Statlines of the Week (2+3)

Stats are updated with Week 2 & 3.

Sorry for lack of "news" per se, but it's much easier just to write stuff on here than trying to format it all with Excel. So what statlines stuck out for me in the past 2 weeks?

• Three Triple-Doubles were recorded on Monday, with DAN recording his first ever with a massive 6-6-3 game in JOE-MAT-DAN's win over HYN-MKE-RUS. JOE and ROG contributed the other two T-D's.

• MA went 0-3 on Friday, then 0-3 on Monday to bring his overall record to 0-10... This ties ROB in BBA4 for the BBA's longest losing streak ever. ROB started the season 1-10, and went on to finish a dismal 13-23. Bear in mind, however, that MA also started the season slow last year in BBA5, going 5-12 in the first 17 games, only to go a blistering 13-2 over the next 15 games and finish at 18-14. Still, 0-10 is a tough hole to dig out of. Did you know that HYN had two separate 8 game losing streaks in BBA3?

• First RUS records his first two Double-Doubles of his career in Week 1, now DAV in Week 2 recorded only his second and third D-D's of his entire 4-year BBA career. DAV did it both times with big boards and assists (1-6-3, 1-6-2 respectively).

• HYN follows up on his Week 2 Player of the Week-winning performance, where he averaged 6.75 ppg over 4 games, with a uninspired 3 game stretch in Week 3 where he averaged 3 ppg. JOE has also fallen into hard times during Week 3, also averaging only 3 ppg over 3 games. The drop in production forces him to surrender the BBA Scoring lead to KLO at 5.20 ppg.

Other notes:

• WLL is struggling big time. Perhaps it is that he always gets the toughest defenders, but even so, 12th out of 13 in Baller Rank is the exact opposite of what we expected for this preseason #2 seed. Only DAV sits behind him in last place.

• Assists are way up this year over BBA5, most likely thanks to the less stringent Assist definition and closer attention to stat recording. 4 ballers (RAY, MKE, HYN, WLL) are averaging over 1.43 assists per game, while last season's Assist leader (HYN) averaged a mere 1.25 apg. Or could it be that everyone is obsessed with racking up assists nowadays?

• The two teams atop the Standings, #1 ROG-HRB-MKE (2-0) and #2 KLO-HRB-DAN (2-0), were both predicted to finish at the bottom of the league, with preseason ranks of #18 and #19 respectively. Instead, they are in the driver's seat for the League Title, ahead of 7 other undefeated teams. Perhaps this is due to the resurgent play of HRB, who is averaging a career high 3.78 points and 1.11 apg, and playing with renewed vigor and intensity. Is it because he has new fans out there that he needs to impress?

• DAN's FG% is way down over his career percentage. He is shooting 26.1%, down from 37.4% from last season. The reason? He's launching THREE TIMES as many 3-pointers as he did last season: 3.2 3pt attempts compared to 1.1 attempts last season. And he's not making them. His Points Per Shot is way down, and I'm sure he's costing his team valuable possessions. When people are lazy, they jack up 3's. Don't get lazy DAN. May I remind you guys: I Fell In Love with a 3 Pointer