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Februay 28th, 2001
Year End Awards Announced
MVP: Boom-Boom Casey
Co-Defensive Players of the Year: Boom-Boom Casey & Joe Siebert
Rookie of the Year: A.J. Schulz
Most Improved: Jerry Simms
6th Man of the Year: J.J. McCauley
All WBA Team: Steve Peterson, Garth Donohugh, John Greene, Jerry Simms, Boom-Boom Casey
All Defensive Team: Steve Peterson, Rich Johnson, John Greene, Jerry Sims, Boom-Boom Casey
All Rookie Team: Kelvin Davidson, Harry Jarvis, A.J. Schulz, Wayne Taylor, Bill Yeager
Co-Coaches of the Year: Marc Hameleers (Colorado) & Bryan Hasho (Roswell)
Executive of the Year: Pedro Alcaraz (Albacete)
February 10th, 2001
Draft Lottery Held Today
Today the WBA draft lottery was held here are the results:
LOTTERY RESULTS (expected)
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12 Varese (12)
11 Baltimore (11)
10 Chacarita (10)
9 Bermuda (9)
8 Adelaide (8)
7 Washington (7)
6 Fernie (6)
5 Myrtle Beach (3)
4 Gabon (1)
3 Indiana (4)
2 Los Angeles (5)
1 Tokyo (2)
February 7th, 2001
THUNDER RUMBLINGS: ALL SOUND AND NO FURY
By: Hobart Whipple
Early this season, there was a lot of noise made around the WBA about Midland's chances of taking the league title. The noise has since faded, and so have the Thunder.
Named by many as the league's top team, the Thunder started their second season somewhat slowly before picking up momentum that saw them reach the top of the Western Conference's Mid-West Division, and the number one spot in the WBA Power Rankings. The playoffs within sight, Midland lost that momentum and fell apart down the stretch.
Despite winning eight of its final ten games, the club failed to beat any of the other top teams in their conference. Three losses to The Roswell XT, and one to the division rival Cincinnati Cyclones, saw the Thunder slip to second in the Mid-West. Their regular season winning percentage of .800 was only good enough for the fourth seeding in the incredibly tough West.
Midland has since lost the first two games of its opening round series, at home, to the fifth seeded Winifred Rebels who finished the regular season on a fourteen game winning streak. It is not considered likely that the Thunder will survive the encounter as the series now shifts to Winifred.
Recent reports circulating out of Midland suggest that Thunder GM Jay Vincent is so disgusted with his team's recent performance that he is considering a major overhaul of its roster. Said to be the club's only untouchable member is All-Star power forward George Holt. If Vincent is to deal such valued commodities as star point guard Jose Hayes, All-Star shooting guard Garth Donohue, and center Larry Chapman, one of the league's top players; he will surely seek high return, likely in the form of other young stars or early draft picks in the upcoming college draft.
January 18th, 2001
Another 1st Round Pick
by Al W. Bush
It was made official last night when Washington traded Judge Kiefer and a 2nd Round pick in Season 4 to Maine for Roswell's 1st Round pick in Season 4. The 1st Round pick acquired by Washington is now the 10th first round pick the Monuments will have over the next 2 seasons and 12th over the next 3. "It seems every week we keep adding to the total," said gm Sam
Plummer. "We've had a lot of attractive players come through this organization. I think we've proved that every time we've gotten a first round pick. In order to get these picks we've had to give up young, highly skilled players." This whole draft pick frenzy all started just before last season's trading deadline when Washington, who was in the middle of a playoff race, traded 2 of its best players to Maine for a 1st and 2nd round pick. Plummer, you may remember, was criticized by New York for this move.
Ironically, Washington and New York just struck a deal in which Washington traded SG Ken Newell for New York's 2nd Round pick in Season 7. "We're no longer at each other's throats. That doesn't mean I don't want to beat him really bad though," said Plummer. Finally, Plummer said at his press conference that Walt Rogers is still on the market. He did say, however,
that his value has gone up since he finished second in the 3-point contest to Garth Donahue. Plummer said laughing but truthfully, "We'll give up Rogers for a first round pick in any season between 3 and 5."
January 18th, 2001
Another fight in the WBA
By Ron Chambers
The WBA has been plagued by fights lately. The latest is that George Lawreence of Indiana threw an elbo at Earl the Pearl Baldwin during yesterdays game. The league has handed down a one game suspension of Lawrence.
January 14th, 2001
All-Star Weekend
3 POINT SHOOT OUT
The 3 point shoot out has 5 racks with 5 ball on each rack. The last ball is the money ball and worth 2 points, for a total possible of 30 points.
ROUND 1
Walt Rogers 23
JJ McCauley 22
Garth Donohue 25
Harry Jarvis 13
Greg Lynn 15
Charlie Swanson 13
Fred Hartman 25
Herman Burke 19
Bill Andrews 21
Ray Valdes 19
Chuck Henderson 14
Fred Bell 19
Steve Peterson12
Wayne Taylor 12
Joe Jones 19
Ty Locke 19
Tony Clark 22
Junior White 13
John Lary 22
Don Beard 18
Wesely Phillips 12
Dave Starr 13
Len Curtis 22
Rick Schulz 17
Frank Constantini
Bucky McCarty 22
Frank Rose 12
Rod Lawrence 13
ROUND 2
Walt Rogers 24
JJ McCauley 14
Garth Donohue 21
Fred Hartman 22
Tony Clark 13
John Lary 20
Len Curtis 22
Bucky McCarty 16
ROUND 3
Walt Rogers 24
Garth Donohue 23
Fred Hartman 23
Len Curtis 19
ROUND 3 SHOOT-OFF
Garth Donohue 28
Fred Hartman 25
FINAL ROUND
Walt Rogers 24
Garth Donohue 26
Congratulations to Garth Donohue from Midland who has won the 3 point shoot out 2 years in a row.
