ALL STAR FIVE

Edozie got 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter when already up by near-20 points. 4 of his rebounds too.

I didn't think you could get on the starting 5 if your team lost!!

I want to see at a glance who's put really effective performances in during the week in question so insisting only winning team players can qualify is ridiculous. Glad it's been altered.

Week 7


Brandon Peel makes the All-Star 5 for the third week in a row; while it is led by outstanding performances from a pair of debutant forwards in the North West, one of whom became the second BBL player in two weeks to produce a rare occurrence of perfect shooting.

Jalen Hayes – Cheshire Phoenix

Amazingly, Jalen Hayes matched Jesse Chuku’s shooting display last week by going 10-10 from the field on his way to a 24 point, 11 rebound double-double, adding four assists and three steals as Cheshire won the North West derby against Manchester Giants. Such a shooting performance had previously only occurred twice in eight years.

Del’vin Dickerson – Manchester Giants

Two nights prior to that, Del’vin Dickerson turned in a performance that sees him become the first Giant in the All-Star 5 this season. The Houston-native shot 57% from the field – including 4-8 three-pointers – to score 25 points against B. Braun Sheffield Sharks, and completed a double-double with 10 rebounds.

Parker Jackson-Cartwright – Cheshire Phoenix

Still in the North West, Parker Jackson-Cartwright made his second All-Star 5 appearance courtesy of a performance in the derby. This time he torched Giants for 19 points, including a perfect 8-8 at the free-throw line, and added eight assists in a home victory for the Nix.

Brandon Peel – London Lions

Brandon Peel picked up where he left off to open November. He had another double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead London Lions to a road win at Plymouth Raiders. He scored eight points in a row during the key third quarter run, and 17 in total in that period that decided the game.

Dii’Jon Allen-Jordan – London Lions

Peel’s partner in crime in that game was Dii’Jon Allen-Jordan, who turned in a characteristic all-round performance with 16 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks. In a rugged display, he got to the line eight times and made seven of those, comprising nearly half of his haul.

Off the bench: Rashad Hassan (Plymouth Raiders), Nick Lewis (B. Braun Sheffield Sharks), Darien Nelson-Henry (Leicester Riders), Mackey McKnight (B. Braun Sheffield Sharks), Gentrey Thomas (Bristol Flyers), Kyron Cartwright (Leicester Riders), Mark Hughes (Worcester Wolves).

WEEK 8


A number of teams have secured their BBL Cup Quarter Final berth over the last weekend, with all of this week’s All-Star 5 set to feature in the knockout rounds. The team includes two debutants from BBL powerhouse clubs alongside three returnees who are back after a month or so away.

John Mitchell – Newcastle Eagles
Newcastle’s big man dominated Manchester Giants on Sunday to secure his first appearance, hitting 26 points in just 24 minutes on 11-14 (78%) shooting from the field, while grabbing 11 rebounds to complete an impressive double-double.

Matt Scott – London City Royals
Royals’ do-it-all guard saw them through to victory over Surrey Scorchers with 22 points, eight rebounds, two assists and a block. He shot 9-11 (81%) from two-point range and was fast out of the blocks as 13 of his points came in the first quarter, with Royals leading from tip to buzzer.

Nick Lewis – B. Braun Sheffield Sharks
The only Brit in this week’s team, Nick Lewis fired Sheffield to the top of the North Group as they beat Leicester Riders in a crunch tie to leapfrog them. Lewis had a weekend high 29 points, including 5-8 (62%) three-pointers, along with five rebounds, four steals and two assists.

Kyron Cartwright – Leicester Riders
After making a number of appearances from the bench, Leicester’s point guard has cracked the starting five as he led the charge in Friday’s demolition of Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks. He shot 8-10 (80%) from the field on his way to 17 points, also handing out eight assists in just 24 minutes of play.

Cortez Edwards – Worcester Wolves
Cortez Edwards joins Brandon Peel as the only two players to have made three appearances so far this season, and Edwards has done so after beating Peel’s London Lions on Friday night in the capital. In an all-round showing he had 12 points, eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block, including drawing enough attention to provide the key assist for an open Mark Hughes to make the game-winner.

Off the bench: Dii’Jon Allen-Jordan (London Lions), Sade Aded-Hussein (Newcastle Eagles), Jamell Anderson (Leicester Riders), Connor Cashaw (B. Braun Sheffield Sharks), Jordan Williams (Worcester Wolves), James Hawthorne (Surrey Scorchers), Callum Jones (Manchester Giants).

