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GREAT 8 (PART A)
Lewie The Lip
Country Rank: 138
Roster Size: 10 players
Predicted Finish: 1st
Evaluation: The Lip has a fantastic mixture of skill in and out of the key! They are one of the most well balanced teams in the league. With the dominance of Jesus Rovira inside, the outside shooting ability of Xing Guancai and Jedrzej Gowin’s ability to put the ball in the hoop both in and outside the key, this team is among the elite and is certainly capable of division 2 basketball. But manager Lewie must be prepared to make changes in the near future, with most of his key players over 30. However, guard Marcal Redondo and new signing Candido Balmaceda, who is averaging a double double, should be around to soak up the expected success for a lot longer. The tremendous depth in the scoring department shows you why this team is such a force, with several players averaging over 15 points per game! The best of them being Jedrzej Gowin, averaging 24.2 points per game and Marcal Redondo with 18.2 points per game! Jesus Rovira is the team and league’s premier rebounder averaging 16.3 rebounds. As a result of all the scoring and rebounding options, The Lip averages 113 points per game, as well as 52.3 rebounds. They also have a magnificent assist to turnover ratio, averaging over 20 assists and under 10 turnovers which just shows how in sync this team is! The defence is also very good, with the team averaging over 6 steals and blocks per game. The Lip are sitting comfortably on a 6-1 record heading into the inter-conference battles and went 6-2 against the big 8 last season, if Lewie The Lip can march on and continue winning then they can assure themselves yet another conference title this season!
Perth City Kings
Country Rank: 211
Roster Size: 17 players
Predicted Finish: 2nd
Evaluation: Perth was early contenders for the title last season going 7-0 in the great 8 conference to start, but unfortunately the kings were no match for the much stronger big 8 conference going just 2-6 in their next 8 games which then reflected back onto a poor second half of the season against the conference they went unbeaten against earlier going just 3-4, dropping from title contenders, to not even gaining HCA in the playoffs! Now as the inter-conference battles begin again, and a solid 6-1 start locked in, how will the kings go against what is again a much stronger conference? The kings will this time be hoping to capture some consistency on their way to a possible HCA in the finals! Perth is another team that has no real star, but amazing depth! Once again, age does come into play here, with a nice balance of young keen talent like Ervim Sezay and older experienced players like Alessandro Sarchiapelli. Alessandro is the team’s leading scorer at 22.3 PPG, and at 38 he is showing no signs of letting up! Other good contributors are Radosav Sofic (12ppg/11rpg) and veteran SG Nikolaos Kanavopoulos who is also a good scorer with 22 PPG. As a unit, the kings are a defence machine, with 10.9 blocks and 7 steals per game! They also pull down 48 rebounds per game and don’t even think about sending this team to the line, because they will make you pay with a 78% FT shooting! This is the point where things went downhill for the kings last season, can they pull together as a group and continue their winning ways or will they slide down the hill of shame once again?? We will see……
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