 players in double figures. Though Born Handsome had rallied the deficit into single digits in the second half with their highest point total in the season, Proflex were still fresh and was not panicking as they only concentrated on scoring and beat the Handsome guys soundly by 15.

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Match 2 : EIS2000 52 : 40 Sundae

EIS2000: Benz 21 pts., Pete 18 pts.

Sundae: Jai 16 pts., Michael 13 pts.

It was a close match between the two sides as the scored closed 29-27 at halftime. The second half was as well entertaining with many lead changes until midway through the second half. With Sundae original players Mike & Uday perspiring and gasing off, EIS2000 took the initiative and took a late run to win in more than the game should have unfold. If Sundae had all came, this game might have gone exciting down the wire.

Consecutive 0 pts/game

Chang Born Handsome

3 games

As Mike of Sundae have requested, we change the highlight of the MVP once in a while to get things changed a bit. As I met Top, the all-time leader of 0-pts, he suggested we find a replacement on the awards and with Born Handsome's defensive player A.Chang going on a 3 game no score record, ESBN will count how many more consecutive games this streak will lead to....Hohoho

EIS Lovers FC impressive once again.

EIS Lovers FC was once again impressive as they notched up another valuable victory against IFC (International Football Community).With EIS Lovers closing their den for 3 months due to heavy rain, our squad was still not too rusty. With an overload of players on our return, we loaned out our winger Kaiiiii and our two best defensive players, Pete & P'Big, and they have made us bleed dearly scoring the opponent's both goals. With our one and only GK Chang still steady and DF Jai and Benz denying most enemy attacks, our midfield quartlet of Abishek, Joke, Hiro, and Tomo ruled the park as our two wingers Heng and Nek running the wings.

EIS Lovers FC 6 vs 2 IFC

Benz 5" Pete 40"

Joke 20" Big 80"

Heng 60"

Hiro 66"

Tomo 74"

Hiro 83"

Possession: 59% : 41%

Shot attempts: 21 : 13

Shots on target: 12 : 6

Goals: 6 : 2

EIS Lovers: Chang, Jai, Benz, Abishek, Tomo, Hiro, Joke, Nek, Heng

IFC: Kenji, Ten, Pete, Big, Kaiiiii, 3, Jay, Ukit, Sunny, Naresh

Match reports:

5" Benz tackled the ball well and dribbled up as like Roberto Carlos. Benz was through and smashes a GOAL from the left byline.

14" Heng ran open from a through ball by Abishek and squared for Joke to volley home. Kenji was quick to save the weak shot.

17" Joke tackled midfield and hit a thunderous 40-yard banana shot which fell a few inches above the goal post.

20" A short pass by Hiro to Joke who side-footed and scored hit another thunderous shot that sent the goalkeeper and ball into the net.

40" Ukit escaped the offside trapped and collected a through ball from Kaiiiii, and after was tackled by Jai, the ball ran free to Pete who slammed the ball home with Chang wrong-footed.

Half-time EIS 2 - 1 IFC

54" Abishek was fed by Nek, and with a couple of jerks evaded defenders Ten and Big but unluckily hit the ball way off target.

60" A 1-2 with Joke sent Heng through the right touchline and his center cross somehow flew into the net.

66" Japanese duo combined well with Tomo's through ball let Hiro 1-on-1 with the keeper, whom he evaded with his deft dribbling skills and simply walked into the goal.

74" A short corner by Abishek found Joke whose short pass found Tomo in the center, who hit a low shot against the lower left corner.

80" P'Big got furious. After intercepting a pass in midfield, he dribbled up, faked a pass dumbing Joke & Tomo and hit a unstoppable shot against the right post of A. Chang.

83" As again the Japanese duo combined well with another carbon copy move as Tomo provided Hiro with the last goal of the day.

