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Preseason Analysis: Great 8

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94522.6 in reply to 94522.5
Date: 6/4/2009 3:05:33 PM
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Long Finger:

-- another undefeated Div IV team, except for the finals, but did produce an MVP who won all 32 first place votes: M. Barberena, a superduper SF
-- clearly a team build around this star -- shoot, this guy may be this leagues scoring champion. he certainly will play more minutes than he did last season.
-- team has a long history; been up and down between Div III and Div IV
-- most curious TL action yet: never bought a single player, has sold 3 million worth of meat. small arena.
-- I don't know how he pays his bills. Arena pulls in around 100,000, plus TV etc, maybe 150,000. Salaries are 130,000, not much left over for staff, scouting, and so forth.
How broad are Barberena's shoulders?


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94522.7 in reply to 94522.6
Date: 6/4/2009 3:16:23 PM
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Park Slope Prospectors

-- 19 - 3 last season. Lost two games in the finals by a total of six points. In other words, a powerhouse.
-- Interesting: team specializes in swingmen, not centers. High salaries, deep.
Best players are reaching peak years.
-- an enormous arena that gets filled; TL not a major source of income, but nothing to sneeze at. I figure 220,000 in arena revenues, minimum of 275,000 each week. Salaries are 165,000 or so plus the staff.
-- another player around since season 2; this may be the year he rises to the promised land.

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94522.8 in reply to 94522.7
Date: 6/4/2009 3:24:16 PM
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Wind Riders:

-- 16 - 6 last season; removed from playoffs by Park Slope.
-- began in season 3, has been in Div III since season 4
-- nice depth, 7 players over 10,000, 3 others over 8000. I like depth, but apparently depth has it limits in Div III.
-- how did Penn only play 32 minutes a game? (depth) but the man scores nearly a point a minute. stupid AI coach.
-- team has a good defense.
-- not the biggest arena, a deficit on the TL -- this coach does not have a lot of extra cash. must be developing his players; nice job to do this with several players.
nice squad.