Captain Col's Power
Rankings, Week 1
Ah, the smell of upset, I love it.
#1 – Black (3)
So the story goes like this. Brian, recognizing his potential as a Friendship League coach, taps into the talent and guides his team onto friendship and victory. But really, he told me before the game that he just wanted the guests to have more PT and this league is for them. That's love people. Love for what reason though? I'm sure he'll tell you folk come week 6. Hopefully Brian will still tell me things after this.
Watching their game is like watching a snake eat their food. Its slow death. Though almost every team is averaging well over double digit turnovers, Brian's team just kept it together despite the mistakes. Whatever Kwoker's team came up with, the black came back with something better. More on the Kwoker later. Or should we call him Dikembe. Adam Lee quietly racked up a double-double to negate the efforts of "Soy Sauce". By the way, that nick name carries a lot of weight in certain basketball circles. I went to a And "2" open run once and all the Chinese folk in attendance were yelling at one of the team's player, affectionately known as Hot Sauce, saying things like, "Anyone can take a little hot sauce, but not everyone can handle soy sauce". No lie.
The defensive play from their stellar guards, yes, all their guards played important roles. The stat sheet doesn't factor in court impact and team unity. The guards shifted well, especially Erik and Brandon, picking off steals easily. Along with Kenton and Kevin's play experience, it makes for a very deep team. And keep your head up Kenton, the J will fall.
#2 – Grey (2)
Having Stan and Hanky is like having Adam Morrison and JJ Redick. AND between them, they shot well over 50%. That's hard to stop. Mix in some Kevin dropping 5 assists, a Jeff pump fake, some hustle D from Jimmy and our very own chairman of the boards, miniVAN, and it all works well. But what's going on with big ol' egg on steals Stan? No worries, there's plenty of league to go. But I'd like to place an order for a double-double with cheese from Hubie for next week. I can taste it already.
Did you guys catch Hank though? He was working hard and he had the sweat to prove it.
#3 – Blue (4)
That boy David is working hard. This is his first time EVER playing organized basketball. When he's not in, he's asking questions on how he can play better and when he's not, he's cheering up the team. He may know more about team sports than he thinks.
The Blues (sounds way cooler than the Oranges) were on pace to score 108 points after starting off on a 9-0 run in the first 3 minutes of the game. However, reality set in, resulting in Donald and myself racking up 8 turnovers. Which yields me an impressive turnover-assist ratio of negative 4. Sometimes I even amaze myself. Good thing the rest of team picked up the slack. I'm ordering up a double-double for Dennis too who along with young Tim had combined for just about half of the team's total points. Kevin stayed intense the whole game and Mike played some solid minutes. Let the good times roll when Ray and Eugene join the squad.
#4 – Oranginas (1)
Its too early to say the mighty have fallen just yet. Though going from 1st to 4th may do that...But I look at it this way, they've still got sleeping giants in Greg, JJ and Jeff. Greg WILL put up more points as will JJ Dyn-O-mite and Jeff will get his offensive boards and fast break points. Sherman and Arnold love the 3. Here's the proof, both took a combined eleven 3s. Some shots even came from territory where it would have been worth more than 3 points if it was a two-ball competition. Watch for them in the upcoming 3-point skills contest. By the way, Darryl really likes the look of the orange-Ts. Go figure.
#5 – White (6)
I know a lot of you left and didn't get to see the 9pm game. You guys missed out on an energized Kwoker. After his first block shot he waved his finger, Mutombo style. After he hit a 3 ball to start a come-back run he skipped. I'm going to drive and serve up some weak lay-ups to him just to see it all happen again. It was that exciting to watch. As a matter of fact, let's all do that just so that the flashy Kwoker comes out every night to play. You won't be disappointed.
#6 – Red (5)
I shouldn't have said anything about Darryl rolling his ankle before. It won't happen again. In the meantime, get better Darryl.
I didn't catch who Daniel Q. is, but his numbers are good. Just take a look at the team stat sheets and you'll see for yourself. This ranking is only temporary as Ryan didn't even decide to score until later in the game and he still ended up with 9. Plus they played the grey team dynamic duo for their first game, they deserve some grace.
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