Full-time EIS 6 - 2 IFC

ESBN Man of the Match

EIS Lovers - Hiroki

Hiro was immense with his tackling and interception plays. With 2 goals and an assists, Hiro was instrumental to EIS Lovers victory.

IFC Best Player - Kenji (GK)

The Defensive Midfielder turn Goalkeeper was the heart of the team that kept the scoreline respectable as he threw everything to save his side from conceding another goal.

EIS Lovers Season VI Matchday 4

Once again, teams have rotated to meet one another again as matchday 1. With 3 games passed by, many will wonder if the last 3 games will yield the same results. But for ESBN, we talk only about results and what amazes us today is:

Match between Sundae & Born Handsome : 1st Time in history where two teams have equal points for both at half-time (22 points) and full-time (48 points). It never happened before and would surely be even harder to emulate.

Here are the match results.

Match 1 : Born Handsome 48 : 48 Sundae

Born Handsome: Ake 19 pts., Joke 15pts.

Sundae: Michael 18 pts., Uday 12 pts.

With Sundae having obtained a work-permit for their foreign player, Michael has shown his worth with an incredible 18 points with fellow big guy Uday grabbing another 12. But for once, Born Handsome team knew they weren't in the casino playing poker but actually at EIS basketball court. Trailing by 5 with 1:30 minutes remaining, the NANYANG duo Joke (black-nanyang) and Ake (white-nanyang) showed the Sun Tzu's yin-yang offense combination which was just enough for Born Handsome to escape another defeat.

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Match 2 : EIS2000 40 : 52 Proflex

EIS2000: Pete 16 pts., Mark 9 pts.

Proflex: Vikram 20 pts., Karun 13 pts.

This much awaited match which would probably bear the outcome of the 1st place for this regular season was worth the wait. With EIS2000 needing a win to even the results and needing two more convincing victories to get in pole position, half of their squad pulled out leaving Benz with another headache loaning selection. The crisis worsen as Proflex stamped their authority with the yet again impressive Vikram hitting so many baskets that with another impresive combined effort from the team, deserved to be crowned champions of regular season 6.

Matchday 4 MVP (Most Vulnerable Player)

Chang Born Handsome

0 pts. 1 fouls

As yet again, the match-ups were same as matchday 1, the MVP award was given to the same guy A.Chang of Born Handsome. As the new semester is still closed, our Ajarn is still having a good vacation and was equally happy to receive the award once again. ESBN now wonders if history will repeat itself with Mike getting MVP on matchday 5 and Mug on matchday 6.

EIS Lovers Season VI Matchday 3

EIS2000 & Proflex Family made another headline with Job & Abishek hitting a career best 5 3-pointers in this game. ESBN doesn't remember what was the previous record to which maybe only Vikram or Bank hitting equal or more 3-pointers per game.

WIth EIS2000 tallying 80 points (2nd highest in history), it'll be a big big interest if EIS2000 can beat Proflex Family tmrw by 20+ points to regain poll position.

Match 1 : Proflex Family 69 : 50 Sundae

Proflex: Vikram 24 pts., Abishek 15pts.

Sundae: Jai 14 pts., Saab 12 pts.

Sundae was the last team able to prevent Proflex Family from getting a clean sweep on EIS Season 6 tournament. With Sundae acquiring Michael after obtaining his work permit,results just somehow came out as pundits have expected with Proflex family still HOTTTTT hitting another 9 3-pointers. Rumors have been heard that Proflex family have been practicingbehind close doors shooting 1000s of 3-pointers. And if it was ESBN, we believe it's true.

Match 2 : EIS2000 80 : 44 Born Handsome

EIS2000: Job 23 pts., Benz 20 pts.

Born Handsome: Joke 17 pts., Raylen 12 pts.

It was the first match that Born Handsome came with no substitute and it paid the toll with the younger fitter EIS2000 shredding the Handsome guys down to earth. EIS2000 had yet another great game with all their starters recording double figures. Much attention will be paid if next match EIS2000 can maintain their form and have all their players in double figures for the third straight game.

