Dhaka / Fez - You already know. Fez Summerball '17 champs!

Suba / Islamabad - Islamabad's cooking right now. Omar's veteran-ship is leading the charge!

Mombasa / Riyadh - Riyadh is a good team but they need to find their go-to player. They have 5 players avg around 10ppg each. Raza and co. need to keep playing how they have been, and they will win this game.

Istanbul / Sana'a - Sana'a is a top team and they have been missing Qasim. Istanbul used to be a top team last season but have hit some sort of slump. I won't be picking Istanbul until they show me some sign of life!

Cairo / Palermo - This is actually a pretty interesting matchup. I've notice Cairo fans chirping on social media. This is a game they should and must win. If Cairo wins in impressive fashion, they'll become a contender. Palermo will need the Popal bros to put up points. Leaving this game as a toss up.

Granada / Damascus - Will the young bucks teach Granada a lesson? Or will Granada lay the smack down. I think OQ bounces back from his mediocre performance with a big game.

Amman / Kabul - Going with Kabul here. They are a feisty bunch.

Cordoba / Mecca - Cordoba's slump ends here with a W. Got insider info here!

Beirut / Jakarta - Beirut bounces back this week with a W. Got insider info here also!

Delhi / Alexandria - Aymen was a huge help for Delhi. I think they'll make this a tough game for Alexandria. Even possibly winning it. But for now, I gotta go with Alexandria.

Sarajevo / Tehran - Tehran is a good team. Watch out.

Spreads and Predictions for Week 4..........(Week 3 was 8-4)

Fez vs Dhaka

Beginning of the season I would of had dhaka by 7 but this has literally shifted a whole different direction. I talked to a dhaka player this week and he doesnt even know if the team will be at full strength. Off the court it seems they are having issues and its trickling into the locker room.

Fez -1.5

Fez covers the spread, 67-60

I just think dhaka gives up way to many 3s and fez has the jump shooters to take the size away from dhaka. Dhaka is going to get the points in paint but a 3 point shot is worth more then 2 point shot at the end of the day.

Suba vs. Islamabad

With 5 quality starters and outscoring their opponents 185 to 145, you would think Islamabad would run away with this. Not so fast my friends. Suba is quality. A diamond in the ruff. They play Lavar ball! They share the basketball and make the extra pass. The basketball gods reward them with the three point shot.

Islamabad -7.5

Islamabad wins but doesnt cover 62-58

I just think the game will be close all game but the experience, the depth, and the all around team defense of islamabad will be the difference. Suba does put up at fight but Abbassi hits a late 3 and islamabad hits their freethrows down the stretch.

Mombassa vs. Riyadh

You know there was rap group I used to listen too called the ruff riders. With Ahmed Doumani playing the role of DMX his ability to stop, pop. shut them down and open up his own shooting clinic last week. Then you have my super team center Ricardo battiston playing the role as Sheek Louch, the muscle of the group. Mombassa owes this guy some rebounds this week, pay da man. Last but not least you have Abdul Kareem Elsammak as Jadakiss. Welcome to D Block my friends, let me introduce you to The LOX.

Riyadh -4

Riyadh covers by a touchdown and a field goal 60-50

The LOX will come to play. Jadakiss will shoot it better. We know that. Theirs more on to their total. Ricardo should win his matchup against weiss. Weiss will need to get Ricardo into early foul trouble to give Mombassa a chance or Raza posts a 40 burger with a strong game from Yousef.

Instanbul vs. Sana

Not going to really go into detail or give my insight into this game. You got the sixers playing the spurs basically on a neutral court. I have no idea. Istanbul is throwing up more bricks then greenwich village at the moment.

Sana -13.5

Cairo vs. Palermo

Its do or die for Palermo. Their season is on the line and abdul knows it. The allen iverson of the mb has been working hard on his mental game all week. He knows if he goes, his team goes. Its not about how many points he scores, the question is will he make his teammates better.

Pick em, Even Spread

Palermo in a blowout 63-47

On paper, Cairo looks like the better team but if you dig deeper into it, palermo has ran into some tough luck and tough teams. I also have a prop bet that Abdul outscores their whole team. In a blowout shocker, palermo gets their first win.

Granada vs. Demascus

Was sleeping on Granada until I got a call tuesday night at 3 in the morning. An unidentified granada player said his team was extremely focused. None of their players have ate at a waffle house in two weeks. No soda or carbs. They are really taking care of their bodies. They think Dhaka has stolen some of their fire the past couple years. A chip on their shoulder? No make that a flour tortilla on their shoulder.

Demascus -4



Granada keeps it close first half but the offensive rebounds are the difference. You cant teach heart, granada has a ton of it but you also cant teach size and Demascus has more.

Demascus covers 58-51


Amman vs. Kabul

After being the favorites last week Amman lost a game they should win again cairo. A source at local bar said some of their players were out drinking before the night of the game. They took cairo lightly and were definitely looking forward to their matchup against kabul who just wins. Tremendous matchup

Amman -2

The team I think is going to show up, actually does. They take this week a little more seriously and win the game by 10

55-45 Amman

Cordoba vs. Mecca

Mecca is a lot better then their record show. Could very easily be 3-0 with the team they put on the court. Their records indicate the game will be much closer but mecca wins by 15.

Mecca -6

Mecca wins it 65-50

sorry to the rest of the games, just didnt have time to predict and research them all. Good luck to all the teams and players this weekend. This is Lavar Ball, signing off "Just Stay in Yo Lane Friends".

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Lmao, what kind of KAKA tho. Is it a solid KAKA like ive been eating healthy. Come straight out and dont have to wipe. A wet waffle house kaka? Do i need pepto bismol? I mean bro, be more specific.

Damn point to the easy work. Lavar got knocked out this weekend by his bookie. Going to keep fighting, tough week. Lost my whole bank roll. Good job to all the players and teams this week.

Istanbul played a much tougher first half than we expected. We tightened up our D significantly in the 2nd half and Raied starting getting layup after layup after layup. Even though the score widened late in the 2nd half, it definitely was not an easy game. Props to Istanbul

Fez/Dhaka - Fez started off strong hitting 3's and Idris was knocking down some difficult jumpers. It was anyone's game until mid 2nd half when Dhaka made some defensive adjustments which got us some transition buckets and the lead for good. Salman was everywhere and made life tough for Jason who was very quiet - Fez doesn't have much depth at the center/power forward position - which could be a problem. Nevertheless Fez is a solid squad that plays to their strengths and can challenge any team in the league when they're hot.

Mombasa/Riyadh - Now this was a fun game to watch. Looked like Mombassa had 2 Raza's on the floor...Raza and Sadat who was in attack mode all game. I gotta find out what these guys are adding to their kabuli pulao. Riyadh led by Ricardo (20 boards) and Ahmed made a nice run in the 2nd half but Mombassa is battle tested and maintained composure to get the W.

Suba/Islamabad - Caught the first half...not much new to say...Islamabad did their thing again. Suba wasn't clicking like they were earlier in the season when their offense had a nice flow to it.

Cairo/Palermo - Abdul provided the highlight of the week with a sick alley oop off the backboard to himself...in traffic. Thanks to some help from his supporting cast Palermo looked like the better team at half. I didn't see the second half but looks like Kareem went off and brought home the W. Zain looked great but looks like he's still favoring his knee...hoping he gets back to 100% soon.