MVP for the Rookie Game Jimmy Waters
MVP for the All-Star Game Dave Short
(16-38) Western Rookies 31 22 30 22 - 105 (Jimmy Waters 20)
(18-36) Eastern Rookies 21 32 28 34 - 115 (Joe Jones 15)
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Western Rookies FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Andruw Williams 23 6-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 8 2 0 1 1 12
Herman Burke 23 8-12 0- 0 2- 3 0- 2 3 1 0 1 0 18
Horace Colbert 21 7-13 2- 2 0- 0 3- 8 2 2 0 0 0 16
Jerry Dickenson 21 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 5 0 0 1 0 4
Rod Lawrence 21 3- 8 0- 0 0- 0 2- 5 1 4 0 1 1 6
Scott Nicholson 21 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 4 2 1 0 0 2 6
Wesley Phillips 23 1- 6 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 0 1 3 2
Jimmy Waters 21 9-12 2- 2 0- 0 2- 5 2 2 0 0 0 20
Tony Clark 22 3- 9 2- 2 2- 6 0- 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
Lew Carney 21 1- 6 1- 2 0- 0 3- 8 2 1 0 2 0 3
Ernie Barnes 23 2- 9 3- 4 1- 2 1- 1 4 2 0 3 0 8
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Totals 240 45- 93 10-14 5-11 13-37 30 16 0 10 7 105
48.4% 71.4% 45.5%
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Eastern Rookies FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Bill Lopez 23 4- 9 2- 2 0- 0 4- 5 4 0 0 1 1 10
Bucky McCarty 12 3-10 2- 2 2- 5 0- 1 1 0 0 1 0 10
Joe Jones 20 5-13 4- 4 1- 3 0- 0 3 1 0 1 0 15
John Stewart 20 3- 5 0- 0 1- 3 1- 2 7 0 0 0 1 7
Paul Wilson 24 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 2-14 4 3 0 1 1 0
Woody Reynolds 20 4- 9 0- 0 1- 3 1- 1 4 1 0 0 1 9
Frank Rose 23 7- 8 0- 0 0- 1 1- 1 3 0 0 0 0 14
George Lush 23 5- 9 1- 2 0- 0 3- 6 0 4 0 1 0 11
Damon Trout 9 0- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 2 1 0 2 0 0
Bill Blackstone 23 7-12 0- 0 0- 2 1- 3 1 2 4 0 1 14
Bill Yeager 23 7-13 0- 0 0- 0 2- 7 2 1 0 2 2 14
Jeff Bailey 20 5- 8 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 4 2 0 1 1 11
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Totals 240 50- 97 9-10 6-19 15-41 35 15 4 10 8 115
51.5% 90.0% 31.6%
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Lead Changes: 7 Ties: 2
Largest Leads: Western Rookies -- 12
Eastern Rookies -- 12
Injuries: Western Rookies Easten Rookies
Lew Carney 2
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(18-36) Western All-Sta 20 24 21 29 - 94 (George Holt 12)
(29-26) Eastern All-Sta 30 28 20 23 - 101 (Jerry Sims 13)
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Western All-Stars FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Steve Peterson* 21 0- 4 1- 2 0- 1 0- 4 7 0 0 3 2 1
Ed Kane 21 0- 6 3- 4 0- 0 0- 1 3 0 0 0 1 3
Garth Donohue* 21 1- 3 2- 2 0- 0 0- 4 0 1 0 0 2 4
Don Beard 21 2- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 2 0 1 0 4
Roy Robinson 21 4- 9 3- 4 0- 1 2- 3 3 0 0 3 2 11
John Greene* 22 4- 9 2- 2 1- 2 3- 5 1 1 2 1 0 11
Wayne Taylor 22 3- 8 2- 4 0- 1 1- 3 0 0 0 0 1 8
George Holt* 21 6- 9 0- 0 0- 0 2- 3 3 3 0 3 1 12
Tom Perkins 21 5- 9 0- 0 0- 1 1- 3 2 3 0 1 1 10
Jim McCarthy 20 5-13 2- 4 0- 0 1- 5 0 2 1 1 1 12
Boom-Boom Casey* 20 3-10 3- 4 0- 1 0- 3 2 6 1 1 2 9
John Riddle 7 4- 5 1- 1 0- 0 0- 2 5 0 0 0 1 9
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Totals 240 37- 89 19-27 1- 7 10-36 27 18 4 14 14 94
41.6% 70.4% 14.3%
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Eastern All-Stars FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Chuck Henderson* 20 2- 5 0- 0 1- 2 1- 2 2 0 1 0 3 5
Kelvin Davidson 16 4- 8 3- 3 0- 0 0- 2 4 1 0 2 0 11
Stub Madison 13 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 1 3 0 0 2 4
Harry Jarvis* 22 2- 5 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 5 2 0 3 1 4
Greg Lynn 21 1- 6 3- 4 0- 1 0- 0 0 4 0 6 0 5
A.J. Schulz* 21 3- 6 0- 0 1- 1 0- 5 2 0 0 1 0 7
Scooter Jacobs 21 3-11 5- 6 1- 3 0- 2 4 1 0 1 0 12
Jerry Sims* 21 5-12 2- 2 1- 3 2- 4 3 0 1 1 0 13
Dave Short 22 5-13 0- 0 0- 0 6-11 1 2 0 0 2 10
Joe Siebert* 20 4- 5 1- 2 0- 0 1- 7 3 6 2 0 0 9
Pete Benton 21 4- 7 0- 0 0- 0 2- 4 2 3 1 1 1 8
Bill Yeager 21 6-12 1- 2 0- 0 1- 4 4 2 1 1 0 13
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Totals 240 41- 92 15-19 4-10 14-45 31 24 6 16 9 101
44.6% 78.9% 40.0%
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Lead Changes: 1 Ties: 2
Largest Leads: Western All-Stars -- 2
Eastern All-Stars -- 19
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January 12th, 2001
Flying Cans in Roswell
It may not be as exciting to many Roswell residents as flying saucers but to XT fans it was a big deal. Crazy Bill is a dedicated Bermuda fan who has been going to almost all of their away games. But, today he got a little out of hand. After a great deal of drinking he managed to thow a beer can at the XT bench after the game and hit Tom Perkins in the head. Perkins will miss tomorrows game against Indiana. As for Crazy Bill, he is being held in a Roswell Jail and is reportedly out raged that he can't see Bermuda play tomorrow in Cincinnati.
January 10th, 2001
The Joys of fatherhood.
By Ron Chambers
Myron White missed today's game as he was present for the birth of his son Bill Meyer White. Who was named after his best friend Point Guard Bill Meyer who was killed in a car Accident during the off-season.
January 10th, 2001
Death in the Tillman Family
By Ron Chambers
Broderick Tillman missed today's game against Roswell to attend the funeral of his Grandfather. Farmer Tillman as he was know in Idaho will be sorely missed and his funeral was attended by all 412 people in his home town.
January 10th, 2001
Schulz Suspended
By Ron Chambers
After reviewing the tape of a scuffle that broke out yesterday in the Brooklyn Gabon game league officials found that AJ Schulz had indeed punched Mike Mays as Gabon team officials had claimed. Schulz was immediately suspended by the league for 1 game. Rondall Reynoso of the Brooklyn Rage said, "We are extremely disappointed that AJ was not able to control his temper yesterday. But he's young and in his mind some of Gabon's players have given up on the season and resorted to dangerous play on the court."
January 10th, 2001
Strange Plague
By Ron Chambers
After receiving a bizarre anonymous letter at the league head quarters referring to a plague on over paid spoiled basketball player there was a rash of unexplained illness. Midland's Jesse Harrington, Bermuda's Dennis Norton and Baltimore's Joe Jones all missed a game due to extreme Diarrhea. League officials cal this an errie coincidence.
January 10th, 2001
Spit Flew in Bermuda
By Ron Chambers
Yesterday was a WBA first. Cancun reserve Eddie Rasmussen was caught on tape spitting on a fan from Bermuda. "He just wouldn't shut up!" Complained Rassussen. The league ws swift in handing down a one game suspension. The WBA league office released the statement: "We are only in business because our fans. We can not tolerate players treating the people who pay their salaries so badly."
January 9th, 2001
Rookie Watch
As we get close to the first evr Rookie GAme in the All- star break it is important to take a look at the rookies who aer having an impact on the league.