Matchday 3 MVP (Most Vulnerable Player)

Mug Sundae

0 pts. 1 fouls

This week was again another close call between our fellow Sundae's with Mike, Mug, and PA+ Mamalek in contention.Mug edged out on our ESBN MVP award with his first career blank score and these events never go unnoticed.

EIS Lovers Season VI Matchday 2

Another landmark was when EIS2000 had all their starters hit double figures which if I remember.......Never had happened before in our 38 games history.

Match 1 : Proflex Family 55 : 34 Born Handsome

Proflex: Jolly, Dev, & Karun 16 pts.

Born Handsome: Ake & Raylen 10 pts.

Born Handsome was still into poker going 2 pairs (2 10pts and 2 6pts) but this time they'll well beaten both in terms of poker 3 of a kind (3 16pts) and in game plan. The first half was really competitive when somehow, Proflex was able to hit 6 straight 3 pointers to pull the game way way beyond hand.

Match 2 : EIS2000 62 : 42 Sundae

EIS2000: Mark 16 pts., Benz, Pete, & James 12 pts.

Sundae: Uday 23 pts., Mug 7 pts.

Coming high from their first team win for Sundae in 6 seasons to date, Uday came out strong with 23 pts. but got too little help from the rest to defy the odds as EIS2000 had all their five players in double figures.

Matchday 2 MVP (Most Vulnerable Player)

Mike Sundae

0 pts. 0 fouls

It was the first time a player rang me up and requested himself to receive the famed weekly MVP award. Since his comeback with a remarkable 6 pts and Sundae's first victory, Mike went to celebrate in the Bahamas and just couldn't get himself back in the right time frame and mood. We appreciate his participation and would like to award him with the week's MVP award.

New Standards from your Friendly Pals

Jersey color for next match
Mr. Jack (PA+ Pupae) was suggesting something interesting last few weeks. It's about our jersey colors.
Since all our players change team every season, it's kinda worthless to buy new team jerseys.
To promote team unity and also keeping it easy for both players, referees, and fans,
we hope each team wears a similar color scheme for the next match as follow

Day 3 Match 1 : Proflex Family (Light color jersey) vs Sundae (Dark color jersey)

Day 3 Match 2 : Born Handsome (Light color jersey) vs EIS 2000 (Dark color jersey)

Light color jerseys are colors such as WHITE, YELLOW, SKY BLUE.
Dark color jerseys are color such as BLACK, DARK GREEN, PURPLE, DARK BLUE.

So let's try dress up as stated above and see how it folds out.


Select team captain (only one who can argue referee)
Abishek's suggestion:
Each team will select their team captain whom the team captain is the only person who can ask the referee
about his decisions. Other players...PLEASE keep your mouth SHUT!!!!

So let's appoint a team captain and see if there's going to be less grumblings.

EIS Lovers Season VI Matchday 1

It was the beginning of a new season. Teams have been for once chosen by the players themselves. Although it's raining the whole day with heavy traffic, 22 of our players have hit the court and made our new season possible. The scoreline for both matches may be a bit low due to both less matchtime and nervousness, it's gonna be more entertaining as all of us pick up more games.

Match 1 : Proflex Family 37 : 30 EIS 2000
Proflex: Vikram 11 pts., Dev 10 pts.
EIS 2000: Benz 10 pts., James & Show 7 pts.
With Vikram celebrating his Best Player award for season 6, he was so happy and didn't even look bothered as his shots didn't hit the target. Benz led his EIS 2000 team on a big run till late in the second half when Dev, Karun, & Jolly hit 4 3-pointers to pull the game away.

Match 2 : Born Handsome 30 : 40 Sundae
Born Handsome: Joke & Pete & Mamalek 7 pts.
Sundae: Uday 13 pts., Sumit 8 pts.
Sundae recorded their first win in the 6 season history by beating the Handsome guys. Born Handsome thought they'd done enough to win by scoring a FULL HOUSE of 3 (guys having) 7(pt)s and 2(guys having) 2(pt)s But in reality it's not a game of poker and the Sundae team run in the second half was just completely awesome.

