Hoops

FNBL Round 8

I am interested, let me think about it over the weekend.

Skip, how about Goulding and Boucher for Hill and Campbell?

If thats what happened before for X then no probs. Is the cut off normally 5pm on Wed?

X - if I'd traded Goulding for Williams, I'd just be doing two opponents a favour since I'd have been dumping Williams for Rillie straight away anyway.

Besides I like Goulding, he just has the misfortune of sharing time with Harvey, which hurts his numbers (still averaging 18 per).

Statman, I can't see a trade I'd want that you'd do. I need depth at centre more than anything and I'm guessing you won't give me Anstey!

Beanton - not sure if we can accept the changes. Pretty sure I denied X a few weeks back when Penney dropped out and he wanted to change the team.

It was before any game had played though, so if 4 others say it is ok, I will accept the new line up, otherwise, it will be last weeks.

Beantown...so who would you like for Goulding?



X - Saville/Balls....whoops, I guess thats what happens when you post from the Masters Golf and there is this Tiger guy wandering around distracting you ;)

Just caught up on yesterday's action. Seems like everyone was trying to do a trade with me!

Just for the record, I'm only a tramp if I start accepting other people's cast-offs right?!?! No way I would have traded Goulding for Williams or Webster.

Hope I'm not too late to put my team changes in! Just got home.

C - Tragardh
F - Petrie
F - Hoare (c)
G - Harvey
G - Martin

Bench

F - Mackinnon
F - Boucher
G - Groves

DNP

G - Goulding
C - Tim Lang

Although it was just after the deadline, I will accept the trade as it ws implied earlier that Bizzy was happy to do the trade.

As Bizzy hasn't posted a team, Webster will slot into the same spot Robertson was,making Bizzys team..

Rychart - Captain
Rickert
Webster
Forman
Ubaka

Bench
Coenraad
Johnson
Weigh

DNP
Robbins
Greer


TR has won the right to sign Julius Hodge. He is eligible from next round.
Joiner will technically become a restricted free agent.

Bizzy has won the right to sign John Rillie. He is eligible from next round. Unless Bizzy indicates otherwise by Monday 9am, Webster will become a restricted Free Agent on Monday.

Burston
Ronaldson
Holmes
Mills (cappo)
Gilchrist

Vukona
Ohea
Williamson

Rogers

Bizzy - Please confirm if you wish the trade to go through by 5pm today. You will need to update your teams for this current round.

Starting 5
C - Hinder
F - Cattalini
F - Worthington
G - Lisch
G - C Williams (c)

Bench
F - Hill
G - Corletto
G - Campbell

Spuds
F - Dowdell
C - Behrendorf

Not sure if its the first starter or not.

I still think Homicide scoring 0 as a Captain when he played 2 games a few weeks back was worse!

I reckon you should be making Offers for Bizzy, I expect him to snatch him later today.

dammit

Alright, I'm in for Rillie then! (Sorry Skip) Will dump Goulding for him if Bizzy doesn't put up his hand. (In case you missed it before I'm in for Hodgey as my #1 this week... just in case)

Speaking of which, TR, maybe you'd like to snap up Rillie instead? Hodge will play 5 super games and then quit because someone on the Tigers looks at him funny at training! Go on TR, take the safe option, you know you want him, JR's your boy!

On google now.

Is noted X.

Round 7 Results
Statman 320 defeated Skip 243
DB5 171 lost to Xztatik 382
Beantown 385 defeated Lockie 363
Bizzy 273 lost to TR 299

Free Agent List

Unrestricted
FREE AGENTS
Centres
Ben Knight
Alex Pledger
Forwards
Jeremiah Trueman 20
Chris Molitor
Edin Zunic
Awvee Storey
Dwayne Vale 2
Daniel Jackson 2
Chris Cedar 2
Tom Garlepp
Keagan Tudehope
Guards
Jarrad Prior -2
Joel Wagner
Michael Chitham
Tommy Ammar
Brendan Teys
Bennie Lewis 10
Boden Westover
Zac Delaney 2
Josh Jenkins


Restricted
J Hodge - F
J Rillie - G

Full results on Google in the next hour or so

I will post it later tonight with the results from last week.

I will post it later tonight with the results from last week.

Thanks Skip. Is there an updated FA list?

DB5 - You are still able to recruit anyone else apart from Rillie or Hodge that isnt currently on someones list.

Statman will likely have to do that now with Storey delisted.

Whoops, Yes, Rillie is a Guard

I would be dropping Corletto for him If Biz or Bean dont take him.

Cool thanks man. Looks like my team wont be changing.lol.

Cheers TR. So if a new player comes in, whoever is up on the waiver wire gets first dibs?

What do you mean by bid Skip?

I officially bid for Rillie.

John Rillie is now also a Restricted Free Agent. If no one bids for him by 5pm tomorrow he will be unrestricted on Monday.

The Waiver Wire currently stands as
1 - TR
2 - Bizzy
3 - Beantown
4 - Skip
5 - Xzatick
6 - DB5
7 - Statman
8 - Lockie

With TR already placing his bid on Hodge, unless he wants to chnage, Bizzy is next in line.

Hey all.

Worthington is my only untouchable so let me know if you are keen to trade for anyon.

All noted TR.

hey guys, im unlikely to have the results up tonight at this point. Sorry for the delay.

ha ha, took long enough X.

TR, are you coming over for Hodge's return?

Living in Canberra with a Govt email could be anything dodgy! he he

Great, no Jaeger available in Adelaide for the month of December!

