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Fishbowl West MVPs Season 9 Week One

3 Votes
Alexey Berestetskiy (Chumunga)
Sun Cunming (Urmummas)
Calixto Dalgadillo (Slam!)
Shaun McArthur (Black Label Society)
Marcelo Rodriguez (Moorditj Magick)
Jose Gabriel Tesone (Baxter Bogans)

2 Votes
Clinton Abimbola (Team Akuma)
Tyler Hare (Koopasaurus)
Gary Howorth (Black Label Society)
Olli Krentschker (Chelsea Seagulls)
Jakub Luszcynski (Slam!)
Birol Yalduz (Lewisham Wombats)

1 Vote
Jackson Goodall (Lewisham Wombats)
Roman Muggleton (Western Titans)
Daniil Propokov (Baxter Bogans)
Glen Tidwell (Chumunga)
Dennis Totengco (Urmummas)
Virgil Wang (Guanzheng Goldfish)

Fishbowl West MVPs Season 9 Week Two
4 Votes
Olli Krentschker (Chelsea Seagulls)
Virgil Wang (Guanzheng Goldfish)

3 Votes
Clinton Abimbola (Team Akuma)
Alexey Berestetskiy (Chumunga)
Nigel Cubby (Chumunga)
Sun Cunming (Urmummas)
Calixto Dalgadillo (Slam!)
Avner Fishenzon (Koopasaurus)
Gary Howorth (Black Label Society)
Gary Lawrance (Chelsea Seagulls)
Antonio Manfrotto (Lewisham Wombats)
Shaun McArthur (Black Label Society)
Davis Mercado (Baxter Bogans)
Marcelo Rodriguez (Moorditj Magick)
Jose Gabriel Tesone (Baxter Bogans)

2 Votes
Hahi Bin Awang (Lewisham Wombats)
Tyler Hare (Koopasaurus)
Will Johnson (Guanzheng Goldfish)
Jakub Luszcynski (Slam!)
Francis Masters (Chumunga)
Mohammed Syansuri bin Mat Noor (Koopasaurus)
Dennis Totengco (Urmummas)
Jaak Vahi (Urmummas)
Birol Yalduz (Lewisham Wombats)

1 Vote
Marino Gaggini (Western Titans)
Jackson Goodall (Lewisham Wombats)
Xie Guanzheng (Guanzheng Goldfish)
Roman Muggleton (Western Titans)
Razvan Muresan (Slam !)
Daniil Propokov (Baxter Bogans)
Glen Tidwell (Chumunga)

Fishbowl West MVPs Season 9 Week Three
Votes
7 Olli Krentschker (Chelsea Seagulls)

6 Votes
Sun Cunming (Urmummas)
Alexey Berestetskiy (Chumunga)
Antonio Manfrotto (Lewisham Wombats)

5 Votes
Shaun McArthur (Black Label Society)
Avner Fishenzon (Koopasaurus)

4 Votes
Virgil Wang (Guanzheng Goldfish)
Gary Lawrance (Chelsea Seagulls)
Davis Mercado (Baxter Bogans)
Roman Muggleton (Western Titans)

3 Votes
Clinton Abimbola (Team Akuma)
Luo Zheng Qui (Slam !)
Nigel Cubby (Chumunga)
Calixto Dalgadillo (Slam!)
Hahi Bin Awang (Lewisham Wombats)
Gary Howorth (Black Label Society)
Razvan Muresan (Slam !)
Glen Tidwell (Chumunga)
Marcelo Rodriguez (Moorditj Magick)
Jose Gabriel Tesone (Baxter Bogans)

2 Votes
Tyler Hare (Koopasaurus)
Will Johnson (Guanzheng Goldfish)
Jakub Luszcynski (Slam!)
Francis Masters (Chumunga)
Mohammed Syansuri bin Mat Noor (Koopasaurus)
Dennis Totengco (Urmummas)
Jaak Vahi (Urmummas)
Birol Yalduz (Lewisham Wombats)
Marko Sperbert (Chelsea)
Uditi Samdup (Western Titans)

1 Vote
Marino Gaggini (Western Titans)
Jackson Goodall (Lewisham Wombats)
Xie Guanzheng (Guanzheng Goldfish)
Avery MacLean (Team Akuma)
Daniil Propokov (Baxter Bogans)
Bento Filho (Western Titans)
Eido Blum (Urmummas)


