- it seems like there is a real lull in the JBL these days. Only Seoul, Bangkok, Golden and a few others are ever seen on the chat board. Kinda depressing.
- The battle for top spot is awesome. Seoul was up to 1170 last night and now is back in 2nd place tonight. Very cool to watch (especially if you're Seoul or Bangkok)
- This is the last week to make trades (Sunday, March 20th at midnight PST). I put Tyson Chandler on the block and not a single offer for him. Not even a Sonny Weems offer!!?? That would never happen in November.
- Idaho appears entrenched in 3rd place. No more chat board taunts about "look out Asians" or "da Pimps iz rizing". Nothing. I guess he's content with 3rd place dough.
- I often wonder, why in the last week when teams can make trades, that more teams aren't pro-active in trying to get "keepers" from other teams. For example, French is battling hard for 4th place. I would imagine he would love to make a deal that would give him the upper hand for his 1st ever money spot (I think it would be his 1st)....so why isn't someone tempting him with an offer for Stephen Curry? The young Warrior is arguably the top keeper out there and we're going to just let French protect him? Wouldn't it be worth our while to at least tempt French with a Deron Williams, Monta Ellis, Derrick Rose, or whatever type of player(s) he needs to get into the money?? Would French have to consider moving Curry if it was a no-brainer deal? The strategy for us would be to get Curry back in the auction so French doesn't get a $50 dollar player for $20 bucks. The temptation for French would be the money spot...but maybe a 4th place finish isn't worth it.
- Same theory would apply for a Kevin Love in Golden. Should other JBL teams really want me protecting this guy?
- I was quickly scanning the potential keepers from each team this morning and Arctic sure looks to be stocked for next season. I love the potential of Ibaka, K-Mart, DeRozan, Beasley, Tyreke and even someone like Al Horford (mini-Pau). Arctic has his pick of top notch keepers in my books. And when the season is over and I post my 1st edition of the off-season rankings - you can bet that Arctic will be in the running for #1 overall.
- I hate to harp on the Seoul vs. Bangkok battle but it really is getting entertaining. All year we have watched and listened to Rick tell us how great his team is/was and now we are seeing a suddenly red hot Seoul team coming on strong. Seoul has been the team of the week 7 out of the last 10 weeks. Everything he's touched this season has turned to gold. He got Al Jefferson and the guy became a monster. He signed Thornton and he goes off. It's all golden in Seoul.
- And I have to say that Golden can be proud for some of Bangkok's success this season (whether he's 1st or 2nd when it's over). Why? Well, because a lot of Bangkok's success comes from Golden castoffs or shrewd business maneuvers by Bangkok. Let's see - there's Aldridge, Collison, Deng, Hickson, Blair, and Korver - all spent time in Golden this season and all are going to finish in the money. Rick, you're welcome.
- I am about to head on holidays for 10 days starting on Thursday. Off to LA for 2 days (and a Lakers game) and then off on a 7 day Mexican cruise where I will put to the test the theory of "all you can eat". While I'm chilling on the deck in the sunshine I will be in full strategy mode of planning for next season. I'm always thinking. Always planning. Always testing theories and scenarios. Golden is planning on building a team around Kevin Love and maybe a couple of other guys...
- The Belgrade vs. Maui battle that I was anticipating appears to be fizzling before it really gets going. Maui has pulled about 100 points ahead and appears to be getting stronger (rebounds and blocks) while the Belgrade team is fading away. Maybe the Zombies can make a late charge. However, if they don't, the first order of business (if I was running the show) would be a name change!!!
- A quick scan of the standings and the JBL record book reveals that quite a few records could be broken this year.
- For example, it looks like French or Seoul could break the record for best 3PT% in a season. The record is 38.9% and both French and Seoul are right there.
- The record for best ATO is 1.941 by Juan de Fuca back in 2007. Well, that record is surely to be broken by Arctic as he has been over 2.000 for most of the season. The worst ATO on record is 1.337 by Brussels in 2009 - well, Maui could take that honour as he currently sits at 1.339.
- The worst block total ever was 396 by Pearl in 2006. Well, Belgrade will have the new record low as he has just 298 blocks so far.
- The previous best in FG% was 48.5%. Seoul will shatter that record as he's currently at 49.8% and has been at that level for quite some time.
- There are a few other categories where records could be broken and I'm interested to see how many records will be set through the 2010 JBL season.
- And if Seoul wins it all - could this Brothers team be brought into the equation of "Best JBL team" ever? The point total could be there. The late season domination could be there. And the records would speak for themselves. So, no matter who wins the 2010/11 JBL title - Bangkok or Seoul - I think they will have a case to be one of the greatest JBL teams of all time.
- My apologies again to Chilliwack for not including Marcin Gortat in the 'best big man' poll on the JBL site. He clearly should have been included over the likes of Ekpe Udoh. What was I thinking? Gortat has been a monster in PHX and is likely keeper material for Benny. He would be very solid in the middle if he protects Noah and Gortat. Nice combo indeed.
- I think I'm going to post a poll on potential keepers for teams - who has the best stable of potential players for next season. I will split the poll into groups based on the numbers of potential keepers. So, the top 4 spots can keep 4 guys and I believe there are potentially 6 teams that could finish in the money spots (Bangkok, Seoul, Idaho, Arctic, French, and Chilliwack). So, my poll question would be who has the best stable of potentially 4 keepers from those teams? Then I can do 5th to 8th who would get 3 keepers and so on...I think it would be interesting to hear what the JBL masses have to say as to who is looking good for next season and I would use this in my calculations for off-season rankings.
- I reviewed my 2010/11 off season ranks and was pretty good. I predicted a big year for Bangkok and look what he did. OK, so I was waaaaaay off when I predicted big things from Brussels but who knew. And Idaho has earned some respect for his ability to start a JBL team from scratch, no keepers, and build a 3rd place team. Well done Tuna.
OK fellas, that's all for now. I wonder if there will be any JBL trades this weekend? The league seems quiet and dead at the moment. Not a lot of chatter or trash talk. Sad.
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