Week 10



With only three teams in action this week, and as a departure from the normal rules, the All-Star 5 is drawn from just London Lions, Bristol Flyers and Surrey Scorchers. After Lions beat both Flyers and Scorchers at home, it has enabled four first time appearances alongside Molten BBL Player of the Month for October, Brandon Peel.

Brandon Peel – London Lions

Amazingly – and fitting with his start to the season – Peel had both of the top two performances this week, making his fourth appearance. First, he posted 27 points and 12 rebounds against Bristol, and then followed that with another 25 point and 11 rebound double-double against Surrey, on a combined 21-33 (64%) shooting over the two games.

James Hawthorne – Surrey Scorchers

Battling Peel stride-for-stride on Saturday night was Surrey’s James Hawthorne, who makes his first appearance in the All-Star 5 after a strong start to his rookie season. In this game, he shot 9-14 (64%) for 25 points, along with eight rebounds and two blocks.

Justin Robinson – London Lions

Also making his first appearance of the season is the back-to-back Molten BBL Player of the Season, Justin Robinson. He was in near triple-double territory in the win over Surrey with 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, shooting 5-6 (83%) on the inside and a perfect 4-4 at the line.

Levi Bradley – Bristol Flyers

Bradley came from the bench as the shining light for Bristol in a tough night at the Copper Box Arena on Wednesday. The high-impact rookie American had 20 points and eight rebounds in just 22 minutes; five of those boards were offensive and he proved hard to handle as he was sent to the free-throw line for eight shots, making all of them.

Marcus White – Surrey Scorchers

Completing the list of debutants for this week is Surrey’s Marcus White, another impact American from the bench. He had 19 points, including 8-11 (72%) inside shooting in just 24 minutes, to go with four assists and three steals.

Off the bench: Skyler White (Surrey Scorchers), Alioune Tew (London Lions), Fred Thomas (Bristol Flyers), Jules Dang Akodo (London Lions), Dii’Jon Allen-Jordan (London Lions), Jorge Romero (London Lions), Raphell Thomas-Edwards (Bristol Flyers).

WEEK 12



The stars of the BBL saved some of their most stunning performances of this campaign so far for the opening weekend of the BBL Championship, with this week’s All-Star 5 combining for by far the highest Performance Points total to date. It includes two-time league MVP Rahmon Fletcher and NBA G-League transfer Amir Williams both going through the 40 mark.

Rahmon Fletcher – Newcastle Eagles

Newcastle made their longest road-trip of the season on Sunday, and Fletcher poured in 32 points to lead them past Plymouth Raiders. He proved impossible to handle as he got to the free-throw line 16 times, making 14 of those – the most by an Eagle in a decade – as well as adding eight assists.

Amir Williams – Worcester Wolves

On his BBL Championship debut Amir Williams posted a monster double-double of 21 points and 19 rebounds as Worcester beat Surrey Scorchers on Friday. The 6’11” Michigan native – who has previously played for the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA Summer League – shot 8-12 (66%) from the floor and also blocked five shots.

Kyron Cartwright – Leicester Riders

In another twice-in-a-decade effort, Cartwright handed out an amazing 19 assists in Leicester’s defeat of Plymouth on Friday night, tying Josh Wilcher who was on the other side. Cartwright was close to a triple-double, adding 11 points and eight rebounds as he conbasketball kited the game from the point guard position.

Jamell Anderson – Leicester Riders

Another one from Leicester’s win over Plymouth on Friday, Anderson had a career-best night. He missed just one shot on his way to 23 points, shooting 9-10 (90%) from the field, a perfect 7-7 inside and 3-3 at the line. The British forward added nine rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist.

Mackey McKnight – B. Braun Sheffield Sharks

McKnight took his good BBL Cup form into the Championship, as he makes a third All-Star 5 appearance of the season following Sheffield’s big road win at Bristol Flyers. He shot 7-8 (87%) from the field for 19 points, to go with seven assists, four rebounds and two steals.

Off the bench: CJ Gettys (Newcastle Eagles), Josh Wilcher (Plymouth Raiders), Cortez Edwards (Worcester Wolves), Disraeli Lufadeju (Cheshire Phoenix), Brandon Peel (London Lions), Fred Thomas (Bristol Flyers), Parker Jackson-Cartwright (Cheshire Phoenix).

Week 13

In a guard-heavy All-Star 5, both Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Andrew Lawrence make their fourth appearance of the season to tie three other players at the top of that chart. They are alongside probably the offensive performance of the campaign from Sam Daniel, with three players from the same game as Orlan Jackman joins the latter two.