Last edited by yodabig at 9/26/2012 6:42:55 PM

Fishbowl West MVPs Season 9 Week 1

Game 1 – Lewisham Wombats 117 defeat Moorditj Magick 97

The Fishbowl West kicked off with the highest ranked team in the competition taking on the lowest ranked team in the country. Few pundits gave the newest member of the calamari conference in II.4 much hope, with the Wombats looking to stamp some early authority on the Fishbowl. After a competitive first half, the Wombats took the game away from the Magick. Whether the wombats stepped up a gear after the rather colourful rant from mllama (which was filmed by one cheeky fan and posted on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwkkXGmFrI ) or the Magick were just in shock from being in front at halftime is not yet clear.

Votes
3 – Marcelo Rodriguez (Moorditj Magick) 37pts, 7-10 3FG
2 – Birol Yalduz (Lewisham Wombats) 29pts, 16rbds, 3asts
1 – Jackson Goodall (Lewisham Wombats) 20pts, 11rbds, 3asts

Better start with some controversary in the voting straight away. While it was an all-round team effort by the Wombats, if you took Marcelo “Hot Rod” Rodriguez out of the Magick’s line-up this would have been a complete spanking, making him the very definition of the “Most Valuable Player.” The former Argentine u21, product of the Magick School for Guards and boggle enthusiast went head to head with one of Australia’s most famous guards, Hahi bin Awang, and won. Excellent performances from Birol Yalduz and Jackson Goodall, who again both out-played there direct opponents see them pick up the remaining votes.

Game 2 – Black Label Society 88 defeat Western Titans 65

The third meeting between these two teams saw a Western Titans team, with only one of the towers, out-classed by star-studded backcourt of Black Label Society. It was a rather unattractive game to watch (though perhaps my opinion is slightly jaded) with a total of 32 turnovers . The Titans attempt to smother BLS’s shooters with a 1-3-1 defence can at best be described as inconclusive, and at least one person (which may or not be the Titans manager) left the game wondering what might have happened if this game had been the BLS backcourt Vs the Titans front court which fully fit rosters would have allowed for.

Votes
3 – Shaun McArthur (Black Label Society) 21pts, 9rbds, 5asts
2 – Gary Howorth (Black Label Society) 15pts, 3ats, 3stls
1 – Roman Muggleton (Western Titans) 22pts, 3stls

The thing I like most about playing in the Fishbowl is the number of superstar Australian players that suit up each Friday, and nobody provides this more than Black Label Society. It is always hard to look past McArthur, and again it was a great performance from the Australian National Team PG, but you cannot disregard the performances of Gary Howorth (who gets the 2pts based on the outstanding defensive work against a man averaging 40pts so far this season), as well as Australian Legend Tyler Chowdary and Du Phung. Roman Muggleton gets the 1 vote for being the games top scorer.



Last edited by robhoe at 9/1/2012 11:08:20 PM

Game 3 – Baxter Bogans 103 defeat Koopasaurus 91

There was no mistaking the desire of the Bogans in their opener against Koopasaurus, or that of Jose Gabriel Tesone. Tesone’s 12pts at quarter time were the difference between the two teams, and despite winning the 3rd and 4th periods, Koopasaurus could just not make up for their slow start to the game. This time, no one was brave enough to get close enough to the Koopasaurus locker room to capture the words of the coach, but frankly I think that the GM got the team’s storm-trooper dinosaur mascot to come in and give a force-full roar to the players (I can’t believe I got the type that out!) A more competitive second half, however the quick fire changes of the Koopasaurus line-up just could not make any significant dents in the 2-3 zone of the Bogans.

Votes
3 – Jose Gabriel Tesone (Baxter Bogans) 23pts, 20rbds, 9-11FG
2 – Tyler Hare (Koopasaurus) 15pts, 4rbds, 3asts
1 – Daniil Prokopov (Baxter Bogans) 19pts, 6-11FG, 6-6FT

Tesone was the standout player of the game, with his 8-8FG to half-time leading to a 20/20 game from the Argentine big man. The rest were a toss-up, but some good performance off the bench from both Hare and Prokopov see them get the remaining votes.

