Muslim Basketball

80+ points on the #1 defense in the league!! Gaza continues to look like a force and the team to beat so far this season, with captain Jay seemingly boosting everyone’s attributes through his coaching, everyone is contributing to the Ws, shoutout to Mustafa Brown this week hooping. Mahdy continues to do his thing and is making a strong case to run away with MVP if he continues the path he’s on now. If they can continue to get contributions from everyone not named Mahdy it’ll be really tough to get this team out the way.

I didn’t watch a bunch of this game this week, but great team win this week without their top 2 players. Honestly thought this was chalked up as a loss, but I guess not. The depth of Sals squad really showed this week, with multiple players in double figures, and pulling out a win against a team I thought would runaway with the game by the early second half. Overall, great team win, looking like a really elite squad thus far and another team to keep an eye on in the top seed race.

Big win against a team that was 4-0 this week, really showed that the squad could do it against the league's best. Great bounce back after the loss without captain E last week. This team continues to be elite on defense, however, would love to see some more consistency offensively moving forward. Shoutout to Amir though with a double double leading the team in points. Love the passion the squad brought this week backing up the trash talk from the chat.

I feel that this game was a case of 2 things. A bad matchup for an undersized squad, and inconsistency on the offensive end. We all know this team will continue to be elite on D just due to the players that spearhead the squad, and we saw it this week with them only allowing 45 points against a good team. When you have elite on ball defenders such as Ahmad and Omar, it’ll be tough to score any game, they’ve even got Shah locked in on the defensive end, 9 steals is crazy. But at the same time, 36 points is unacceptable. Omar didn’t play up to his standard and Malik, thank you for showing up this wee

I can’t drop Areeha too much this week, because they lost to the best team in the league thus far, and they were also down their defensive anchor in Big O, and have been playing without a 2nd round player as well for some time. I didn’t see much of this game but, 18 points in a half is unacceptable if you wanna beat the number 1 seed in a game. Nick continued to shine with a great game on offense. Looking to see the squad rebound next week potentially, hopefully with some extra players on deck.

Big win against a really good team in Nazareth, down PG Hashem and still pulled it out against a great squad. This was a really fun game between two really good teams in my opinion, Habi showed up this week which really brought the passion out in the squad, and wow, Nums finally showed up Alhamdulilah. 6 3s to pair with 26 points on good efficiency, had his best MB game against former teammate Shafic. Also, Hassan continues to do his thing with a 27 point triple double. Teams on a 3 game win streak and rolling.

Good win from a team that is in my opinion better than the record states, Musa with yet another great game, 28 and 20, throwing the squad on his back, while quietly shooting amazing from 3 on the season, super impressive stuff from him. I’m looking for Moayad to really continue to assert himself as the second option with Musa, to give Moose some relief on O. Moayad and Khaled actually decided to show up to the same game which is bangin, and helped result in the dub this week. Good team game all around, interesting matchup week 6 against Rafah, excited to see who comes out on top.

Another team in an identity crisis. Far too much talent to be struggling and below .500 but they went up against a hot Rafah team. I sound like a broken record but Shafic needs to continue being the engine that runs this team and I'd like to see 5-6 more shot attempts from him.

Mahrooz POTW. Not much else to be said, 41-17-5 with super efficiency is really what got them this win, I was honestly a bit surprised looking at the box score after noticing they were without masri this week, I feel this is the start of a run for Sheikh Jarrah, they’re finally beginning to figure it out as a squad, and this is def a sleeper team with some really elite talent on the offensive end, great team win and looking to see them continue on a positive note moving forward.

Defense was the issue this week for Charkas and Co.  Anytime you allow 75+ you’re bound to lose, I really thought based on the 1st half of this game they’d get the W, but the defense fell apart in the 2nd half, but wow the way the ball was moving 1st half was beautiful. This is a good team that’s lacking another creator on offense, and that one elite piece on defense. I'm looking to see some1 step up in the coming weeks and lock into that role to see some more dubs come their way

SubhanAllah what happens when a team can roster its entire squad for a week! Nah, in all seriousness, Jenin got a really efficient game from their elite players in Anas and Ali, which is what they’ll need to win games moving forward, that’s arguably a top 3 back court in the league if they can continue to build chemistry and actually show up to games on a weekly basis. Hopefully, this first win is the start of a run for the squad, and isA they continue to show up to the games, that seems like the real recipe for success for Jenin.

I’m honestly disappointed in this team due to the losses they suffered thus far by a combined 4 pts in 3 games, I really thought this team was going to turn a corner with this game as a solid bounce back, however, I guess I was wrong. Haifa is too heavily reliant on their backcourt and it showed this week. They need other players to play with efficiency and pace if they want to get back on track with a W. They were also missing breakout star of last week Nabil, however, no excuse against a team down their 1st and 2nd rounders. Idk where they go from here, but they need to figure their identity out and fast.

Tough loss to a superior opponent this week, lots of size on the squad, however, no true guard play is what’s hurting them as a team in my eyes, Whilst Islam continues to do his thing and have yet another great game, someone else needs to step up to relieve pressure on him, and they need to yet again really find their identity; which I believe lies in the fact that they’re a huge team, and they need to use it more to their advantage down low.

And then there was 1. Only team without a win on the season, which is shocking because they are not the least talented team in my opinion, the problem is every game they’ve been missing a key starter, which is huge for them, and there’s also a lack of passion on the court which is a huge no no. Singer had a good game, and they could’ve potentially pulled it out had Zain showed up to the game, however, for this team to try and turn things around, everyone has to show up and really buy in to what they’re doing. Looking to see captain Suf instill some passion into the squad. Ya gotta believe!! <