Western Conference Guards:
1.) Andruw Williams, NO-- Point Guard
42 33 41.2 76.1 31.0 2.7 6.6 2.3 0.1 2.5 2.0 13.6
2.) Don Beard, TOK-- Shooting Guard
42 40 47.0 76.2 33.4 2.7 1.5 2.3 0.1 1.1 0.7 22.7
3.) Ernie Barnes, WIN-- Shooting Guard
43 31 36.1 79.8 31.3 2.6 5.3 2.2 0.1 1.4 1.3 11.7
4.) George Sewell, COL-- Shooting Guard
44 23 41.7 84.2 33.8 3.3 2.4 1.7 0.2 1.5 1.9 8.9
5.) Herman Burke, CAN-- Shooting Guard
39 35 46.8 77.7 42.9 1.9 3.0 1.5 0.1 1.8 0.8 19.4
6.) Johnny Tatum, SYD-- Shooting Guard
44 37 39.2 71.3 28.1 3.8 3.7 2.5 0.4 1.8 1.7 12.1
7.) Wesley Phillips, IND-- Point Guard
43 37 47.6 53.8 33.3 4.0 6.0 3.0 0.2 2.5 2.3 16.3
Western Conference Forwards:
1.) Chris Erickson, NO-- Small Forward
42 25 45.4 76.3 20.6 5.3 1.7 2.2 0.4 1.4 0.7 12.0
2.) Jimmy Watters, NO-- Power Forward
42 27 51.2 76.5 0.0 7.2 1.0 2.7 0.6 1.4 0.6 14.5
3.) Johnny Brose, FER-- Small Forward
36 30 50.1 61.7 0.0 8.3 1.3 3.4 0.3 1.0 1.1 12.6
4.) Lew Carney, WIN-- Small Forward
41 23 48.9 63.8 0.0 4.8 1.3 2.7 0.4 1.0 1.6 10.0
5.) Rod Lawrence, BRM-- Power Forward
43 35 48.3 72.9 45.5 8.1 2.3 3.9 0.9 2.5 0.6 16.1
6.) Tom Taylor, NO-- Power Forward
39 27 38.0 73.3 0.0 5.8 2.4 2.9 0.2 1.4 0.8 9.5
7.) Tony Clark, SYD-- Power Forward
44 32 37.9 78.1 37.5 5.0 1.9 3.4 0.6 1.4 1.2 14.4
8.) Wayne Taylor, COL-- Small Forward
43 39 43.1 88.9 41.4 7.6 2.2 2.4 0.5 2.1 1.6 23.8
Western Conference Centers:
1.) Glenallen Castro, NO-- Center
42 20 54.4 65.5 0.0 6.0 0.5 2.7 0.4 0.8 0.2 7.5
2.) Horace Colbert, WIN-- Center
44 37 45.2 83.7 25.0 10.8 2.1 3.6 2.5 3.0 1.0 21.1
3.) Jerry Dickenson, TOK-- Center
44 44 48.8 64.2 0.0 11.9 4.0 3.3 0.5 3.0 0.7 18.5
4.) Scott Nicholson, CAN-- Center
43 40 45.1 63.7 23.3 9.2 4.7 2.6 0.7 3.9 2.5 17.2
Eastern Conference Guards:
1.) Bucky McCarty, MNE-- Shooting Guard
43 41 46.2 85.8 46.7 2.6 5.1 2.2 0.0 3.0 1.3 23.4
2.) Charlie Elkington, BER-- Shooting Guard
44 32 40.9 95.9 26.6 4.5 2.6 1.9 0.2 1.8 2.0 13.8
3.) Chris Dobson, SC-- Shooting Guard
32 21 52.8 68.2 14.3 1.8 2.3 1.3 0.3 1.3 0.7 11.8
4.) Damon Trout, MB-- Point Guard
42 36 38.5 89.7 25.3 2.8 8.2 2.3 0.1 3.1 1.6 13.4
5.) Jeff Bailey, BOS-- Shooting Guard
43 42 41.2 76.8 33.9 4.3 5.1 2.0 0.7 2.3 2.9 17.7
6.) Joe Jones, BAL-- Shooting Guard
43 39 44.3 83.7 37.1 3.0 4.2 3.2 0.2 3.0 1.5 24.7
7.) John Stewart, MNE-- Point Guard
43 32 46.9 69.4 39.4 2.4 7.5 1.7 0.1 2.8 1.4 14.3
8.) Kelvin Davidson, NY-- Point Guard
33 33 52.2 87.1 60.0 2.5 7.8 1.5 0.2 2.8 1.5 17.8
9.) Rick Schulz, LON-- Shooting Guard
44 31 47.2 92.7 45.8 2.8 3.5 2.0 0.4 1.5 1.6 17.0
10.) Woody Reynolds, BRK-- Point Guard
44 30 46.0 78.8 31.0 1.7 6.2 2.8 0.0 2.6 1.5 14.7
Eastern Conferece Forwards:
1.) AJ Schulz, BRK-- Small Forward
42 38 46.0 64.9 23.1 11.1 5.6 2.2 0.4 2.8 1.5 23.5
2.) Bill Blackstone, ALB-- Power Forward
44 29 50.4 53.7 33.9 6.1 2.7 3.1 1.2 0.8 0.9 17.9
3.) Bill Lopez, BAL-- Power Forward
35 38 56.2 56.4 0.0 10.9 3.5 4.4 0.9 2.5 1.1 15.9
4.) Bob Berry, BAL-- Small Forward
42 32 43.9 83.1 25.0 2.6 5.4 2.3 0.6 2.1 1.1 12.3
5.) Ed Bryant, SC-- Small Forward
20 31 51.7 86.5 0.0 3.0 2.7 1.6 0.1 1.5 1.4 15.6
6.) Frank Constantini, VAR-- Small Forward
39 14 43.8 78.8 39.0 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 7.8
7.) Frank Rose, CHA-- Small Forward
43 39 52.2 80.5 35.8 4.4 4.0 2.8 0.6 1.8 1.7 17.8
8.) Harry Jarvis, ALB-- Small Forward
44 39 51.9 93.5 42.8 2.5 4.3 3.0 0.3 2.0 1.8 23.2
9.) Joe Hernandez, MNE-- Small Forward
40 30 46.1 91.8 33.3 4.2 3.6 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.8 11.1
10.) Paul Wilson, SC-- Power Forward
41 39 50.7 34.6 29.4 15.4 4.1 3.4 0.5 2.1 0.5 5.5
Eastern Conference Centers:
1.) Bill Yeager, BOS-- Center
42 37 51.1 75.2 33.3 10.4 1.9 3.4 2.6 2.6 1.2 21.9
2.) Dave O'Dea, WAS-- Center
39 19 51.1 80.0 0.0 6.4 1.9 4.0 0.8 1.5 0.6 6.7
3.) Fred Cane, WAS-- Center
44 22 44.1 64.0 21.6 6.4 2.4 2.5 1.0 1.9 1.0 7.5
4.) George Lush, BAL-- Center
43 39 48.9 69.0 24.0 10.7 1.7 2.4 0.5 1.4 1.1 15.7
January 6th, 2001
All- Star Watch
By Ron Chambers
Western Point Guards
1) CIN- Steve Peterson
42 42 46.2 58.2 39.2 6.0 12.8 1.9 0.8 3.5 3.6 16.3
2) ROS- Ed Kane
42 34 50.6 77.1 0.0 2.6 11.3 1.9 0.0 2.4 1.6 10.6
3) CAN- Jimmy Foster
40 40 40.1 86.3 22.0 4.5 11.6 1.7 0.0 4.4 1.6 10.5
4) WIN- Curtis Bridges
42 30 51.2 81.7 30.8 2.0 8.1 2.2 0.2 2.1 2.2 10.8
5) IND- Wesley Phillips
41 37 48.0 56.1 30.4 4.0 6.1 3.0 0.2 2.5 2.2 16.4
6) ADE- Roger Starr
41 34 43.4 67.2 11.1 2.0 8.0 1.9 0.2 4.3 1.8 14.1
7) MID- Jose Hayes