Game 4 – Chumunga 97 defeat Chelsea Seagulls 85

I would not want to be a Seagull this week as there is surely lot of stair-running in their immediate future. 81-81 at the end of regulation time, Chumunga piled on 16pts in over-time (more than they scored in the 4th period) to make this battle of the keyway look pretty comfortable in the end. While Chumunga continued to look sharp in OT, the Seagulls looked like they needed to spend some more time pumping up their old-school Reebok Pumps (or perhaps that is what they were doing while Chumunga were putting on their little clinic)

Votes
3 – Alexey Berestetskiy (Chumunga) 25pts, 14rbds (7OR), 10-14FG
2 – Olli Krentschker (Chelsea Seagulls) 32pts, 7rbds, 3stls
1 – Glen Tidwell (Chumunga) 16pts, 5asts, 7-12FG

It is another one of those games that make the MVP voting tough. Chumunga had such a well-rounded team effort that selecting standout players is difficult to select players. Berestetskiy gets the 3 votes for his classic centre performance (and hopefully his last because his name is just way too hard to type). Top scorer Krentschker gets the two votes, though I am sure that Yoda would have preferred him to have his centre going 0-5 3FG and to instead grab a few extra rebounds. Tidwell gets the one vote, as much for his defensive effort as his offensive effort.



Last edited by robhoe at 9/2/2012 12:00:42 AM

Game 5 – Slam! 105 defeat Guanzheng Goldfish 84

Nearly 15000 fans travelled to see this battle between the Run and Gun of the Goldfish against the Look Inside of Slam!. In the end, it was a walk in the Concrete Jungle for Slam!, with Delgadillo, Luszcynski and Muresan absolutely dominating under the basket; while the Goldfish failed to live up to their potential from the perimeter. Besides, it is difficult to win a match when two of your starters foul out and you give your opponents 41 free throw attempts.

Votes
3 – Calixto Delgadillo (Slam!) 37pts, 10rbds
2 – Jakub Luszcynski (Slam!) 28pts, 14rbds, 3stls
1 – Virgil Wang (Guanzheng Goldfish) 21pts, 4asts, 3stls

Hard to look past the 37pts of Delgadillo; even if he did foul out, he played 42mins and saw his starting opponent fouled out in only 21mins. Luszcynski had an outstanding game for such an old-timer and deserves the 2 points for not having a heart-attack. The one thing that the Goldfish can take out of this game is the performance of their Wang *cue childish snigger*. Slam’s starting PG could not keep his hands off Wang *cue more childish sniggering* and spent most of the game instead sitting on the bench watch Wang going hard *cue even more childish sniggering* for 21pts.

Game 6 – Urmummas 89 defeat Team Akuma 62

The final game of the round saw the much anticipated return of possibly the Fishbowl’s biggest legend, Ky “The Fat Cat” Smeltz. While he did not set the court alight, it was a solid performance from the man that at one point had the MVP trophy named after him. It was however still a night for the big men, as current Australian National Team player Sun Cunming, led what is the most expensive roster in the ABBL to an opening night win. TeamAkuma’s Aussie shooters of Abimbola and Maclean were just not able to make enough from beyond the arc to trouble this very talented Urmummas team.

Votes
3 – Sun Cunming (Urmummas) 30pts, 10rbds, 4blks
2 – Clinton Abimbola (TeamAkuma) 28pts, 6asts
1 – Dennis Totengco (Urmummas) 12pts, 17asts, 5-7FG

Sun Cunming put in what was probably the best performance for the round, and leaps to the top of the MVP favourites race. 30pts, 10rbds and 4blks in only 27mins…Will anyone be able to stop him? Again, it is another Australian scoring MVP points, with Clinton Abimbola grabbing the two with a great performace. It somehow feels wrong to do it, but it is Smeltz’s direct opponent, Dennis Totengco getting the single vote, playing a solid second fiddle to the outstanding Cunming.



