Give me the damn ball and the blame game

It's a month into the season and I already have a losing percentage! Overall, my field goal percentage is better than most of the BBA seasons I've been involved in, not to mention my 3-point percentage is somehow above 30% for once. Even my point per shot matches my career high. So why am I on the losing end of so many games?

I've complained to Russ and Mike constantly (not like they ever listen to me on the drive home) about how I feel I am playing the best defense of my life (not like I was ever that great to begin with...but whatever) yet have to fight to get a shot off since my teammates don't give me the ball enough this season. Seriously, put it in my FREAKIN hands and let me do work. All season I've had to work to get my own shots, since for whatever reason, every time I pass the ball, I don't get it back. I didn't have a single game of only 1 field goal made in a game ALL of last season. I've had 5 already this season.

Over half the league shoots the ball more times per game than me. My shots per game would be even worst if I wasn't forced to jack up shots, regardless if they are high percentage or not, because my team is in a hole and I figured I might as well jack up anything just to get a shot at the rim. I should seriously make videos of me running around in freakin circles waving my arm around as my teammates play a two-man game. The video of me screaming "GIVE ME THE BALLL" as Kevin is laughing during his recording makes me want to stab myself in the eye.

Which brings me to the next point: Sure I give up a layup now and then, but my defense has been pretty in-your-face this year. Attribute it to me forcing myself to do cardio in my sparetime, but I feel confident about guarding anyone. However, all I'm doing this season is playing lockdown defense on my man...only to turn around and watch the opposing team run layup drills and open jumpers on my teammates. Seriously...GUARD SOMEONE. And what is my reward for making the opponents basically play 2on3? Oh yes....I DON"T GET THE BALL ON OFFENSE.

I hate life.

Worst Week in BBA History?

I'd just like to point out that the reason DAN left early this week was not because he needed to pick up his sister, but because he was sucking it up big time and could not afford to play another game and see his stats tank. His 3-game stretch this week is quite possibly the worst week by anyone in BBA history:

Record: 0-3
Points: 0.33 ppg
Rebounds: 0.67 rpg
Assists: 0.00 apg
FG: 1 for 7, 14.3%
3PT: 0 for 4, 0.0%

It can't get much worse than this.

Well great, we're halfway through the season and we already have a champion!

Thanks to the unbalanced schedule forced upon us by various absences, injuries, tardiness and early departures, JOE-ROG-DAV have already played 5 games and won them all to go 5-0! Meanwhile, WLL-HRB-DAV have yet to play even 1 game. And considering that JOE-ROG-DAV's final game is against HYN-MKE-RUS, who's only win thus far has been against preseason #Worst Team in the BBA RAY-MA-DAV, they can almost be guaranteed of going 6-0. Only one team in BBA history has finished the season undefeated at 6-0, and that was KLO-ROG-DAN, who did it twice in consecutive seasons to win back-to-back titles. The writings on the wall: HYN said he could do something magical with HYN-MKE-RUS. Something magical MUST be done to stop JOE-ROG-DAV.

Note: If Strength of Schedule were calculated, surely JOE-ROG-DAV would have one of the weakest (based on current Power Rankings):

- #9 HYN-RAY-MAT (2-2): Preseason #2 has been very disappointing thus far
- #25 HYN-MA-DAN (0-4)
- #19 KLO-MA-MKE (0-1)
- #18 WLL-MKE-MAT (1-3)
- #19 WLL-MA-DAN (0-1)
- #17 HYN-MKE-RUS (1-2)

Here's to hoping that 1) HYN-MKE-RUS pulls off something sexy, or else 2) A second team finishes 6-0 so we can have a true title/championship series.

Dude, Who Stuffed the Ballot??

Seriously, Huyen, or Matt? Haha

Thats it.

I can deal with being at the bottom in field goal%, i can deal with my less than mediocre stats, i can deal with my shitty play, i can deal with a spotty record... BUT I CANNOT DEAL WITH BEING SCHOOLED BY DAVIS.

That. Is. It.

It is on.

As I watch the gains in Davis' play of the week votes, i grow more and more determined... to dominate. I realize the only reason my opponents get a chance to school me is because i don't end the game fast enough. Back in the day, it was tres, tres, tres and the game was over. But now that i am lacking in my offensive prowess, i play an exploitable game. In the video, i see a lot of me being in the facialed section, whereas i used to be in the facialer section. I think there in lies my answer. Give out more facials, which equates to domination in offense, which equates to scoring more points faster, which equates to going back to my cruel bitch lover- the tre.

Yes. It will be over next week for all of you. I will bring complimentary towels that read, "I got facialed by Roger and all i got was this dirty towel".

(On a side note, this "facialing" is used in the most heterosexual, basketball dominating way, if you are thinking of it in a different way... you disgust me.)

THE END.

BBA Season 6 Early Highlights

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The Declaration...Part II

Since I underperformed again, I figured I might as well make another prophetic statement, seeing how it worked last time:

I declare STRAIGHT-UP DOMINATION when we all lace-up for week 4.

Classifieds: Looking for Week 4 News Writer

No experience necessary.

Expectations include:

• Handing out BBA Player and Team of the Week awards for Week 4, with accompanying short summary of performances.

• Short or long news brief on exciting action from the past week (posted on Blog or sent to the News Editor for formatting)

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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