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Day 6 (Tuesday 11 July 2017) : Performances by http://www.buzzer-manager.com

Night results
Chicago Goats 75 - Raleigh Capitals 99
tiger sharks 100 - Washington Waves 110
Ooh Kill Em 125 - Thompson Mill County 65
Black Oar River Kings 98 - High Tops 80
Eternityz Rostah 113 - Buffalo Bears 71
Triple B 23 110 - WorkInProgress 87
log city loggers 78 - Randolph Rockets 91
Sabers select 67 - E.C. High Flyers 87

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 125 : Ooh Kill Em
Rebounds : 67 : E.C. High Flyers
Assists : 36 : Ooh Kill Em
Steals : 11 : Randolph Rockets
Block Shots : 11 : Eternityz Rostah, log city loggers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 64 : W. Weien (WorkInProgress)
Rebounds : 33 : R. Ruiz Vadillo (E.C. High Flyers)
Assists : 10 : P. Wren (Randolph Rockets)
Steals : 6 : W. Weien (WorkInProgress)
Block Shots : 5 : A. Shurygin (Chicago Goats)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : W. Weien (WorkInProgress) (64 Points, 7 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 6 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Shooting Guard : I. Dilsoy (Triple B 23) (50 Points, 2 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 53
Small Forward : A. Arbeitman (Washington Waves) (27 Points, 10 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Power Forward : T. Lucas (Washington Waves) (20 Points, 10 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Center : R. Ruiz Vadillo (E.C. High Flyers) (13 Points, 33 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots), N. Collaro (Ooh Kill Em) (24 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39

MVP of the evening
I. Dilsoy (Triple B 23) (50 Points, 2 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 53

The bad performance of the evening
T. Kriškenas (Buffalo Bears) (6 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -9

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : W. Weien (WorkInProgress), J. Diggs (log city loggers), A. Salazar Cabrera (Raleigh Capitals) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : S. Sabajanes (Triple B 23) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : W. Weien (WorkInProgress), H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress), K. Everhart (WorkInProgress) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : I. Dilsoy (Triple B 23) : 12 Three points

The best performer : E. Sharifian (E.C. High Flyers) : Rating : 15.5

The worst performer : P. Concha (log city loggers), J. Entwistle (log city loggers), B. Todd (log city loggers), S. Chin (Buffalo Bears) : Rating : 2.5

Goats are still searching for an identity. Bobby has been playing outstanding basketball although his stats don't particularly show it right now. Goats have been toying with the idea of switching around their smalls. We've moved Bobby to PG, Angelo to SG, and Darius to SF. This last match, we switched Angelo and Darius. Right now, it won't matter much because despite strong play from Bobby and Diego, the remaining three starters have been rather dreadful. Goats are not getting much help down low in the paint although I do feel like my current starter is a better all around player than my former, although going back to Frank down low might be in the cards due to his superior defense.

Free Throw shooting has a major thorn. In this game, we left 10 points off the board because my two star players couldn't make a free throw even if they were allowed to shoot with the ball halfway through the rim. And don't get me started on their stamina issues either. You wouldn't know it by looking at their stats, but these two players are just awful late in the games. They put up all of their numbers early and then fizzle out down the stretch, like a flame on a matchstick.

I have often debated on how much $$$ to put into the staff position of a trainer. The superior and better trainers with low weekly salaries are quite expensive to procure initially I've noticed. It's also a tough decision each week on what areas to focus on for your squad's roster from the trainer. Do we focus on increasing stamina or free throws for the whole team or focus on other important areas for key positions?

This definitely is a game of strategy and there's a lot for all of us managers to constantly consider. Your observations are both entertaining and informing. It will be interesting to see how this season plays out.

I'm with you on that. The game planning, building a training plan, deciding when to buy and when to sell, build more seats, fire and hire new staff ... it's why I'm still addicted to this game after so many years of playing. I'm even working on building my first app using Python (was going to try C++) to build a team/player analyzer so I can try and figure out my best lineups.

As for deciding when to train FT and Stamina, it's painful to let those go. I can't stand seeing how frequently my players stamina levels drop and they never improve unless I spend 1-3 weeks training for a single pop. If you train those skills, you are losing valuable training pops for your younger prospects.

I could see value in training Stamina if I knew there was a reward for doing so ... like a single pop correlates to a noticable enough rise in game efficiency or game rating over time.

As for training Free Throw, as badly as I want to do it at times, improving Gabbiadini's free throw skill from atrocious to pitiful means what exactly in the grand scheme of things? Is he going experience a dramatic shift towards a higher shot percentage from a career 0.236 (for the Goats through 4 seasons and this season, he's at 0.242, +0.006)? I mean, I've got another player who's FT skill is pitiful and they're shooting 0.375 career (although they're shooting above 0.500 this season while attempting 1 more than last season), but they're also shooting 1 less free throw per game than Gabbi. I could spend the next 3 weeks training free throws and I'm going to see maybe 2 points extra on our scoreboard from Gabbi.