Last edited by robhoe at 9/2/2012 12:43:43 AM

Fishbowl West Season 9 MVP Voting Tally

3 Votes
Alexey Berestetskiy (Chumunga)
Sun Cunming (Urmummas)
Calixto Dalgadillo (Slam!)
Shaun McArthur (Black Label Society)
Marcelo Rodriguez (Moorditj Magick)
Jose Gabriel Tesone (Baxter Bogans)

2 Votes
Clinton Abimbola (Team Akuma)
Tyler Hare (Koopasaurus)
Gary Howorth (Black Label Society)
Olli Krentschker (Chelsea Seagulls)
Jakub Luszcynski (Slam!)
Birol Yalduz (Lewisham Wombats)

1 Vote
Jackson Goodall (Lewisham Wombats)
Roman Muggleton (Western Titans)
Daniil Propokov (Baxter Bogans)
Glen Tidwell (Chumunga)
Dennis Totengco (Urmummas)
Virgil Wang (Guanzheng Goldfish)

Week Voting done, and as always it is great to see so many Aussie players appearing amongst the votes, with two current members of the Australian National Team securing the top votes in their games. Stay tuned for Week Two's votes.

Brilliant work Rob, excellent writeups that capture everything we like, indepth analysis, funny and still a little controversy. Awesome ^-.

Great work, mate. +1

MVP Votings Week 2

Game 1 – Lewisham Wombats 91 defeat Western TItans 76

Once again, The Fishbowl West kicked off with the highest ranked team in the competition taking to the court, again, against a Calamari from II.4 and, again, securing a comfortable win. Bento Filho made his return, but was clearly underprepared to take on the Season 20 ABBL MVP, with the wide-eyed Wombats Euro-Bigs making use of the Look Inside tactics of mllama http://blogs.abc.net.au/catalyst/images/2009/01/21/pic33....

Votes
3 – Antonio Manfrotto (Lewisham Wombats) 30pts, 15rbds, 3blks
2 – Hahi Bin Awang (Lewisham Wombats) 12pts, 7asts, 5stls
1 – Marino Gaggini (Western Titans) 16pts, 11rbds, 3asts

Manfrotto was THE man on the court and the easy choice for the 3 votes. The great all-round performance from Hahi Bin Awang sees him secure the two votes, with Marino Gaggini picking up the single vote for his solid performance against last week’s vote getter Birol Yalduz.

Game 2 – Koopasaurus 112 defeat Black Label Society 97

While the Wombats were busy giving a lesson to the Western Titans, Lewi Arena played host to a classic battle between an inside team and an outside team. It was Koopasaurus who came out of the blocks with the greater intensity, with the big man rotation sharing the load wonderfully. With a 13pt lead at the end of the first period, Koopasaurus consolidated in the 2nd extending the lead. A token fightback was led by Gary Howorth in the 4th period, but it was just too late. Strike one blow for Inside teams!

Votes
3 – Avner Fishenzon (Koopasaurus) 24pts, 14rbds, 7asts, 12-16FG
2 – Mohammed Syamsuri bin Mat Noor (Koopasaurus) 17pts, 12rbds
1 – Gary Howorth (Black Label Society) 33pts, 5-11 3FG

All this talk about supertrawlers and fishing zones this week was obviously started by the performance of Avner Fishenzon. No troubles for the big Israeli in this game. You name a positive contribution and he did it. It wouldn’t be a Fishbowl vote without a ranga or two picking up votes, and there is just something I love about a C/PF who can draw a foul, so 2 votes to the man with the long name. Howorth top scored, with some good outside shooting, but he made his biggest showing in what was essentially junk time.



Last edited by robhoe at 9/11/2012 6:44:07 AM

As you've still got a few games to go in round 2 to do, I'm happy to help out and do the writeups for round 3 if noone else wants to.

Nice writeups so far by the way. Good to see my main man Manfrotto getting some love ;)

Game 3 – Urmummas 121 defeat Baxter Bogans 96

The delay this week was all about trying to come up with a Urmummas joke that would successfully tie in this outclassing of the Bogans, but…nothing came to mind so if anyone would like to fill in this depressing gap please do.

INSERT UR MUMMA JOKE HERE

In this game, the Bogans only won in the offensive rebounds stat, but let’s face it, with Urmummas shooting at almost 60% from the field you don’t get a lot of chances to clean that offensive board. The Bogans gave themselves every chance of winning; setting up a 2-3 zone to try and shut down the Look Inside offense of Urmummas. However, there were just too many options for Urmummas who finished the game with seven players reaching double figure points.