Parker Jackson-Cartwright – Cheshire Phoenix
Jackson-Cartwright produced the two hustle plays of the year so far with a pair of steals that saw Phoenix beat Leicester Riders in overtime, but that was just the conclusion of another amazing performance as he shot 11-15 (73%) on his way to 26 points, nearing a triple-double with 11 rebounds and seven assists.

Sam Daniel – Plymouth Raiders
Daniel joined Raiders recently and makes his first appearance after an unbelievable display of firepower, scoring 35 points in 30 minutes on 6-11 (54%) three-pointers, while adding eight rebounds and four steals. Amazingly, he scored 18 of Plymouth’s first 20 points in the opening five minutes as they led early on.

Andrew Lawrence – London City Royals
GB International Lawrence had a double-double in seeing Royals past Plymouth on the road, scoring 21 points on an efficient 7-10 (70%) shooting, scoring all five attempts on the inside, while adding 10 assists. Royals required a huge fourth quarter comeback in that game, and Lawrence twice scored three-pointers that put them ahead inside the final three minutes.

Orlan Jackman – London City Royals
Jackman led that Royals side as captain, and turned in another inspirational all-round performance to make his second All-Star 5 appearance. The British forward scored 24 points, shooting 10-15 (66%), with five rebounds, four assists and two steals. Four of those boards came at the offensive end, and a big put-back with five minutes left was a momentum play.

Kyron Cartwright – Leicester Riders
Leicester’s point guard makes his second appearance in a row with another remarkable assists tally. In overtime defeat at Cheshire, he handed out 17 assists to his teammates to follow his 19 assists last week, as the BBL’s assists leader through the Cup and Championship games so far. He added seven points and six rebounds, and scored the basket that forced the extra period with just seconds to play.

Off the bench: Ben Mockford (Cheshire Phoenix), Amir Williams (Worcester Wolves), Marcus Delpeche (Bristol Flyers), Jesse Chuku (Leicester Riders), Gentrey Thomas (Bristol Flyers), Justin Robinson (London Lions), Ovie Soko (London Lions).

Week 15



The final All-Star 5 of the decade is dominated by big men after some powerful performances over the holiday period, including the highest Performance Points score of the season so far for Amir Williams, while CJ Gettys and Ali Fraser make their second appearances in a row.

Amir Williams – Worcester Wolves

Williams scored on the buzzer as Wolves beat London Lions by two points on Friday night, but that was just the icing on the cake in what was the individual performance of the season for the former Memphis Grizzlies NBA Summer League man. Overall, he shot 14-18 (77%) from the field on his way to a huge double-double of 31 points and 18 rebounds, with 12 of his points coming in the fourth quarter comeback, including a pair of ‘and-one’ plays.

CJ Gettys – Newcastle Eagles

Amazingly, Gettys turned in two performances this week that would have got him in the top five for Performance Points this season. He carried the fight for his team in defeat against B. Braun Sheffield Sharks, scoring 22 points on 10-13 (76%) shooting, adding 13 rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Then in Sunday’s win over rivals Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks, he followed up with 20 points on 10-14 (71%) shooting with a huge 20 rebounds.

Ali Fraser – Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks

The Scottish big man went toe-to-toe with Gettys in that narrow defeat at the Emirates Arena, himself missing just three times as he scored 24 points on 12-15 (80%) shooting, to go with eight rebounds and three assists as he makes his fourth appearance of the season.

Rahmon Fletcher – Newcastle Eagles

From the same game, and also making his fourth appearance, is Newcastle’s point guard and former MVP Rahmon Fletcher. He shot a perfect 9-9 on the inside and 11-13 (84%) overall in scoring a game-high 26 points, while handing out eight assists. Four of those assists were for Gettys in what is arguably the best double-act in the league.

Bennett Koch – B. Braun Sheffield Sharks

Sheffield’s big man makes his first appearance of the season as he led the Sharks past Newcastle on Friday night. Koch scored 25 points after shooting 10-14 (71%) from the field and a perfect 4-4 at the line, while adding five rebounds, three steals and three blocks. He scored seven points in a row in the key run that established Sheffield’s early lead.

Off the bench: Mackey McKnight (B. Braun Sheffield Sharks), Fred Thomas (Bristol Flyers), Kofi Josephs (Worcester Wolves), Marcus Delpeche (Bristol Flyers), James Jones (Manchester Giants), Josh Ward-Hibbert (Leicester Riders), Josh Wilcher (Plymouth Raiders).

Week 17




The stars of the BBL are going through the gears as the BBL Championship season picks up pace. A glittering All-Star 5 this week is dominated by some of the top performers, as big man CJ Gettys proves immovable and Ovie Soko makes his first appearance of the campaign.

