GABA boss Slater pleased with improved level of basketball

With the “One Guyana” Basketball League which commenced on August 12th, last year now in the Playoff stage, Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) President Jermaine Slater is pleased with how the level of basketball has improved during the league.
In a comment invited by Guyana Times Sport, Slater expounded on the impact of the league in giving players more playing time to understand Basketball more effectively.
“…most of the players, now that they have so many games to play; and thus they play a lot of different teams – at least six or seven teams they’ve played already – so you would find that they now understand themselves and some of the other players, and their IQ Level of basketball has raised. So, you find that most of the games are now (more) competitive than (in) the past,” Slater said.
The “One Guyana” Basketball League is currently in its playoff phase, as Kwakwani Untouchables and Kitty/ Campbellville Ravens prepare to confront each other in the Harpy Eagle Conference finals, while Bounty Colts and McDoom/Prospect Kobras will battle on Saturday to decide who would advance to the Jaguar Conference finals, where they will face unbeaten Stabroek Eagles.
Since its commencement, the tournament has seen 14 teams divided into two conferences: the Harpy Eagle Conference and the Jaguar Conference, which saw the teams from the conferences playing the teams within their conference twice, with the top four teams qualifying for the play-offs, where the number one ranked team plays the team ranked fourth, and the number two team plays the third-ranked team.
The winners of the play-off games would then advance to their Conference Finals, where they would play the best two-of-three games to determine who advances to the National Finals. (Omar McKenzie)