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Week Three Power Rankings - Part IV
3. VileOnes (9)
EFFG:1 | OPP EFFG:4

Number of Transactions: 4
Profit: $740K
Spent: $1.3M
Result: -$577.8K

Outgoing Salary: $58.5K
Incoming Salary: $112.4K
Result: $53.9K more in total salary

Fun fact: Vile Returns traded out two 30+ vets for some late 20's back court. New PG Messineo has been dishing out assists and leads the league with 41 in six games while new SG Brinkman has been shooting over 50% so far and while his three-point percentage could use some work, he's been a powerful one-two punch with SF Bovar with the two of them combining for 40 pts/game.

2. Mindless Zombies(8)
EFFG:4 | OPP EFFG:1

Number of Transactions: 3
Profit: $61K
Spent: $400K
Result: -$339K

Outgoing Salary: $34.6K
Incoming Salary: $68.1K
Result: $33.5K more in total salary

Fun fact: The second team to make a LEAP up the rankings, Mindless sold off an aging vet for minimal return and got a fair price for an under-performing PG in order to bring in $68K C Jose Ledu. And while they've made their way back from appearing dead to start the season back to .500, Ledu has somewhat quietly been steadily improving over the course of six games. In their matchup against Fort Wayne last weekend he put together a solid 19 pt 24 reb game for a 17.0 rating.


1. Tasty Tardsicles (1)
EFFG:2 | OPP EFFG:2

Number of Transactions: 3
Profit: $551.8K
Spent: $510K
Result: $41.8K

Outgoing Salary: $79.9K
Incoming Salary: $24.6K
Result: -$55.3K less in total salary

Fun fact: Only six teams made a profit from the transfer list activity thus far, with Tasty being one of them. The cost of doing so usually means less in salary power, but they remain at the top of the rankings despite a 19-point loss to Super Sonics last weekend in part thanks to 34-point beat down of Miami.

Next week we'll be looking back at what Week One's rankings were compared to the current ranking. Best of luck!

Day 7 (Saturday 16 September 2023) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
209’s MostWanted 81 - Las Vegas High Rollers 86
Linndale 104 - Philly Dribble 109
San Dominica Warriors 88 - Lion Rebels 103
southpaw army 110 - F.Day Internet Lovers Club 78
Super Sonics 50 - Miami Cleo 0
Tasty Tardsicles 103 - Twotone Touloose 54
Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️ 104 - VileOnes 97
Fort Wayne Pistons 159 - Żubr Białystok 53

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 159 : Fort Wayne Pistons
Rebounds : 65 : Lion Rebels, Fort Wayne Pistons
Assists : 53 : Fort Wayne Pistons
Steals : 20 : Fort Wayne Pistons
Block Shots : 24 : Fort Wayne Pistons

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 37 : T. Freeman (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️)
Rebounds : 22 : F. Hearn (Linndale)
Assists : 12 : G. Izaza (Fort Wayne Pistons)
Steals : 5 : G. Izaza (Fort Wayne Pistons)
Block Shots : 9 : J. García de la Vega (VileOnes)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : G. Izaza (Fort Wayne Pistons) (20 Points, 2 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 5 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Shooting Guard : T. Freeman (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️) (37 Points, 4 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Small Forward : U. Jaén (Fort Wayne Pistons) (24 Points, 14 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 2 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Power Forward : P. Huddleston (Philly Dribble) (25 Points, 16 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Center : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (21 Points, 17 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39

MVP of the evening
U. Jaén (Fort Wayne Pistons) (24 Points, 14 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 2 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47

The bad performance of the evening
M. Swenson (Żubr Białystok) (8 Points, 7 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -10

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : W. Bonner (Żubr Białystok) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : G. Reinhardt (Fort Wayne Pistons) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : I. Tabrizi (F.Day Internet Lovers Club), L. Melucci (F.Day Internet Lovers Club), T. Freeman (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️), W. Acevedo (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️), W. Bonner (Żubr Białystok) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : L. Baião (San Dominica Warriors), N. de Moraes (southpaw army), S. Aranda (Fort Wayne Pistons) : 5 Three points

The best performer : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : Rating : 18.5

The worst performer : M. Walker (Żubr Białystok), M. Swenson (Żubr Białystok), W. Bonner (Żubr Białystok) : Rating : 2.5

No storylines for Linndale because my daughter is in the hospital and her twin brother is having a difficult time dealing with it.

