Muslim Basketball

Mahrooz, Omar Singer, and the Summer champs are mostly making a return, adding Ronny Sawwan to their Winter campaign. Losing Ameer Koyas will hurt, though. 

Gagan and MP, the Winter 2025 champs are teaming up once again, this time bringing Mohammad Bashir, Summer 2024 champ Mohamed Eladl, and Kasabi into the fold. Not to mention Devin Bennett, who I’m hearing is a favorite to win MVP this season. 

This is a loaded team, led by Iyaad and Husan Zakir. The interesting adds are Sami and Kareem Shaban. If they learn how to play with one another, this team can become problematic. If Iyaad comes back to form and Husan continues to improve, they’re definitely a chip favorite. 

This team is only ranked this high because of Mattias. Other than that, not coming back with Sami Butt and other Summer teammates is a recipe for a struggling season. But it’s an opportunity for Mattias to have a green-light anytime. 

Ibraheem and Araiz are back, but with slight tweaks and changes, adding Kasey Ramsey and Towfeek to the mix. No Lil O this season, which might hurt them. But I’m still looking forward to seeing how this team meshes with Malik and Shaharia Shajib. The Akka rebrand is in the works, so let’s see if it’s a success. 

Anas Ani and Omar Abuattieh are back this season but things look slightly different. Mo Amin joins this squad as the starting center and Omar Khan. This is a high flying, quick team. 

After a heartbreaking and controversial finals loss, Musa Yanes is returning with most of the Summer team intact, minus Sheff Doola. If Ehsan Popal and the Shah’s continue in their last season form, I have no doubt they’ll be a top team.

Ahmed Ismaeil is back with a new squad, teaming up with Aymen Abdelfatah, Omar Hussein, and Ali Baig. This is a good, but weird team, so I’m looking forward to seeing how they mesh and work. 

New look Nazareth might be one you might want to look away from at first glance, only because there’s no Shafic or Mana here. Cap Elias is investing in his youth, bringing Hussein and Ali onto this team, not to mention the double-double machine Marawan Elbaz. 

No Elton, No Dasar, but I see they fixed their center woes. Let’s see how Khalil and friends play on the court. 

I don’t know anyone on this squad, so let’s see how this season plays out for them. 

I don’t know anyone on this team, but they look tall, and that’s a good thing!