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The team in total had 10 assists, the player in question took twic as many shots, that is not a correct motion offense, so what that tells me is that they struggle moving the ball and getting good shots which is reasonable judging by E.B.W. perimeter defensive ratings. So at the end of the day we can go into a lot more reasons and even mention other players but i can only judge their most ineffective player, and even though he took the shots that nobody else did, still inefective .

But delpra will bounce back, they played the right tactics, just maybe instead of motion patient but the end result would have been the same its just not a good matchup for delpra or for anyone else at the moment in this league.

Harley Carroll is just having a few off games, he is clearly capable of a lot and therefore he clearly does not suck (Nelson is just jealous that Harley whooped him ;) ) well at least that was the excuse Harley Carroll gave me right before I attempted his murder yesterday.

The only real problem with Harley Carroll is his age. He's way past his prime but as the best player on the team he is forced to play too many minutes for a "senior citizen". As a result, his game shape suffers and expect his performances to continue at the sub-par level until "The Swiss Zit" (Joshua Zitnik) can step up enough to carry the team OR, and probably more likely, the Closet Men can scrape together enough cash to bring in a younger player(s) with talent, potential to get better rather than worse with time, and the desire to play basketball in the post season rather than look forward to picking up old ladies at the shuffleboard games at the local assisted living quarters.

Alright yes Beviere and carrol are old but I did get a new carreer extension trainer so hopefully that will help a little. I said only to refer to him as Jay-Z (Joshua zitnik). I need money I was stupid and the salaries of Carroll and Beviere are killing me. Also I added a new power forward to my roster who will hopefully be a better rebounder and defensive player than Terrence Dowdy.

No offense Asian Invasion. I was being sarcastic but it did lead me to wonder so I’ve done some quick calculations about average age in our league. (Note: Villains omitted from following statistics as manager inactive over 1 month and therefore I don’t acknowledge the teams existence.)

Average age in Big 8 Conference: 24.84
Hate: 23.08
M12: 23.27
Storm: 24.22
Closet Men: 24.85
Shipbuilders: 25.00
KK: 25.25
Bastards: 26.12
No Love: 26.90

Average age in Great 8: 25.09
Miu: 23.23
Tsunami: 23.30
Dawgs: 24.67
Hunterz: 25.09
Ballers: 25.86
EBW: 26.15
Delpra: 27.36

Team Hate boasts the youngest roster in the league while Delpra lays claim to the oldest roster in the league. Orlando Magic Ballers manage to suit up the oldest player (Morgan Saget) in the league at 37 years of age while, with no ATG potential players in the league, the Hunterz hold contract to the player (Jairo Ramirez) with the highest ceiling. (This is biased of course, but I based it on 18yo so has the most time to develop and no players with higher potential) Of course age means nothing and it’s the production on the court that matters but some interesting tid-bits of information nevertheless.


Last edited by Hunterz at 12/12/2012 9:55:02 PM

Following the hunterz informative report, i've taken it upon myself to add some team stats per conference

In the big 8:

FG % : Team hate 50%
springfield storm 47%
kole crushers 46%
no love at all 45%
sneaky bastards 44%
majestic 12 44%
closet man 39%
maine shipbuilders 38%

pts per game: team hate at 124 pts per game
springfield storm 99 pts per game
majestic 12 97 pts per game
no love at all 95 pts per game
sneaky bastards 94 pts per game
cole krushers at 93 pts per game
maine shipbuilders at 88 pts per game
closet man at 81 pts per game

pts allowed per game: closet man allowing 110 pts per game
no love at all 104 pts per game
team hate allwoing 103 pts per game
maine shipbuilders allowing 100 pts per game
majestic 12 allowing 96 pts per game
sneaky bastards allowing 94 pts per game
kole crushers allowing 84 pts per game
springfield storm allowing 79 pts per game


Judging from these stats once again springfield storm is the best team in the division, followed closely by team hate. but there is still lots of games to be played

In the great 8 :

fg%: orlando magic ballers 46%
EBW 45%
delpra 43%
seattle tsunami 42%
big dawgs 41%
MIU & Co 40%
hunterz 37%

pts scored per game: seattle tsunami 97 pts per game
delpra 94 pts per game
EBW 93 pts per game
MIU & Co 91 pts per game
orlando magic ballers 91 pts per game
big dawgs 88 pts per game
hunterz 82 pts per game

pts allowed per game: MIU & Co allowing 93 pts per game
orlando magic ballers 92 pts per game
delpra 90 pts per game
big dawgs 89 pts per game
seattle tsunami 89 pts per game
EBW 69 pts per game allowed

So clearly EBW is the leader of the pack as far as stats combined, whats very interesting is the hunterz being so low in numbers, i know they threw a game earlier but it will be interesting to see how their numbers look further up in the season compared to other top teams

Great Stats. Keep it up.

