Well, what can be said but as if losing a Grand Final wasn't a big enough
slap in the face in itself, it now looks almost certain that the Fat Fellas are
going to lose one of their first and finest inaugural players in  Kev Leong.
   Although there has been no official statement from Kev Leong himself, sources
close to the 3-time championship point guard say that he is as good as gone,
leaving a huge gap in the Fat Fellas backcourt to fill.
   There are many rumours floating around specualting as to why Leong has
suddenly decided to walk away from the Fat Fellas in what many see as their hour
of need.
   Some sources close to the team believe that there was a conflict of intrest
in regards to the way the team was being steered as well as being disgruntled
with a certain player(s) on the team and his court time allocation. Many
spectators and certainly some of his team mates where shocked and upset with the
benching of Leong in the last five minutes of the Grand Final, where many felt
he should have been on the court to lead the team espicially since there was no
true point guard on the floor at that time.
   However, until an official statement is released by Leong himself, this
specualtion is without any real substance, but either way it seems almost
inevitable that his departure is certain.
   So where does this leave the Fat Fellas organisation?? Well there is no doubt
that this is the lowest the team has ever been since it's introduction to the
league. The loss to the Blades in the Grand Final, a team that they seemingly
eliminated in the first round of the finals, has no doubt dropped a few heads of
the players who could not continue the fine winning tradition associated with
the Fat Fellas organisation. And now with the departure of Leong this will
certainly be the start of a new era for the Fat Fellas.
    However, without there consistent and energetic floor leader on the court,
it is easy to understand why many people will be aprehensive as to the success
of the Fat Fellas this coming season.
   This will truly test the character of many of the players on the team and
perhaps exploit how important Kev Leong is, or should I say was to this
organisation.
   So with this we now enter a new era and say goodbye to one of the most gifted
players to grace the court, and send a tribute to him with this final recap on
the basketball career of one Kevin Win Leong.
 

The GBL days

   It was here where Kev Leong first honed his skills for the game. As a goliath
compared to the other players, Leong unleashed more than a few monstorous dunks
during his early days and torn down more than a few hoops to the bemusement of
Mr Spagnolo who effortlessly tried to make an unbreakable rim with no success.
   During this time, Leong would immediatly show uncanny talent in all facets of
the game, and show many why he had a bright future ahead of him.
 

The Willetton days

   The early Willetton days where the first chance the world had to see the
talents of Leong.
   He constantly bemused other teams with his inivative dribbling and lay ups as
well as enjoying alot of success along the way.
    However, the once Goliath Leong of the Bullets would find after a few years
that his role would change to David in light of his lack of growth since the age
12, but this would not hold him back as he still continued to leave teams and
fans in awe and speechless ('cept his Dad who could be heard on finals days
cheering GGGGGOOOOO KKKKKEEEEVVVVIIIIINNNN  with his heavy accent which could be
heard from a couple of suburbs over) with his unique and crazy moves.
 

The Days of 21

   This would mark a change of the times as Kev finally acquired the holy grail,
in his eyes, which had alluded him for so long...... a basketball hoop of his
own.
   It would be here that the boys of the street would become men as games of 21,
31, 41, and so forth would stretch on for many summer days and just as many
nights. Blood flowing was a constant feature of these times with many scars and
even more bruises being laid...... all part of the good times shared by all.
   Leong would also show his great mind at work with the invention of some all
time classics such as blind fold basketball which needless to say was always
amusing in one way or another.
 

The Cockburn days

   It was here where Leong would hook up with long term school friends and stars
in thier own respect, Eamer and Sheppard and together terrorise the Junior State
League competition.
   On a team where many ego's more than exceeded Leong's height, he would still
manage to shine and help lead Cockburn to many fine days.
 

The Fat Fella days

   Thus as the years passed on and ravaged his once athletic frame, Leong
decided to uptake a new challenge and re-unite with now obese former Bullets
team mates Delides and Woolfrey and establish the Fat Fellas.
   Along this path he would be joined by childhood friends Eamer, Spagnolo and
Sheppard and together along with Watton and O'Connell they would dominate the C
division of Willetton.
   The season that just past would be argued as the best season of his Fat Fella
career. With the leaving of Eamer and the 1001 injuries of Spagnolo, Leong would
show some of the old school tricks that he used to make with relative ease in
his younger days....however we may now never see him do them again.
 

So we now bid him farewell from the game he embrassed and which embrassed him
back and hope in light of all the rumours that have been circulated that
hopefully they have not been true and that this has just been a big waste of my
time..........