Yes, I noticed the same thing; it seems Philly Dribble did too. I took that into account, figured he would be expecting something similar from me, but luckily had the game vs the Wolverines that week, and gave me the opening to go for it.
I was also thinking the same thing —that you or Philly could have beaten him if you had played to win. I beat his B team for sure, but I was mostly happy he didn't sweep our top 3 teams one after the other.
I probably would have beaten the other NBBA team if it weren't that it was a Tuesday game; on a Thursday, I would have played his B team as well, and I liked my chances against that one