CJ Gettys – Newcastle Eagles
Amazingly, the Molten BBL Player of the Month for December makes his fourth consecutive appearance after dominating Surrey Scorchers on Saturday night. The seven-footer scored 34 points on 70% shooting from the field, and completed a huge double-double with 19 rebounds. He now leads the league in scoring, and is second on the boards.

Ovie Soko – London Lions
The GB International forward and Love Island star turned in his best performance of the season when it mattered, leading his Lions to victory in the capital city derby at the Copper Box. On the same day that the new series of Love Island hit our TV screens, Soko netted 32 points on 73% shooting, and was too much to handle as he made 8-10 at the free-throw line. He added nine rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks.

Cortez Edwards – Worcester Wolves
Not wanting to be outshone, Cortez Edwards has now joined two others at the top of the overall appearances chart this season, making his fifth. And he did it in style with a triple-double as Worcester beat Cheshire, notching 16 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. The do-it-all guard meant business from the outset as he recorded five of his assists in a dominant first quarter that set up the victory, as Wolves sought revenge for being knocked out of the Trophy the previous week.

Justin Robinson – London Lions
The two-time league MVP also turned in a big performance in the London derby, hitting 6-10 three-pointers on his way to 26 points, adding six assists and four steals. Lions trailed at the half, but a pair of quick-fire triples from the GB International point guard early in the third quarter tied the game and they never looked back from there, finishing with a double-digit margin.

Fred Thomas – Bristol Flyers
The BBL Cup finalists are now in the BBL Trophy quarter-finals after Bristol beat Leicester Riders for the first time since joining the BBL, spanning 18 meetings over more than five years. Thomas shot 66% from the floor and 5-7 (71%) three-pointers on his way to 27 points, adding six rebounds, two steals and two blocks. That included a decisive 11 points in a row for his team after Riders had tied the game in the fourth quarter.

Off the bench: Skyler White (Surrey Scorchers), Gentrey Thomas (Bristol Flyers), Dante Thorpe (Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks), Mark Hughes (Worcester Wolves), Demonte Flannigan (Cheshire Phoenix), Terrell Vinson (Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks), Mike Ochereobia (Cheshire Phoenix).

Week 19


Fittingly, this week’s All-Star 5 is led by BBL Cup Final MVP Amir Williams after Worcester Wolves beat Bristol Flyers in front of a record crowd of 9,244 at Arena Birmingham on Sunday, live on BBC Sport. He stars alongside a couple of match-winning American guards, and a pair of season-best performances that lead to debuts despite defeat.

Amir Williams – Worcester Wolves
The 6’11” American centre turned in one of the best individual displays in Cup Final history as he led Worcester Wolves to their maiden Cup success. The former Memphis Grizzlies NBA Summer League player shot 73% from the field en route to a double-double of 23 points – including scores in the decisive runs as Wolves’ go-to man – and 13 rebounds, adding five blocks to dominate the paint at both ends.

Greg Pryor – Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks
Rocks remain second in the BBL Championship after sweeping aside Surrey Scorchers at Emirates Arena on Friday, and the American guard led the way with 29 points on 61% shooting, including 4-6 (66%) three-pointers. He added nine rebounds, three assists and two steals, while sitting for just three minutes in the game.

Connor Cashaw – B. Braun Sheffield Sharks
Despite a big second half, Sharks couldn’t overcome Newcastle Eagles on Friday, although Cashaw turned in his best display of the season so far to make a first All-Star 5 appearance. He had a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds, also contributing two assists, a steal and a block, with seven of those points coming in Sheffield’s third quarter fightback.

Rahmon Fletcher – Newcastle Eagles
Newcastle’s point guard played all but 28 seconds of that game with Sheffield, scoring over a third of his team’s points to send them into the BBL Trophy semi-finals. He shot 10-16 (62%) from the field and 7-8 (87%) at the line on his way to 30 points, adding nine assists; and it was he who scored five straight points in a key run after Sharks tied the game in the fourth quarter.

Devontavius Payne – Surrey Scorchers
Surrey’s guard almost matched his adversary stride-for-stride in Friday’s game at Emirates Arena, hitting 27 points on 11-15 (73%) shooting and equalling Pryor’s 4-6 from three-point range. He added four rebounds, three assists and two steals for his best performance of the campaign so far and a debut All-Star 5 appearance.

Off the bench: Ali Fraser (Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks), Tayo Ogedengbe (Surrey Scorchers), Alex Owumi (Worthing Thunder), Darius Defoe (Newcastle Eagles), Ian Smith (Solent Kestrels), Brendan Okoronkwo (Solent Kestrels), Nick Lewis (B. Braun Sheffield Sharks).