42 34 39.3 69.7 21.7 2.1 9.0 2.1 0.1 3.0 1.3 9.8
8) SYD- George Grabowski
37 37 36.9 87.0 30.9 3.3 7.8 2.6 0.1 2.6 1.5 12.2
Eastern Point Guards
1) BAL- Stub Madison
39 38 57.2 98.1 0.0 3.7 12.1 2.0 0.1 2.8 2.6 13.1
2) BOS- Chuck Henderson
42 38 41.7 70.5 38.8 4.8 13.9 2.2 0.8 2.7 3.8 14.7
3) NY - Kelvin Davidson
31 33 52.4 87.0 75.0 2.4 8.1 1.5 0.1 2.8 1.5 17.6
4) BER- Henry Jordan
40 37 47.7 87.8 27.5 4.2 8.1 1.9 0.1 3.8 1.7 11.6
5) LON- Buck Jones
41 30 46.2 81.2 26.1 1.9 9.2 2.4 0.3 2.6 1.3 13.2
6) MB- Damon Trout
41 36 38.3 89.7 25.2 2.8 8.2 2.3 0.1 3.1 1.6 13.4
West Shooting Guards
1) ROS- Roy Robinson
37 31 46.3 86.7 32.7 4.8 4.1 2.6 0.5 2.4 1.2 17.4
2) MID- Garth Donohue
42 32 47.8 87.1 57.3 2.5 3.0 2.6 0.1 2.0 1.7 20.0
3) TOK- Don Beard
40 40 46.9 76.2 32.8 2.7 1.6 2.3 0.1 1.1 0.7 22.5
4) CAN- Herman Burke
37 35 46.7 76.3 43.3 1.8 2.8 1.5 0.1 1.9 0.7 19.2
5) ADE- Maury Foreman
39 32 48.3 93.2 40.8 2.3 2.6 2.1 0.4 2.2 1.3 17.1
6) IND- Doc Salmon
40 35 50.5 75.0 27.1 3.8 3.9 3.2 0.3 3.9 0.6 18.0
Eastern Shooting Guards
1) ALB- Harry Jarvis
42 39 51.9 93.6 43.4 2.4 4.2 3.0 0.3 2.1 1.7 23.2
2) BAL- Joe Jones
41 39 44.1 83.0 36.8 3.0 4.1 3.2 0.2 3.0 1.6 24.8
3) NY- Greg Lynn
42 39 45.7 77.2 46.3 4.1 4.1 2.7 0.3 2.9 1.6 23.2
4) BOS- Jeff Bailey
42 42 41.3 77.2 33.9 4.2 5.1 2.0 0.7 2.4 2.9 17.7
5) MAI- Bucky McCarty
41 41 46.0 85.7 45.8 2.5 5.1 2.2 0.0 3.0 1.3 23.2
6) BRK- J.J. McCauley
42 27 47.4 80.0 47.3 3.5 6.9 2.7 0.5 2.0 4.0 8.3
7) SC- Gene Allen
32 36 42.6 85.1 26.7 3.8 3.3 2.4 0.3 2.1 0.8 16.3
Western Small Forwards
1) ROS- John Greene
41 38 54.6 64.1 30.5 7.5 5.4 3.3 0.8 3.0 3.3 22.8
2) COL- Wayne Taylor
41 39 43.1 88.6 42.2 7.6 2.2 2.3 0.5 2.2 1.7 23.9
3) CIN- Ray Walters
42 41 47.2 65.5 33.3 11.0 2.5 2.2 1.3 2.4 1.5 16.8
4) IND- Frank Sommer
38 45 47.7 78.0 35.4 5.6 4.7 2.4 0.6 2.2 1.4 17.1
5) LA- Mike Taylor
39 32 53.5 62.8 40.0 6.0 3.6 3.5 0.6 2.1 1.0 16.5
6) BRM- Rod Lawrence
41 35 47.7 73.3 45.5 8.2 2.4 3.8 0.9 2.5 0.6 15.9
7) MID- Joe Busby
39 28 58.7 90.4 52.0 6.5 1.7 3.2 0.6 1.6 1.1 10.9
Eastern Small Forwards
1) BRK- A.J. Schulz
40 38 45.1 65.3 23.4 11.0 5.8 2.2 0.4 2.8 1.5 22.8
2) NY- Scooter Jacobs
42 41 45.2 67.9 32.7 6.1 6.0 2.5 0.9 3.3 2.7 19.6
3) CHA- Frank Rose
41 39 52.9 80.5 36.5 4.4 4.0 2.9 0.6 1.8 1.6 17.8
4) LON- Rick Schulz
42 31 47.2 92.2 45.6 2.8 3.3 2.0 0.4 1.6 1.5 17.1
5) ALB- Bill Blackstone
42 29 50.1 51.6 33.6 6.2 2.8 3.2 1.2 0.8 0.9 17.7
6) BAL- Bob Berry
40 32 44.8 84.1 26.7 2.7 5.4 2.3 0.6 2.2 1.1 12.5
Western Power Forwards
1) MID- George Holt
42 36 44.4 68.2 40.0 10.5 3.1 3.5 1.1 2.3 1.3 23.6
2) ROS- Tom Perkins
42 33 60.7 55.5 0.0 8.6 3.2 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.3 19.2
3) CAN- Scott Nicholson
41 40 44.7 66.0 23.2 9.2 4.7 2.5 0.7 3.9 2.6 17.0
4) WIN- Jose Bergman
42 34 54.5 60.3 23.3 6.7 4.4 3.3 0.7 2.9 2.4 15.5
5) CIN- Bert Latham
39 34 42.2 66.4 30.5 6.4 4.2 3.1 0.5 2.8 3.1 15.9
6) ROS- John Erickson
42 36 49.1 77.1 17.6 8.8 1.6 2.4 0.4 1.1 1.1 14.0
7) CIN- Jim Fox
22 25 60.2 33.3 0.0 6.5 3.0 3.2 1.8 1.9 1.4 7.5
8) COL- Ernie Coustier
41 31 38.6 77.6 0.0 7.4 3.5 4.8 0.3 1.7 1.2 8.7
Eastern Power Forwards
1) BER- Jerry Sims
42 38 48.4 86.7 32.9 10.9 3.3 3.2 2.1 2.7 0.9 26.1
2) BOS- Dave Short
39 35 48.6 64.3 36.4 12.1 1.7 3.3 0.4 2.4 1.0 18.7
3) BAL- Bill Lopez
34 38 56.4 56.4 0.0 10.8 3.6 4.4 0.9 2.4 1.1 16.0
4) BRK- John Davis
42 37 44.9 76.2 0.0 10.6 4.0 4.4 0.1 3.0 1.5 13.4
5) SC- Paul Wilson
39 39 50.0 34.8 26.7 15.3 4.1 3.4 0.5 2.1 0.5 5.4
6) VAR- Fred Workman
42 36 52.9 60.6 0.0 10.0 2.5 3.6 0.3 2.3 0.8 12.0
Western Centers
1) COL- Boom-Boom Casey
40 43 44.8 88.6 25.0 11.8 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.2 31.0
2) CIN- Jim McCarthy
40 43 51.7 69.8 40.0 12.9 2.8 3.5 3.6 2.5 1.5 27.1
3) SYD- John Riddle
41 41 46.8 72.7 38.5 11.9 4.2 3.4 4.2 5.0 1.5 28.0
4) MID- Larry Chapman
41 33 52.6 70.4 0.0 9.4 2.4 4.1 2.6 2.3 1.2 19.3
5) WIN- Horace Colbert
42 37 45.5 85.4 25.0 10.9 2.1 3.5 2.6 3.0 1.0 21.3
7) TOK- Jerry Dickenson
42 44 49.1 64.5 0.0 11.8 4.1 3.4 0.5 3.0 0.7 18.5
8) BEM- John Ferguson
42 34 50.1 60.2 0.0 10.1 2.5 3.5 2.1 2.5 0.4 19.1
9) CAN- Roger Bradshaw
42 38 46.1 68.6 19.5 9.0 4.2 2.9 0.8 3.5 2.4 17.7
Eastern Centers
1) BRK- Joe Siebert
42 38 62.6 62.9 0.0 12.1 1.7 4.0 3.3 2.0 1.1 16.9
2) BOS- Bill Yeager
41 37 51.0 75.6 33.3 10.5 1.9 3.4 2.6 2.6 1.2 21.9
3) BER- Pete Benton
41 36 50.4 89.5 40.0 9.1 3.0 3.5 2.2 2.5 1.0 20.0
4) VAR- Earl Baldwin
42 38 48.9 78.1 0.0 10.0 3.2 4.1 2.6 2.9 1.3 18.5
