Mid-Year Grades
By Mike Begley Here we address the age old question: are you getting the bang for your buck? In this analysis we hope to offer an alternate angle to examine what it means to run a successful franchise. Any team with an unlimited bank account can put forth a winner on the floor but is […]
Continue readingMidseason Award Favorites
By the ever-opinionated Stefon B. Smythe MVP Lonny Jordan – Albacete – 29.0 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 4.0 APG Jeremy Sims – Kansas City – 28.6 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 3.5 APG, 3.4 BPG Hassan Watt – California – 28.7 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 5.0 APG, 2.0 APG, 1.4 BPG Jarius Miles – Brooklyn – 24.2 PPG, 10.4 […]
Continue readingWay Too Early GM of the Year
The Favorites: Adrian Arceo – Paris Honey Bees Current Record: 28-9 Case: The Honey Bees are on pace to exceed last season’s win total by 20 or more games. That is an impressive growth. Last season the Honey Bees missed the playoffs. This season, they are a top five team in the league and […]
Continue readingAs the WBA Turns
Lon Johnson (PG – YAK) is left by his abusive wife and refocuses on basketball. Ajan Estay (PG – AZ) He Stars in musical based on his life. This seems to positively affect his confidence. Tony Brawley (SF – AZ) Suspended for throwing an opposing team’s fan through a window in a bar fight. Lukas […]
Continue readingTHE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY. USA CONFERENCE
BROOKLYN RAGE Key additions: Antonio Glaeson, SF, 17.8 ppg, 8,2 rpg, 3,3 apg, 20.8 PER Ed Rhodes, SG, 9.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.5 spg, 10.7 PER Trenton Adams, PG, pick #1 in the draft Key subtractions: Dan Kincaide, SF, 18.9 ppg, 8,2 rpg, 1,7 spg, 25,0 PER Omar Jefferson, PG, 18,2 ppg, 6,3 apg, 1,3 […]
Continue readingWBA Fan Misery Index
The Fan Misery Index is all for fun. The scores were calculated based on overall team success and depth achieved in the playoffs. The higher the score, the more miserable the fan base. The lower the score, the more consistent success the team has achieved. Four teams have not made the playoffs during the current […]
Continue readingRace to the Bottom- The 5 WBA Teams in the Tank
With every team now more than 20 games into the 2019-2020 season, a batch of contenders have emerged to challenge the perennial champion Brooklyn Rage. Teams like the California Fighting Cocks, Albacete Burning Hell, Las Vegas Gamblers, and Paris Honey Bees have drafted well, signed top free agents, and/or gotten the better end of trades […]
Continue readingThe Little Owner Who Thought He Could…
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…”. No, the new GM of the New York Firestorm is not the Little Engine That Could, but their GM has adopted this ever popular and fondly remembered motto. GM Smith fought the urge of joining the WBA for quite some time, as we […]
Continue readingLas Vegas a Gamble for Profits
The 2019 offseason was a busy one for the Las Vegas Gamblers. Despite reaching the playoffs for the second year in a row, and breaking .500 for the first time in three seasons, GM David Morfeld knew that the team needed more if it would have any hopes of challenging the league’s top teams. Step […]
Continue readingGoing back to the WBA
Going back to the WBA. First weeks. The question is how has it been the return to the WBA? Quite nice. I had a team with money, the first-round pick on the draft and a star player. Yes, I am talking about the Fort Worth Warriors! I didn’t know it at that moment and looking […]
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