Hoops Club

Hoops Club
Leagues	Lebanese Basketball League
Founded	2001
History	Hoops Club 2001 - present
Arena	Michel Murr Stadium
Location	Bauchrieh, Lebanon
Team colors	Blue,Orange,White, and Black
President	Jassem Kanso
Head coach	Thanasis Papahatzis
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Hoops Club (Arabic: نادي هوبس‎‎) is a Lebanese sports club most known for its basketball program. It is located in Beirut, Lebanon, with further branches in Antelias, Tyre and Southern suburb of Beirut.

Hoops club basketball team is part of the Lebanese Basketball League playing in division A. The club plays its home games in the Michelle el Murr Stadium. It has been in division A since the 2009-2010 season. Hoops has also taken part in WABA Champions Cup 2010.

The club also runs amateur basketball programs for training of younger basketball players.

History

HOOPS Club priority is the academy and inspiring the enjoyment of the game. However, the club saw it necessary to provide the young players with career path towards professional sports and add a sense of competition into the game. That is how the HOOPS professional teams were created starting with the basketball team composed of HOOPS Coaches which first competed in the Lebanese Basketball Federation in the 4th division, and later moved to the 3rd division by winning the championship.

In time Hoops gathered its friends, retired professional basketball players like Ghazi Boustani, Walid Doumyati, Elie Nasser, Rabih Saliba, Jassem Kanso, Dani Hamouch, Hussein Khatib and others to join its team, to provide them with the possibility to continue enjoying the game and reliving the experience of professional basketball. And that team came victorious in the championship scoring HOOPS a spot in the second division. And eventually the HOOPS team secured a rightful place in the first division.

When HOOPS first division won the 3rd place in the Lebanese Basketball Championship in 2009 - 2010 season, despite all odds HOOPS saw the pure joy and excitement resonate throughout HOOPS, with members of all teams, of all divisions pushing their limits excited to reach the same heights.

Today the HOOPS first division team, which consists of coaches and best academy graduates shines as an icon across the club proving that anyone has a chance to achieve greatness at what they are passionate about, and Hoops takes great pride in being able to provide this opportunity to all. Furthermore, the success of first division team would not have been possible, over the years, without the help of our dedicated esteemed sponsors who have provided the teams with the resources needed to train and compete and have supported them morally throughout their journey.

Squad

Hoops roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. SF 1 Halabi, Wafa 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) SG 2 Makary, Tina 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) C 4 Karam, Lynn 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) F 7 Tawbeh, Hussein 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) PG 8 Mezher, Ali 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) G/F 9 Kansou, Hussein 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PF Lamont, Mack 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) PG 11 Zeinoun, Albert 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) F 12 Bechara, Ribal 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) SG 13 Lakis, Hassan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) SG 14 Eid, Amir 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) SG Dean, Taquan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Head coach Thanasis Papahatzis Assistant coach(es) Hagop Katenjian Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserves
C	Tyronne Nelson
PF	William Byrd	Marwan Ziadeh
SF	Antwain Barbour	Khalil Aoun
SG	Izzat Kaisi	Jamil Abiad
PG	Ali Mezher	Farid Abou Jaoudeh

External links

• Hoops Club Official site