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BIG 8 (Part C)

Jack Hammers

Country Rank: 233
Roster Size: 14 Players
Predicted Finish: 5th
Evaluation: The Jack Hammers are another team that in my opinion, have made not enough progress since last season. The hammers had a 14-8 record in season 23; a record that I think will be hard for them to improve on. They are going through the problem that won’t allow them to do so right now. The Hammers like many teams lack talent inside the key, apart from one player, who is INJURED! This is why the hammers need to look to add depth to the paint. Andre Autran is the gun inside, but now that he is injured all the hammers have is a couple of other players who have stepped up to the plate inside, such as Jorg Hexlicht who is averaging a DD on points and rebounds and Tian Xiaonong 10 points and 5 rebounds. But when the hammers come up against the teams with stronger players inside, they just won’t make the cut. Starting shooting guard Daniele Galazzi is in some average form averaging just 14 points and 2 assists per game. They do have multiple scoring options which has helped them to over 100 points per game, but they don’t really have a star player, we will have to wait until the end of the season to find out whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. As a team, the hammers are accurate shooters, shooting at 49%, and are solid defenders, averaging 6 steals and 5 blocks per game. Another thing that shows their lack of big men is their poor rebounding averaging only 43.6 total rebounds as a team. Overall the Jack Hammers have a good mixture of talent in their team, but I’m afraid it’s not going to be enough to get them a playoff berth!

Serial Thrillers

Country Rank: 176
Roster Size: 6 Players
Predicted Finish: 6th
Evaluation: The Thrillers have just six players on their team this season, and that could cause some problems, we all know the risk of having only one sub on the bench. The thrillers just missed out on playoffs last season, and it was probably due to the fact that they just don’t have enough players to deal with injuries and foul outs. The skill of all of these 6 players is excellent, and they are all worthy of division 3 basketball, but if timmyd could just think about picking up a few more roll players to help these other guys out, then that’s when the thrillers will become title contenders. There are some excellent talents on this team such as Peter Clune (28.2ppg) and Antoine Rossi (24.5ppg) but there is no supporting cast. There are many flaws in this team as a result. The thrillers only shoot at 39% from the field and commit close to 15 turnovers a game as a result of their small roster size! They still manage to somehow pull down a respectable amount of rebounds though (46.6rpg) with Jamie Hilton doing most of the damage at 16.2 rebounds per game. It’s scary to think how good this team could be if the right management was applied. As a result, the thrillers will have to fight to stay in the league in the relegation series.



Last edited by Lazz40* at 7/1/2013 9:28:34 PM

BIG 8 (Final Part)

Valley Eagles

Country Rank: 245
Roster Size: 15 players
Predicted Finish: 7th
Evaluation: The Eagles carry last year’s scoring champion and veteran power forward Leszek Aniolowski who unfortunately has not had the same start to this season as he did last season. And the fact that the eagles are so low on my predictions is because they lack players like Aniolowski….. Veterans! This team is full of young and bright talent, but there are no older players to mentor them. 2 players over 30 on a 15 man roster are just not going to cut it in this league. The eagles have a lot of good young players, and with the right training they are going to be absoloute stars when they get older, but now the eagles should just look to train. They are not really a massive threat to any team, but they can really put up a fight, they will probably be looking at a tight promotion battle that they might possibly win with the right tactics. Surprisingly enough, Vilmaris Kygoulis is the team’s leading scorer at the power forward spot, with an impressive 30 points per game for the 28 year old. Unfortunatley Vilmaris currently has an injury and will out for 1 week. Other players such as Sebestyen Regoczi (20.4ppg) and Jovan Dordevic (11.8ppg and 6.4rpg) have been impressive. As a unit, the eagles put a lot of points on the board; they average 108 points per game as a team, as well as an impressive 15.2 offensive rebounds per game! You don’t have to worry about their shocking 23% 3 point shooting. They also pass incredibly well, with over 24 assists per game and dominate on defence forcing an amazing 15.2 turnovers per game! This team is heading in the right direction, and has a lot to look forward to……… Just not this season! 

St. George Illawarra Dragons

Country Rank: 399
Roster Size: 13 players
Predicted Finish: 8th
Evaluation: The dragons are a very new team, they came in to replace the Los Coolfreakz, who quit late last season, and against all odds, managed to defeat Westies Brookes in the relegation series to earn another season in division 3. But now they are fighting harder than ever, and are most likely facing relegation. Once again, a very young side that has a long way to go, in terms of development. A few purchases late last season allowed them to defeat only the Brookes and now that they have to compete with some of the best of the whole division, the dragons are going to find this season hard. The only man who is really doing well at this club at the moment is Canadian small forward Rico Haineault who is leading the scoring with an average 14.6 points per game. There is not much happening in the team stats either with a shocking 26% field goal percentage, and a mediocre 56.4 points per game they also turn the ball over more than any other team in the conference with 17.6 TO per game. It’s going to be a tough season for the dragons, one where all the trainees will learn heaps. I suppose that’s the best way of looking at it!

Hope you liked it guys, It took a long time to make...... OVER 2000 words! Great 8 predictions will be out over the next couple of days!




Last edited by Lazz40* at 7/1/2013 9:31:06 PM

Gold Lazz, bloody brilliant mate! If you are 16 i would give you a stamp on your hand and an A+ on your paper!!!! lol

Great detail too. I'd bet you love the NBA and study every team and player???

Gold Lazz, bloody brilliant mate! If you are 16 i would give you a stamp on your hand and an A+ on your paper!!!! lol

Great detail too. I'd bet you love the NBA and study every team and player???

I have to agree...great work, mate. +1 Not sure if I agree...completely...though...lol

Absolutely worth a ball - but I must say I don't agree either, I think you'll find the Marmots are, at worst, #2 in our conference ;)

Absolutely worth a ball - but I must say I don't agree either, I think you'll find the Marmots will be, at worst, #1 in our conference ;)

Fixed

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Pretty much lewie! lol..
Sorry for not talkin much lately, im on holiday so i been a little busy.
I promise great 8 out soon, im currently working on it as we speak, and i must say lewie, I think ill be happy with your review! :)

Well we will find out whether im right or not when we watch you and the mighty flames battle it out on nationally televised saturday night basketball tomorrow! you have HCA so flames will have to fight! should be good!

I normal'd it, he TIE'd it, haha. Would have been close if we both normal'd!

Bloody hell, The Oaks have $$$$$$$$ flying everywhere... Give the man the title!!!

Bloody hell, The Oaks have $$$$$$$$ flying everywhere... Give the man the title!!!

haha...

...not...really...

...just making some structural changes so I'm ready come finals time...that is all

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