2019–20 ABL season

The 2019–20 ABL season was the tenth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 16 November 2019 and was set to end on 28 March 2020.[1]

This article is about the basketball competition. For the baseball competition, see 2019–20 Australian Baseball League season.
2019–20 ABL season
LeagueASEAN Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration16 November 2019 – 13 March 2020 (regular season; originally until 28 March 2020)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) Cable TV
Astro Arena
S+A
Singtel
Mono 29
Eleven Sports Network
FPT
YouTube (non-participating nations)
Regular season
Top seedNone (cancelled)
ABL Finals
ChampionsNot awarded (cancelled)

On 15 July 2020, the league announced the cancellation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. No league title was awarded.[2][3]

Teams

Listed are the following team changes that happened before the start of the season:

  1. Taipei Fubon Braves becomes the 2nd team in the ABL from Taiwan.[4]
  2. CLS Knights Indonesia as the defending champion officially announced that they will not be competing in this season.[5]
  3. The Wolf Warriors relocated from Zhuhai to Macau; they still retained the Wolf Warriors name.[6]
  4. Westports Malaysia Dragons was renamed into the Kuala Lumpur Dragons.

Venues
Locations of ABL teams.
Locations of ABL teams in the Pearl River Delta.
San Juan
Pasay
Caloocan
Locations of ABL arenas in Metro Manila.
Team City / Region Arena Capacity
Formosa Dreamers Changhua, Changhua County Changhua Stadium 8,000
Hong Kong Eastern Wan Chai, Hong Kong Southorn Stadium 2,000
Kuala Lumpur Dragons Kuala Lumpur MABA Stadium 2,500
Macau Black Bears Macau Venetian Macau Hall D
Mono Vampire Bangkok Metropolitan Region Stadium 29, Nonthaburi 5,000
Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City Canadian International School Vietnam Arena 2,500
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Santa Rosa, Laguna City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex 5,700
Metro Manila Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay 12,000
FIloil Flying V Centre, San Juan 5,500
Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan 3,000
Lapu-Lapu Hoops Dome 6,000
Antipolo, Rizal Ynares Center 7,400
Davao City University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium 7,000
Singapore Slingers Singapore, Kallang OCBC Arena 3,000
Taipei Fubon Braves Taipei City Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 7,000
Wolf Warriors Macau Foshan Shishan Gymnasium
Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium

Personnel
TeamHead coach
Formosa Dreamers Kyle Julius [7]
Hong Kong Eastern Jordan Brady [8]
Kuala Lumpur Dragons Jamie Pearlman[9]
Macau Black Bears Charles Hantoumakos [10]
Mono Vampire Andrej Urlep [11]
Saigon Heat Kevin Yurkus [12]
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Jimmy Alapag [13]
Singapore Slingers Neo Beng Siang
Taipei Fubon Braves Xu Jin-zhe
Wolf Warriors Todd Purves [14]


Imports
Club Import 1 Import 2 Import 3 Former Imports
Formosa Dreamers Jerran Young [15] Anthony Tucker [16][17] Ryan Watkins[18][19] Marcus Keene [20]
Liam McMorrow [21]
Jordan Tolbert [22]
Hong Kong Eastern Brandis Raley-Ross [23] Michael Holyfield [24] Brandon Costner [25] Timothy Jerrell Price [26]
Trey Kell [27]
Kuala Lumpur Dragons Amir Bell [28] Will Artino [29] Cade Davis [30]
Macau Black Bears Kenneth Manigault[31] Jasonn Hannibal [32] Mikh McKinney[33] Brandon Edwards[34]
Mono Vampire Mike Singletary[35] Preston Knowles [36] Michael Morrison [37] Anthony Tucker [38]
Ryan Watkins[39]
Saigon Heat Sam Thompson [40] Malcolm White[41] Akeem Scott [42] Gary Forbes [43]
Chris Charles[44]
Torian Graham [45]
Mike Bell [46]
Morakinyo Michael Williams[47] [48]
Tyshawn Taylor [49]
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Justin Brownlee [50] Nick King [51] John Fields[52] Renaldo Balkman [53]
Adrian Forbes[54]
Khalif Wyatt[55]
Prince Williams [56]
Sam Deguara [57]
Singapore Slingers Xavier Alexander[58] Marcus Elliott[59] Jameel McKay [60] Anthony McClain[61]
Taipei Fubon Braves O. J. Mayo [62] Charles Garcia [63] Maxie Esho[64][65] Sim Bhullar
Wolf Warriors Julian Boyd [66] Steven Thomas [67] Doug Herring Jr.[68] Mike Bell