Very interesting article on realgm. I think this some some method to the madness of this journo.... Link is: http://www.realgm.com/src_goaltending/67/20060109/a_different_look_at_scoring/ Article by Andrew Pema who is a pretty good writer. _______________________________ At the conclusion of every NBA season a player is awarded with the league scoring title. The recipient of the scoring title is the player who scored the most points per game throughout the entire season. Last seasons winner was Allen Iverson, who scored 30.7 points per game. What a lot of people dont know is that of the 33 players that qualified for last seasons scoring title, (a player must have played in 85% of their teams games or scored at least 17.1 ppg) no one took more shots than Iverson and only three players shot a worse percentage (Iverson shot 42.4%). With no disrespect to Iverson I want to use a different statistic to determine who is among the leagues best scorers. Its not a new stat, but it is very seldom used when talking about the best or most effective players in the NBA. Points scored per shot attempt, or points per shot. To analyze the leagues top scorers I begin with a list of the 50 players with the highest scoring averages this season (Stats updated after games of 1/8/06). On the list of scoring averages Kobe Bryant led the league averaging 33.7 ppg. The lowest average on the list of the 50 players was 15.1 ppg, which belonged to Mo Williams of the Milwaukee Bucks . After calculating the points per shot average of each of the 50 players (points per game/shot attempts per game) I reorganized the list in order of the highest pps averages. Here are the top 25 players in terms of points per shot, out of group of 50 players. Player Points Per Shot (pps) Points Per Game (ppg) Scoring (ppg) Rank 1. Richard Jefferson 1.6371 18.5 32nd 2. Chauncey Billups 1.5348 19.8 24th 3. Paul Pierce 1.4943 26.3 6th 4. LeBron James 1.4366 30.6 3rd 5. Chris Bosh 1.4258 22.1 15th 6. Dwayne Wade 1.4021 26.5 5th 7. Kevin Garnett 1.3925 22.0 16th 8. Elton Brand 1.3911 24.9 11th 9. Gilbert Arenas 1.3785 29.5 4th 10. Wally Szczerbiak 1.3698 20.0 23rd 11. Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1.3539 15.3 49th 12. Steve Nash 1.3525 18.8 31st 13. Pau Gasol 1.3493 19.7 25th 14. Michael Redd 1.3422 25.1 10th 15. Troy Murphy 1.3361 16.3 44th 16. Vince Carter 1.3351 25.5 8th 17. Rashard Lewis 1.3313 21.3 19th 18. Carmelo Anthony 1.3297 24.6 13th 19. Dirk Nowitzki 1.3265 26.0 7th 20. Steve Francis 1.3077 17.0 38th 21. Chris Paul (R) 1.304 16.3 45th 22. Tim Duncan 1.2813 20.5 21st 23. Richard Hamilton 1.2797 21.5 18th 24. Tony Parker 1.2745 19.5 26th 25. Jermaine ONeal 1.2732 21.9 17th By analyzing the chart I created you can see some very interesting statistics. For example Richard Jefferson, the leagues 32nd scorer (2nd on his own team), has the highest points per shot ratio of all the 50 players I studied. Its a full tenth of a point above the second ranked player, Chauncey Billups. Meanwhile notable scorers such as Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, and Tracy McGrady didnt rank among the top 25 points per shot averages, but all were in the top ten in points per game. Not all of the leagues elite scorers faired as poorly as they did. As you can see Paul Pierce, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Gilbert Arenas all finished in the top ten of my points per shot scoring list, and the leagues points per game list. What you can draw from the statistics is who takes the best shots among the leagues elite players. Jefferson took the fewest shots per game, 11.3, of any of the other 50 players. His high points per shot ratio tells me that he gets to the foul line, uses good judgment on when to take a shot, and he makes a majority of the shots he takes. Sure enough when you look at his stats Jefferson attempts eight free throws a game, and shoots 52.2 percent from the field. Only three players among the 50 I studied shot a better percentage than Jefferson did  Tony Parker, Kevin Garnett, and Elton Brand. I was surprised by one result of my analysis. I expected a majority of the top points per shot leaders to be centers or big forwards who make a living around the basket. After glancing at my chart I determined only eight of the 25 players where true centers or forwards who fit that description. This is because the guards and swingmen on the list penetrate often, which means they shoot high percentage shots and they get to the foul line. What it also means is that guys are able to put up high points totals without taking 25+ shots a game. That allows other players to get more looks, and in turn increase their teams chance of winning. If you look at the top ten in the NBA in terms of points scored per game six of them have teammates who also made the NBAs top 50 scoring list  Iverson, James, Arenas, Pierce, Nowitzki, and Carter. If you do the same thing, but use my chart every player in the top ten has a teammate on the top 50 scoring list. Of course you cant knock guys like Kobe and Iverson for taking over 25 shots per game. In both cases the teams playbook is heavily geared towards them, and the team relies on them to put the ball in the basket. However, the same is true for guys like LeBron James and Paul Pierce. They make the most of their attempts while also allowing for others to get a generous amount of shot attempts. Based on these statistics I would argue that so far this season the leagues best scorers are James, Pierce, Dwayne Wade, and Gilbert Arenas. All four rank in the top ten of the points per game, and points per shot lists as of last weeks games. They are changing the definition of a scorer. While guys like Iverson, Bryant, and McGrady are great scorers, as far as I am concerned they should be considered shooters. So maybe Mr. Stern should consider changing the scoring title qualifications. In my mind if the season ended today, Richard Jefferson would be taking home some serious hardware.