Vottem Cowboys(37519)Last seasons achievement: Succesfully defended their champions title for the 4th consecutive time ( 5 consecutive title)
salary: 801 050$ for 13 players
Information: With 4 top notch belgian NT players ( PG Thys, SG Gilmont, SG/SF Vercaigne and SF/PF Mees) joined by Lequellec and Chorev, Vottem is the team to beat in the BBBL. Thing are getting pretty boring in the BBBL. Vottem has won the title 5 times in a row in the BBBL, and you got to wonder, will someone ever beat them any time soon? Vottem has recruted English SF prodigy Connor Marshall and has announced that either Lequellec or Chorev would be sold this season, thus making his team weaker which would open the door for someone else to become the champion... However, at the beginning of each season, Manager JoeMaverick announces that his team won't be first of his division (last season, he said it would be a training season and that he'd be aiming for the 5th spot... guess where he ended... right, you are, first place Great 8 conference and HCA through the entire PO's... and ofcourse, he ended up succesfully defending his title for the 4th consecutive time aswell). It should be interesting to see what Vottem Cowboys can do in the B3 tournament. So far, their best result was taking part in the KO round, where they got eliminated in the first round. Let's hope they can improve on their previous record B3 record. All the good results in the past few seasons have resulted in Vottem begin ranked ammongst the top 10 teams of the entire BB community! Let's see if he can make it to the top 5 ( or maybe top 3?). As for his season, if Chorev or Lequellec end up leaving the club, then that might leave Vottem a bitt vulnerable on the inside, but with PG Thys - SG Gilmont - SF Vercaigne and PF Mees, he still has a NT lvl of defense on all those positions. Maybe that the selling of Chorev/Lequellec might make the BBBL more thrilling again, and less predictable when it comes to predicting who will win at the end of the season...
prognosis Battle with Mizu for the top seed in the conference. expectations: first in the conference and once again, PO finals in a rematch against Ventola Team, altho predicting the winner ( without Chorev/Lequellec) might be a bitt harder this time...
Antwerp Angels(37519)Last seasons achievement: 4th and PO first round exit against the later champs, Vottem Cowboys.
salary: 673 670$ for 15 players
Information: The Angels have managed to survive in the great 8 conference, altho it wasn't easy. They even managed to make the PO's, altho that preformance put into the right context. The Giants ended up going for the cup, which resulted in them giving up the 4th spot to the Angels. At the trade deadline of season 16, manager Revo ended up adding a bit time Guard to the team, giving them a very strong start 5. It should be very intersting and intriguing to see how the Angels will preform this season. The Angels supporters hope for yet anther PO participation, but with competition in the form of Giants, Esterellas Absurdas and Stonestar, getting hold of one of those remaining 2 PO tickets is going to be very hard. Whats more is that Obira Dragons could cause a considerable ammount of noise, so Manager Revo isn't going to make any promisses, other than the fact that Belgian NT duo Ottevaer-Fleeton will once again do their best to lead the team back to the PO's. Trainee Corman seems to have made the Belgian U21 this season, tho he isn't their as a starter.
prognosis 4th team of the group of 4 that will be hunting for those remaining 2 PO spots. Should end up on the 5th spot altho they might end up higher if the other teams have long cupruns.