5) BAL- George Lush
41 39 48.9 67.9 24.0 10.9 1.7 2.4 0.6 1.4 1.1 15.4
6) NY- Marty Williams
41 36 45.7 75.0 0.0 11.4 2.5 4.0 1.7 2.4 0.8 15.8
January 5th, 2001
The Single Digit Club
By Ron Chambers of GSPN News
In season 1 only one team finished the season with a single digit loss total. This season tis 18 games longer than season o1 so I doubt any team will finish with single digit losses but it will be fun to keep an eye on the loss column to see who will last the longest. Currently only 6 team remain. Cincinnati has 6 losses and the best record in the league. Midland and Colorado both have 7 losses and Brooklyn has 8. Berlin and Boston seem to be the most likely to fall out of the Single Digit Club with 9 losses a piece. Who will be the first to fall?
December 14th, 2000
GSPN's MOST VALUABLE PLAYER RATING SYSTEM
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GMRS = GSPN MVP RATING SYSTEM
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UPDATE: The GMRS RATING is now the equivalent of the UBA's
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RNK GMRS NAME POS TEAM
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1. 3094 Boom-Boom Casey ----5 Colorado
2. 2864 Jerry Sims --345 Berlin
3. 2815 Jim McCarthy ----5 Cincinnati
4. 2665 Steve Peterson 1---- Cincinnati
5. 2294 George Holt ---45 Midland
6. 2289 Chuck Henderson 1---- Boston
7. 2276 Pete Benton --345 Berlin
8. 2217 John Riddle ----5 Sydney
9. 2147 A.J. Schulz --34- Brooklyn
10. 2142 Bill Yeager ----5 Boston
11. 2124 Tom Perkins ---45 Roswell
12. 2107 Wayne Taylor --34- Colorado
13. 2107 Horace Colbert ----5 Winifred
14. 2080 Joe Siebert ----5 Brooklyn
15. 2046 Larry Chapman ----5 Midland
16. 2034 Ray Walters --34- Cincinnati
17. 2032 John Erickson ---45 Roswell
18. 2002 John Greene --34- Roswell
19. 1874 Ed Kane 1---- Roswell
20. 1826 Marty Williams ----5 New York
21. 1759 Stub Madison 1---- Baltimore
22. 1724 George Lush ---45 Baltimore
23. 1722 Dave Short ---45 Boston
24. 1642 John Ferguson ----5 Fernie
25. 1573 Scooter Jacobs -23-- New York
26. 1532 Joe Jones -2--- Baltimore
27. 1517 Tom Holman 12--- Midland
28. 1517 Garth Donohue -23-- Midland
29. 1472 Roy Robinson -23-- Roswell
30. 1457 Paul Wilson ---4- South Carolina
31. 1451 Eddie Jacobson ---45 London
32. 1435 Jeff Bailey -2--- Boston
33. 1433 Kelvin Davidson 1---- New York
34. 1427 Bill Lopez ---4- Baltimore
35. 1413 Jose Bergman --34- Winifred
36. 1377 Joe Busby --34- Midland
37. 1360 Greg Lynn -2--- New York
38. 1337 Bert Latham --34- Cincinnati
39. 1319 Earl Baldwin ----5 Varese
40. 1306 Henry Jordan 1---- Berlin
41. 1271 Nick Barton 1---- London
42. 1259 John Davis ---45 Brooklyn
43. 1237 Buck Jones 1---- London
44. 1231 Rick Schulz -23-- London
45. 1229 Frank Rose -23-- Myrtle Beach
46. 1227 Curtis Bridges 1---- Winifred
47. 1215 Mike Begley ----5 London
48. 1202 Charlie Elkington -2--- Berlin
49. 1177 Scott Nicholson ---45 Cancun
50. 1164 Jose Hayes 1---- Midland
December 12th, 2000
All-Star Watch
By Ron Chambers
Western Point Guards
1) CIN- Steve Peterson
25 41 52.3 52.5 44.8 5.8 13.0 1.9 0.9 3.3 3.8 18.7
2) ROS- Ed Kane
25 29 48.4 61.1 0.0 2.6 11.2 1.4 0.0 2.3 1.1 10.0
3) MID- Jose Hayes
25 35 41.0 72.6 27.3 2.3 9.1 2.5 0.1 3.1 1.6 10.2
4) CAN- Jimmy Foster
25 40 37.3 89.5 24.6 4.5 11.5 1.9 0.0 4.3 1.8 9.9
5) SYD- George Grabowski
20 39 35.6 88.4 30.4 3.3 7.8 2.7 0.1 2.6 1.5 12.9
6) WIN- Curtis Bridges
25 29 48.7 80.3 32.0 2.1 8.4 2.0 0.2 2.0 1.6 10.4
7) IND- Wesley Phillips
25 37 46.9 53.7 25.0 4.3 6.4 3.0 0.2 2.2 2.3 16.6
8) ADE- Roger Starr
25 33 40.7 65.9 33.3 2.2 8.4 1.9 0.1 4.2 1.4 13.1
Steve Peterson is having the best season so far of any point guard in the league. He is second among point guards in points and assists and first in steals. He is also the best rebounding point guard in hte league by 1.5 rebounds per game. Ed Kane has found new life in Roswell. Amazingly he was coming off the bench in South Carolina. Kane is a pure passer and he has plenty of targets on his talented XT squad. Hayes is putting up solid numbers but is struggling from the field at 41%. Jimmy Foster and George Grabowski are great assist men but hurt their teams when ever they decide to shoot the ball. Last year Curtis Bridges was a stand out and this year still puts up solid numbers but is lost in a pack of excellent point guards. Wesley Phillips will be excellent one day but as of now is solid but not All-Star calliber. Starr looks fine until you see his Turn overs.