Matchday 1 MVP (Most Vulnerable Player)
Joe EIS 2000
0 pts. 2 fouls
One of our rookies of the season and easily enough for ESBN, the only one scoreless for today. As A.Chang, tipped for the opening reward, hit a season high ONE basket, Joe was the chosen one.

Season VI Team & Scheduling

Since the majority of our players are demanding Season VI to start in September with draft policy by personal selection, ESBN officials has quickly assemble the 4 team arrangement on September 10, 2008.

The 4 teams are divided with their own purpose and reason:-
1. Proflex Family (Group closely associated with the Proflex brand)
2. EIS 2000+ (EIS graduates of 2000 and above)
3. Born Handsome (We are the girls’ best taste)
4. Sundae (The one ice-cream menu they can’t resist)

The members of each team are of the following:

Proflex Family
1. Abishek
2. Dev
3. Jolly
4. Karun
5. Robin
6. Sumit
7. Vikram

EIS 2000+
1. Anon
2. Benz
3. Job
4. Joe
5. Mark
6. Pete (2003)
7. Unknown

Born Handsome
1. Ake
2. Chang
3. Jack (Pupae+)
4. Joke
5. Mamalek
6. Pete
7. Raylen

Sundae
1. Jai
2. Michael
3. Mike
4. Mug
5. Sumitr
6. Saab
7. Uday

Season VI Scheduling
Match 1 : Proflex Family vs EIS 2000+ , Born Handsome vs Sundae
Match 2 : Proflex Family vs Born Handsome , EIS 2000+ vs Sundae
Match 3 : Proflex Family vs Sundae , EIS 2000+ vs Born Handsome
Match 4 : Proflex Family vs EIS 2000+ , Born Handsome vs Sundae
Match 5 : Proflex Family vs Born Handsome , EIS 2000+ vs Sundae
Match 6 : Proflex Family vs Sundae , EIS 2000+ vs Born Handsome

Season V Academy Fantasia

Drag back to history, EIS Lovers Tournament started about 3 years ago with over 100 athletes taking part. With every passing match and every passing season, athletes of old and new tune on their computer to read upon the updates of EIS Lovers.

With a need to reach a greater audience, the backroom staff has been working hard to satisfy the big crowd. And as it gets bigger and bigger, we have to be more professional.

For Season IV most of our votes are gathered through ballot at courtside. It is an easy way to get the opinions of many on the Season MVP and best player. However, due to each person’s vote is not privacy and those who were un-present were unable to vote, we moved for the global solution of voting online.

The results were as below:

Season V MVP (Most Vulnerable Person)


Pete (Team D)
54% of total vote (Lead 2nd place by 36%)
Games Played 8.00
Points/Game 3.13
Fouls/Game 2.00

With Pete coming into Season V with 4 seasons experience (27 games in hand with an average scoring record of 6.63 per game and a foul average of 2.11 per game), Pete struggled to find his form with Team D in Season V. Looking slower at most games probably due to the great delicious food brought by PA+ Mamalek this season, Pete was unable to digest the food in time. Results were his failure to both secure himself in his scoring position and also unable to catch up on opponents to foul them. Anyways, Pete might have the last laugh with each match going home FULL STOMACH.

Season V Best Player


Vikram (Team C)
30% of total vote (Lead 2nd place by 7%)
Games Played 6.00
Points/Game 23.50
Fouls/Game 2.17

Edging PA+ Mamalek by one vote, Vikram who led Team C for his second consecutive championship is truly worthy of the Best Player for Season V. After his marriage, many doubt his ability as his physique was going outbound. But to the amazement of many, Vikram came back stronger and tougher with an additional +0.53 fouls/game and hitting the target +3.81 points/game. As said, “Never underestimate the heart of a married man”, Vikram had shown the world how marriage has developed his game. Ho. Ho. Ho.


