Week 2 - Bangkok Domination

Well, week 2 is almost in the books and the Bangkok Fighters team is proving that his team is for real. Let`s looks at the top 4 JBL teams right now and what else is going on around the JBL...



Bangkok is getting top notch Fantasy production from Josh Smith, Brandon Roy, and Rudy Gay. The latter is actually putting up numbers worthy of being a top 10 Fantasy player. And Bangkok is doing all this without the services of Stephen Curry - who is due back this week. Bangkok is dominating the JBL right and doesn't appear to have many weaknesses. However, as we all know, there are 24 weeks in this long JBL season and lots can happen. The only concern that Bangkok would seem to have is can his role players keep it up all year? Elton Brand is 18 and 8 with 2.5 steals and almost 2 blocks a game. Will he do that all year? Is Dorell Wright going to average 18 and 5 all season? Will Taj Gibson be 15 and 6 once Boozer comes back in Chicago? All that being said, you can't fault Rick for having guys having career years. He gets the pleasure of watching his team succeed and just hope that they all keep it up and no one gets hurt.

The very big Arctic squad is currently in 2nd place and leads the JBL in rebounding and ATO. The Vegas draft room criticized Arctic for spending big dollars on Rondo and Blake Griffin. Well, I guess we can shut up now as both are putting up gaudy Fantasy numbers early on. I feel like I have to mention the rebounding prowess of this team. He currently has 4 players averaging over 10 rebounds per game. Insane man. What is surprising though is that despite all the size Arctic is 11th in blocks right now. I guess they have a bunch of Kevin Willis arms on the squad. Arctic made the crafty FA signing of Eric Bledsoe (the other PG last year in Kentucky not named Wall) and he appears ready to push Baron de Boeuf for minutes in LA. That could be a good signing in the long term. Raymond Felton has also been good in NY in D'Antoni's system.

Our 3rd place team from Yuma is quite strong in 5 of the 7 JBL categories. Currently,Yuma is struggling in FG% and blocks. At the moment, Yuma is relying on Al Jefferson and Ben Wallace as his shot-blockers and those 2 might not be enough to compete at a high level in that category. That being said, there is a real shortage of shot blockers available in the JBL. They don't grow on trees you know. Yuma is a deep team and has plenty of talent. The pleasant surprise has to be Mike Conley who is averaging almost 16 and 8 and over 3 steals right now. Very impressive numbers for a $9 dollar player. Another interesting stat about the Yuma squad is the age of this team. Without checking their actual birth dates - how many guys on Yuma are over 30 years old? I think it could be 8 or more. So, does should that be a positive in that Yuma knows these guys have been around long enough to know what he's going to get or should it be a concern that this is an aging team and could be due for an injury before long? Only time will tell...

Our 4th place team is the 2-time defending champion Seoul Brothers. Philly Woo has once again pieced together a team that can challenge for the title. He's excelling in PTS, STLS, and REBS right now and holds a slim lead over Idaho for the last money spot at this early point in the season. We know that Woo is working the phones and trying to make some improvements. Seoul, like many other teams, is looking for blocks. The JBL rumor mill tells me that Woo is looking at moving Blatche for some blocks. The Seoul team is strong and is poised to hang around all year in the JBL race.

What else is going on the in JBL????

• Again, the rumor mill has Brussels shopping Danny Granger
• Idaho is shopping his 2 underachieving Suns - Turkoglu and Warrick (and of course he is looking for All-Stars in return)
• Word out of Chilliwack is that the Jazz monster PF Paul Millsap could be had for the right price
• All is quiet in the JBL's newest JBL franchise Manhattan Beach. No FA signings yet. No trade offers have come my way. Has anyone else heard from Mr. Hucul?
• Juan de Fuca has been quiet as well. This perennial contender has got off to a rough start this season. Are they considering some moves to shake things up?
• Golden has climbed out of the 100 point range and now finds himself in 11th with 400+ points.

That's all for now boys...Lots of time left in this JBL season. Stay patient. Stay calm. Long road ahead.