Local Heritage
Wolf Warriors Saigon Heat San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Macau Black Bears Mono Vampire
Scott Ewing
Cai Chen
Cris Shentu
He Feng Sun
Zhi-Keng Tang
Zhong Xianchao
Hu Yue
He Zhang		 Chris Dierker
Tam Dinh
Vincent Nguyen
Michael Soy
Khoa Tran
Tim Waale
Justin Young		 Jason Brickman
Lawrence Domingo
Jeremiah Gray
Jordan Heading
Brandon Rosser		 Jenning Leung
Yunlei Warren Liang
He Jun Jian
Liu Zihao		 Freddie Goldstein
Tyler Lamb
Moses Morgan
Eastern Formosa Dreamers Taipei Fubon Braves Kuala Lumpur Dragons Singapore Slingers
Joseph Eriobu
Steven Guinchard
Sheikh Muhammad Sulaiman		 Kenneth Chien Joseph Lin Simeon Lepichev

Regular season

Each team will play 26 games throughout the season, 13 at home and 13 away. Each team will play the remaining 4 teams in their group, twice each at home and away. Each team will also play the 5 teams from the other group, once each at home and away. The groupings are as follows:

  • Bears, Warriors, Eastern, Dreamers, Braves
  • Alab, Slingers, Dragons, Vampire, Heat

After the league season was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic, group leaders, Mono Vampire decided to withdraw from the league.[69]

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB
1 Mono Vampire 12 4 .750 —
2 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 10 6 .625 2
3 Kuala Lumpur Dragons 10 7 .588 2.5
4 Formosa Dreamers 8 6 .571 3
5 Taipei Fubon Braves 9 8 .529 3.5
6 Macau Black Bears 7 7 .500 4
7 Singapore Slingers 7 10 .412 5.5
8 Wolf Warriors 5 8 .385 5.5
9 Eastern 3 7 .300 6
10 Saigon Heat 3 11 .214 8
Source: ABL

Results
Home \ Away FMD HKE WMD MBB MNV SGH SAP SGS FBB MWW FMD HKE WMD MBB MNV SGH SAP SGS FBB MWW
Dreamers — 85–79 85–91 89–80 99–100 88–77 81–90 — 100–94 88–80
Eastern — 82–78 79–93 85–75 76–77 67–73 —
Dragons 80–79 — 72–79 91–63 87–88* — 70–67
Black Bears 97–80 97–87 — 101–96 95–83 85–100 91–94 — 95–97
Vampire 95–90 98–75 79–73 — 95–87 111–76 87–77 90–86* 94–91* — 92–100*
Heat 65–95 68–80 64–90 — 64–85 —
Alab 96–73 82–75 — 90–83 101–96 93–98 89–102 99–79 — 86–77*
Slingers 68–79 96–95 65–67 73–79 85–64 — 106–99* 76–72 68–77 101–67 92–80 —
Brave 83–76 102–89 90–91 95–91 98–97 83–77 — 78–105 106–93 —
Wolf Warriors 89–92 108–102 83–90 100–117 95–103 110–114* 88–83 — 89–100 89–104 —
Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