If Floyd Hearn and Kyle Knowles sell, we go full on rebuild. If they don't, we try to put more talent around them and train up our younger guys. No shot for playoffs this season. We're just hoping to play competitive games now. Gotta start somewhere; we're just not competitive at the level we expect.

Last edited by Speedtraps at 9/19/2023 11:19:53 PM

All the good and positive vibes your way man - hope your daughter bounces back quickly!

Thanks. Much appreciated. Went in last Wednesday, was supposed to be released Friday, but she decided she needed to further evaluate the stff at the hospital. I don't call her The Boss for nothing!

So far, the toys have not met with her approval because she keps chucking them at the staff, the food does not meet her approval because she pulled out her feeding tube. She's beng quite the hard case. I keep telling folks just because she's non verbal doesn't mean she can't communicate!

Day 8 (Tuesday 19 September 2023) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Miami Cleo 0 - Las Vegas High Rollers 50
Super Sonics 120 - 209’s MostWanted 112
Twotone Touloose 42 - Philly Dribble 110
Tasty Tardsicles 90 - Linndale 85
VileOnes 76 - Lion Rebels 89
Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️ 78 - San Dominica Warriors 123
Żubr Białystok 28 - F.Day Internet Lovers Club 112
Fort Wayne Pistons 72 - southpaw army 117

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 123 : San Dominica Warriors
Rebounds : 69 : southpaw army
Assists : 39 : F.Day Internet Lovers Club
Steals : 13 : San Dominica Warriors, F.Day Internet Lovers Club
Block Shots : 15 : Philly Dribble

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 38 : Z. Levin (Super Sonics)
Rebounds : 24 : F. Hearn (Linndale), B. Matos (F.Day Internet Lovers Club), S. Kunyan (southpaw army)
Assists : 11 : B. Matos (F.Day Internet Lovers Club)
Steals : 4 : T. Rumin (209’s MostWanted), V. Abat (F.Day Internet Lovers Club)
Block Shots : 5 : M. Farnsworth (Philly Dribble)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : C. Wui Kwong (Tasty Tardsicles) (35 Points, 6 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Shooting Guard : R. Singh (Lion Rebels) (14 Points, 10 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 26
Small Forward : V. Abat (F.Day Internet Lovers Club) (37 Points, 6 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 4 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Power Forward : B. Matos (F.Day Internet Lovers Club) (20 Points, 24 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 46
Center : F. Hearn (Linndale) (14 Points, 24 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35

MVP of the evening
V. Abat (F.Day Internet Lovers Club) (37 Points, 6 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 4 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47

The bad performance of the evening
D. Bunch (Twotone Touloose) (2 Points, 8 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots)C. Tharp (Żubr Białystok) (8 Points, 1 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -9

Triple-Double of the evening
B. Matos (F.Day Internet Lovers Club) (20 Points, 24 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : M. Coedo (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : K. Nádas (209’s MostWanted), L. Moseley (Twotone Touloose), D. Conaghan (Tasty Tardsicles), R. Reynolds (Linndale), Á. Maradona (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️), D. Le (Fort Wayne Pistons) : 5 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : D. Bunch (Twotone Touloose), A. Guilla (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️), V. Abat (F.Day Internet Lovers Club), B. Matos (F.Day Internet Lovers Club), W. Bonner (Żubr Białystok) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : T. Rumin (209’s MostWanted) : 8 Three points

The best performer : F. Hearn (Linndale), C. Wui Kwong (Tasty Tardsicles), T. Freeman (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : W. Brissett (Żubr Białystok), W. Bonner (Żubr Białystok) : Rating : 2.0

Much love and strength to your family, man!

Week Four Power Rankings & Notes
We've reached the very specific 36% of the way through Season 62. This week's update shows a team's post Week 1 ranking. Some big movement on the charts for a few teams. Let's get to it!