Day 8 (Tuesday 18 July 2017) : Performances by http://www.buzzer-manager.com

Night results
Washington Waves 119 - WorkInProgress 84
Raleigh Capitals 120 - Buffalo Bears 61
Ooh Kill Em 120 - log city loggers 55
Black Oar River Kings 95 - Sabers select 87
High Tops 69 - E.C. High Flyers 108
Thompson Mill County 96 - Randolph Rockets 112
Chicago Goats 67 - Eternityz Rostah 92
tiger sharks 108 - Triple B 23 90

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 120 : Ooh Kill Em, Raleigh Capitals
Rebounds : 60 : Eternityz Rostah
Assists : 36 : NY Pedestrians
Steals : 17 : E.C. High Flyers
Block Shots : 12 : Chicago Goats, Raleigh Capitals

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 70 : W. Weien (WorkInProgress)
Rebounds : 21 : P. Díaz (Raleigh Capitals)
Assists : 9 : P. Wren (NY Pedestrians), B. Matlock (Thompson Mill County)
Steals : 6 : H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress)
Block Shots : 5 : A. Shurygin (Chicago Goats), P. Díaz (Raleigh Capitals)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : W. Weien (WorkInProgress) (70 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Shooting Guard : P. Wren (NY Pedestrians) (17 Points, 5 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots), A. Salazar Cabrera (Raleigh Capitals) (22 Points, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Small Forward : E. Nicoli (E.C. High Flyers) (26 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Power Forward : P. Díaz (Raleigh Capitals) (20 Points, 21 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Center : N. Lemaire (Triple B 23) (16 Points, 16 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots), G. Edmonds (Raleigh Capitals) (14 Points, 14 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

MVP of the evening
W. Weien (WorkInProgress) (70 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47

The bad performance of the evening
N. Lins Aguiar (High Tops) (5 Points, 1 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -6

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : D. Vindel (Chicago Goats), J. Diggs (log city loggers) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : S. Sabajanes (Triple B 23), C. O%Keeffe (Sabers select), J. Jaszkowski (Sabers select) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : W. Weien (WorkInProgress), H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress), K. Everhart (WorkInProgress), F. Connors (E.C. High Flyers), C. Triêu (Buffalo Bears) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : W. Weien (WorkInProgress) : 8 Three points

The best performer : B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats), N. Cerda (Eternityz Rostah), D. Torres (Eternityz Rostah) : Rating : 14.5

The worst performer : B. Todd (log city loggers) : Rating : 2.0

Day 9 (Saturday 22 July 2017) : Performances by http://www.buzzer-manager.com

Night results
Triple B 23 68 - Chicago Goats 126
WorkInProgress 75 - tiger sharks 127
Buffalo Bears 85 - Washington Waves 112
log city loggers 42 - Raleigh Capitals 126
Sabers select 79 - Ooh Kill Em 113
E.C. High Flyers 123 - Black Oar River Kings 102
NY Pedestrians 63 - High Tops 92
Eternityz Rostah 120 - Thompson Mill County 43

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 126 : Raleigh Capitals
Rebounds : 73 : Raleigh Capitals
Assists : 36 : Raleigh Capitals
Steals : 13 : Chicago Goats, Eternityz Rostah
Block Shots : 19 : Eternityz Rostah

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 52 : W. Weien (WorkInProgress)
Rebounds : 25 : N. Smernos (tiger sharks)
Assists : 10 : H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress)
Steals : 4 : S. Sabajanes (Triple B 23), N. Cerda (Eternityz Rostah)
Block Shots : 5 : A. Arbeitman (Washington Waves)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats) (35 Points, 7 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Shooting Guard : H. Matteis (E.C. High Flyers) (34 Points, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Small Forward : B. Møller (Raleigh Capitals) (39 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Power Forward : N. Smernos (tiger sharks) (15 Points, 25 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Center : C. Sheets (High Tops) (22 Points, 14 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36

MVP of the evening
B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats) (35 Points, 7 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots), B. Møller (Raleigh Capitals) (39 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45

The bad performance of the evening
V. Blakely (Thompson Mill County) (3 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots), : Efficiency : -7

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : L. Chul Soo (Triple B 23) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : P. Box (Thompson Mill County) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : W. Weien (WorkInProgress), H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress), K. Everhart (WorkInProgress), S. Sabajanes (Triple B 23), I. Dilsoy (Triple B 23), C. Triêu (Buffalo Bears) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats), H. Matteis (E.C. High Flyers), C. Triêu (Buffalo Bears) : 6 Three points

The best performer : B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats) : Rating : 17.5

The worst performer : D. Kuffour (NY Pedestrians) : Rating : 1.5

See you next Thursday! ;)

See you then!