End-of-season awards

References
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  2. "Asean Basketball League season cancelled without a winner". The New Paper. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
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  6. "Wolf Warriors". asean basketball league.
  7. "Former Heat Coach Julius Signed by the Formosa Dreamers".
  8. "Hong Kong Eastern Tab Jordan Brady as Head Coach for Upcoming ABL Campaign".
  9. "Jamie Pearlman Signs on as Westports Malaysia Dragons' Head Coach".
  10. "Charles Hantoumakos 'Prepped' for Macau Black Bears Debut".
  11. "Mono Vampire Hires Slovenian Head Coach for Upcoming ABL Campaign".
  12. "Saigon Heat Brings in Kevin Yurkus as New Head Coach".
  13. "Alapag raring to make up for lost Alab season with Brickman, Gray".
  14. "Zhuhai Wolf Warriors look to rise in ABL under former SMB consultant Todd Purves".
  15. "Jerran Young Moves to Join the Formosa Dreamers".
  16. "Anthony Tucker Makes ABL Return with Formosa Dreamers".
  17. "Tucker leaves for US after Convid disrupt schedule".
  18. "Ryan Watkins joins Tuckers in Taiwan".
  19. "Tucker leaves for US after Convid disrupt schedule".
  20. "Marcus Keene to Make ABL Return with the Formosa Dreamers".
  21. "Liam McMorrow the new big man".
  22. "Formosa Dreamers Sign Big Man Jordan Tolbert".
  23. "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions land Brandis Raley-Ross, ex Mornar Bar".
  24. "Mike Holyfield Rejoins Hong Kong Eastern for the ABL".
  25. "Hong Kong Eastern Taps Veteran Forward to Replace TJ Price".
  26. "TJ Price added to the squad".
  27. "Hong Kong Eastern Ink Import Guard Trey Kell Ahead of 2019-20 ABL Season".
  28. "Bell joined Dragon for 2019-2020 season".
  29. "Will Artino Set to Reinforce the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the ABL".
  30. "Cade Davis join the Dragon".
  31. "Macau Taps New World Import, Kenneth Manigault, for the Upcoming ABL Season".
  32. "Macau Black Bears have signed Jasonn Hannibal as replacement for an injured Brandon Edwards".
  33. "Mikh McKinney Back for Third Season with Macau Black Bears".
  34. "Macau Black Bears Enlist Second World Import for Upcoming ABL Season".
  35. "Mike Singletary Returns to Mono Vampire with Unfinished Business".
  36. "Mono Vampire To Part Ways With Former MVP Anthony Tucker".
  37. "Mike Morrison (ex Peristeri GS) signs at Mono Vampire".
  38. "Anthony Tucker switch from Macau Black Bears to Vampire".
  39. "Ryan Watkins joins Tuckers in Vampire".
  40. "Sam Thompson joins Saigon Heats".
  41. "Heats replaces Bell with White".
  42. "WELCOME THE RETURN OF "AKEEM SCOTT"".
  43. "Gary Fobes joins Saigon Heats".
  44. "Chris Charles Set To Join Saigon Heat For 2019-2020 Season".
  45. "Saigon Heat Moving on from Gary Forbes, Add Torian Graham".
  46. "Saigon Heat add Mike Bell".
  47. "WELCOME TO SAIGON HEAT, MORAKINYO WILLIAMS".
  48. "SAIGON HEAT Part ways with MORAKINYO WILLIAMS".
  49. "Saigon Heat Sign Former NBA Draft Pick Tyshawn Taylor".
  50. "Justin Brownlee replaces Prince Williams".
  51. "Nick King to Join Alab Pilipinas in the ABL".
  52. "John Fields is ready to show his power, dominance and consistency".
  53. "Renaldo Balkman Set to Make Alab Pilipinas Return".
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  56. "Alab taps new reinforcement Prince Williams in place of Khalif Wyatt".
  57. "Sam Deguara Joins Alab Pilipinas".
  58. "ABL Runners-Up Slingers Bring Back Alexander".
  59. "Singapore Slingers Add Marcus Elliot to ABL Roster".
  60. "Slingers opted to tap a new World import in Jameel McKay".
  61. "Singapore Slingers Signs Anthony McClain As Third Import For Upcoming Season".
  62. "OJ Mayo joins Fubon".
  63. "Garcia the new Fubon Braves".
  64. "Maxie Esho Inks With Taipei Fubon Braves".
  65. "THANK YOU MAXIE".
  66. "Julian Boyd joins Warriors for 2019-2020 season Warriors".
  67. "Former champs added to Warriors".
  68. "Doug Herring Jr. added to Warriors".
  69. "BASKETBALL Mono Vampire pulls out of ABL amid suspended season". Rappler. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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  72. "O.J. Mayo Takes Player of the Week Honors". aseanbasketball.
  73. "Jerran Young is Week 4's Player of the Week". aseanbasketballleague.
  74. "Mike Singletary Gets ABL Player of the Month Distinction". aseanbasketballleague.
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