Eastern Point Guards
1) BOS- Chuck Henderson
25 38 42.3 74.1 36.8 4.3 14.3 2.0 0.8 2.6 3.7 14.4
2) BAL- Stub Madison
24 39 54.7 97.0 0.0 3.8 13.0 1.7 0.1 2.8 2.8 12.4
3) NY - Kelvin Davidson
18 35 52.1 85.2 100.0 2.4 8.7 1.7 0.2 2.6 1.9 18.8
4) LON- Buck Jones
24 28 47.5 89.7 28.2 1.7 8.7 2.2 0.3 2.6 1.1 12.8
5) BER- Henry Jordan
24 36 47.8 86.0 17.2 4.2 8.2 2.2 0.1 3.5 1.9 11.3
6) MB- Damon Trout
25 35 35.9 90.7 27.5 2.8 8.0 2.4 0.1 3.2 1.4 12.2
Chuck Henderson is leading the League in assists, is also an excellent rebounder and is second among point guards in steals. Madison is also having a great year distributing the ball he's an excellent player with no clear weakness. Kelvin Davidson may be the best scoring point guard in the league. Jones, Jordan and Trout are all having very good years. Jordan is the best rebounder of the three and Trout is stuggling with his shot selection.
West Shooting Guards
1) ROS- Roy Robinson
25 31 47.0 86.4 33.3 4.9 4.3 2.6 0.5 2.2 1.4 17.9
2) MID- Garth Donohue
25 33 48.5 86.5 60.3 2.3 3.1 2.7 0.2 1.9 1.6 21.5
3) TOK- Don Beard
24 40 46.1 72.4 32.4 2.7 1.3 2.3 0.0 1.1 0.8 22.1
4) CAN- Herman Burke
23 37 47.9 76.1 41.0 1.7 2.7 1.4 0.0 2.0 0.9 20.4
5) ADE- Maury Foreman
25 32 48.2 94.0 41.0 2.2 2.7 2.1 0.3 2.1 1.3 17.2
6) IND- Doc Salmon
24 32 50.5 76.9 29.0 3.4 3.1 2.6 0.3 3.3 0.5 18.0
Roswell's Roy Robinson is an excellent all around player. He scores well and leads the West's shooting guards is Rebounds and assists. Donohue is an excellent scorer whith good decision making skills which leads to low turn overs and a good amount of steals. Don Beard is no doubt one dimesional, but he is an excellent scorer whomakes very few mistakes with the ball. Herman Burke is also one dimensional but does not take as good care of the ball and is not scoring quite as well. Maury Foreman and Doc Solmon are both very solid and if they get in a grove could merit all-star consideration.
Eastern Shooting Guards
1) BAL- Joe Jones
25 40 46.0 85.5 38.3 3.0 4.1 2.7 0.2 2.8 1.6 27.3
2) ALB- Harry Jarvis
25 41 54.0 93.5 44.8 2.5 4.0 3.3 0.3 2.3 2.0 24.8
3) BOS- Jeff Bailey
25 42 42.2 80.4 31.1 4.4 5.1 2.2 0.8 2.7 2.8 16.7
4) MAI- Bucky McCarty
25 40 45.3 82.8 44.4 2.7 5.4 2.1 0.0 2.7 0.9 22.1
5) NY- Greg Lynn
25 36 46.1 76.7 51.6 3.7 3.5 2.5 0.3 2.4 1.4 20.6
6) BRK- J.J. McCauley
25 27 44.7 91.7 39.0 3.7 6.6 3.2 0.6 2.0 4.1 6.8
7) SC- Gene Allen
19 35 44.6 90.3 27.6 3.4 2.8 2.1 0.3 1.8 0.8 15.1
The best shooting guards are in the East. Joe Jones the top scoring two guard and the third highest scorer over all. Harry Jarvis does not score at the same rate as Jones but he has better percentages. Jeff Bailey is surrounded by a ton of tallent and scores much less than the other top shooting guards but he is an excellent rebounder and passer and has good anticipation to make steals. Bucky McCarty is a surprise this season. He is a great scorer (tied for third among guards) and passes very well. Greg Lynn is solid all around but he is on a very talented team and his numbers are a bit less than the other young guns. JJ is not what youd expect to find when talking about possible all-stars but he leads the league in steals and leads his team in assists. Gene Allen is on the bubble. His numbers are not good enough to merit all-star consideration but he has just recently gone to S.C. where he could get a chance to shine.
Western Small Forwards
1) ROS- John Greene
24 36 57.9 61.0 33.9 7.5 5.0 3.0 0.8 2.9 2.9 21.8
2) CIN- Ray Walters
25 40 47.5 67.3 33.3 10.7 2.5 2.0 1.4 2.7 1.7 17.2
3) COL- Wayne Taylor
24 39 42.7 87.3 38.2 7.8 2.3 2.0 0.5 2.2 1.7 23.9
4) MID- Joe Busby
24 31 62.1 96.7 52.9 6.9 1.8 3.1 0.5 1.8 1.0 12.9
5) IND- Frank Sommer
24 46 49.4 78.8 37.0 5.1 5.0 2.6 0.6 2.2 1.6 18.2
6) BRM- Rod Lawrence
24 34 49.2 75.5 42.9 7.3 2.4 4.2 0.5 2.6 0.6 15.0
7) LA- Mike Taylor
25 31 50.3 63.3 33.3 6.2 2.9 3.7 0.6 2.2 1.0 15.0
John Greene has the best all around skill in the West only AJ Schulz challenges his claim of being the WBA's best all-around player. He scores at will, rebounds well for a small forward, is a good passer and has great defensive skills. He's a sure in for all-star weekend. Ray Walters was the man in LA and when he went to Cincy all their competitors were scared. He is the best rebounding small forward in the West and an excellent scorer. Taylor at 17 leads all small forwards in scoring. He is also an excellent rebounder. Joe Busby is nothing if not efficient (he's fourth in the league in shooting percentage). Frank Sommer, Rod Lawrence and Mike Taylor will probably not be all-stars unless one of them gets really hot or there are serious injuries for other players.