Votes
3 – Davis Mercado (Baxter Bogans) 36pts, 5asts
2 – Jaak Vahi (Urmummas) 21pts, 7asts, 5-6FG, 10-11FT
1 – Dennis Totengco (Urmummas) 18pts, 8rbds, 8-11FG

Again, the most valuable player was not from the winning team. Davis Mercado was his team’s star, and this game would have looked even worse if it was not for his game high performance. With the way Urmummas shared the ball around all nigh tit made it difficult to have a stand out and to then split the players. Vahi gets the 2 votes. He had the ball on a string and was unstoppable on the drive. Totengco gets the 1 vote for his power-filled first period performance, leading his team to a 13pts 1st quarter lead.

Game 4 – Chumunga 123 defeat TeamAkuma 75

TeamAkuma and Chumunga travelled west for this game, and the whole thing was fast and furious. TeamAkuma went out to bomb it from behind the arc, putting up 34 3FG attempts; while Chumunga was about fast passing and running the court. These strategies saw Chumunga absolutely out-muscling the boys from TeamAkuma. Not much to say on this one really.

Votes
3 – Nigel Cubby (Chumunga) 27pts, 21rbds
2 – Francis Masters (Chumunga) 29pts, 9asts, 4stls
1 – Clinton Abimbola (TeamAkuma) 28pts, 6asts

There was only one team out on the court that could get a rebound and Nigel Cubby led the way…3 votes for the Pom. Francis Masters out-played TeamAkuma at their own game…2 votes for the Yank. For the second week, Clinton Abimbola was the sole player flying the TeamAkuma flag…1 vote for Aussie.

Game 5 – Chelsea Seagulls 85 defeat Slam ! 84

After two blow-out games, we then travel to the Stronghold for what may be the game of the round. The bigs banged it out all night, with the brutes bustling and bruising to the entertainment of all. Slam ! got off to a good start. Led by Luszcynski, Slam ! was up by four after the first period. Neither team could make a real in-road in the second period, before a Lawrance-led Seagulls managed to pull a single point ahead at the end of the third period. The game opened up in the fourth, with 52 pts being added to the scoreboard, but with both teams contributing 26pts to this total the one point three quarter lead of the Seagulls was enough to give them the win.

Votes
3 – Gary Lawrance (Chelsea Seagulls) 31pts, 17rbds
2 – Olli Krentschker (Chelsea Seagulls) 23pts, 11rbds
1 – Razvan Muresan (Slam !) 21pts, 19rbds

Australian national team PF, Gary Lawrance wins the battle of the keyways, which is not surprising considering he looks like a mob enforcer. Krentschker and Muresan were hugely entertaining, and these votes could have gone either way, until…

4 0:18 85 — 84 O. Krentschker (A) fires an off-balance jumper from the wing under pressure from C. Delgadillo (H). Scored.
4 0:02 85 — 84 R. Muresan (H) glides to the hoop and tries to finish off the glass with O. Krentschker (A) right in his face. Shot missed.

4 0:02 85 — 84 R. Muresan (H) cleans the offensive glass.

4 0:00 85 — 84 R. Muresan (H) reaches up and tries to tip it in, guarded closely by O. Krentschker (A). Shot missed.

4 0:00 85 — 84 End of period

Krentschker wins for 2 votes, Muresan gets the single vote.

Game 6 – Guanzheng Goldfish 162 defeat Moorditj Magick 128

If there is one classic Calamari Vs Calamari style of game, it is a mutual Run and Gun/Full Court Press. In the early seasons, it would have been the Seagulls Vs Goldfish, Duricko Vs Guanzheng. Today, it is still the Goldfish, but we now see the Magick stepping up for this basketball’s version of the splash and dash 50m freestyle. From almost 240 FG attempts, nearly 300pts were scored in this game, with over 50 steals in this game. Fans were just glad that the administrators at the The Tavern had prepared a physio suite for fans leaving the game to get treatment for the sore necks caused by the constant back and forth of the game.

Votes
3 – Virgil Wang (Guanzheng Goldfish) 37pts, 8asts, 7stls
2 – Will Johnson (Guanzheng Goldfish) 37pts, 10asts, 6stls
1 – Xie Guanzheng (Guanzheng Goldfish) 34pts, 6asts

The Magick were just not up to the tempo and the shooting of Wang, Johnson and Guanzheng. Wang with least turnovers, edges out Johnson with the most assists, and 1 vote to the Master Chef.