1. Tasty Tardsicles (Week 1 Rank: 7)
Tasty holds on to number one this week, edging out number 2 only because of tie breakers. A slight dip in EFFG was balanced out by a nice improvement in OPP EFFG pushing them to #1 in defensive ranks. Two road games this week with a beat down of Twotone coming before taking care of business at Linndale with a come from behind fourth quarter victory. They head home to face Philly before traveling again, this time to the 209.

2. southpaw army (2)
Back up to number 2 and just barely missing out with their league highest EFFG and second ranked defense with slight improvements on both sides of the court. They remain undefeated with the league high point differential after games against F.Day and Fort Wayne. They look to continue their streak on the road against Miami before a 1 v. 1 matchup against Super Sonics next Tuesday in what should be the game of the week!

3. VileOnes (11)
Vile has what should be the highest leap in these rankings since Week 1, moving from 11th up to 3rd, and while their efficiencies took a hit this week, they still managed to rank in the top 5 in both, landing them at third overall. Despite the two losses (Miami by 7 in what amounts to bad timing for Vile and 13 to the Lion Rebels after leading at the half), they look to be a force to be not taken on all willy/nilly. Up next comes the "suddenly last in the Big 8" Linndale followed by a trip to Philly in what could be a season placement defining week for them.

4. Lion Rebels (1)
While my squad's defense has held steady (lower 80's for OPP EFFG), it's the 26 point drop in their own EFFG that's been disappointing. But starting out against Vegas and Linndale followed up by San Dominica and Vile this week will eventually lead to a bottoming out, especially with the defense in this league. Next up comes the Zombies on the road before a trip to the since departed Zubr.

5. F.Day Internet Lovers Club (5)
Holding pat at number 5, Lovers Club has seen a slight improvement in EFFG, but still only rank at 12th but has improved similarly in OPP EFFG, pushing them up to the 3rd best defense which catapults them to 5th. It was quite the dizzying week for them, first falling to southpaw by 32, which saw them grant 140 efficiency while only attaining 73 themselves. Then they turned around and got their gift game against Bialystok with an 84-point victory seeing them net themselves 180 EFF and -20 OPP EFF. This week they take on Fort Wayne before hosting Miami's depleted roster that currently fields the well-known No One.

6. Super Sonics (3)
How do I have the 2nd highest team by record in the league all the way down at 6? Unfortunately for them, their walkover win against Miami doesn't do anything for their efficiency scores (and I gave up trying to account for walk-over wins after whitestok was still absent to start the season). What the efficiencies tell us is that while offensively they hold their own, defensively they're averaging allowing 98.3 per game, which is good for 8th this season, at this point. They're far better than the bad teams, but if they're going to knock out the rest of the great teams, their defense has to show out. Tuesday's 8-point victory over 209's is a good start and they'll get a chance to feast this weekend when they host Las Vegas before traveling to southpaw's canyon in that 1 v. 1 matchup.

Week Four Power Rankings - Part II
7. Mindless Zombies (12)
Another decent jump from week one, the Zombies have improved their EFFG by 20 points and their OPP EFFG by 22 since then. And sure, last week they were ranked second, but they split their games this week, hanging on for a 7-point victory against Vile before San Dominica walloped them, outscoring them by at least 11 points in each quarter except for the fourth (and still, the Zombies out rank them here). This week they host the Rebels before heading for Linndale's I 77 Speedway Arena.

8. Fort Wayne Pistons (9)
HOO-BOY, some people about to be MAD at me. Fort Wayne slips into 8th this week despite going 1-1, being 2-6 on the season, having a -12 PD, AND being 6th in the Great 8. They too had a topsy-turvy week, first traveling to Zubr and gathering up a 106-point victory alongside 272(!) efficiency points which is more than two times what they are averaging on the season. That resulted in a 13-point efficiency boost on both sides of the court. That was followed up by hosting southpaw in which they took a 45-point beating. Next up, they host F.Day Internet before traveling to San Dominica. How long will their 272-point boost benefit them?