Day 10 (Tuesday 25 July 2017) : Performances by http://www.buzzer-manager.com

Night results
Chicago Goats 135 - WorkInProgress 53
tiger sharks 111 - Buffalo Bears 100
Washington Waves 136 - log city loggers 54
Raleigh Capitals 84 - Sabers select 47
Ooh Kill Em 114 - E.C. High Flyers 94
Black Oar River Kings 106 - NY Pedestrians 56
High Tops 51 - Eternityz Rostah 113
Thompson Mill County 71 - Triple B 23 106

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 136 : Washington Waves
Rebounds : 75 : Raleigh Capitals
Assists : 37 : Washington Waves
Steals : 13 : Black Oar River Kings
Block Shots : 17 : Washington Waves

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 39 : Y. Adamu (E.C. High Flyers)
Rebounds : 30 : P. Díaz (Raleigh Capitals)
Assists : 11 : C. Triêu (Buffalo Bears)
Steals : 5 : S. Schipperijn (High Tops)
Block Shots : 5 : D. Stubbs (Black Oar River Kings)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : C. Triêu (Buffalo Bears) (24 Points, 5 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 21
Shooting Guard : A. Gabbiadini (Chicago Goats) (25 Points, 4 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Small Forward : R. Pham (Black Oar River Kings) (14 Points, 6 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Power Forward : P. Díaz (Raleigh Capitals) (19 Points, 30 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 43
Center : F. Evans (Chicago Goats) (14 Points, 19 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32

MVP of the evening
P. Díaz (Raleigh Capitals) (19 Points, 30 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 43

The bad performance of the evening
F. Monti (Sabers select) (7 Points, 5 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -9

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats), S. Sabajanes (Triple B 23), C. Gilbert (log city loggers) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : W. Weien (WorkInProgress), H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress), K. Everhart (WorkInProgress), T. Salkim (E.C. High Flyers), M. Marzocchi (E.C. High Flyers), E. Nicoli (E.C. High Flyers) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : A. Gabbiadini (Chicago Goats) : 5 Three points

The best performer : B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats) : Rating : 15.5

The worst performer : D. Davis (NY Pedestrians) : Rating : 1.5

Well, this last game my Goats had the fortunate opportunity of taking on IV.51's WIP'ing boys, WorkInProgress. I appreciate the victory but these kinds of tactics are no fun to play against. I fully expected Bobby to take over the game and throw up some high numbers except Bobby had other plans. Goats learned from an anonymous source that Bobby dropped a lot of money on WorkInProgress to keep the score within 80 points. Although nothing has been confirmed yet, one can't help but think there's some legitimacy in that argument when Bobby fouled out in only 24 minutes. This is especially odd considering Bobby's only averaged just under 2 fouls a game, having been whistled no more than 3 in a single game.

Needless to say, if and however much Bobby dropped on the game, those odds weren't in his favor as the Goats went on to send WorkInProgress home by a margin of 82 points. Entering the game, WorkInProgress was averaging a 34 point deficit.

Note to owner, TheProject: Hope there's no hard feelings. I understand you're doing something with your team for a particular reason. Just having some fun at your team's expense.

Day 11 (Saturday 29 July 2017) : Performances by http://www.buzzer-manager.com

Night results
Buffalo Bears 76 - Chicago Goats 122
log city loggers 72 - tiger sharks 145
Sabers select 68 - Washington Waves 104
E.C. High Flyers 87 - Raleigh Capitals 121
NY Pedestrians 60 - Ooh Kill Em 138
Eternityz Rostah 110 - Black Oar River Kings 123
Triple B 23 101 - High Tops 98
WorkInProgress 94 - Thompson Mill County 100

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 142 : tiger sharks
Rebounds : 71 : tiger sharks
Assists : 47 : tiger sharks
Steals : 14 : Ooh Kill Em, Triple B 23
Block Shots : 19 : Chicago Goats

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 53 : W. Weien (WorkInProgress)
Rebounds : 23 : N. Smernos (tiger sharks)
Assists : 14 : G. Bertuletti (tiger sharks), H. Sümmerer (WorkInProgress)
Steals : 4 : E. Albin (Ooh Kill Em), L. Brard (Ooh Kill Em)
Block Shots : 7 : A. Shurygin (Chicago Goats)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : J. Viale (Black Oar River Kings) (42 Points, 3 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Shooting Guard : W. Weien (WorkInProgress) (53 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39
Small Forward : N. Lins Aguiar (High Tops) (32 Points, 12 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 3 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Power Forward : C. Reaves (Ooh Kill Em) (33 Points, 20 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52
Center : P. Box (Thompson Mill County) (19 Points, 16 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

MVP of the evening
C. Reaves (Ooh Kill Em) (33 Points, 20 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52

The bad performance of the evening
C. Wesley (Thompson Mill County) (0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -5

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : R. Ruiz Vadillo (E.C. High Flyers) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : K. Everhart (WorkInProgress), S. Sabajanes (Triple B 23) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : R. Marmolejo (High Tops) : 53 Minutes

The shooter : I. Dilsoy (Triple B 23) : 8 Three points

The best performer : B. Cabuloy (Chicago Goats) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : D. Davis (NY Pedestrians) : Rating : 1.0