Muslim Basketball

This might be the quests 8-1 team in MB history. They have arguably the best scorer in the league (top 3 at worst). Solid contributors who all know their roles and limitations and not to mention a GM who selflessly gives up playing time in order to shed light on others. But enough flowers, everyone not named Shahzaib last night struggled and they got lucky they team they played is mediocre at best. 

Shahzaib’s game is cooler than the other side of the pillow.

Sure they lost but they went up against the number one seed and fought back in the second half. Shahzaib did his job against one of the best defensive backcourts but needed more help from the rest of his mates. 1-8, 2-13, 2-13 and 5-16 wont cut it, but I don’t see that happening again.

Omar “Burger Gubs” Sehwail with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Enjoy your Kodak Moment youngin’.

A tale of two halves. They looked dominant in the first half and were feasting against Safad. But there’s a reason you don’t play with your food kids, because they almost blew a 20-point lead. Nonethless, Kareem Ahmed led the way with a game high 20 points and Omar Sehwail went 5-5 from the field. Shah didn’t have to do much in this one, and that just shows how deep of a team they are.

MVP, MVP, MVP! Shahzaib Khas with a smooth 30 points to lead the charge for Qalqilya. Zubidi added 18 and 14, Kareem had 12 and Deep with 15 and 15. This team is having fun playing basketball and winning games by a healthy margin. S/o to captain Mustafa!

First off, Shahzaib is the smoothest hooper in this league. That behind the back layup through two defenders was filthy! Second, special shout out to Kareem Ahmed. He was found the fountain of youth at the ripe age of 30, while managing 30 bodegas. Keep hoopin fam! Coach Mustafa has done a fantastic job with this group and should be 4-0 by the end of next week.

Man, I love what Mustafa Barakat has done as captain of this team. His basketball IQ has really been on display these first two weeks. He even has Kareem Ahmed turning back the clock. The vet scored 20 points and was out there hustlin. As a team they shot nearly 60% from the field and 50% from 3. Thats some 2k stuff. 

Captain Mustafa Barakat was wheelin & dealing post draft and made some very noteworthy acquisitions. And from the early looks of it, they paid off. Deep and Zubidi played very well and Shahzaib got his, which is expected. Lowkey, this team has more fire power than I would have initial imagined so let’s see how they hold up this time next week.

I like this team a lot and honestly 99.9% of that is because of Shahzaib and how pretty his game is. The rest of y'all are great too but Shah is HIM.