Albacete Burns the House Down

By Mike Begley Pedro Alcaraz and Michael Esposito have done it. They shoved a stick of dynamite into the middle of the league, lit the fuse, and walked away. In the rubble, we don’t see smoke, we see water mist, we see a new opening to the Rio Mundo, a cavern no one knew existed, […]

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2029 WBA Power Rankings — “Purple Reign Edition”

By Mike Begley We have officially entered the Age of the Purple Reign! But before we dive into that let’s recap some league history in a nutshell: From 2001 to 2012, the WBA was an experiment. No one really knew what they were doing. League scouts were clueless, colors didn’t exist, and defensive ability was […]

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2022 Offseason grades

By Turk Moran USA EAST DIVISION   Brooklyn Rage 63-17 Ofsseason grade : A   Returning : Mario Bailey, Jarius Miles, Trenton Adams, Tyris Mayes, Steven Frazier, Colin Jones, David Walker Incoming : Mel Chong, Dominic James, Jerry Bullington, Rubin Campbell, Nenad Davidovic, Mack Patel, James Jones, Marvin Lofton Outgoing: Justice Grant, Anthony Davis, Antonio […]

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2022 WBA draft preview

By Turk Moran 2022 might be the most bizarre and unpredictable draft in WBA history. Logic dictates that you usually draft the best player available, despite what a team’s need might dictate. But following in Isidore Masquely’s footsteps, some IBF veterans have decided to declare themselves eligible for this draft. Then 28, Masquely was the […]

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2022 Free agency preview

Deep pockets & Top 14 players by Timmy Frenchie Here is the yearly edition covering the best free agents the WBA has to offer. The ranking is based on talent level. A ranking summary is available at the end of this article. Also included is the estimated new salary, which could help general managers preparing […]

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Gabon Giant’s players reportedly woke up six times to the noise of fire alarms in their team hotel on the night before their 2nd round playoffs game in Paris.

The world conference rivalry between the Paris Honey Bees and Gabon Giants got ugly last night. One hotel guest on Twitter claimed the alarms could be heard in the early hours of the night between 4:51 and 07:13 AM at the Le Bristol hotel, where Simon Drapeau’s staff and players were staying. Sigrid Agren, the […]

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First Round Playoffs Preview

By Mike Begley We have arrived at the moment where legends are made and champions are crowned. The regular season was but a means to select the eight chosen ones to represent the World and USA conference in a battle to the end. The only thing I know is that I do not know anything. […]

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Mid-Season Power Rankings

By Mike Begley The times they are a-changing. The player we all used to hate; we now miss dearly. Mario Bailey did not make the 2021 WBA All-Star game, and the experience just wasn’t the same. The East never put up a fight as they were vehemently crushed by the West, losing every quarter, giving […]

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Panda Press Release

The Shanghai Pandas announced a trade today.  It was so closely guarded that there weren’t even rumors about the trade. The Moscow Snow Bears and Pandas announced today’s trade.  Moscow is looking at the future and General Manager Hitch is looking at winning now. Moscow traded Latrell McDyess and a second-round pick in 2024 for […]

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Way too Early Power Rankings

By Mike Begley It feels like the future, doesn’t it? When Marty McFly travels to the future and that is now the past it certainly feels we are in an overtime game. I mean the Honey Bees are the defending champions. The Bees did not even exist two seasons ago. The Brooklyn Rage and their […]

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