Well folks, the season is at a close, the seeds are all but set, and I think we can say with some degree of certainty, "they are who we thought they were."
Without further adieu I'd like to announce this season's award for dirtiest player. There were several qualified candidates including half of the New York Jests roster but the award goes Phoenix Blue Suns Center, standing 7'0'' tall, Mr. Linwood Engel. Engel was the runaway leader with a staggering 80 personal fouls this season.
Linwood has this to say: "I would have gotten more, but they kept making me leave the game!"
Linwood averaged a foul every 7.5 minutes of game time. He averaged 4.2 fouls per game, fouled out 7 times and had 4 other games with 5 fouls. Linwood hit 21 more people than he hit field goals throughout the season. Mr. Engel's crowning achievement may have been his August 3rd performance against the New York Jests where he was able to record 1 foul despite being listed as playing 0 minutes.
Reporters at the game recalled the incident: "Sammon Zuhri was going up for a baseline jumper near the Blue Suns bench and Engel just stepped up off the bench and pushed him! Then he started accusing Zuhri of being a terrorist and began making further derogatory remarks."
Sammon Zuhri, who is Saudi Arabian, declined to comment.
To put Engel's incredible season into perspective there is currently a 3 way tie for 2nd place with Pennsylvania Quakers Maciej Lebek, New York Jests Elram Moreno, and Knicktardeder Rens van der Garde each having 67 fouls.
Elram Moreno was quick to comment: "You mean all I have to do is foul as many people as they will let me in the next game and I get second place? AND we're playing the Machines?!? LOCK IT UP BABY!!"