Eastern Small Forwards
1) BRK- A.J. Schulz
23 37 43.6 65.1 17.6 11.7 5.6 2.1 0.3 3.0 1.4 21.0
2) NY- Scooter Jacobs
25 38 44.3 68.1 34.5 5.2 5.6 2.5 1.0 3.0 2.4 19.0
3) CHA- Frank Rose
25 37 54.8 76.7 35.5 4.6 4.0 2.8 0.5 1.9 1.5 18.1
4) LON- Rick Schulz
25 30 48.1 100.0 45.1 3.2 3.1 1.9 0.3 1.4 1.9 16.9
5) BAL- Bob Berry
24 31 45.7 80.0 26.7 2.5 5.6 2.2 0.4 1.9 1.1 12.7
A.J. Schulz is not only the best rebounding small forward in the game he is 6th over all. And all of this while on a team that has two other players averaging double didget rebounds. He is also one of the best passing and scoring small forwards in the league. Scooter Jacobs is having an excellent year in all areas. Frank Rose has been a bit of a surprise but does every thing well. Rick Schulz is a good player who could make the all-star team only if there are major injuries. Bob Berry was a bench player but is getting a chance now that Mike Sewell has been suspended for violations of the WBA's drug pollicy. We'll have to see how this tallented player respons to the challenge.
Western Power Forwards
1) MID- George Holt
25 37 42.5 69.2 25.0 10.8 3.2 4.1 1.0 2.6 1.5 24.0
2) CAN- Scott Nicholson
24 40 47.2 66.1 20.0 9.2 4.9 2.4 0.6 4.0 2.5 18.2
3) WIN- Jose Bergman
25 35 54.0 56.3 27.3 7.0 4.4 3.3 0.7 3.3 2.6 16.4
4) ROS- John Erickson
25 36 49.7 76.1 18.2 9.7 1.6 2.1 0.4 1.1 1.3 14.8
5) CIN- Jim Fox
11 23 59.4 11.1 0.0 5.2 3.3 3.3 2.0 1.3 1.7 7.0
6) COL- Ernie Coustier
24 31 41.8 75.8 0.0 7.3 3.4 4.8 0.5 1.8 1.1 9.1
Holt is one of 7 players to average 20+ points and 10+ rebounds. He is easily the most talented power forward in the league. Scott Nicholson is a great rookie who has not gotten the attention due him. Jose is a good all around player with excellent defensive skills. John Erickson is in a situation where we will have to watch and see how he does now that he is with Roswell. Jim Fox is a tallented defender but it's hard to believe his 11.1% free throw percentage. Ernie is solid but I just don't see it.
Eastern Power Forwards
1) BER- Jerry Sims
25 37 48.9 88.3 29.4 10.8 3.4 2.7 2.2 2.8 0.6 27.0
2) BOS- Dave Short
23 34 49.7 62.7 40.0 11.3 1.6 3.4 0.2 2.4 0.9 19.0
3) SC- Paul Wilson
24 38 48.4 28.6 26.7 14.9 4.4 3.3 0.4 2.3 0.5 5.3
4) BAL- Bill Lopez
22 38 56.8 56.3 0.0 10.5 3.5 4.4 1.0 2.6 1.1 16.4
5) VAR- Fred Workman
25 37 52.8 68.2 0.0 10.1 2.3 3.2 0.2 2.3 1.0 13.0
6) BRK- John Davis
25 34 42.0 75.0 0.0 10.0 3.8 4.4 0.2 2.7 1.3 11.6
The top power forwards in the East are all great rebounders. Simms is having a great year and his numbers are even better than George Holts. Simms is also the best shot blocker among power forwards. Dave Shot improved a lot in the off season it's hard to believe he is only 20. Paul Wilson is a grteat rebounder and passer but has no offensive ambitions. Bill Lopex is shooting very well at 57% and is a good defender. Workamn and Davis are both very good players but need to step it up a notch if they want to be all stars.
Western Centers
1) SYD- John Riddle
24 44 47.6 74.4 30.0 13.4 4.6 3.4 4.5 5.5 1.8 30.0
2) CIN- Jim McCarthy
23 41 51.9 72.0 20.0 12.0 3.0 3.4 4.1 2.2 1.7 25.7
3) COL- Boom-Boom Casey
24 41 43.9 88.7 20.0 11.3 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.3 2.0 28.7
4) MID- Larry Chapman
25 34 50.0 71.3 0.0 9.7 2.6 4.6 2.6 2.6 1.5 19.0
5) WIN- Horace Colbert
25 36 46.7 86.7 33.3 10.2 2.0 3.4 2.7 3.0 1.2 22.4
6) ROS- Tom Perkins
25 33 58.4 58.0 0.0 8.3 3.4 2.7 2.6 1.8 1.4 18.5
7) TOK- Jerry Dickenson
25 44 48.9 65.9 0.0 11.5 4.2 3.0 0.6 2.9 0.8 18.2
8) FER- John Ferguson
25 34 51.9 64.3 0.0 10.6 2.6 3.5 2.1 2.4 0.4 19.8
9) CAN- Roger Bradshaw
25 40 45.6 73.3 21.8 8.6 4.2 2.8 0.8 4.0 2.3 17.8
If you want to be an all-star you don't want to be a center in the West. John Riddle leads the pack in scoring rebounding and blocked shots and seems like a sure in. Jom McCarthy is a player with out a flaw and his stats would be even more impressive if he didn't anchor one of the two most talented teams in the league. Boom-Boom is often attacked but he is the only player in the league to average more than 25 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 steals. Larry Chapman and Horace Colbert are both fantastic player but so far this season are not standing out as well as the top three. Perkins was a power forward until Roswell acquired John Erickson. That may cause him a spot on the all-star team but it is a great move for his team. Ferguson and Bradshaw are long shots.
Eastern Centers
1) BER- Pete Benton
25 37 51.3 90.1 29.3 9.6 3.2 3.1 2.4 2.8 0.9 19.6
2) BOS- Bill Yeager
24 36 54.2 75.2 33.3 9.9 1.6 3.5 2.7 2.7 1.3 21.4
3) BRK- Joe Siebert
25 35 62.2 67.0 0.0 11.9 1.6 3.8 3.2 1.9 1.0 15.6
4) VAR- Earl Baldwin
25 37 49.9 74.7 0.0 10.6 3.2 4.2 2.5 2.2 1.2 17.6
5) BAL- George Lush
25 40 50.0 67.0 11.8 11.4 2.1 2.4 0.5 1.6 1.2 16.1
6) NY- Marty Williams
24 36 44.5 76.9 0.0 11.7 2.6 3.8 1.6 2.4 0.7 15.9
Benton and Yeager are neck and neck it just depends what stats are more important to the people voting. Siebert could also be up there with Them if voters want a hard nosed player. Foul trouble has limited his playing time some. If he was playing 40 minutes a game he would be second in the league in rebounding and blocked shots. He is also third in the league in shooting percentage. Earl "The Pearl" is showing his age. He is still fantastic but is now just a step behind the younger players. George Lush and Marty Williams are very good but clearly second tier.
