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Season 58 Final Ranking Predictions - Part 3
3. Linndale: Again, three of Speedtraps 15 rostered players are up for sale, with Thomas Lagorce the highest rated being listed for $650k. All told, they could shed nearly $90k in salary, but I would guess, there'd be some form of replacement with at least one player. Still, even if they drop all of that salary, they'd still rank 8th in total salary and would be right in the middle of that pack of 7 competing for a playoff spot.

2. Tachenko: A bit of a surprise here and it would take some work, but I could see it with their backcourt being somewhat of a liability (although, not much of one). They will be tough to score on with their two tower tandem down low and Juan Ramón Buendía coming off the bench. I wouldn't be surprised if they win it all, but we don't know kokka's intentions after fighting to stay in II.2 (making the playoffs two seasons ago!) - I'd imagine it would be nice to take it "easy" for a season, much like Rip City last season.

1. Rip City Revival: speaking of the devil, Jbogoroff's team has been retooled a little bit bringing in Frane Matkovic (35 PF - $19k), Elio Pagnini (35 PF/C - $60k) and selling off 31-year old Utopian PG Thomas Paine ($12k). While they do have five players listed at the moment, I'm guessing they're looking to add one or two more mid-level players for more depth. They're going to be a problem for teams this season.

Conference Standings
Big 8
1. Rip City Revival
2. Linndale
3. Philly Dribble
4. Lion Rebels
5. San Dominica Warriors
6. Mighty Moose Rockets
7. Carolina Rebels
8. The Lone Wolf

Great 8
1. Tachenko
2. Hustlas
3. The Ashkickers
4. The Beer Bellys
5. 2 percent
6. Miami Cleo
7. Żubr Białystok
8. Is This Heaven?

Playoff/Relegation Predictions
Great 8 Playoffs
The Beer Bellys vs. Tachenko
The Ashkickers vs. Hustlas

Great 8 Semi-Final Matchup
The Ashkickers vs. Tachenko

Big 8 Playoffs
Lion Rebels vs. Rip City Revival
Philly Dribble vs. Linndale

Big 8 Semi-Final Matchup
Philly Dribble vs. Rip City Revival

Relegation Matchups
San Dominica Warriors over Żubr Białystok in three
2 percent over Carolina Rebels in two
Miami Cleo over Mighty Moose Rockets in three (two if they complete their fire sale)

Season 58 Championship
Rip City Revival over Tachenko in three (mostly because I'm unsure of kokka's intentions, but believe a season of "rest" would be appreciated).

There you have it - can't wait to find out how wrong I am! Final programming note: almost all of my quips and schticks are tongue in cheek meant to have a little fun.

Day 1 (Saturday 30 July 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Mighty Moose Rockets 89 - Linndale 115
Carolina Rebels 62 - Lion Rebels 111
San Dominica Warriors 81 - Rip City Revival 102
Philly Dribble 108 - The Lone Wolf 84
Tachenko 96 - 2 percent 77
Hustlas 102 - Is This Heaven? 84
The Ashkickers 106 - The Beer Bellys 103
Miami Cleo 93 - Żubr Białystok 85

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 115 : Linndale
Rebounds : 60 : Linndale
Assists : 31 : Hustlas
Steals : 8 : San Dominica Warriors, Lion Rebels, Rip City Revival
Block Shots : 10 : Tachenko

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 50 : K. Brown (Lion Rebels)
Rebounds : 21 : R. Mason (Tachenko)
Assists : 8 : M. Pinho (Is This Heaven?)
Steals : 4 : J. Brown (Linndale), K. Brown (Lion Rebels)
Block Shots : 4 : L. Shunhao (Philly Dribble)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : C. Kallay (Tachenko) (27 Points, 0 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 25
Shooting Guard : N. Neochoritis (Rip City Revival) (25 Points, 3 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Small Forward : K. Brown (Lion Rebels) (50 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 54
Power Forward : H. Griffin (2 percent) (24 Points, 10 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28
Center : R. Mason (Tachenko) (27 Points, 21 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42

MVP of the evening
K. Brown (Lion Rebels) (50 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 54

The bad performance of the evening
B. Buijtels (Carolina Rebels) (5 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : B. George (Carolina Rebels), N. Samuk (Hustlas) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Locus (Miami Cleo), D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), T. Plummer (Carolina Rebels), B. George (Carolina Rebels), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), Y. Delagnès (Żubr Białystok), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok), H. Griffin (2 percent), A. Salinas (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : K. Brown (Lion Rebels) : 6 Three points

The best performer : R. Mason (Tachenko), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels), N. Neochoritis (Rip City Revival) : Rating : 15.0

The worst performer : A. Salinas (2 percent) : Rating : 3.5

Good luck in game two tonight to everyone but Coach Stephenson!