9. Philly Dribble (10)
Even before Miguel Velasco was transferred, Philly was a bit on the struggle bus, though they've welcomed a 16-point climb in EFFG since Week 1. A two-win week for the first time this season, thanks to two home games against Linndale where they held onto a 5-point lead through the second half and then a demolition of Twotone in their first Great 8 matchup of the season. Their second television game comes this weekend as they travel to Tasty's House of Hoops before they turn around and host VileOnes. Can they pull out another two-win week?

10. San Dominica Warriors (4)
Last season, I had the eventual champs ranked in this spot at this time in the season, but while I have every belief the same thing could happen for the Warriors, they're just not exacting the type of dominance in efficiency that's been the standard for them the last few seasons. While they've seen a nice bump in EFFG from week one (16.8), their OPP EFFG has struggled (-22.9) through their first walk through the Big 8 side of things. While they're beating the teams they should beat, they've struggled against teams that are more evenly matched against them. But, maybe, if Tuesday nights womping of Mindless Zombies is any indication, their venture into the Great 8 matchups will be more of a romp than a droll. This week looks to continue that success with a bot matchup followed by Fort Wayne Pistons (who, I don't know if I mentioned it already or not, are ranked higher than the Warriors this week).

11. 209's MostWanted (8)
Fortunes have shifted a bit for Alex despite a near 22-point upgrade in EFFG since Week 1, but that's probably because their OPP EFFG has experienced the opposite effect, dropping 23.4 points. They find themselves at 3-5 after The Upset Game of the Week, in which Las Vegas turned the tables in the fourth quarter after being down by 3 and held 209's to just 13 points in that final frame. They head to Twotone this weekend before hosting Tasty.

Week Four Power Rankings - Part III
12. Miami Cleo (6)
I had to apply a manual adjustment to Miami's efficiencies since they're being walked over. It wasn't fair to have them maintain a 117.4 EFFG while losing 50-0 each game. So, I've applied a new formula to their calculations that will continually cut their efficiency scores down each week (they would've been 8th this week). Over time, they'll drop to 15th. My apologies to those who are still below them at this point.

13. Linndale (13)
Speedtraps crew has shown improvement in efficiency since the first week but find themselves still stuck in the lower fourth of these rankings and 8th in the Big 8. Floyd Hearn and Kyle Knowles have attracted a bit of attention on the transfer list, and we'll know by tomorrow night if they get moved. But Leo Genipabu looks to be moving on as does Christophe Nguyen, but there are still doubts that Serkan Sökmen will find a new team. Definitely a bit of heartbreak this week losing both games by a cumulative total of 10 points and now they turn their attention to VileOnes before hosting Mindless Zombies.

14. Las Vegas High Rollers (15)
A win! And 7th place! Followed by a walk-over win to give them two now on the season. Vegas has increased their EFFG and OPP EFFG by 14 each, but they're still not that close to competing closely on the reg. Next comes a road game against Super Sonics and then they have a chance to win a third game against Twotone at home.

15. Twotone Touloose (14)
The Touloose lost by a collective 117 points in two games this week and their EFFG has dropped 30+ points since week one. It's going to be a long rest of the season and that dose of reality should come when #6 in the Big 8 209's come to visit this weekend. They do have a chance to show out against Vegas, and that will be the game to tell us if they're going to have any life at all when it comes down to a relegation matchup.

16. Żubr Białystok (16)
Not much to say about bots!

Onward through interdivisional play - best of luck!

We are definitely moving Floyd Hearn, Leo Genipabu, and Christophe Nguyen. Promptly spent most of the Hearn money on a 23 year old injured power forward... who has game and room to grow. It doesn't look like Kyle Knowles of Serkan Sokmen are going to moved, but if one or both are, we have a plan in place. If they aren't, that's fine too. We'll have cut salary roughly $67,000 so we give ourselves a far better chance than we had financially (Floyd Hearn was worth the risk we took, especially getting him at the price we did and what he brought to the team).

Now we try to do it a little bit cheaper.

Also, The Bossy Little Girl is back home.