Hunterz Points allowed per game is 84 (2nd best in conference) and if you do not factor in the 1st game that we threw it actually falls to 72. Also our own team's points per game minus that first game jumps to 89. That leaves a 17 point differential when factoring out that first game rather than the -2 the current stats show. In summation, that first game massively skews our stats. Plus, we are still not playing our best lineup regularly. I agree, very interested to see how it changes later in the season.

DAMMITspringfield is my rival, wost team and arguably best team. RIVALS? i dont think so

I'll be out of town this weekend so I'll miss the games :-( Won't get a chance to view them until probably Monday but I figured I better buckle down and get my predictions posted before I go so here goes:

12-15-12 Games
No Love @ Closet Men:
Closet men have nobody to slow down Ambrose Kelley and Zoran Kolar is going to manhandle Harley Carroll. Sorry to say, but Carroll is going to have another performance in which he leaves a lot to be desired and No Love is going to look good from start to finish. Blowout win for No Love.

Villains @ Tsunami:
“General” McArthur and his villain squad suck! The Tsunami squad is going to look like the globetrotters in this one. Expect Tsunami to pound it in the post and light up the stat sheets. Looks like this week we’ll be graced with at least two blowout games. Sorry fans but this portion of the televised double-header isn’t going to be exciting. Tsunami wins with ease.

Miu @ Ballers:
This one is going to be interesting. Both teams are versatile and vary their tactics weekly depending on their opponent; what a chess match the planning is going to be for this game. Are these guys going to play mind games and try to out maneuver each other in tactics or simply play to their strengths and hope for the best? We’ll see. Match up to watch is Wade Osborn and Balandis Sprindis; going to be work on both ends of the court for both these guys. I’m expecting a super close game with a final differential of under 5. Extremely hard to pick the winner in this one but I’ll say Miu will cut the ever efficient Ballers shooting percentage just enough to squeeze out a win.

M12 @ Maine:
The Shipbuilders will be missing one of their more efficient players in Enrico Souza and that’s going to hurt them. M12 is much stronger on the perimeter and always play a motion offense resulting in the 4th best PPG rating in the league. The Shipbuilders, on the other hand, have one of the weaker defenses in the league and with a decent chunk of their offensive prowess on the bench (Referring to Souza) they will be hard pressed to win this. Simply put, M12 will score more and at the end of the game the scoreboard is what matters. M12 win by 15-20.


Last edited by Hunterz at 12/14/2012 6:49:19 PM

12-15-12 Games Continued

EBW @ Hunterz:
We all know EBW is the toughest defensive team in the league and so far the Hunterz haven’t proven the ability to run a lights out offense so EBW automatically gets the advantage in this one. Ander Ovando Ferrer is still out of the EBW lineup due to injury and that’s a heaven sent for the Hunterz. Terrell Looby of the Hunterz is going to have his hands full trying to, even partially, slow down Jedrzej Rozyc and frankly his beastly interior defense is going to make it a long night for the Hunterz. I expect a low scoring game and I actually think it will be quite close. Delpra almost pulled out an unexpected win, can the Hunterz? Advantage EBW but I cant bring myself to predict a loss at home. Hunterz somehow win by 2.

Delpra @ Big Dawgs:
Delpra is coming off a heart-breaking attempt to upset EBW. They were close and I look for them to come out strong and earn a victory to boost team morale. Delpra has a much stronger point man running their offense and simply a stronger core group of players. I think the Big Dawgs can hang pretty well and it wont be a blowout but Delpra will come out on top. Delpra by 13.

Hate @ Storm:
Team Hate likes to RnG and the Storm players like to approach each offense possession with patience and play sound fundamental basketball. Team Hate shoot nearly 50% from 3 point land thus far in the season but they are up against a pretty good perimeter defense in this one; the Storm hold their opponents to roughly 28% at that range. I think the Storm’s defense will be effective enough and they will corral more rebounds than Hate. Through defense and rebounding they will limit Hate’s number of possessions and 2nd chance points and that is going to result in a victory for Storm. Storm by 8-13.

Krushers @ Bastards:
With Rubio out and Grubb being a more offensive minded guard it’s going to be hard for the Bastards to stop the onslaught that is Kwok Siu Chung and the rest of the Krusher Squad. Bastards have an advantage in the post and will, no doubt, pound it in there repeatedly but I feel the Krushers will ultimately come out on top. Krushers by 13-18.