Randoms...

Well, it looks like Arctic and Juan de Fuca have taken over atop the JBL power rankings. There are 5 more teams out on the outskirts in the 700's. Then Yuma is mid-500's - quite the climb from his last place perch early in the season. Then we have Idaho, Brussels, Belgrade, and Boston in the 400's (which the first 3 of those occasionally peaking into the 500's for a moment or two).

Have you ever looked at your JBL team and thought.....what on earth can I do? Where do I go from here? That's how I feel right now with this Golden bunch. Yes, I'm in the thick of things but it just looks like things are slipping away sometimes.

Have you ever noticed that a JBL trade actually does affect a players performance sometimes?? Seriously. I acquire Channing Frye, who was healthy and happy in Belgrade, and he comes in puts up 0 FG's in his Golden debut. Hasn't had one of those all season long, he gets traded in the JBL and pulls that??? Come on, these NBA guys have to know they've been moved in the JBL - how else can it be explained?

Rumors out there indicate that a JBL Podcast will soon be posted to the site. The Belgrade Zombies owner, Marko, will be chiming in soon enough. And, I am scheduled for a mid-season review next week. Oh yeah.

Hmmm, big games from big men tonight in the Association.
Al Jefferson with 22 and 26
Dejuan Blair with 28 and 21
Jamison with 25 and 19
Dalembert with 12 and 21
Dirty Dirk with 30 and 16
How many of those guys are in Golden - not a one!

We are now just 5 Sunday's away from the keeper deadline. Who will be moved? Who has the balls to blow it up and grab those best keepers for next season? Does Chris Kaman's keeper value go up because he won't see a reduction in his performance this season now that Griffin is done for the year?

Houston and Minny going to triple-overtime right now and Luis Scola is planted on the bench. He's played 28 minutes (out of a possible 58 minutes). Why is he on the bench? Is he not a better offensive option than Chuck Hayes. I don't think you can make the argument that Hayes is a better defender or a better rebounder to go up against Big Al because Jefferson has 22pts and 26rebs. So why is Scola not playing?? I don't get it.

Has anyone had more bad luck this year than Brussels (I know French would argue)....but Brussels is the team that just moved Stephen Jackson for Michael Redd. S-Jax is another guy who suddenly lights it up once he's moved to Yuma (coincidence? I think not) and Redd blows out a knee in Brussels. Hmmmm.

Hey, look at that. Rudy Fernandez is back for PDX. That should help them. And how is Juwan Howard doing it?? He's 56 years old.

On paper, are the Milwaukee Bucks the least talented team in the league? Seriously, they start a rookie PG that 9 teams didn't want and who shoots under 40%. They have an Aussie center with a history of back troubles and whose peak numbers are likely 16 and 10. Then they start Charlie Bell, and 2 others named Ersan Ilyasova and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. How many other teams do those 2 players start on?? Their bench is stacked with Jodie Meeks, Kurt Thomas, Luke Ridnour, Hakim Warrick, and others. Really? How has this team won 15 games and the NJ Nets only won 3?

Hey, a Scola sighting...good to see it took Chuck Hayes to foul out before he could get back in. Ugh. Aaron Brooks has 40 pts in that game. Wow, talk about under-rated PG's this season. Big Al has 26 and 26. When is the last time a player went 30 and 30?? Has Howard done it? I don't think so...I think this could be one of those things that hasn't happened since the days of Bill Russell. Maybe I'm wrong. Bill Simmons would know. Plus, I don't think Big Al will get there. Great game nonetheless.

Portland up by 30 on the Bucks in the 3rd quarter. Proves my earlier point I think.

So if you're the Raptors - what do you do with Chris Bosh at the trade deadline. This could go a couple of different ways....

1) Bosh tells you he will re-sign and you do nothing with him at the deadline
2) Bosh says he wants to test free agency but is willing to re-sign...this means they will have to look for a good trade or else look for a sign and trade in the off season.
3) Bosh says he wants to test free agency and makes no indication he wants to re-sign...this means you must trade him.

I believe there could be some truth to those Bosh to Houston rumors. The guy is from Texas and they could use another big man to play with Yao. And think, they could trade Scola to Toronto so the Raptors have the all-Euro team they want so badly and they can then become the worst defensive squad in the NBA. It all makes sense....so, start the rumor, Bosh to Houston for Scola and change.

I have 6 man games tonight and I scored 62 points...Aaron Brooks has 43 (and counting) all by himself. And that's why the Golden squad is in trouble.

That's all for tonight...I have been sooo busy at work that I just haven't had the time to devote to the JBL that I usually would like. It's like a mid-season crisis....where you don't have time, you hate your team, you have feelings like you just don't care, where you think 'fuck it, I'm gonna blow it up', I'm rambling...I'll go now.