Tonight's Potential Highlight Matchups
Should be a good battle between Rip City on the road against Philly with a face off between guards Miguel Velasco (25 pts on 58% shooting, including 4-6 from three) and Nikky Nay Nay (25 pts on 66% shooting, including 2-5 from three.

The other game I've got my eye on is The Beer Bellys on the road against Miami Cleo after thatguy suffered a heart breaking 3 point loss to The Ashkickers Saturday night. Will they be able to temper Damon Santana (39 pts on 34 shots) with Juan Segovia (27 pts on 21 shots)?

I be daggumed. I figured the zone would slow him down but I was still expecting that son of a gun to have a double double. I just hoped it would slow him down enough to get a win but ... Oh I am going to enjoy this one since this is the first time in 5 games the Terror didn't get a double double.

Last edited by Coach Stephenson at 08/02/2022 23:17:34

Yeah...I tuned in for the last quarter only to watch them go something like 4-17 from the field and blow it. Patient was probably a miscalculation - congrats on the win!

Day 2 (Tuesday 2 August 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Linndale 90 - Carolina Rebels 67
Lion Rebels 83 - San Dominica Warriors 95
Rip City Revival 95 - Philly Dribble 90
The Lone Wolf 93 - Mighty Moose Rockets 88
2 percent 105 - Hustlas 116
Is This Heaven? 57 - The Ashkickers 95
The Beer Bellys 87 - Miami Cleo 103
Żubr Białystok 75 - Tachenko 102

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 116 : Hustlas
Rebounds : 62 : Tachenko
Assists : 30 : Tachenko
Steals : 10 : The Lone Wolf
Block Shots : 11 : The Ashkickers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 50 : B. Lutz (Lion Rebels)
Rebounds : 20 : P. Cheatle (Miami Cleo)
Assists : 9 : J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys)
Steals : 4 : C. Hampton (Tachenko), G. Gattoni (The Ashkickers), N. Sharf (The Lone Wolf)
Block Shots : 4 : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : I. Fuica (The Lone Wolf) (24 Points, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 19
Shooting Guard : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) (44 Points, 3 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Small Forward : S. Legkauskas (Hustlas) (43 Points, 2 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Power Forward : G. Pullen (Tachenko) (22 Points, 18 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Center : Y. Semiramis (The Beer Bellys) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34

MVP of the evening
A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) (44 Points, 3 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41

The bad performance of the evening
Y. Galileos (Rip City Revival) (0 Points, 1 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -5

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : E. Albright (Mighty Moose Rockets), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : R. Heard (Mighty Moose Rockets), L. Arevalo (Carolina Rebels), D. Wilmink (2 percent) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), E. Albright (Mighty Moose Rockets), H. Espinosa (Carolina Rebels), D. Winkler (Lion Rebels), M. Carrillo (Lion Rebels), H. Quindós (Żubr Białystok), P. Mari Acuña (2 percent), D. Wilmink (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) : 8 Three points

The best performer : R. Mason (Tachenko) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : K. Cruz (Tachenko) : Rating : 4.0

I picked the absolute wrong game to experiment with my lineup, while at the same time I cant remember the last time we only hit one three pointer. Good win Cleo, Varpukevicius absolutely destroyed us by himself.

Wow that was wild. Was not expecting that result. Not looking forward to the rematch. Maybe you can experiment in that game too? (Pretty please)

No mercy...ha ha ha. Dude, you had one of your best players injured and went TIE, still smoked me. You obviously have the better team.

Power rankings this week should reflect your strong win...looking at you Baine.

Looks like Linndale's Lagorce is a goner - bid put in on him early this morning.

UPDATE: Lukáš Urban with a couple of bids as well.

Last edited by Baine at 08/03/2022 17:58:03

I went TIE because I figured it was a sure fire loss!