December 11th, 2000
Big Changes for Maine
It finally happened ! John Erickson was traded by Maine GM Dugyik Tamas. The deal is that Erickson is moving to Roswell with his teammates Bill Alston and Jim Lopez. In exchange Maine is getting Joe Devlin, Lou McNamara and a youngster Bill Mangano. Here is what Tamas said about the deal : ' It was hard to trade our most experienced player, but Maine has to look into the future. The team is fairly young and has great potential, but we all know that you can't build a great team in 1 year. I'm afraid that Erickson, who is 34, will not waist his last years in a rebuilding team. He's too good for that. I think this was a deal that Maine couldn't refuse.'
December 11th, 2000
New Management in Fernie
The Fernie Fire-Starters hired a new coach Friday night. The defending
champions have hit some rough times this season due to the retirement of
some key players and a lack of adequate coaching. They reached into the
GCBA and hired Kangaroo U. head coach Brandon Morfeld. Morfeld has acquired a 7-1 record as the head coach of #5 Kangaroo. He is also 1-0 in the WBA following a victory last night over Baltimore. He was upset with all the
veterans on the team and their lack of effort. Plus he wanted to start the
rebuilding process. In his first night as coach he made two large scale
deals involving proven veterans. This includes one of the best players in
the league in John Ferguson.
Deal 1:
Fernie acquired Bermuda's first round pick this season, SG Pete Small, and
PF/C Steve Foreman FOR Fernie's first round pick in 2 years, Fernie's second
round pick this year, John Ferguson, and Bill Owens. This deal should
greatly improve the Bermuda club, but it will give Coach Morfeld some key
youth to build on.
Deal 2:
Fernie acquired PG/SG Junior White and SF Arnold Moeller FOR SF Dave
Booker and PG/SG Mike James. Once again this deal has the more immediate
talent leaving Fernie, but gets them some younger skilled players.
Fernie coach is still open to more deals and will take offers on anyone. He
is looking for youth and draft picks.
His job got tougher yesterday when starting PF Johnny Brose got injured for
4 games. That leaves a large hole in the team.
December 9th, 2000
SPORT OR WAR?
By Johnny Melavo
A pair of days ago, i was called to cover the high-rivalry game between Chacarita and Albacete at 22nd day at WBA. I was adviced about the hard feelings that the Argentin team's staff keep against the Spanish one, but when i arrived to San Martin Stadium, i saw a very agressive behaviour from the crowd, before the game started, i could see about 100-150 Spanish flags being burnt, and police had to protect the bench during all the game(although i saw a pair of them without any entusiasm). Its well known, that in some countries like Argentina and Greece, the referees feel unprotected, and the tend to help the local team. This way, and with the love of Chacarita's players for theater, every little contact in the game was called as a foul.
But the worst was the end of the game, I saw chairs, lighters, even celular phones flying against spanish team when they were going to the dressing-room, and(oh surprise) they found the door closed. Three players and two assistants had to be regognised by the doctor. Finally, the bus' glasses were broken by about 100 people throwing stones. Some members of Albacete swear that between them, trere was at least 2 members of Argentinan team. When the glasses were broken, a little piece of one of them, penetrated in the eye of Dave Thompson(maybe this is the reason
because he had 9 TOs at tonight's game)
I could say that it was an isolate fact, but it was in Argentina, where a pair of times the Soccer League has been suspended because of the high level of violence( about 5 deaths a season), and now we know the reason, the teams help this 'ultras' frequently with nazis symbols.
Maybe we could finish all this stupid violence sending the league out of Argentina, because one of this days, it could happen something terrible. In fact, Albacete is planning not to send his best players to Chacarita for security reasons
December 9th, 2000
Davidson Sparkles in Win
By Super Mario Lemieux- Newsday
Coming off an injury Kelvin Davidson scores 24 points and dishes out 10
assists as the red hot Firestorm beat a tough Albecete Burning Hell team
101-91 today. Davidson was out for the past 3 games with a tender ankle and
just came back with a sparkling performance. Shooting 8-15 from the field
and 8-8 from the line he has proven to coach Steven Goodstadt that he is
capable to play a point guard as a shooting guard type player and still dish
the ball around.
" This guy is the best pg in the league. He may not pass the ball as
much as most of the guys, but this guy puts a spark into this offense. I
dont see many point guards doing that. He will be on this squad for a while.
I don't think he'll be traded anytime soon," says Julius "Dr. J." Erving
executive VP of the Firestorm team. "Steven Goodstadt is one of the better
coaches of the league. He had a great core 4 in Kelvin, Greg (Lynn), Scooter
(Jacobs), and Marty (Williams) and he turned it into a great 7 man rotation
by adding Steve Combs, Ryan Hatfield, and Matty Quinn.
The Firestorm get to battle Bermuda tommorrow. Look for Marty Williams
and Kelvin Davidson having good games.
Other Stats:
Marty Williams grabbed 17 boards and 21 points but shot a dismal 6-18.
Greg Lynn shot 10-19 scoring 22 points also getting 6 boaeds and 5
assists Scooter Jacobs had 4 steals but had 5 turnovers.
December 9th, 2000
Firestorm Acquire Hatfields, Quinn
By Super Mario Lemieux - Newsday
On Saturday night we had confirmations to two trades the first one had a
total of 6 players changed addressees in a 3 team deal involving former
Firestorm player Ed Kane. The Firestorm acquired the Hatfield brothers Ryan
and Alonzo from Roswell XT. Roswell also gave up fan favorite J.J Mccaughley
to the South Carolina Hurricanes. South Carolina also received Carl Mercer
and Frank Cox from the Firestorm. In an unrelated deal the Firestorm dealt
Joe Delvin back to Roswell for Matty Quinn a Firestorm killer in season 1.
" I believe that our bench was really killing us. Although we were winning our bench almost gave the games away. I believe Ryan and Matty will help us keep up on our winning ways and put less pressure on our team leaders Kelvin Daivdson and Marty Williams," said a jubilant Steven Goodstadt as he
was leaving a team meeting on Sunday. All of these teams are playoffs caliber teams which doesn't have many of the players upset. Matty Quinn was excited because he knew he would be playing since being exiled to Roswell's bench a few days ago. Mercer and Cox were bench warmers on the Firestorm squad and will be playing in the Hurricanes literally.
December 6th, 2000
Trouble Down South: The Latin Game
By Sr. Dali of GSPN
"This was the match that we were waiting for!" was what Luis Barrionuevo,
Chacarita Buriers' owner, yelled 67 times during the party organized after
today's match between Chacarita and Albacete (one time for every single
champagne bottle he unscrewed).
As everybody might remember, there have been several controversies at the
beginning of the season between Pedro Alcaraz Sanchez and Luis Barrionuevo