Muslim Basketball

hey’ve caught two losses on two middle of the pack teams’ best days. They got a full strength Cairo team without Mingo and a solid Baghdad team on a day Nick couldn’t get it to go. They’re as good their third best scorer is - Mingo and Nick will get theirs, but this team is truly scary when Hart gets his. When the three of them can get 50+ they are a very tough out.

Man, I love this team. They’re like a family, a bunch of brothers, with Mingo as the big brother. They bring their families and kids with them to the games. That’s what this is all about. Salute. And they got game also.

Just. Barely, Held. On. Ball was in, then it was not. 

Not going to hit them too hard, a full Cairo squad is a square sight and to play them without your top guy isn’t easy. Nick did everything he could to keep them within reach, but ultimately they just didn’t have enough. I would really like to see this rematch sometime in the playoffs - I think Jon would have a great impact on the defensive side and on the glass.

They didn’t look like they really wanted to play defense, add to that Nick shooting 3/16 from deep and the door was open for Baghdad to grab this one. They get lazy sometimes on defense, even though they don’t necessarily give up many points, they give up critical points at times. I expect them to play better than this the rest of the way, also, Nick isn’t shooting 3/16 again any time soon.

Ya’ll know this team. Mingo, Nick, and Hart have been getting better and better every year. They run with the same squad even though the teams around them have been improving, but they’ve all be improving themselves. Mingo is one of the hardest individual players to defend, Nick can strike at any moment, and Hart brings that perimeter attack that isn’t expecting from a dude his size. Impressive week one win, got it done against a lesser opponent in week two.