Season VI Policy
After voting on when to start Season VI, 75% voted to start as soon as possible with another 18% voting for it to start the coming month.

While our draft policy, 66% of the people voted on choosing your own team, while 16% voted on draft pick by position.

How and when our season VI bodes…you’re just have to wait and see.

Poll Results
Best 2 tower partnership
Team C: Mark & Vikram (37%)
With both of the players possessing height and able to knock shots both inside and outside the perimeter, the two agile centers surely pose the most threat last season as they led Team C to the Championship this season.

Best 2 small partnership
Team B: Bank & Kim (42%)
These two pals are led the scoring charts during the regular season, with Bank hitting numerous 3s and Kim making many mid-range jumpers. It's just too bad their form faded late in the season and the playoffs, else they're the biggest hit of the season.

New Season VI loom in the Horizon..

Thanks to all, since opening of the blogs, we as a community are able to share our thoughts on how our new season will turn out.

There was always mix emotions between each player about every single season. But there's one thing I can assure you of. Everybody enjoys basketball and with the tournament that adds the additional flavor of competition, it's the one reason that keeps ourselves hitting the court every wednesday.

Let's talk about the highs in season V:
Most points scored by a single team.
(86 points - Team B against Team A)
Greatest comeback by a single team.
(Trailing by 16 points - Team C against Team B)
Biggest run ever by a single team.
( 30pts - 5pts - Team C against Team B).
Most Technical Fouls given.
(2 technicals)
Most number of games with poor 1st half
and improve 2nd half.
(Team A)
Most Time spent argueing with the referee.
(Match Day 5)
Most 3 pointers made in a half by a single team.
(Finals - Team D against Team C)
Up to 41 players participating in this season.

Anyhow, there were mix emotions about how our players felt about Season V. But after a month of free-play, there were questions about when Season VI will start and with the current results of our poll, more favors the tournament to start as soon as next month.

So if we'll going to start Season VI, I need more about your views as how we should divide our players into 4 teams. Currently there are 4 drafting choices for your selection:

1. Draft with no condition.
All players name will be put into a big jar.

2. Draft according to skill.
Players will be divided into small groups of 4 according to skill (such as by either scoring, defending, rebounding, fouling, or etc.)

3. Draft according to position.
Players will be divided into small groups of 4 according to position (C, PF, SF, SG, PG)

4. Gather your group.
With 6-7 players agreeing to form 1 of the 4 available teams. Players who didn't register in time or have any personal preference will be assigned a team by our officials.

Last season, we have chosen draft pick choice No.1 with PA+ Mamalek as our honory draft pick representative, which he'll resume again next season if we chose draft pick choices No. 1 - 3.

So please vote for your personal preference before August 31 as which draft choices we will use.

Season V Overview

The last time we had season IV was about a year ago. And then suddenly, a few of our players got married, others got their future generations born, others went to study abroad, and others gone missing, our Season V was delayed from schedule for almost a year.

The long awaited season took it's toll. With a third of the players in their rookie season, the rest of the players lacking match fitness, and the refereeing standard long, long forgotten, there were a couple of problems that occured during the season which was either between player & referee and between players & players.

When a match is played, competitiveness always start and with sometimes trash talking and the game becoming serious, it's normal some people get hot-tempered and acted out of their original self. For me, I think it's normal if it only happens in the game and not outside.

However, the blaming of the refs in some games should be emphasized. Either it's because of the lack of knowledge in the rules, referees seeing different views, or referee biasing occured, mouth fights occured a bit too many. However, I believe no matter where you play, it'll be like this.

No competition is ever fair and after all....the one who scores more points is the sole winner. To summarize, although this season is dugged by some controversies throughout, it's the additional flavor which makes this season special.