i was going to write a comment about my game with Lucas -- something to the effect that he was handing me the win by playing Simmons at PG and, ha ha, i outsmarted him by playing my scrubs -- but then i thought about the game a little further:
and i am not sure that my starters would have made up the 23 pt. difference (more if you discount the 4th, even more if Tanner and Jeffries play another 10 minutes, and of course even more if Simmons is down low) --
Lucas has assembled a very good squad -- two USA NT members and a talented young C -- and he may well be the team that catapults this season to the NBBA. i do think he will be tough to beat, especially with HCA. Bruins, Lake Merrit, and the Hawks, beware!